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In reply to the discussion: I need everyone's help again with a book list. This one is Top 5 books you've read. [View all]Heidi
(58,237 posts)78. "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves" by Karen Joy Fowler
was the best literary fiction I read in 2013.
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I need everyone's help again with a book list. This one is Top 5 books you've read. [View all]
Pretzel_Warrior
Dec 2013
OP
A People's History, The Handmaid's Tale, The Chalice and the Blade, The Evolution of Conscience, and
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#4
By instigating my own reexamination of things I know, her book literally changed my life.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#107
Do so. It's the story of how average Germans lived and how they (sort of) bought in to it.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2013
#29
1. The Grapes of Wrath 2. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest 3. To Kill A Mockingbird
Zorra
Dec 2013
#20
War and Peace, A Fine Balance, Catch-22, Anna Karenina, Tao Te Ching.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2013
#24
great lists so far! as with last year, it will take some time to compile
Pretzel_Warrior
Dec 2013
#26
THose all sound interesting. I actually met the author and have a signed copy of his book
Pretzel_Warrior
Dec 2013
#33
Sorry, couldn't winnow it down to five. Eight was as close to the bone as I could cut.
11 Bravo
Dec 2013
#31
Catch-22; Grapes of Wrath; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Moby Dick; Roughing It
Richardo
Dec 2013
#55
I HATE when books are a great read then end with a thud! (regarding #2 on your list)
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2013
#62
yep! there's a whole backstory I could write an essay abour re: her love of Harry Potter
Pretzel_Warrior
Dec 2013
#73
Believe me, last time around the list was quite eclectic. I take all offers
Pretzel_Warrior
Dec 2013
#71
well, for that matter, The Book of Job in the Bible makes many international top 20 lists.
Pretzel_Warrior
Dec 2013
#74
Always Coming Home, by Ursula Le Guin.The entire Earthsea series. All of Terry Pratchett's Discworld
Hekate
Dec 2013
#87
"Candide" by Voltaire (Butts' translation), "Demon Haunted World" by Carl Sagan
bhikkhu
Dec 2013
#99
Disaster at the Pole: The Tragedy of the Airship Italia and the 1928 Nobile Expedition to the North
Katashi_itto
Dec 2013
#113
Since this is for your daughter I asked my wife for her top 5 recommendations
diabeticman
Dec 2013
#119
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned "The Demon-Haunted World" by Carl Sagan
HarveyDarkey
Dec 2013
#120
I am an eclectic reader, so it's hard to do a "Top Five Overall" list
distantearlywarning
Dec 2013
#125