Excluding religious books
By Carol Brown
@blitzfrick (2890)
United States
October 27, 2015 1:19am CST
What was the best book you've ever read? I was scanning this article today (below) about John Steinbeck and his writing process and I remembered reading through all his work. At the time, I thought all his books were the best books I'd ever read. These days I'm perpetually re-reading The Masters of Rome, a series by Colleen McCullough. I favor the style of Steinbeck but am intrigued by McCullough's subject matter in this series: the Roman Republc.
If you can't decide on a single book, a list would be interesting too. Or maybe you'd like to say who your favorite author, or what your favorite genre, is?
Enquiring minds need to know.
"Just set one day’s work in front of the last day’s work. That’s the way it comes out. And that’s the only way it does."
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
28 Oct 15
I thought I'd read The Magus but I took a look at it on Amazon and I don't remember it. I'll keep an eye out for it next time I go to Powell's. He was the author, I know, of The French Lieutenant's Woman, but I don't remember reading that one either. Yep, it's a trip to Powell's for me.
@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
29 Oct 15
@JamesHxstatic so many books, so little time
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@LadyDuck (479096)
• Italy
27 Oct 15
I remember someone else already asked this question, I saw the same reply by @MALUSE and I confirm, the same. I do not read fashion, sci-fi and "boring" books (they come in every category). I like history, mystery, horror, novels, too many to mention.
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
27 Oct 15
I had to train myself to leave the "boring" books half-read so I could move on to more interesting subjects and better-written books, as well. I can't remember the last boring book I read all the way through.
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@LadyDuck (479096)
• Italy
28 Oct 15
@blitzfrick I remember it very well, a book written by an Italian "Marcello Simoni" "La trilogia del mercante di libri" (The trilogy of the books merchant). So boring that I had to give up.
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@celticeagle (177031)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Nov 15
To Kill A Mocking BIrd was a great one but I think the best was Crawl Space. It really made me think. It is by Herbert Lieberman. What a great work about society.
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@BelleStarr (61415)
• United States
31 Oct 15
I am very much into history books. I am reading Cokie Roberts Ladies of Liberty right now.
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@BelleStarr (61415)
• United States
1 Nov 15
@blitzfrick She actually has two that I know of and both are excellent.
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
1 Nov 15
@BelleStarr I'm putting her on my authors list. I'll look for her books next time I'm downtown at Powell's.
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
31 Oct 15
I love Cokie. I once was waited on by her doppelganter in a high-end restaurant in San Antonio. I didn't know Roberts had written a book, but it makes sense; she's a journalist after all and reporting stories is her forte.
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@JamesHxstatic (29411)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Oct 15
Steinbeck, Hemingway, William Faulkner, John LeCarre, Larry McMurty , too many to mention, really.
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
29 Oct 15
I'm a huge fan of McMurtry. He's the only writer who really gets Texas and is able to write about Texans in an accurate way, in my opinion.
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@JamesHxstatic (29411)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Oct 15
@blitzfrick I agree. He is a great writer. Little known fact is that he married Ken Kesey's widow (unless I misread something a while back).
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@thegreatwarrior (6)
• Delhi, India
27 Oct 15
The power of positive thinking by Norman Vincent Peale.
The power of Subconscious mind by Dr. Muphy
P.S. I Love you by Cecelia Ahern
A place called here by Cecelia Ahern
Will tell more in the nest post.
Happy Reading
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@vickyrose (2235)
• Cooma, Australia
28 Oct 15
I read fiction and non fiction books. I like the author who wrote The Thorn Birds..but sorry that she's passed on now, so I might just start collecting her books. I love reading.
