RE: The Count of Monte Cristo

Aug 11, 2022
4:52:30pm

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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

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