Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Brian Evenson, The Wavering Knife (collection)
Franz Kafka, The Trial
Naguib Mahfouz, Children of the Alley
Ma Jian, Beijing Coma
Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again
Stepan Chapman, The Troika
Gustave Flaubert, The Temptation of Saint Anthony
Milorad Pavi?, Second Body
Something tells me that the majority of people reading this will not have read the majority of the works mentioned, so hopefully this will inspire further exploration.
Brian Evenson, The Wavering Knife (collection)
Franz Kafka, The Trial
Naguib Mahfouz, Children of the Alley
Ma Jian, Beijing Coma
Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again
Stepan Chapman, The Troika
Gustave Flaubert, The Temptation of Saint Anthony
Milorad Pavi?, Second Body
Something tells me that the majority of people reading this will not have read the majority of the works mentioned, so hopefully this will inspire further exploration.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.

Amazing books you think people must read
20/06/2010 08:35:22 PM
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If you insist...
20/06/2010 11:05:30 PM
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Actually, I did better on that list than I was expecting beforehand.
20/06/2010 11:24:17 PM
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The main ones coming to mind are 1984, Possession and The Discovery of Heaven.
20/06/2010 11:27:48 PM
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sadly I have not been wowed by a book in a while
21/06/2010 12:07:33 AM
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Catch 22
21/06/2010 02:03:18 AM
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It's that good? I have it on my shelf here but haven't read it. *NM*
21/06/2010 05:13:55 PM
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Let's just say it makes an impact.
21/06/2010 06:22:10 PM
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I enjoyed it. The absurdism--not all that unlike Vonnegut in many instances--made for a lot of fun.
22/06/2010 02:50:49 AM
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I'd say...
21/06/2010 03:11:24 AM
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Baxter's book The Raft was an interesting book
21/06/2010 02:35:32 PM
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I haven't read anything else of his. Just what he did with Clarke on that series.
22/06/2010 12:08:15 AM
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The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. It's the July Book Club selection, too. *NM*
21/06/2010 05:13:25 PM
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didn't the Russian Book Club just cover that book? *NM*
21/06/2010 05:17:59 PM
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Nope... The RAFO book club is joining the Russian book club to discuss it in July.
21/06/2010 05:20:36 PM
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Pale Fire by Nabakov. Or Lolita for that matter. *NM*
21/06/2010 08:22:56 PM
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Pale Fire was excellent. Especially for people who enjoy when Frost is mocked.
22/06/2010 12:49:38 AM
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