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Glorfindel

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17. Oh, thanks, Rowdyboy

Reply to Rowdyboy (Reply #11)

Fri Jul 12, 2013, 05:06 PM

Jul 2013

I now have two more series to put on reading list!

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Epic Reads You Would Recommend [View all] avebury Jul 2013 OP

Gilgamesh! nt MrScorpio Jul 2013 #1

A Few that I Could think of that is not the usual Xyzse Jul 2013 #2

Kama Sutra sbh Jul 2013 #3

Colleen McCullough's "Master Of Rome" series. Aristus Jul 2013 #4

I agree 100%! Glorfindel Jul 2013 #6

My absolute favorites in the world....finished them all twice Rowdyboy Jul 2013 #11

Oh, thanks, Rowdyboy Glorfindel Jul 2013 #17

If you enjoyed Colleen McCullough, you will really like Saylor and Davis' work.... Rowdyboy Jul 2013 #20

I love those series of books! Another series you might try: Aristus Jul 2013 #25

Sounds like something right up my alley....I'm winding up the Gordianus series.... Rowdyboy Jul 2013 #26

Those books are great.... WCGreen Jul 2013 #21

"The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" by Herman Wouk Glorfindel Jul 2013 #5

Those were excellent! Auggie Jul 2013 #19

Gore Vidal's American Chronicles pscot Jul 2013 #7

Did those as well... WCGreen Jul 2013 #22

"The Far Pavilions" by M.M. Kaye... Demo_Chris Jul 2013 #8

Agree on Harry Potter...I read all 7 books on an exercise bike at the gym.... Rowdyboy Jul 2013 #12

I loved the audio versions of the Harry Potter avebury Jul 2013 #30

Jim Dale NewJeffCT Jul 2013 #40

I loved The Far Pavilions. (nt) Demoiselle Jul 2013 #35

Had Bush read that we would have never invaded Afghanistan. nt Demo_Chris Jul 2013 #36

Based on an assumption,of course... Demoiselle Jul 2013 #37

hehe nt Demo_Chris Jul 2013 #38

100 years of solitude... Locut0s Jul 2013 #9

Master of the Senate by Robert Caro. Ptah Jul 2013 #10

Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom!" cemaphonic Jul 2013 #13

Adding it to my list. n/t Chan790 Jul 2013 #32

the histories by herodutus, great historical read thats like a travelogue loli phabay Jul 2013 #14

Bloods A Rover by James Ellroy olddots Jul 2013 #15

1945 Conn 10M "Lady Face" takes a bit of beating when it comes to reeds. dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #16

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith Bertha Venation Jul 2013 #18

The Source, a Michner tome that really opened my eyes to how religion might have developed... WCGreen Jul 2013 #23

Gravity's Rainbow. Hands down the most insanely epic novel I've ever read. Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #24

The Aeneid, translated by C. Day Lewis petronius Jul 2013 #27

A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin bluedigger Jul 2013 #28

A first epic read for many. retread Jul 2013 #29

"The Good Companions" by J.B. Priestly First Speaker Jul 2013 #31

On the Beach and No Highway by Nevil Shute ConcernedCanuk Jul 2013 #33

William Faulkner is amazing - 'The Sound and the Fury,' 'Absalom, Absalom!,' 'Light in August.' nomorenomore08 Jul 2013 #34

"Aztec" by Gary Jennings DFW Jul 2013 #39