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Best book you’ve ever read?
Icelandic Cougar
7/28/21 11:46am
Book of Mormon
IceBlueCoug
7/28/21 11:46am
I get that it’s a great inspiration and has religious significance. But as a
Jay Rick
7/28/21 11:54am
It's a great war epic that rivals LOTR. It is full of classic story arcs and character development and tragedy. Its good
IceBlueCoug
7/28/21 11:57am
Plus all the women storylines
johnnycarson
7/28/21 11:58am
I mean, you won’t get me to defend LOTR, cause I really don’t like those books.
Jay Rick
7/28/21 12:00pm
You ever consider that you might be missing something?
bulletproof
7/28/21 12:06pm
nah bible or BOM answer to greatest book question is just lazy
Deleted
7/28/21 12:07pm
Depends on your definition of "best."
ldssdl
7/28/21 12:09pm
yea, best would not fall under "best if you believe a particular religion"
Deleted
7/28/21 12:20pm
Best falls under what teaches truth, regardless of who believes it, not unlike
ldssdl
7/28/21 4:14pm
I’m saying “as a story.” Pretend for a second that you don’t believe the
Jay Rick
7/28/21 12:08pm
I found the stories very exciting as a 12 year old. I guess you have to have an
Benfica1
7/28/21 12:12pm
I’m halfway through Dune and I am loving it
BulldogCoug79
7/28/21 11:47am
Paul
Nat Gas Man
7/28/21 11:52am
Team of Rivals.
CDV
7/28/21 11:49am
Hop on Pop
Ted Lasso
7/28/21 11:50am
Fox in Socks > Hop on Pop
Faceman
7/28/21 12:09pm
The Kite Runner
BlueNtheFace
7/28/21 11:50am
Great one, but so hard to read. Too sad. A Thousand Splendid Suns felt the same to me. So brutal.
CDV
7/28/21 11:52am
The Robe
slowhiteguy
7/28/21 11:52am
Born To Run
Honor Code
7/28/21 11:53am
Definitely a good one
RUNBYU1
7/28/21 2:25pm
Very entertaining
Great38
7/28/21 2:38pm
In the last 5 years or so, I'd say The Nix or My Absolute Darling
Belboz
7/28/21 11:53am
Lord of the Rings. Love To Kill a Mockingbird.
Squirt
7/28/21 11:53am
Is that the sequel to “To Kill a Mockingbird”
runitup590
7/28/21 11:55am
Count of Monte Cristo. That said, I doubt I'll ever read it again.
cruiserhead
7/28/21 11:55am
Too long for me 🙂 but my wife reports similar thoughts. She loved it, but it
Tricky
7/28/21 12:09pm
This book ^^^^. Read it four times.
byujacob
7/28/21 2:24pm
RE: This book ^^^^. Read it four times.
cruiserhead
7/28/21 2:59pm
Last of the Mohicans, least favorite The Scarlet Letter
Nat Gas Man
7/28/21 11:55am
Interesting story, but horribly written. JFC was a terrible writer IMO.
Shinshin
7/28/21 11:57am
Yea but it was what the 1700s
Nat Gas Man
7/28/21 12:00pm
There were good writers then, but they were mostly focused on politics and
Shinshin
7/28/21 12:03pm
And a totally forgotten part of the history of this continent. I have ancestors
Nat Gas Man
7/28/21 12:09pm
My favorite besides scriptures is Trading in the Zone, but that is more a work
crack
7/28/21 11:55am
At the risk of being called a chick, Pride and Prejudice is an excellent book.
Dread Pirate Westley
7/28/21 11:56am
The father is hilarious and worth the read alone
Zaphod
7/28/21 12:02pm
Mockingbird is up there. The Brothers K (not karamazov, but “K”) is up there. So
Jay Rick
7/28/21 11:56am
The Killer Angels
CoastalCoug
7/28/21 11:57am
The Work and the Glory series
spinner
7/28/21 11:57am
War and Peace.
Shinshin
7/28/21 11:59am
The Road
CougarTailDevourer
7/28/21 12:04pm
Man, I was messed up for like two months after reading that book. It's brilliant
BoiseBlue
7/28/21 12:34pm
Author? Jack London?
