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What are some books you like, or just some books you've read? I don't have a personal list of any kind, but off the top of my head, Dune, Watchmen, The Man in the High Castle, The Big Book of Pulps, and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.

Extremely detailed fantasy books like The Inheritance Cycle or the Lord of the Rings.

Makayla’s favorite book is Going Commando: The Art of Having Sex with Your Copy of Ratchet & Clank.

Really? Don't hate it if you can'tt handle it, Jory.

I can handle it, it's just not for me.

Me? I prefer to have sex with my copy of Blade Runner: The Final Cut.

It's hell trying to get it through that little hole in the DVD, though.

I've enjoyed some of the various books by Peg Kehret, who is an author of kids' novels.

Other books I've read and enjoyed were:

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Night by Elie Wiesel
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Rainbow High and Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez
The Meaning of Matthew by Judy Shepard
Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals

Thunder Below! The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare by Rear Adm. Eugene Fluckey (yes it's his real name).
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Lance Corporal Eugene B. Sledge
Flags of our Fathers and Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James Bradley

As you can see I don't read much besides war story's. I'm currently reading Unbroken by Laura Hildenbrand.

watchmen is a favourite of mine too. if were including graphic novels then maus by art speigelman and dykes to watch out for by alison bechdel. if we're talking actual books then marge piercys woman on the edge of time and ursula le guins left hand of darkness. smoke and mirrors by neil gaiman has an interesting selection of stories and david gemmels rigante series. and i forgot about lian hearns tales of the otori.

I'm reading a book called 'Kill your Friends' at the minute. Reminds me very much of American Psycho.

While I have no use for fiction, I love any book having to do with Nikola Tesla. He's my all time hero and the person I most want to be like. Except for the whole "dying penniless" part. But other than that, I live my life to be like him. As an aside, can I mention that it's hilarious I just realized his initials were "NT" when he was about a far as one can be from an NT? I lol'd.

10 Nonfiction in No Particular Order That I'd Give 5/5 Stars:

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Boy Alone by Karl Taro Greenfeld
Night by Elie Wiesel
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian by John Elder Robison
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by... Anne Frank

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10 Fiction in No Particular Order That I'd Give 5/5 Stars:

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
A Visit from the Good Squad by Jennifer Egan
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Anthem by Ayn Rand
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Animal Farm by George Orwell



It was hard to choose... so...

I don't read that often, but one book I really enjoyed was The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho.

Very wise book that one, I'd recommend it to those who are seeking their calling in life.

I love reading science fiction fantasy books and anything on Ireland its history and mythology, pagan and paranormal. David Eddings is my favourite author, William Shatners Tekwar series is good, Frank Herberts Dune, J.K Rowlings Harry Potter, Stephanie Meyers Twilight series, Star Trek, Star Wars and Doctor Who, The Iron Grail by Robert Holdstock Im reading at the moment Book Two of The Merlin Codex and The 21 Lessons of Meryln A Study in Druid Magic and Lore by Douglas Monroe. I also have The Alchemist by Michael Scott and a history book on Galloglass, Gaelic Warrior 1250-1600 I also have a book on ghosts and a book on ghosthunting and a book called the necrominion its about paranormal.

I love books, and I'm more of a kiddy-book person (Kids books have much more imagination then most books for adults. I love the worlds of imagination!)

The Divide, Back to the Divide, The Jinx on the Divide by Elizabeth Kay,
the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riodan,
The Harry Potter books..
Those are a few.

Now for Manga:
Flame of Recca,
Ranma 1/2
I also read a little bit of the Dragonball series, but not much.

I'm a fervent fan of Alan Garner. Though I try not to go on about his books too much, like I try not to reference Kirsty every five minutes.

I'll nominate Spacebase 2000, by Stewart Cowley. Pretty pictures!

For laughs:

• Douglas Adams "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
• Douglas Adams "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"
• Douglas Adams "The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul"
• Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman "Good Omens"
• Neil Gaiman "Anansi Boys"

• Henry Rollins "Pissing in the Gene Pool"
• Neil Stephenson "Cryptonomicon"
• Neil Gaiman "American Gods"
• J.R.R. Tolkien "The Silmarillion"
• J.R.R. Tolkien "The Hobbit"
• Michael Crichton "Travels"