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Oh my. Five for each decade perhaps? In high school I loved Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, Ethan Frome, Jude the Obscure, Madame Bovary, Brave New World, Black Like Me, and Stranger in a Strange Land. The Don Camillo series were favorites too, they're obscure and out of print now although I was fortunate to get one through an online swap =)
I've read Cider House Rules many times, I like most of John Irving's work. I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn a few times as a teen and adult. I can never choose just a few but am always happy to see posts like this because it introduces me to new favorites =)
Disclaimer: This list could change depending on what time of day it is, what I had for lunch, or what type of underwear I have on.
In no particular order:
* Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
* The Lord Of The Rings - J.R.R Tolkien
* American Gods - Neil Gaiman
* 1984 - George Orwell
* 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Jules Verne
"Tropic of Cancer"-Henry Miller
"The Stranger"-Albert Camus
"The Dharma Bums"-Jack Kerouac
"Dandelion Wine"-Ray Bradbury
"King, Queen, Knave"-Vladimir Nabokov
Moby Dick - Melville
Huckleberry Finn - Clemens
The Plague - Camus
Walden - Thoreau
Light in August - Faulkner
Have read all the above and would have to say all but Huck was pretty tough sledding.
If there is a common thread in these books; it is that the writer took a dull setting and was able to bring life and aliveness to the scene.
It's tough for me to narrow it down to only five, but I'd have to say
1) Demons by Dostoevsky
2) Crime and Punishment
3) A Terrible Vengance by Gogol
4) Paradise Lost by Milton
5) Dante's Inferno
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A common theme to these five.
