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Nabokov appeared to his son and told him it would be ok to publish it, so you can quit thinking you're morally superior to all of us because you're respecting his wishes the book not be read. Not reading Laura because Nabokov didn't want you to, is as dumb as believing he really appeared to...

Palahniuk lists his favorite books on his website - chuckpalahniuk.net. I search for books my favorite authors have written forewards for. It's one thing to give a book a blurb, but to write a foreward means that author really likes the author and the book.

Women by Bukowski Killing Johnny Fry by Walter Mosley My girfriend comes to the city and beats me up by Stephen Elliott All 3 sexual, mildly violent books.

On The Road is nothing like any of your favorite books listed. Judging you by your favorite books I dont think you'd like On The Road. But give it a try and maybe your favorites will change.

Portnoy's complaint is my favoirte Roth book. It's about sexuality. His desire for his mother, his desire to dominate and posses women, so while it's funny it's not for every one. Zuckerman is roth's alter-ego. The books where Zuckerman is the main character are Ghost Writer Zuckerman...

NY Times named Underworld #2 of the top books of the past 25 years. Your first Delillo shouldn't be Underworld or Falling Man. Start with White Noise.

I love Delillo and have been impatiently waiting for this books release in paperback (in the US) in June. several parts of the novel have been released as short story's in Harpers over the past few years.

In the afterward of the 50th anniversary edition of Lolita, Nabokov talks about how many times he almost set fire to the manuscript and how relieved he was that he never did. I understand Nabokov not wanting his unpolished work out there for all of us to judge. But why not publish it with a...

I have a theory. There's no debate that the books have a fun story line, are entertaining, and suspensful. Here's the thing - they are written at a low reading level, they're suppossed to be young adult books. There must not be complicated symbolism or metaphores that are crucial for...

I skipped the harry potter sieries. I will not go into why. I doubt anyone on this website has only read harry potter. If so they would have joined a harry potter message board - not a general book one. Both my Sister and one of my cousins list the potter sieries as the only books they've...

Yes, Roth was and still is scadalous. Portnoy's complaint is filthy and marvelous - he masterbates on the bus and has a girl eat a doughnut of his... ellis & palahniuk are the only authors listed below that I think deserve a place on the list.

What’s up with all the personal attacks on this website. There’s this desperate need to be right without any discussion. Just a quick condescending quip and whoever posted feels good about themselves because they are right and whoever they were attacking is wrong. There’s a difference between...

Oh, more people who want to fight. If we want to get this person into reading we need to start them out with characters they can relate to. In situations they can relate to. In high school I thought I hated books because of all the crap on the reading lists. Shakespere doesn't speak to me...

extremely loud and incredibly close by jonathan safran foer is not dark and depressing - but it's a major tear-jerker. About a little boy dealing with his fathers death on 9/11.

Bukowski - We'd get drunk then naked. He's ugly as all hell but in his books seems like a fun guy as long as I dont throw stuff at him.

William Christopher Baer's Kiss Me, Judas. A story about the urban legend of a guy waking up in a bathtub full of ice with one of his kidney's missing. He has to figure out what happened and who has his kidney. There are a lot of other mystery's that appear once he fiinds the person who stole...

just knowing if you're male or female makes all the difference. So, which are you.

Updike's Rabbit, Run. You identify with the husbands need to run away and at the same time feel sorry for the wife. There's a death in the book - husband and wife each blame each other - as the reader I couldn't decide who to blame. This book is a great example of how not to favor one character...

No, I want to kick people off who want to argue about the list rather than just play the game. Every thread is full of people's overinflated ego's arguing and then the origional point of the thread is forgotten. And yes, I see the irony in my adding to the problem. Over.

I judge how much a person and I will be compatable based on what books they read. From the picture of the bookshelfs above, I see Palahniuk and Vonnegut and then a bunch of other books I dont care about. I know about them, but would never read them. I find it interesting that this person...