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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Mines probably Lord of the Rings. Always read again every year.

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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago

ST. AUSTELL, CORNWALL

I'm going to re-read the Mayfair Witches trilogy by Anne Rice again.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Peter and Jane go to the beach. I am half way through and loving it! Peter has a ball!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Watermelon by Marian Keyes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca is up there, the Harry Potter books too (!) but if I had to pick just one, it would be Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet. I've read it several times, however my current read is the Beastie Boys book.

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By *e_jpMan
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is mine. It’s not exactly easy reading but is a fantastic book.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Peter and Jane go to the beach. I am half way through and loving it! Peter has a ball!

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By *an_LexaCouple
over a year ago

Sunderland

I don’t read much fiction these days. But if I had to choose it would be either

The Tooth Fairy by Graham Joyce

The Book of Revelation by Rupert Thomson

Both great novelists and I think their best books

Lex

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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago

ST. AUSTELL, CORNWALL

Has anyone read the adult ladybird books?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Luminaries.....

1984

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By *ricoupleCouple
over a year ago

London

"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is mine. It’s not exactly easy reading but is a fantastic book. "

Prisoners of Geography is also a very good read and puts some of the worlds problems into perspective

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's not a particularly uplifting read but I love Jeffrey Eugenides' Virgin Suicides. They tried to make it into a film, but its such a better read...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I've over 400 books in my shelves. Must read more.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is mine. It’s not exactly easy reading but is a fantastic book. "

Its not my favourite but I agree a really great book. It took me quite some time to read it and its got loads of little sticky notes marking pages but well worth the time spent.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The glass beads game by Herman Hesse

500 Love sonnets by Pablo Neruda

Candide by Voltaire

Story of my escape from the prison they call the leads by Giacomo Casanova (Yes he really existed!)

The call of the wild by Jack London

Anything by Robert Louis Stevenson

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By *imdm101Man
over a year ago

Galway

Five Go Down To The Sea.

Because it helped give me a love of reading that has enriched my life since. I was about five or six and it was the first proper book that I read on my own.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Outpost by Adam Baker

Sea of rust by C. Robert Cargill

Changes by Jim Butcher

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have so many favourites.

Getting some great ideas from this thread too.

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By *dward_TeagueMan
over a year ago

wolverhampton

What I read really does depend on my mood on the day.

I’ve just finished the latest Robert Galbraith aka J K Rowling Cormoran Strike book which was good. Last night i started a biography of Marlon Brando.

Sometimes it’s true crime, others history and thrillers.

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By *e_jpMan
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is mine. It’s not exactly easy reading but is a fantastic book.

Its not my favourite but I agree a really great book. It took me quite some time to read it and its got loads of little sticky notes marking pages but well worth the time spent."

Yeah mine has loads of sticky notes marking pages too. I’m reading a book about Buddhism now because of one of those notes, purely because I’m interested though, I’m not religious at all.

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By *e_jpMan
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is mine. It’s not exactly easy reading but is a fantastic book.

Prisoners of Geography is also a very good read and puts some of the worlds problems into perspective "

Thanks, I’ll add that to my reading list.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love erotic books with a BDSM theme, Masters and menage

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By *atureFem4FunWoman
over a year ago

Petts Wood

The book that I'm currently writing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

‘Papillon’ by Henri Charriere.

‘Encounter with Tiber’ by Buzz Aldrin

‘Light of Other Days’ by Arthur C Clarke

‘Kind of Loving’ by Stan Barstow

Just off top o’ead like

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By *eorge n DragonCouple
over a year ago

Cheshire

Lot of heavy reading on the thread.

Bit of a sci fi nerd when comes to reading, enjoy all Alistar Reynolds books.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The chronicles of Narnia

Anything by Martina Cole

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By *isaB45Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

I'm re-reading the David Eddings series, again.

I enjoy so many books, so cannot choose a favourite..

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

'To Kill a Mockingbird' Harper Lee Changed my life when I first read it.

'Eureka Street' Robert McLiam Wilson A story of life during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, funny and poignant, loved living in the province so it reminds me of those days.

'Carrie' Stephen King, first book I read in one sitting

'Alien' Alan Dean Foster, read when I was 14 too young to see the film but no age barriers with books

So many more ....

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By *obyn GravesTV/TS
over a year ago

1127 walnut avenue

the bible...it makes an excellent door stop

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

"the bible...it makes an excellent door stop"

Hospital stay, nothing to read picked up the bible, I saw the light

as I was bored so stared at the light fixture rather than read that nonsense

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By *ust PeachyWoman
over a year ago

Prestonish

Ben Elton’s Two Brothers is one of my favourites - as were many of Terry Pratchett’s books - particularly Good Omens which he co-wrote - with Neil Gamen I think? X

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By *ust PeachyWoman
over a year ago

Prestonish

"Ben Elton’s Two Brothers is one of my favourites - as were many of Terry Pratchett’s books - particularly Good Omens which he co-wrote - with Neil Gamen I think? X"

*Gaiman

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Stand - Steven King

The chronicles of Narnia.

Different extreme but I keep retuning to both

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the dark tower series by stephen king,

all of peter f hamilton books,great reading to me anyway

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By *pepepipoxMan
over a year ago

London

I've started re-reading a lot of Conrad's short stories, as well a s some (Philip K). Dick

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By *nnejohnCouple
over a year ago

warrington

"Five Go Down To The Sea.

Because it helped give me a love of reading that has enriched my life since. I was about five or six and it was the first proper book that I read on my own."

call of the wild by jack London did the same for me. got it after going to the dentists.

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By *etwifeandhim69Couple
over a year ago

Darlington

There's so many good books. We have a small libary's worth so hard to choose just one.

since a lot of good books an authors have already been mentioned...

Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds.

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By *itzhallMan
over a year ago

birchington

My favourite is 1915 by Lynn macdonald

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Mines probably Lord of the Rings. Always read again every year."

One of my favourites as well but at the moment I'm reading:

The Book of Joy

Lasting Happiness In a Changing World

By the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu

It is absolutely brilliant and will definitely be going onto my favourites list.

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