Favorite novel?

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Originally Posted by in.music.u.trust

1. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - best writer in my opinion. if you really read it and pay attention to his choice of words and how well he describes everything its amazing.

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I also love Fitzgerald for that exact reason. While Gatsby is by far the better novel, This Side of Paradise has that beautiful writing style, I think even better, although the story is not as well-turned.

As an aside, have you ever read anything by A.S. Byatt? I tend to think of them as writers with something in common- but I can't quite put my finger on it- whether it is writing style or what- I though Posession was a LOT of fun, and one of the short stories in Angels and Insects (Morpho Eugenia) was particularly beautifully done, haunting and very disturbing.

i thought great gatsby was a pile of self indulgent shit. just offering a different opinion:jointsmile:

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Originally Posted by suhl

i thought great gatsby was a pile of self indulgent shit. just offering a different opinion:jointsmile:

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As I consider myself a bit of a hedonist, I can forgive Fitzgerald his indulgences :D

the picture of dorian gray - oscar wilde

shit hot

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Originally Posted by birdgirl73

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
All The King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

But in the brief time right now that I have to read things other than school books, I'm leaning toward biographies. Love to read about people's lives.

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i'm a big biography fan. im also a big fan of books about the military, i've read every biography i could get my hands on written about the war in Vietnam.

The Profits of Death
The Color Purple
Flowers For Algernon (It's a novella, but a really good read.)
Dracula
Candle Bay

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Originally Posted by GreenLadyOfDankDowns

The Profits of Death
The Color Purple
Flowers For Algernon (It's a novella, but a really good read.)
Dracula
Candle Bay

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Yea I love The Color Purple and Flowers for Algernon as well. Dracula was a damn good book but to me Frankenstein was far superior. Just like the misunderstood man who creeps through windows!