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fiction and/or nonfiction
for me:
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Don't Believe Everything You Think - Thomas Kida
of course this is subject to change depending on when you ask
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I still haven't read any Bryson. I hope to change that in 2009.
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Non-fiction:
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
Fiction:
A Farewell To Arms - Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
ETA: Bryson is a great read too.
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I remember liking that one as well.
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I would second Prayer for Owen Meany.
Lonesome Dove series of books were incredible as well. I love Larry McMurtry.
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I have a few favorites across many genres
Animal Farm
Tao of Pooh
Homicide
Dune
A Dirty Job
Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul
I forgot to add:
Left Hand of Darkness
Earthsea Series
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I just got the Ruins, haven't started it yet, I was saving it for my time off next week!
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One of them certainly is The Glass Bead Game or Das Glasperlenspiel by Hesse, because it takes me forever to read, but I'm fully absorbed when doing so.
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Hermann Hesse?
I have not read The Glass Bead Game but I did enjoy Siddhartha. I am not sure if I would enjoy it now though. I was in a Jungian state of mind when I read it.
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Yes, Tim
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