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In reply to the discussion: Do You Have a Fictional Book That You Have Read Several Times? [View all]yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)133. Princess Bride...
love the movie too..
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Earth Abides. A Canticle for Leibowitz. The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings. Handmaids Tale. ...
Binkie The Clown
May 2017
#7
I love this. Read it when I was a kid. My favorite of his was The Illustrated Man, ever read that?
JudyM
May 2017
#74
There are supposedly forthcoming novels in both Thursday Next and Shades of Grey
Saviolo
May 2017
#181
Just a grammar point - a 'fictional book' is one that doesn't exist. 'A book of fiction?' :) (n/t)
FreepFryer
May 2017
#31
I cherish my signed first edition of Goldstein's "Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism"
FreepFryer
May 2017
#66
I read them for myself, then read all the books to my first grandson starting at about age 5.
Hekate
May 2017
#124
I'm the opposite - Most of the fiction I read, I will read twice or sometimes more
womanofthehills
May 2017
#100
I don't read like I used to, but everything by Jane Austen and numerous favorites by - Dick Francis.
Rhiannon12866
May 2017
#41
Me too re: Dunces. Such an amazing piece of fiction and Ignatius is a remarkable character.
LonePirate
May 2017
#76
The first time I read it I was living in Queens and working in lower Manhattan.
SeattleVet
May 2017
#87
Yrs ago, I was really into Richard Brautigan and was always rereading his books
womanofthehills
May 2017
#103
Fact-based fiction: In Cold Blood (Truman Capote) and A Fan's Notes (Frederick Exley)...
VOX
May 2017
#62
I was thinking of "Alas, Babylon" recently. Also "No Other Man" - 1950's? post nuclear world
SharonAnn
May 2017
#116
I'm not normally one to re read a book but there are a few that I have to
yellowdogintexas
May 2017
#111
The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. I've lost count of how many times I've read them...
Hekate
May 2017
#123
Went looking for a particular quote for a thank you note, and am now rereading Thief of Time...
Hekate
May 2017
#211
Shibumi by Rodney Whitaker ("Trevanian"), Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow, and even the one I wrote
DFW
May 2017
#134
My favorites too - every sentence of Tom Robbins is a creative word salad
womanofthehills
May 2017
#186
Nice ... I read all three of the original Shannara's multiple times by the time I was 15 ...
mr_lebowski
May 2017
#218
Irving - Garp, Cider House, Owen Meany, Water Method Man...King - Duma Key
NRaleighLiberal
May 2017
#159
"Good Omens", "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, Clive Barker's "Cabal", among others...
Rhythm
May 2017
#165
The Once and Future King (T.H. White); Go Tell It On the Mountain (Baldwin);
ancianita
May 2017
#169