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Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:04 pm
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StellaThomas says...



Casually went through here liking the posts that recommend books I'd count among my favourites. I way preferred A Thousand Splendid Suns to The Kite Runner actually, but they're both good.

My absolute favourite? I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith. Beautiful and heartbreaking and extremely honest.
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Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:51 am
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manisha says...



definitely The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh. It was a mesmerising story.
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PatriciaTina says...



Didn't see anyone mention it yet, but I would most definitely suggest The Fault in our Stars by John Green. It's one of the most amazing books I've ever read!

Also, Room by Emma Donoghue is amazing as well. ;)
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Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:16 pm
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Skydreamer says...



I just wanted to say the closest I could ever get to a favorite book- which would be hard because there are too many great books- but the closest I could get would be Stargirl by Jerri Spinelli!
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zohali93 says...



hmmmm... im not sure if it was said but this is MY favourites so far:

Percy jackson and harry potter.....(they were probably said before but oh well)
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iEuphoria says...



Looking For Alaska - John Green
The Fault In Our Stars - John Green
The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod - Heather Brewer

John Green is my favorite author for the moment, and the Vladimir Tod series is great if you love fantasy. It is about vampires, but they don't sparkle, I promise. Actually, it goes more into them as a culture, aswell as showing young Vladimir's struggles as being a high schooler.
  





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likesunset says...



The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins = AMAZING!!!
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Ikerot says...



For an American book, I'd say The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
For a Japanese book (AKA Light Novels), I'd go with the Book Girl Series by Mizuki Nomura. It's a really great series, although I don't know of NOOK lets you rent foreign novels xD it is translated in English though.
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Benrobertringrose says...



Wilbur Smith!

When the Lion Feeds is perhaps the greatest novel I've ever read, couldn't recommend it enough.
  





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For an American book, I'd say The Book Thief by Markus Zusak


He's Australian!
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Toby Alone and Toby of the secrets of the tree.
They are beautifl.
I cried over them.
Absolutely beautiful.
They are by Timothee d' Fombelle. They are French but have been in translated into 25 languages, including English.]
Beautiful.
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BigBadBear wrote:So, I got a Nook for Christmas, and my library allows me to rent ebooks to download for a limited time to my Nook for free. So, it's fantastic. But, I need some awesome books. And by awesome I don't mean lame. Which is obvious.

I mean AWESOME. Amazing. Terrific. Award-worthy.

I need novels. I don't care what genre. I just need something that has really affected you as a person when you read this book.

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MasterGrieves says...



Hamlet FTW! #shakespearewasboss
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Ikerot says...



Book Girl Series by Mizuki Nomura
They're light novel series, so beautiful <3
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SunshineandCarnage says...



My picks for you are:
A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night, both Shakespeare
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
on a related note as Maniac Magee, definately Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird
The Man Who Was Poe by Avi
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (it's long, but it really and truly is amazing!)
Moonwalker by Michael Jackson (yes, THAT Michael Jackson!)
Daughter of China by C. Hope Flinchbaugh (an incredible story of a chinese girl who serves a jail sentence fighting to protect her belief in the God that is illegal in china)
Maybe a sprinkle of Kafka, if you're the one for symbolism
and, begrudgingly, Lord of the Flies by William Golding (even though I really hate it, even I must admit to its honesty and brilliance)
Hope this helps :)
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