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The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3) 186 reviews Stephen King
Plume, 2003
Awesome!
+ THE WASTE LANDS by Stephen King + The Most Imaginative of the First Three. + Wait til you get to the end of this one! + One of the best books of all time
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The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet) 926 reviews Stephen King
Signet, 1991
Flagship King
+ A must-read + Masterpiece by Stephen King + King's best work
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The Great Train Robbery 125 reviews Michael Crichton
Avon, 2002
What a combo! Thriller, caper, historical novel all in one!
+ Classic Crichton + Probably Crichton's best + Robbers Win + Entertaining Heist
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The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228 87 reviews Dick Couch
Three Rivers Press, 2003
The Warrior Elite
+ Outstanding description of BUD/S + a must read + His Best + Only a few make it......
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The Shining 610 reviews Stephen King
Pocket, 2001
Redrum and ha loo sin nations in the ultimate mountain resort
+ Intense and frightening + The most evil book that is on the market + Brilliant haunted house story + most scary
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The Great Santini 60 reviews Pat Conroy
Bantam, 1987
Penetrating portrait of fathers and sons, and of America
+ Very fine purchase + Conroy the Great
The Great Santini is Colonel Bull Meecham, husband to his lovely Southern enabling wife Lillian, father to Ben, Mary Anne, Matt, and Karen, Marine, fighter pilot, bully, creep, alcoholic, and all around jerk. Bull rules his family as he does the marines that serve under him. A bad drunk, Bull ...
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King Rat 82 reviews James Clavell
Dell, 1986
King for half a century (almost)
+ compelling and disturbing + Trading Conscience for Survival in a Japanese POW Camp + "Changi was genesis, the place of beginning again" + Excellent novel
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The Big Four (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) 59 reviews Agatha Christie
Berkley, 1987
Lots of Action!
+ If you like Sherlock Holmes you will LOVE this one! + The Moriarty Syndrome
I have read all of the Poirot stories; and I find that this is my favorite, second only to Curtain. I like it because it is very different than the other books of the series. Poirot is much more a man of action, and the killer stays ahead of Poirot for most of this book. (Poirot is usually more in ...
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Timeline 1767 reviews Michael Crichton
Ballantine Books, 2000
Excellent medieval thriller
+ My first Science Fiction book
Excellent story of rising in the past, medieval history in the Perigord. A book also well documented. No stop in midair. Very good book.
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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1) 528 reviews Stephen King, Michael Whelan
Viking Adult, 2003
You have to read the whole series
+ I want more + Not Free SF Reader + Imagination Galore + The Beginning...
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1984 (Signet Classics) 1369 reviews George Orwell
New American Library, 1961
1984
+ Holy S$$T, thats pretty much it. + Orthodoxy is unconsciousness + No longer shocking...
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Jane Eyre (Signet Classics) 597 reviews Charlotte Brontė
Signet Classics, 1997
Best Book in the World!
+ Touching + Please Skip Erica Jong's Intro! + None Like It + A triumphant classic
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) 3589 reviews J. K. Rowling
Scholastic, Inc., 2005
Beyond the Order of the Phoenix Aftertaste
+ A revealing look into the past... + Harry Potter, need I say more? + Another Great Book in the Series + Snape steps into the spotlight.
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Adventures of Huck Finn 490 reviews Mark Twain
Highbridge Audio, 2003
American Classic
+ YOU CANT RUN AWAY FROM TROUBLES. + Huckleberry Finn + An Entertaining Flight in American Literature + A Tale From a Time Past
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The Bourne Identity (Bourne Trilogy, Book 1) 289 reviews Robert Ludlum
Bantam, 1984
Great Book
+ Darn that Robert Ludlum + AWESOME! + Perhaps the best action book I have read
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Suffer in Silence 32 reviews David Reid
Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, 2004
Right on
+ A hero's journey + Suffer in Silence + Be Proud of the best of our best.
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Sphere 699 reviews Michael Crichton
Ballantine Books, 1988
Great fun
+ Psycho-drama + My favorite Crichton thriller + Superb!
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December 6: A Novel 76 reviews Martin Cruz Smith
Pocket Star, 2003
suspense novel
+ "The gaijin is always 'It.'"
Terrific characters and plot but the sense of place in pre-wwII Japan is the most outstnding quality of the book. Highly recomended.
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The Return Of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Books on Tape, Inc., 1982
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The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2) 211 reviews Stephen King, Phil Hale
Viking Adult, 2003
Best book in a great series
+ "Drawing" Me In + THE DRAWING OF THE THREE by Stephen King + Can you say "ImAgInAtIoN?" + Roland draws his posse
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