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Topic suggested by Ramanan on Wed Aug 26 12:07:27 .

we the people who read a lot will have our favourite ones.

How about listing them irrespective of what category the book falls into and if possible state why you liked the book ? Ofcourse for Science Fiction and Fantasy, we go to the SF & F forum.

The idea is to get to know good books so that the next time we go to a library or bookshop we know what to look for.

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From: Ghlli on Mon May 1 18:10:05 2006. [Full View]

Noughts and crosses is an awesome book
From: ramky on Sun May 21 8:29:21 2006. [Full View]

1. "The Pelican Brief", "The Client" - by John Grisham.

2. "Jurassic Park", "Disclosure", "Congo", "Rising Sun" - all by Michael Crichton.

3. "A Sparrow Falls", "Rage", "Men Of Men", "Power Of The Sword" -
all by Wilbur Smith.

4. "Exodus" - Leon Uris.

5. "Dogs Of War", "The Odessa File"l, "Icon" - Frederick Forsyth.
From: Zimmermann on Fri Jun 2 10:16:51 2006. [Full View]

Monsieur Ibrahim and the flowers of the Qu'ran
and Oscar and the lady in pink
are two good works of Emmanuel Schmitt . Worth reading them if you haven't yet.
From: VENKIRAJA on Sun Jul 16 4:46:08 2006. [Full View]

how abt robert ludlum?
From: thilak4life on Tue Aug 14 4:34:51 2007. [Full View]

Hapworth 16, 1924
Short story by J.D.Salinger

Don't know whether to recommend this or not!
From: s ramaswamy on Sun Sep 2 10:29:19 2007. [Full View]

I recommend Mila 18 of Leon Uris, a heart-touching novel about the Warsaw ghetto during World War II, HMS Ulysses of Alistair McLean, his first and best (according to me) book which describes succintly in bone-chilling details about the dangers the allied navies faced in north Atlantic from German U-Boats in World War II, another war novel which remains etched in memory - Run Silent Run Deep - about submarine warfare. Somehow World War II novels remain my favourites among war novels.

Other authors I can recommend for crime thrillers are Stuart Woods, John Sandford and Michael Connelly while I strongly recommend Steve Martini for novels dealing with lawyers and court room dramas. He outshines even Grisham.

Ramaswamy
From: Sid_316 on Thu Jun 26 7:46:03 2008. [Full View]

Kite Runner -Khaled Hosseini
From: Wibha on Thu Jun 26 14:54:44 2008. [Full View]

you guys can you recommend a good book with good vocab? hopefully not a science fiction
From: Sinthiya on Thu Jun 26 22:58:15 2008. [Full View]

wibhs, try reading Michael Ondaatje's novels - Anil's Ghost, The English Patient, and more ...rich vocab for you ...
From: Wibha on Fri Jun 27 14:29:58 2008. [Full View]

thanks sinthi will check it out

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