Must Reads.

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So basically there's too many five star books on this site. Give me your must reads so I have something to look for at the library rather than just picking up whatever I haven't already read.

Title, author, genre if posibble.
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Shall I begin ?

- The History of Love; by Nicole Krauss.

- The Little Prince; by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
(for any who want to, the bookshop opposite the main entrance to trinity college sells copies of this as gaeilge).

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Ps. Thanks to all who add to this list. (:

[Paul]

I think I'd recommend a few books to everyone. The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Battle Royale by Koshun Takami and The Secret History by Donna Tartt.
I'm a big fan of Catch-22 and Chickenhawk as well but they wouldn't be to everyones tastes. Although Catch-22 satirises many things, it's primarily a book about war and Chickenhawk is a memoir of a helicopter pilot during Vietnam. So if you don't like reading war books, you may not like these two :p.

[Adam]

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery is very impressive. Very.
The Idiot by Feodor Dostoevsky.

[Keith]

1984, George Orwell, Dystopian fiction.

[Christopher]

Misery by Stephen King .....or The Wind up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murikami. Both of these are excellent, very hard to put down when ya start readin them!

[Keith]

Hey christopher, I've never read Misery. Is it better or worse than the film?

Paul, I've heard good things about Catch-22. Just added it to my ever growing "to-read" list.

[Paul]

Keith wrote:
Paul, I've heard good things about Catch-22. Just added it to my ever growing "to-read" list."

Yeah its definitely worth a read at least Keith so gl with it. I know what you mean about the to-read list. I've kind of given up on mine. Just add some books there so I remember to buy them! I get restless when I think of all the unread books I have lying around so I try not to think too much about them!

[aprilla]

Christopher wrote: "Misery by Stephen King .....or The Wind up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murikami. Both of these are excellent, very hard to put down when ya start readin them!"

LOL I gave Stephen King up when I couldn't get through Misery, back when it came out. I devoured all he wrote before it and nothing since, until this week when I started Duma Key. I'm not done so am not recommending Duma Key, but I am enjoying it. It's quite amazing what he can make you believe is real, I'd forgotten. Anyway, sticking with Stephen King I'd definitely recommend The Stand, it's one of my all-time favourites.

I'll also recommend The Help, one of my favourites last year.

I did enjoy The Road by Cormac McCarthy, couldn't put it down. I'm glad to see The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery and The Wind up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murikami here, I bought them but haven't read them yet.

[Oglaigh na]

For one of the greatest revenge novels, Joe Abercrombie Best Served Cold,....seek no further !!!

[Alison]

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Absolutely loved this book.