Three books to keep

@2timothy (794)
Philippines
January 13, 2007 6:04am CST
If you are given to keep only three books, what would those three be?
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@rmitre (49)
• Philippines
14 Jan 07
1st the bible, 2nd Hymnals and Gospels song book..!! ~_~ 3rd the dictionary,
@2timothy (794)
• Philippines
14 Jan 07
This exactly matches my choice, you can read, sing, and understand.
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@rmitre (49)
• Philippines
15 Jan 07
yeah right!! ~_~ for me these are the best books to bring wherever i should go!!
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@arlene_27 (231)
• Philippines
22 Jan 07
If I could keep only three books for whatever reason, I'd make sure that I have The Bible, The Alchemist and - choosing the third book is going to be pretty tricky because all the rest are almost on the same level - maybe Waller's Bridges of Madison County. The first will remind me of how Jesus lived, the second, of how sense of humor is important; and the third, that falling in love, is a beautiful experience.:)
@2timothy (794)
• Philippines
12 Feb 07
So far, the count is ten for the Bible as the first book and three for Alchemist as the second book.
@horsesrule (1957)
• United States
22 Jan 07
1] If I only had three books to keep for the rest of my life, I think the Bible would have to be one of them. I am not a strong Bible-reading Christian at this time but I would still choose the Bible. 2] Then I would want something to read for fun. Perhaps a romance or mystery. I like the Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum mysteries so I think that I would choose one of them. Probably one of the later numbers like 9 or 10. 3] Then I think that I would want to have one of my favorite horse books that I read as a kid and that I now have as an adult too. I bought a copy of it and I keep it close. It brings some good memories back plus has beautiful pictures of horses in it. I think that I would pick Afraid to Ride by C.W. Anderson. That's one of my favorite horse books ever but I would choose it just because I love it AND because it has awesome illustrations. Otherwise I would have picked The Grand Rogue by Frances Priddy because it's my absolute favorite horse story of all time but there are no pictures in it.
@myl2006 (84)
• Malaysia
13 Jan 07
First book-book of my religion,AlQur'an. Second- Book about money. Third- Book on how to life happily.
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• India
14 Jan 07
1. ALCHEMIST by paulo coelho 2. the BHAGBAT GITA 3. PELICAN BRIEF by john grisham
• India
22 Jan 07
Thats a nice Question timothy.if i had given options to hold only 3 books.i would love to have 1.The god's word "bible" 2.WATCHTOWER 3.AWAKE (These are publications published by jehovah's witnesses):)
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@chebin (286)
• Philippines
22 Jan 07
Bible Dictionary Goodnight Moon (for my baby)
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@mansha (6298)
• India
13 Jan 07
My books will be Lord of the rings by J R Tolkiens Many masters many lives and messages form masters both by Dr. Brian weiss if you are troubled and depressed I highly recommend them to read. It just changes the perspective of your life. Try them you can read some excerpts at brianweiss.com too.
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@craftwave (1338)
• United States
13 Jan 07
The bible, a book on how to write novels because that is just as good as reading one and an encyclopedia
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• United States
14 Jan 07
1. The Tesaurus 2. The Dictionary 3. The encyclopedia
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• Canada
13 Jan 07
The Mists of Avalon, Druids, and Angels and Demons
@oneelf (175)
• Russian Federation
13 Jan 07
in general I trying to keep favourite books in my head, but really I only 'trying', lol. So I would keep: Lord of the rings, Norbekov's "Success on your head', and Eksuperi 'Little Prince' or "wind in osiers',or "master and Margarita' even can't say exactly...
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@mrstigs (63)
• United States
19 Jan 07
I've been trying to answer this question forever it seems. 1 - My Quad (Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants and Pearl of Great Price) 2 - Knitters Almanac by Elizabeth Zimmerman 3 - The Deed of Paksenarion by Elizabeth Moon Seriously the hardest question I've had a chance to answer since joining MyLot
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• Philippines
14 Jan 07
the bible, the fifth mountain, the purpose driven life
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• Philippines
13 Feb 07
The three books I will keep are: 1. Bible 2. The Bread 3. Harry Potter
@2timothy (794)
• Philippines
14 Jun 07
So far the Bible is on top with 15 (out of 29 people) who put it the first of their top three books to keep.
• Indonesia
22 Jan 07
1. Al Qur'an No doubt about it 2. Al Hadits Also no doubt about it 3. My Dragon Ball comic number 42 lol ^^
@anyablue (363)
• United States
22 Jan 07
Hmmm... a dictionary, Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, and the complete works of William Shakespeare.
@ashjoe76 (1422)
• India
22 Jan 07
My Name is Red, The Name of Rose and War and Peace.
@jojopuff (520)
• United States
18 Jan 07
I would keep the Bible, the Lord of the Rings Triology, and Eragon.
@g_aileen09 (1354)
• Philippines
12 Feb 07
The Holy Bible My Bank Book and my diary...
• United States
22 Jan 07
I would definitely want to keep my study Bible as it can help me through any crisis. And of course, Gone With The Wind (which I have read many times over. The last one would be either Franklin & Eleanor (life story of the Roosevelts) or The Godfather.