I'll continue to say that picking a favorite book is very difficult for me. I'll list some of the books that have been some of the most inspiring, thought provoking, engaging or interesting reads:

The Giver- Lois Lowry
Lord of the Rings- JRR Tolkien
Harry Potter- J.K. Rowling
Lovely Bones- ?
Hamlet- Shakespeare
Farenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
Abarat (Book 1 2)- Cliver Barker
Catch 22- Joseph Heller

Etc...

i heard The Perks of Being a Wallflower was amazing. has anyone read it? my friend wants me to read it, so tell me how it is if you have.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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The Coldest Winter Ever

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By Sister Souljah

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Mists of Avalon

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By Marion Zimer Bradly

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To Kill a Mockingbird

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By Harper Lee

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Midsummers night dream

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By William Shakespear

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Practical Magic

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By Alice Hoffman

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Compleate works of Edger Alen Poe

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Has anyone read The Song of Ice and Fire...I think that's the name of it. It's a series of books by George RR Martin.
Storm of Swords
Clash of Kings
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Feast for Crows(new one!!!)
Anyone know when the new one comes out? My friends and I are dying because the books are so orgasmicly good.

Lanna

Mercedes Lackey writes THE best books. Her Valdemar books are awesome.

For all you stupid homophobes out there, you should read her The Last Herald-Mage trilogy. It just shows how wrong you all are about homosexuality being "unnatural".

I loved Beowulf...but I was upset about the end...i's such a sap

I am reading A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, and I absolutely LOVE IT!

just read love story- erich seagal...really sad..

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My favorite book by far is Fahrenheit 451by Ray Bradbury. Read it...it's GREAT! And the book I'm reading now is Brave New World. That book is amazing, truly shocking.

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Those are both GREAT books... Has anyone ever read ANTHEM by Ayn Rand?

My favorite book by far is Fahrenheit 451by Ray Bradbury. Read it...it's GREAT! And the book I'm reading now is Brave New World. That book is amazing, truly shocking.

I just finished reading Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez. Now I'm extremely depressed.

Read it.

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of mice and men

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story of a shipwrecked sailor

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I think he got that idea after reading the book.

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Perhaps. If you tried (and suceeded) to convert everyone to one religion, how long do you think it would be before we got a society of complete conformity?

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and you said if you could do anything, you'd convert everyone to Christianity.

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I think he got that idea after reading the book. And that's probably the stupidest idea in the world, VoiceofAmerica.

I really like The Da Vinci Code.

Grrr. My keyboard is being a pain. I have to smack it to make the spacebar actually work.

i just finished hornet flight- ken folliet

its an amazing book....

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You thought of BNW's society as good?

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I never said that. Where did you get THAT idea? I just said I thought it ironic that that was your favorite book since the ideals in it are so far from Christianity, and you said if you could do anything, you'd convert everyone to Christianity.

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Originally posted by Ikki14Reed:
I actually find that Ironic, VoiceofAmerica, because in your profile you say you would: "convert everyone to Christianity". The society in Brave New World is so VERY far from Christianity.

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You thought of BNW's society as good?

A society where kids are brainwashed in thier sleep to conform them in to mindless drones of what the society wants

A society where the populace is given drugs to avoid reality for the society's needs.

A society where art, wonder, and religion are dead

A society where individuality is repressed

A society where individuals are seperated in to classes

and Finally a society where freedom is deemed negitive (so the DHC tells us in no of the first chapters)

Surely you can't be serious about this society being positive.