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My favorite page turners
These are not necessarily my favorite books, but they are some of the novels I've read with the highest quotient of pure entertainment value (in no particular order):
L.A. Confidential American Tabloid The Black Dalia The Three Musketeers The Count of Monte Cristo Twenty Years After Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Gorky Park Presumed Innocent Blood Meridian The Rebel Angels Fifth Business The Name of the Rose Lonesome Dove The Call of the Wild In Cold Blood Shogun Musashi
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02-14-2006, 08:48 PM | #2 |
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If Tom Clancy writes it, I read it.
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Dan Brown - Angels and Demons, DaVinci Code, Deception Point
Early Grisham - Time to Kill, The Firm, Pelican Brief, Runaway Jury Anything Robin Cook - Dude writes a good novel Undaunted Courage - Ambrose Seattle - Are we talking abridged or unabridged Count of Monte Cristo? I tried unabridged and couldn't do it. Agreed if you are referring to abridged. Les Mis - see Count of Monte Cristo |
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If you want a page turner and you don't mind violence, try Stephen Hunter. The book Dirty White Boys is a classic. I'm honestly surprised they've never made it into a movie. You should be warned, though, that the first paragraph of the book is a bit shocking. But I guarantee you that it is one of the most memorable first paragraphs you will ever read.
Here's a link to the first couple of paragraphs of the book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0679...0F#reader-link Again, I warn you that if you are easily offended, do not read this!! You have been duly warned.
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non-sequitor, I bet the reason it's not been made into a movie is that as I've noted here, American movie makers have a hard time with disturbing material. Note, for example, great foreign films like "The Return of Martin Geure" and "The Vanishing" that have been made as crappy, watered down, feel good U.S. versions.
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A few others on my list would be: Call It Courage Heart of Darkness The Bad Place Tom Sawyer The Sun Also Rises To Kill A Mockingbird The Onion Field White Fang
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