Greg4BYU
7/28/21 3:45pm
Nah, Cormac McCarthy. But Jack London is great too.
CougarTailDevourer
7/28/21 5:06pm
Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites.
SpotOnOpinionsGuy
7/28/21 12:04pm
I have to admit, these are definitely fun and amazing. Great stories.
RUNBYU1
7/28/21 2:25pm
War and Peace or Les Mis
Gustav
7/28/21 12:08pm
Fiction: Atlas Shrugged Non-Fiction: John Adams (McCullough)
neboutefan
7/28/21 12:08pm
Atlas is actually the worst book I’ve ever read. Should have been a two page
Jay Rick
7/28/21 12:10pm
Then you probably skipped that 80 page chapter where John Galt is giving that radio address
spinner
7/28/21 12:23pm
Who is John Galt?
Greg4BYU
7/28/21 12:26pm
A fully realized, 100% believable character who talks, acts and thinks just like a real, actual person?
spinner
7/28/21 12:30pm
Amazing- Jurassic Park; Thriller - Snow Wolf; Moral Story - East of Eden
Gunhog
7/28/21 12:37pm
C’mon, the dialog absolutely crackles
spinner
7/28/21 12:48pm
Yes. But who is John Galt?
Greg4BYU
7/28/21 2:16pm
The fact that you missed that reference quoted 100 plus times in the book makes
Greg4BYU
7/28/21 2:24pm
Nah, I’ve read all 1000+ tedious pages, even the 80 page long radio broadcast
spinner
7/28/21 2:39pm
Nobody of consequence.
joelvandyne
7/28/21 12:30pm
That speech should have been a manifesto. The actual story is garbage but I thought the speech was interesting.
shimmy
7/28/21 3:09pm
I got a little chuckle in reading this...
Eddie
7/28/21 12:35pm
Exactly. As a set of ideas, I think Rand is really interesting. As a work of art
Jay Rick
7/28/21 1:33pm
I liked Atlas shrugged, but about halfway through John Galt's 87-page rant
BoiseBlue
7/28/21 12:37pm
Atlas Shrugged was the first audio book that I checked back in before it was due
Greg4BYU
7/28/21 2:22pm
Boring and repetitious is exactly what I thought. So bad.
Jay Rick
7/28/21 3:29pm
Les Mis, God Bless You Mr Rosewater, or Infinite Jest
joelvandyne
7/28/21 12:19pm
David Copperfield. The Stand is also favorite
Turd Ferguson
7/28/21 12:20pm
Magicians of the Gods
bigbossbyu
7/28/21 12:21pm
Les Miserables. Robert Conquest and Frank Dikotter’s books. Wild Swans.
valleus
7/28/21 12:26pm
Tale of Two Cities
Greg4BYU
7/28/21 12:27pm
RE: Best book you’ve ever read?
A_blue_car
7/28/21 12:29pm
The Courage to be Disliked, 1984, Les Mis, The Count of Monte Cristo
4thand19
7/28/21 12:31pm
The grapes of wrath
So it goes...
7/28/21 12:35pm
Fearless. I keep hoping they'll make it into a movie.
Tonto
7/28/21 12:37pm
Slaughterhouse 5 for me
atticus
7/28/21 12:37pm
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A_blue_car
7/28/21 12:44pm
Both books are easily in my top 10
A_blue_car
7/28/21 1:49pm
The Way of Kings
Shaka Laka
7/28/21 12:51pm
Bourne Identity. Leaves the movie in the dust, as is the usual case with books.
Forzaitalia
7/28/21 1:18pm
I took a class from Stan Taylor at BYU when he came back from the CIA. He
Nat Gas Man
7/28/21 2:56pm
At best, the movie was loosely based on the book. I liked the movie but the
Dread Pirate Westley
7/28/21 5:01pm
In the Eye of the Storm / The Other Side of Heaven hands down. Fun, spiritual,
RUNBYU1
7/28/21 2:24pm
RE: Best book you’ve ever read?
JustHereForTheLaughs
7/28/21 5:05pm
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