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Gregory Rothbard (polycarp55) I have read the following and put them in this order of my love of them in order from most loved to least loved. However, I have liked all of the books so far.... just some books are better than others...

Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Slaughterhouse 5- Kurt Vonnegut (18) (23)
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
Dune by Frank Herbert
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradburry
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Bridge of San Louis Rey by Thornton Wilder
Mulengro by Charles De Lint


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Shawn (sounix) | 133 comments Mod
NicoleMichele wrote: "#16, May 16-26, 2011 "1984" George Orwell - 4 stars

Reminded me of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, but "1984" preceded it by 3 years, published in 1948. I wonder if Bradbury was influenced by th..."


I loved that the he didn't shy away from the hard ending the book required. Glad you liked the book!


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