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Dec 13, 2019
7:08:09pm

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ClackamasCoug

Previous username: JimWest
Bio page: ClackamasCoug
Joined: Dec 13, 2004
Last login: Feb 3, 2024
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Best non-religious books I’ve ever read and best of 21st century

Coop

12/13/19 5:47pm

Emerald Mile for this century.

12/13/19 5:54pm

For me “best ever” would be Les Miserables, Count of Monte Cristo, Grapes of Wrath, Huckleberry Fin

12/13/19 6:01pm

War and Peace will change your life

OU Cougar

12/13/19 6:08pm

Im reading 1984 now. Maybe War and Peace next.

12/13/19 6:12pm

Like your list a lot. I’d add Great Expectations and Peace Like a River

Nakedbootleg

12/13/19 7:37pm

Absolutely loved Great Expectations.

12/13/19 8:11pm

Which ending did you get (spoilers)

OU Cougar

12/13/19 8:42pm

Loved boys in the boat

Tuskaloosa Cougar

12/13/19 6:04pm

BM Jerry Sandusky.

Zach Morris

12/13/19 6:49pm

Good list. I can't differentiate because I don't remember when I read some

a priori

12/13/19 6:07pm

Also I liked Seabiscuit more than Unbroken. (Edited)

12/13/19 6:09pm

I need to check seabiscuit out. I love horse racing.

Tuskaloosa Cougar

12/13/19 6:11pm

Seabiscuit is great, but Unbroken hits way harder

Coop

12/13/19 6:12pm

Itll sure make you want to learn more about the American POW in Japan

12/13/19 6:17pm

Not nonfiction, but King Rat by Clavell is great

Coop

12/13/19 6:18pm

His whole Asia saga is great.

SpiffCoug

12/13/19 6:23pm

The Stand, Lucifers Hammer. Both are

67Regent

12/13/19 6:17pm

I should read Lucifer’s Hammer again. It’s been so long I don’t remember anything about it except I really enjoyed it.

Cougar-Duck

12/13/19 7:04pm

Meteor hits earth, wipes out most of

67Regent

12/13/19 9:39pm

So what should I read next? War and Peace or The Brothers Karamazov?

12/13/19 6:26pm

You had me until you put IM on your list - that book is garbage

BlueSioux

12/13/19 6:29pm

The HG Wells one

BlueSioux

12/13/19 7:27pm

Not the one I meant

Coop

12/13/19 7:33pm

😅

BlueSioux

12/13/19 9:44pm

Band of Brothers

Brutus216

12/13/19 6:33pm

Reading right now, watching series episodes as I finish chapters. It’s amazing

Noni Fruit

12/13/19 6:40pm

love all those. Bought the 3 Musketeers tonight read Count of Monte Cristo

Osteotome

12/13/19 7:02pm

I’ve been working on a top-50 list the last few years

TheKing

12/13/19 7:03pm

I've read over 75 of the top 100. Several of the remaining 25 don't interest me.

CougarThug

12/13/19 8:46pm

That’s awesome! Thanks for posting it. Have you read Ulysses? I can

Jay Rick

12/14/19 8:59am

You forgot Lonesome Dove.

12/13/19 7:08pm

The complete works of Brandon Sanderson for fun escapism with surprising depth

Cougarrr

12/13/19 7:34pm

Asimov's original Foundation trilogy. Hugo award for all time best SciFI series

CougarThug

12/13/19 8:24pm

I loved the Foundation series...

CoachSpeak

12/13/19 8:29pm

Agreed. I also like much of HeinLein's and Greg Bear's works.

CougarThug

12/13/19 8:38pm

The book that maybe hit me harder than any other I’ve read...

CoachSpeak

12/13/19 8:33pm

David Copperfield by Dickens and Watership Down

hitechcpa

12/14/19 12:53am

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