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What is your desert island book? - the one book that blew you away.
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25 Oct 2009 01:33 CET
tigers3 says:
I want to discover a new favourite book. I want to find a book that I just hug at the end, tell anyone who will listen that they should read, and remember forever :)
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25 Oct 2009 11:31 GMT
Mrs. S. M. Millen says:
The Talisman by Stephen King - have already read it abouit five times so it must be ok for a desert island, depending on just how long I was there of course!
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25 Oct 2009 14:52 GMT
M. Jolliff says:
The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson (ok, technically a trilogy but). I have never read anything where I learned so much and had so much fun learning it. What an absolutely amazing period of history.
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25 Oct 2009 15:43 GMT
T. C. Hudson says:
At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
A glorious book that even moves me when I see it on my bookshelves! I would never be without a copy and would grab it in the event of fire not least because I would be completely transported in its' pages
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25 Oct 2009 16:32 GMT
M. Dowden says:
If it is only one book it would have to be Zola's Germinal - it is absolutely brilliant, and lets face it people were chanting the title at his funeral.
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25 Oct 2009 16:42 GMT
Mrs. N. E. Hayes says:
"Memories of Ice" by Steven Erikson from Tales of the Malazan book of the Fallen - whilst part of a long series this book could be read as a stand-alone (unlike most of the others) and is my personal favourite of the 9 books currently published. I must have read it a dozen times.
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25 Oct 2009 17:15 GMT
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K. Brooks says:
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee -First read this age 11 in my local library. Asked for a copy that Xmas and have been reading it every since on a regular basis (I am now 46!). Simply a tale of right and wrong/a social snapshot/the story of a family/a moral tale and whodunnit set in the American South told by Scout a throughly precocious child. Its a great story, time is well spent reading it.
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25 Oct 2009 17:43 GMT
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Cavalier Attitude says:
The house on the strand by Daphne du Maurier.
I re-read this book about once a year. It is for me one of the few time travel novels that really works, because it has a real connection between the present and the past, then confusion between the two starts to creep in ....
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25 Oct 2009 18:06 GMT
kit says:
"East of Eden" by John Steinbeck. Absorbing, thought provoking, wise, entertaining. It converted me to the joy of reading. Have re-read it several times over the years and I dip in and out to re-enjoy characters and scenes! There are no doubt as many desert island books as there are readers but for me, "East of Eden" is THE book!
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25 Oct 2009 18:07 GMT
J. A. Lake says:
Tough one this, but if I could only take one, it would probably be The Redundancy of Courage by Timothy Mo.
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25 Oct 2009 18:35 GMT
C. Rucroft says:
I would definately take 'Chocolat' by Joanne Harris. This is my benchmark for all the books I read. None have ever matched it. It is the book that I tell everyone to buy, read and love!
Charlene x
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25 Oct 2009 19:26 GMT
Baz says:
If you're looking for something to savour and a superbly written masterpiece to boot, look no further than 'Beware Of Pity' by Stefan Zweig. I guarantee you will remember it as long as you live...
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25 Oct 2009 19:52 GMT
S. Rome says:
It's got to be Captain Corelli's Mandolin - no good reason just a good read with 'real' characters, I first read it when i visited Kefalonia - the guide book recommended it. I sat in a bar each afternoon with a bottle of Mythos and cried regularly - much to the embarrassment of my other half!
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25 Oct 2009 19:57 GMT
O. Alsdorf says:
I completely agree with you, it is the best !
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25 Oct 2009 20:17 GMT
L. O. Shea says:
Cryptomnicon by Neal Stephenson. Absolutely blew me away with it's scope and imagination, as well as the fact that it made computer nerds cool and windswept (if still odd).
Stephen Eriksons Malazan books would also be a shoe in, Memories of Ice is my favourite as well, by a long way.
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25 Oct 2009 20:41 GMT
Mr. N. Surtees says:
The day the world exploded by Simon Winchester, this book changed the way I think about the world an when i re-read it I still find new stuff in it. Fantastic book recommend it to anyone.
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26 Oct 2009 08:21 GMT
S. Roberts says:
It has to be for me, Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts as everyone I have recommended it too has loved it too.
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26 Oct 2009 09:19 GMT
Ms. J. E. Davis says:
The book that I return to every few years is The Prince of Tides. It is a beautifully written thoroughly epic family saga which is tragic and yet still inspires hope. I find something new in it every time I read it.
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26 Oct 2009 10:39 GMT
D. Shaw says:
Aww yes 'Shantaram' love that book, all 900+ (now quite tatty) pages .... thinks i must replace it :0)
No bookshelf should be without it ... x
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26 Oct 2009 11:43 GMT
K. Tomlinson says:
Mine has to be 'A Friend Laughs' by Jo Freeman - fantastically entertaining and I've also found that it makes a great present for those friends that already have everything.
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26 Oct 2009 12:15 GMT
M. I. R. Clarke says:
like to echo JA Lake's nomination for Timothy Mo's Redundancy of Courage - powerful and intelligent read, deserves wider readership
not sure i wanted to "hug" it gem of a book from about 1900 but still extremely amusing and huggable is The Eliza Stories by Barry Pain - one of the few books i've read more than twice (six times and counting) another author of talent and great charm was the late JG Farrell - his "Troubles" and "Siege of Krishnapur" (Booker prize) are treasures Recent discussions in the "fiction" forum (
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