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Seeing as we have a thread dedicated to discussing movies, I think one devoted to books is very à propos. ;)

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So, what books have you read, whether it be recently or ages ago, that you really enjoyed? What books are you currently digging into? What books do you plan on reading?

My favorites are
The Kite Runner, To Kill A Mocking Bird, Ordinary People, The Catcher In The Rye, and Kaffir Boy.

I've certain favorites and occasional kicks:
-Things Fall Apart
-The Return of the King
-The Two Towers
-The Silmarillion
-The Hobbit
-Che Guevara (Biography)
-Dante's Inferno
-Fahrenheit 451
-Tsotsi
-Lés Miserables
-Le Petit Prince
-Breakfast of Champions

I just finished Lolita. Could be the strangest book I have ever read, great though. Those Russians can sure write a book...Very disturbing books that I would be concerned if you could think of such an odd story line.

Oh geez, I hope you packed a lunch. I've actually tried to contain my list by including only my favorite work from each author/creator. In no particular order:

Don Quixote by Cervantes
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Microserfs by Douglas Coupland (Note: I think Lili would actually dig this one!)
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Fletch by Gregory McDonald
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
The Scarlet Pimpernel by the Baroness Orczy
Just A Geek by Will Wheaton
If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell
French or Foe? by Polly Platt
Millenium by John Varley
Our Man Weston by Gordon Korman
Bone by Jeff Smith
Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid On Earth by Chris Ware
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Blue Monday: The Kids Are Alright by Chynna Clugston

(Yes, fellow geeks, I know that Dune, The Lord of the Rings and The Dark Knight Returns aren't on here. That is indeed on purpose. Discuss. :eek::p)

Recently I've read:

Manhunt - about the search and capture of John Wilkes Booth
The Lonely Land - by Sigurd Olson
Grant and Sherman

I like hard SF. I particularly like Charles Sheffield's books. I'm an avid reader and I read a lot of non-fiction as well as fiction. I have a huge collection of books, there's just too many to name. There are certain books I will read over and over again.