29 books
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64 voters
Listopia > Mike Narvaez's votes on the list Best Books Ever (47 Books)
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The Holy Bible: King James Version
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"We need the Bible just as we all need faith, God, wisdom, ethics and understanding."
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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1984
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"This is the chilling reminder that life can be a lot worse if we're not careful when electing who governs our societies."
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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The Grapes of Wrath
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"This is one of the most beautiful novels that have ever been written. Especially for those who have gone through the experience of immigration. The novel depicts vividly how hard and terrifying it is to leave everything behind to start all over again, in the hope – just the hope – that things will be better."
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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"This timeless novel shows that racism and injustice is still an issue today. "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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Animal Farm
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"The threat of communism is still alive and we must fight it with knowledge. "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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The Great Gatsby
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"This novel shows us that beauty and the illusion of money can drive a man mad, or even worse, it can end his life. "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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"A society without liberty and boundaries is a lost one. The novel teaches us that we must respect women’s rights no matter what."
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
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"This timeless classic teaches us that there is danger in playing god. "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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Night
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"We only lose our humanity when we give up, but sometimes our humanity is taken away from us. "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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"This wonderful and truthful diary teaches us that sometimes, hiding is the best way to fight injustice. "
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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Slaughterhouse-Five
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"We must all read this novel as we must always remember the atrocities of war. "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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The Feast of the Goat
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"It’s a vivid portrayed of the Latin American dictator and we must never allow them to get back to power. It is a powerful and truthful account of a South American struggle. "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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The War of the End of the World
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"Ignorance causes pointless wars.
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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Of Mice and Men
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"We must learn to live with people with mental illnesses, for our own sake."
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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El túnel
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"It is just a great Latin American story by one of the great Latin American writers. "
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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The Road
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"A beautiful story of the relationship between a man and his child."
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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Fahrenheit 451
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"It is the perfect tale of why we must love books and most importantly, stories, in whatever form they come in."
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
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"This is the story of Latin America."
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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Jane Eyre
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"It’s the greatest gothic novel ever written and most the oddest love stories in literature. "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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Doña Bárbara
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"The best Venezuelan novel ever written"
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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Lord of the Flies
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"This novel shows us how easy it is to lose our humanity. It will make you think and reflect. "
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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Brave New World
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"It is dangerous to be censored by the state but it is even worse when we censor ourselves with pointless entertainment. "
Mike
rated it 3 stars
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The Old Man and the Sea
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"This beautiful tale shows us that, when a man is determined to do something, he can get it. "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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"Vanity and bad influences can kill a man. Also, the pursue of being forever young can lead to dangerous consequences"
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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The Stand
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"This is just a great novel by one of the greatest writers that have ever lived. Long, heart breaking, chilling and just amazing! "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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In Cold Blood
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"This novel shows us that crime, in the real life – outside the pages of a fiction novel – can be a chilling thing, perhaps the scariest of things. "
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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And Then There Were None
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"One of the greatest crime novels written by one of the greatest crime writers ever. Why not read it?"
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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Love in the Time of Cholera
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"A love story that extends 50 years. Ageless and simply wonderful.
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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The Metamorphosis
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"To understand existentialism we must read Kafka and if we must read Kafka we must read this novel, his greatest work of fiction. "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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Cold Mountain
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"The American Civil War left a lot of deep scars, and this novel shows just some of them. One of the greatest short reads that have ever been created. "
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
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"Violence that you can’t escape. This novel will make you hallucinate. "
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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The Catcher in the Rye
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"Apart from the fact that the book is very good, it has also caused a lot of controversies. It’s worth a read. "
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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Looking for Alaska
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"A well written young adults novel that touches on one of the most important and alarming subjects for teenagers and young adults these days: suicide, a problem that seems to be getting bigger. "
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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"One of the greatest Poirot stories that Christie ever wrote. "
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
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"To know where the first African American president came from is to know how history was made. This is a very honest tale of his life, in his own words. "
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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The Invisible Man
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"Just an amazing read from one of the early masters of Sci Fi. Also, the greatest story of a mad scientist.
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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The Raven
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"One of the greatest, if not the greatest poem ever written by one of the greatest poets, writers, persons, that ever existed. "
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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Go Set a Watchman
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"Because the story of the Mocking Bird continues. "
Mike
rated it 4 stars
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
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"It’s the best children’s novel ever written. It’s got everything a child needs in a book, fun, laughs, scary stuff, and even poetry. It should be mandatory for every child to read. "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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11/22/63
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"One of King’s best work. "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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"It’s made of rich and vivid character that will make you dream of dragons!"
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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El jardín de los pecados
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"This is the best unknown book ever written
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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Abril rojo
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"Part of the history of Latin American "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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The Swimmer
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"It is too real. The story of a life time in a few pages"
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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Open
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"One of the most honest stories ever told by one of the best sports personalities in history. "
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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Tomorrow's Child
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"A true short story of love and parenting"
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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Hills Like White Elephants
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"Short and amazing"
Mike
rated it 5 stars
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