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1st October 2007, 11:16pm
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#1 | | Registered User Editor
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| If you had to recommend ONE book...
...that you would be confident that most people would enjoy, what would it be?
Mainstream in genre, well written, clever story... you get what I mean.
I would go for The Time Travellers' Wife by Audrey Niffeneger - well written and an interesting storyline, if a little sentimental.
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1st October 2007, 11:25pm
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
I second Time Travellers' Wife!
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2nd October 2007, 12:02am
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#3 | | Banned
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
On The Road - Jack Kerouac | |
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2nd October 2007, 12:02am
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#4 | | Lord Quas
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
define most people. most of the population? kids included?... | |
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2nd October 2007, 12:06am
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#5 | | Y'wid tho...
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
My choice would have to be Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.  this book, in fact might go read it again!
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2nd October 2007, 12:10am
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
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Originally Posted by JZY  define most people. most of the population? kids included?... | Let's say an averagely (or above) intelligent person, over the age of eighteen who might appreciate a good book. The only reason I included a 'general' restriction was to weed out the more specialist books or those that will only appeal to a narrow audience. For example, I enjoyed Denis Diderot's The Nun, but I wouldn't recommend it to a group of people that I didn't know very well, or that hadn't yet mentioned French philosophers or the Enlightenment in conversation.
It's pretty difficult to define. How about "a book you would recommend to a new work colleague if the conversation came up"? | |
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2nd October 2007, 12:16am
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#7 | | Lord Quas
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
ok, on that basis, im gonna shoot for....
A prayer for Owen Meany- john irving. | |
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2nd October 2007, 12:19am
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
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Originally Posted by JZY ok, on that basis, im gonna shoot for....
A prayer for Owen Meany- john irving. | Never read any Irving, or seen any of the ensuing movies. Might give that one a go | |
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2nd October 2007, 12:19am
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#9 | | Lord Quas
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
My mum lent it to me as 'bus read fodder' once and i thought it was good. Much better than i had expected it to be. Can imagine its the sorta book that alot of people would like. | |
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2nd October 2007, 12:21am
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
OP was tl;dr. | |
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2nd October 2007, 12:45am
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Originally Posted by Phantom Limb OP was tl;dr. | Eh? | |
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2nd October 2007, 12:56am
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#12 | | Kurwa
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
I fucking hated a Prayer For Owen Meany
For me I'd say Catch 22. Although The Odyssey by Homer would probably be my first choice but you come across as a right up yerself cunt when you say that one.
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2nd October 2007, 5:17am
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#13 | | Chew you up, spit you out
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
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Originally Posted by ˇPunk! For me I'd say Catch 22. | I came here to say that. | |
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2nd October 2007, 7:08am
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#14 | | Better not to err
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
Time Travellers Wife was dogshit
I love Catch 22, but it seems to drag in the middle of the book for a lot of people. Homers Odyssey would, I imagine, produce an similarly mixed reaction across the board.
Fear & Loathing is normally a fairly good shout. | |
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2nd October 2007, 8:04am
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#15 | | Larger Than Life
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| Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
Chickenhawk ... by Robert Mason
Autobiography of a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot.. groovy stuff.. widely accepted as one of the best books to come out of the Vietnam war.
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