Is the book good Jean, should I give it a try? I absolutely hated the film.
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I nominate "The Red Badge of Courage".
I nominate The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Attwood
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
I second Gone With the Wind
I nominate Les Misérables from Victor Hugo
Les Misérables seconded!
No "LOVE" for "Jaws"?????? C'mon folks!!! It was a long time best seller and eventually an awesome film!!!
"We're gonna need a bigger boat"!!!! LOL LOL LOL
Out of some personal journals. I forgot the posthumously part, so thanks for the reminder :). I just meant writers who barley scratched, or got to scratch, his or her talent. Harper Lee would be a much better illustration of what I was trying to say.
I'll second The Great Gatsby
Seconding:
Dune
Foundation trilogy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (and Through the Looking-Glass)
The Bonfire Of the Vanities
Robinson Crusoe
Les Misérables
Nominating:
Les Liaisons dangereuses (The Dangerous Liaisons) by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
I'll second:
Fahrenheit 451
1984
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
All Quiet on The Western Front
Lord Of The Flies
Old Man and the Sea, The
Stand, The
War of the Worlds
I'd like to give another vote for
Fahrenheit 451
To Kill A Mockingbird
Harry Potter
MY PLEASURE.
Spoiler: 08-03-2013 09:55 AMMerlin1958 08-03-2013 10:46 AMGirlystevedaveI nominate Life of Pi 08-03-2013 11:55 AMOdettaLove the French translation for Jaws!
The teeth of the sea! Yikes! 08-03-2013 10:49 PMmystimawill second Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Nominate The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins 08-04-2013 02:32 PMStebbinsI'd like to second The Old Man and the Sea.
Also, I nominate the Chronicles of Narnia series. 08-04-2013 06:02 PMBROWNINGS CHILDEsecond Life of Pi. 08-05-2013 04:33 AMJean 08-05-2013 04:37 AMJeanUpdates1984 10
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea 4
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The 8
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (and Through the Looking-Glass) 7
All Quiet on The Western Front 3
American Psycho 1
American Tragedy, An 1
Andromeda Strain, The 4
Animal Farm 4
As I Lay Dying 0
Ball and the Cross, The 0
Battlefield Earth 1
Battle Royale 0
Beloved 0
Black Water 1
Bonfire of the Vanities, The 1
Brave New World 2
Breakfast of Champions 1
Broken Sword, The 0
Candide 4
Carrion Comfort 1
Castle, The 2
Catch-22 4
Catcher in the Rye, The 7
Charlotte's Web 3
Children of Men 0
Clockwork Orange, A 3
Cloud Atlas 1
Count of Monte Cristo, The 2
Crime and Punishment 4
Dark Tower, The 9
David Copperfield 3
Da Vinci Code, The 2
Don Quixote 3
Dracula 5
Dragonriders of Pern 0
Dune 2
East of Eden 1
Ender’s Game 1
Everything is Illuminated 1
Exorcist, The 6
Fahrenheit 451 10
Fight Club 4
Finnegan's Wake 0
Foundation 2
Frankenstein 2
Gone with the Wind 1
Geek Love 0
Ghost Story 3
Glass Bead Game, The 3
Great Gatsby, The 1
Gulliver's Travels 4
Handmaid's Tale, The 0
Harry Potter 6
Haunting of Hill House, The 3
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The 4
I Am Legend 5
Interview With The Vampire 2
It 7
Jane Eyre 3
Jaws 1
Journey to the Center of the Earth 2
Jurassic Park 2
Karamazov Brothers, The 1
Kim 2
Liaisons dangereuses, Les 0
Life of Pi 1
Little Women 1
Lolita 4
Long Walk, The 4
Lord Of The Flies 11
Lord of the Rings 6
Lost World, The 3
Lucky Jim 0
Man in the High Castle, The 0
Master and Margarita, The 0
Misérables, Les 2
Monk, The 0
Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, The 0
Musashi 0
Northanger Abbey 3
Notes From Underground 0
Of Mice and Men 5
Old Man and the Sea, The 1
Old Yeller 0
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest 4
On the Beach 0
On the Road 0
Out of the Silent Planet 0
Outsiders, The 4
Pilgrimage: The Book of the People 0
Portnoy's Complaint 0
Princess Bride, The 0
Psycho 2
Rabbit Series 0
Ready Player One 0
Red Badge of Courage, The 0
Road, The 4
Robinson Crusoe 2
Room 0
Rosemary's Baby 2
Scarlet Letter, The 3
Silence of the Lambs, The 2
Simple Plan, A 0
Shining, The 4
Slaughterhouse-Five 3
Something Wicked This Way Comes 0
Song of Ice and Fire, A 4
Sound and the Fury, The 0
Stand, The 10
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 5
Stranger, The 2
Strangers on a Train 1
Taiko 0
Terror, The 3
Thief of Always, The 2
To Kill a Mockingbird 14
Treasure Island 6
Trial, The 1
Turn of the Screw, The 3
War and Peace 1
War of the Worlds 3
Water for Elephants 0
We 1
Where the Red Fern Grows 1
Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 0
Wuthering Heights 3 08-05-2013 04:39 AMJeanbears nominate Foucault's Pendulum (Il pendolo di Foucault) by Umberto Eco