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What's the best book you've ever read not counting scriptures?
Mr. Rumsfield
8/11/22 4:40pm
Rough Stone Rolling
IGotGoodGifs
8/11/22 4:42pm
Love Anna Karennina, I think I liked War and Peace even more.
GRCoug
8/11/22 4:43pm
War, What is it Good For
Sea Chicken
8/11/22 4:43pm
I am glad he went with War and Peace as the title of the book instead of the
Ojiisan
8/11/22 4:44pm
RE: I am glad he went with War and Peace as the title of the book instead of the
GRCoug
8/11/22 4:46pm
War and Peace is another that has been on my list for ages. I think I'll get
Mr. Rumsfield
8/11/22 4:46pm
I was really reluctant to read it because of the length, but I loved every
GRCoug
8/11/22 4:48pm
Avoid the Constance Garnett translation.
valleus
8/11/22 4:52pm
Both great, but I far preferred W&P to AK. And Resurrection was better than them
Sandstone Cougar
8/11/22 6:05pm
Shattered Sword
DKN
8/11/22 4:44pm
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materialized
8/11/22 4:46pm
The Artful Dodger by Tommy Lasorda
DodgerMike
8/11/22 4:49pm
The Count of Monte Cristo
TheLoanArranger
8/11/22 4:50pm
RE: The Count of Monte Cristo
GRCoug
8/11/22 4:52pm
Go unabridged. Worth it.
PJMort
8/11/22 4:53pm
Count of Monte Cristo was really good, as was A Tale of Two Cities (similar to Monte Cristo actually).
PJMort
8/11/22 4:50pm
My vote is A Tale of Two Cities
BYU'01
8/11/22 5:33pm
Count of Monte Cristo was a HARD read. I labored through it.
Lifi
8/11/22 6:12pm
I have read it and listened to it. Such a good story. A Tale of Two Cities is much shorter/easier FWIW.
PJMort
8/11/22 7:47pm
By the Hand of Mormon, Legal Cases in the Book of Mormon, Name as Keyword,
Genghis Spreads
8/11/22 4:50pm
I’m with ya on east of Eden - so good
homegrown
8/11/22 4:50pm
Cougarboard: The greatest book never written.
kimdaddy35
8/11/22 4:51pm
Imagine all the threads you’ve ever read bound into a book and on your shelf
Memmo
8/11/22 4:55pm
1984
Backcountry
8/11/22 4:51pm
Les Miserables. Anything by Schopenhauer.
valleus
8/11/22 4:51pm
Les Miserables was a little brutal because of the length and detail but I dont
Backcountry
8/11/22 4:52pm
Agreed - my favorite book
Spocougar
8/11/22 6:12pm
Oh cmon. That sounds made up
TNT
8/11/22 5:33pm
Les Miserables, Mockingbird, Screwtape, Ove, Lonesome Dove and This Tender Land
BlueInfidel
8/12/22 5:55am
Green Eggs and Ham
ordinary tri guy
8/11/22 4:52pm
They Knew the Prophet - by Hyrum & Leslie Andrus
Zenoch
8/11/22 4:53pm
I have a hard time with "favorites" but I've always loved Catch 22
Clark Addison
8/11/22 4:53pm
It is great, but I feel like it starts to lag on forever.
YSMACK
8/11/22 4:54pm
I like to think of it as building layer upon layer rather than lagging on, but I can definitely see that point of view
Clark Addison
8/11/22 5:13pm
This is a good one. Think M*A*S*H* but not about a hospital.
PJMort
8/11/22 4:55pm
Atlas Shrugged
Mineral Ute
8/11/22 4:53pm
Meh, despite making it through Les Mis, Moby Dick, and several Russian
Mitty
8/11/22 5:37pm
As a Man Thinketh
machete
8/11/22 4:56pm
My top 3 - To Kill a Mockingbird, Watership Down, and Of Human Bondage
BoiseBlue
8/11/22 4:56pm
To Kill a Mockingbird is great. Recently read that.
Mr. Rumsfield
8/11/22 5:01pm
RE: To Kill a Mockingbird is great. Recently read that.
Dryfire
8/11/22 5:13pm
Gospel themed-Jesus the Christ. Fiction-Atlas Shrugged. Non-fiction-any
neboutefan
8/11/22 4:57pm
I finished Atlas Shrugged 3 hours ago. I had never read it... Loved it.
Cougphysio
8/11/22 5:46pm
Man's Search for Meaning
Big Red Thunder
8/11/22 5:00pm
I am a simple man...
MogollonMtsCoug
8/11/22 5:07pm
Emerson's essays or Gordon Wood's "Creation of the American Republic" ...
KCFan85
8/11/22 5:07pm
The Mystery Method, Autobiography of Malcolm X, The Spiritual Writings of
Genghis Spreads
8/11/22 5:12pm
A Tale of Two Cities
Little Mac
8/11/22 5:15pm
My vote is A Tale of Two Cities
BYU'01
8/11/22 5:34pm
Killer Angels
CLCougar
8/11/22 5:16pm
The Killer Angels
dreamer
8/11/22 5:16pm
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
orangepitbull
8/11/22 5:24pm
Sapians
tyler durden
8/11/22 5:32pm
War and Peace or Middlemarch
Gustav
8/11/22 5:36pm
Jane Eyre
Cougar Junkie
8/11/22 5:44pm
Non-fiction: Atomic Habits Fiction: Not sure
greatbam
8/11/22 5:51pm
The Years of Lyndon Johnson. Technically 4 (hopefully soon 5) book series.
Sandstone Cougar
8/11/22 6:03pm
Or Juiced by Jose Canseco.
Sandstone Cougar
8/11/22 6:06pm
The Stand
Oldcougfan
8/11/22 6:49pm
Favorite novel: Red Storm Rising. Favorite self-help: Atomic Habits. I wish
Whip
8/11/22 7:01pm
The Complete Far Side
Q-grr
8/11/22 7:44pm
Thinking fast and slow by Daniel kahneman and Amos tverski
Bovine University
8/11/22 7:48pm
The Count of Monte Cristo…hands down.
DwigtA2RM
8/11/22 8:04pm
That's a great one.
KCFan85
8/11/22 8:57pm
Where the Red Fern Grows
Phreddy
8/12/22 2:18am
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