GMG's 99 Most Entertaining Books Ever Written!

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MN Dave

No repeats of other folks' picks. 3 picks each. Mine later.  8)

MN Dave

LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King

[copy my format please]

bwv 1080

THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson


MN Dave

Quote from: bwv 1080 on September 22, 2010, 08:45:39 AM
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson

One more.  :)

rubio

SHANTARAM - Gregory David Roberts
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES - John Kennedy Toole
A WILD SHEEP CHASE - Haruki Murakami
THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - Haruki Murakami
KAFKA ON THE SHORE - Haruki Murakami
THE POWER OF THE DOG - Don Winslow
POST OFFICE - Charles Bukowski
ON THE ROAD - Jack Kerouac
"One good thing about music, when it hits- you feel no pain" Bob Marley

Philoctetes

The Royal Family - William Vollmann
Mrs. Caldwell Speaks to Her Son - Camilo Cela
The Everlasting Story of Nory - Nicholson Baker

MN Dave

Quote from: rubio on September 22, 2010, 09:20:13 AM
SHANTARAM - Gregory David Roberts
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES - John Kennedy Toole
A WILD SHEEP CHASE - Haruki Murakami
THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - Haruki Murakami
KAFKA ON THE SHORE - Haruki Murakami
THE POWER OF THE DOG - Don Winslow
POST OFFICE - Charles Bukowski
ON THE ROAD - Jack Kerouac

Three please.

MN Dave

LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
(8 )

karlhenning

PG Wodehouse, Thank You, Jeeves
TC Boyle, Water Music
Nicolas Slonimsly, Lexicon of Musical Invective

MN Dave

LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
THANK YOU, JEEVES - PG Wodehouse
WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle
LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE - Nicolas Slonimsky
(11)

Please pick three, folks. Use the above format [title in caps, space dash space, author's name] Thanks!

karlhenning



mc ukrneal

Here is my first choice - one of the funniest books I've ever read:

YEAR IN PROVENCE - Peter Mayle

More to come...
Be kind to your fellow posters!!

MN Dave

LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
THANK YOU, JEEVES - PG Wodehouse
WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle
LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE - Nicolas Slonimsky
YEAR IN PROVENCE - Peter Mayle
(12)

*Please pick three, folks. Use the above format [title in caps, space dash space, author's name] Thanks!


Ten thumbs

#14
CASTLE RACKRENT - Maria Edgeworth
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO - Anne Radcliffe
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM - Norman Hunter
A day may be a destiny; for life
Lives in but little—but that little teems
With some one chance, the balance of all time:
A look—a word—and we are wholly changed.

MN Dave

LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
THANK YOU, JEEVES - PG Wodehouse
WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle
LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE - Nicolas Slonimsky
YEAR IN PROVENCE - Peter Mayle
CASTLE RACKRENT - Maria Edgeworth
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO - Anne Radcliffe
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM - Norman Hunter
(15)

*Please pick three, folks. Use the above format [title in caps, space dash space, author's name] Thanks!

Scarpia

THE DA VINCI CODE - Dan Brown
THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Andre Dubus III
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - Alexandre Dumas

MN Dave

LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
THANK YOU, JEEVES - PG Wodehouse
WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle
LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE - Nicolas Slonimsky
YEAR IN PROVENCE - Peter Mayle
CASTLE RACKRENT - Maria Edgeworth
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO - Anne Radcliffe
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM - Norman Hunter
THE DA VINCI CODE - Dan Brown
THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Andre Dubus III
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - Alexandre Dumas
(18)

*Please pick three, folks. Use the above format [title in caps, space dash space, author's name] Thanks!


MN Dave


rubio

Quote from: rubio on September 22, 2010, 09:20:13 AM
SHANTARAM - Gregory David Roberts
THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - Haruki Murakami
THE POWER OF THE DOG - Don Winslow

Corrected :)
"One good thing about music, when it hits- you feel no pain" Bob Marley