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I plan on getting a hold of The Third Policeman soon. I'm really excited to read it, since I'm also interested in Irish literature.

anyway, the book is "the invention of morel" and i added it because as i started really getting into lost i was reminded of this book, which is one of my favorites. so...maybe it belongs ina different section of the page?
Justin that is fine. There are a lot of books that are not "featured" on the show specifically, but still relevant. Books that remind you of the show or aspects of the show, books that the writers of the show read, books that inspired the writers, books that the fans of LOST seem to like etc. My main focus is books "featured" on the show, but I'm leaving it open so we all enjoy it. I will have to check out that book. Thanks!

Amy,
I am with you and your husband on that idea. I plan on trying to read every book eventually. I actually read "Bad Twin" and I have no idea why I didn't include it. I thought I had, but I guess I didn't. However, I did include it now.
This club isn't too organized like picking a book and everyone reading it, but if you want to try that let me know. "A Wrinkle in Time" would be great to re-read for me too. It would great to get insight about the book while a few of us read it.
I am with you and your husband on that idea. I plan on trying to read every book eventually. I actually read "Bad Twin" and I have no idea why I didn't include it. I thought I had, but I guess I didn't. However, I did include it now.
This club isn't too organized like picking a book and everyone reading it, but if you want to try that let me know. "A Wrinkle in Time" would be great to re-read for me too. It would great to get insight about the book while a few of us read it.

Thanks Jackie for the comment. If you do read any of the books. Click on the book through this group and post your thoughts specifically for this group or make a new thread. We would love to read your thoughts on it's association with LOST or thoughts in general.

(Im a little saddened that I wasnt the first to think of it actually!)
I was on LOSTPEDIA and found the entire list of all books referenced by the show, and i am slowly going through them to see which i will run out and buy. VALIS sounds really interesting... So that may be on my next shopping list.
I tryed reading Catch 22 and couldnt get further than 40 some odd pages. wasnt for me. Read all the Left Behind books, Lord of the Flies (back in school), Of Mice and Men (back in school), The Stand, A Wrinkle In Time (in school). Some of the books that are referenced just seem odd... But i am always looking to expand my to-read list...
Anyhow, i wanted to say hi to everyone! So hello!
Lori,
Welcome. Thank you for all your great comments. I look forward to hearing more insight from you in the coming episodes.
I was just a surprised I was the one to start this on Goodreads. I guess I came to this site (through a friend) near it's start. I was very surprised it had not already been started.
I have really found some great and interesting books through LOST, but I'm sure there are a few that I would not be all that interested in. :)
Welcome. Thank you for all your great comments. I look forward to hearing more insight from you in the coming episodes.
I was just a surprised I was the one to start this on Goodreads. I guess I came to this site (through a friend) near it's start. I was very surprised it had not already been started.
I have really found some great and interesting books through LOST, but I'm sure there are a few that I would not be all that interested in. :)

I've been wanting to read A Wrinkle in Time for ages, and even have it on my shelf. Maybe I'll have to pull it out later this month!
Very cool idea, this.


I'm so excited to find like minds. Yay!
Sandra welcome!!! Wow, you are committed. Of all the books I think most Losties may avoid it is that of BHT. lol. I have seen a documentary on that book and it was interesting, but also complicated. Cosmology is not the easiest thing to wrap one's brain around. We all look forward to your insights on Lost and the books associated with it. :)

In Stephen King's "The Stand," one of the characters (Stuart Redman I think) mentions the book "Watership Down" a few times. I didn't take a huge notice at the time, but thought back to it later. The first time he mentions it, he refers to a word I was unfamiliar with - I think it was "tharn." Sorry if I've got it wrong. What it was though, was when something gets into an uncontrolled state of panic and freezes up, like a deer in headlights. This might be similar to the state that most islanders get into when they run into the smoke creature.
As I said, I've jsut started into this list, and these are kind of first impresssions! Please don't judge me to much yet.
Also, I am reading Madeline L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time," and one of the characters, Mrs. Who, has quoted Shakespear's "The Tempest" a few times (I believe this is the title of an episode.)
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on."
Prospero in the Tempest
"...For that he was a spirit too delicate
To act their earthly and abhorr'd commands,
refusing their grand hests, they did confine him
By help of their most potent ministers,
And in their most unmitigable rage,
Into a cloven pine; within which rift
Imprisoned, he didst painfully remain...."
I haven't really thought to much about these quotes, and I have never read "The Tempest," but I do find it interesting that in the first two books I have read from the list, they both quote other works from the show.
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Hey Ryan,
Welcome! wow. that is a very astute observation there. Thank you for pointing that out. Now I will have to think back to the few books I have read and see. I think I'll actually start a thread on this. A great idea.
-Ted,
Welcome! wow. that is a very astute observation there. Thank you for pointing that out. Now I will have to think back to the few books I have read and see. I think I'll actually start a thread on this. A great idea.
-Ted,

Hello all,
I am so excited to see a LOST book club here. Over the next year, I want to read through the LOST book list. I'm going to start with A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. I already own it, so it's within easy reach.
I am so excited to see a LOST book club here. Over the next year, I want to read through the LOST book list. I'm going to start with A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. I already own it, so it's within easy reach.

I like how the books complement the story. One in particular was Juliet having Carrie at her book club and then she kind of go nuts with regards to Ben and tries to kill him (through Jack). Does anyone else see these patterns?



Yeah, poor Daniel, but I don't think we have seen the last of him. And yes, I did read the extended version. Very cool.
Oh wow. I'm going to re-read The Stand now. The season finale killed me, in a good way. I can't wait for season six. I can't believe it's the final season! :(

Did you catch the parallel with Jack and the bomb and Trashcan Man in The Stand? I think the Jacob/Man in Black thing is going to have Stand parallels as well.
Just curious how many books (from my list or a more exhaustive list) from LOST have you read? I have read: Bad Twin, Of Mice and Men, and A Wrinkle in Time. I plan on reading more soon.