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5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:10:56 PM 1434 Views
Hmmm. Difficult. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 08:15:31 PM 919 Views
Re: Hmmm. Difficult. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:35:03 PM 869 Views
Okay. Replace P&P with Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 09:15:59 PM 829 Views
It is a book... Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:22:05 PM 939 Views
Hm. Maybe. Rebekah - 26/04/2010 03:08:12 PM 977 Views
Harumph. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:51:25 PM 995 Views
And of course Huxley's Brave New World. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:52:49 PM 837 Views
So now, if you would, edit it down to just five. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:13:13 PM 1001 Views
No. I do enough editing as is. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:17:56 PM 865 Views
Thanks lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:21:15 PM 1049 Views
It is very good. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:18:08 PM 985 Views
I've read a bit about it... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2010 11:04:52 PM 1024 Views
Interesting. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:08:35 PM 1019 Views
Re: Interesting. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:19:41 PM 1031 Views
Without rules, peoples' best "5" becomes meaningless. Hard decisions need to be made. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:00:08 PM 897 Views
Yes, but then the number was arbitrary to begin with... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:26:02 PM 892 Views
I disagree for the above stated reasons. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:30:13 PM 961 Views
I agree, #1 problem people had in composition classes... LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:00:19 AM 1015 Views
I was forced to read JUDE the OBSCURE in high school. Jacob - 21/04/2010 09:50:37 PM 1050 Views
It's in my top ten books of all time. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:02:01 PM 971 Views
what are the others in your Top 10 of All Time? lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:11:29 PM 852 Views
Here goes, The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:36:21 PM 1147 Views
...I think that's the first time I've noticed Lackey on anyone's top books list. <3 LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:13:26 AM 1022 Views
As a gay teenager, albeit a happy one in NYC, her books were still powerful for me. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:00:21 AM 871 Views
I think I might just reread some of them sometime soon. LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 01:10:30 AM 1003 Views
omg, naming top 10 is impossible. Aeryn - 22/04/2010 03:57:24 AM 1072 Views
I enjoyed it as well Larry - 21/04/2010 10:45:53 PM 945 Views
It's a powerful and shocking beginning to any book. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:01:03 AM 948 Views
Indeed Larry - 22/04/2010 03:07:48 AM 912 Views
Well, I was 16 Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:14:15 PM 962 Views
It might be worth at least trying to re-read LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:01:47 AM 824 Views
I seem to recall that it was actual dislike. Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:15:37 PM 959 Views
The movie version of Jude the Obscure is bad. Really bad. And doesn't make me want to read the book. Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:28:44 PM 917 Views
I'm old and frequently forget nationalities Mossman - 21/04/2010 09:25:07 PM 1024 Views
I loved Watership Down when I first read it! *NM* lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:10:45 PM 435 Views
Difficult Beqi - 21/04/2010 10:00:09 PM 888 Views
Let's see... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:37:07 PM 824 Views
Leaving aside the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, Chaucer, Hardy, Austen) Larry - 21/04/2010 10:49:35 PM 943 Views
Hm.... A Deathwatch Guard - 22/04/2010 12:44:20 AM 1025 Views
This is a very difficult task. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:16:07 AM 885 Views
I love your number one. I love that book The Shrike - 22/04/2010 02:51:15 AM 858 Views
It was the book I had in mind when talking about Island at the Center of the World. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:57:32 AM 976 Views
Definitely agree with Greg about the Wedgwood book. LiterateDog - 22/04/2010 04:06:49 PM 933 Views
I suppose it depends on definitions... jh - 22/04/2010 04:34:40 PM 893 Views
I'd count him as both The Shrike - 22/04/2010 07:11:58 PM 984 Views
Irish by accident of birth, English to the depths of his soul by the grace of God. *NM* Tom - 22/04/2010 10:12:28 PM 477 Views
I think you mean snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:09:22 PM 867 Views
Oh wow. nossy - 22/04/2010 02:29:38 AM 929 Views
just remembered the Herriot books. nossy - 24/04/2010 03:48:18 PM 840 Views
James Herriot has a special place in my heart. LadyLorraine - 25/04/2010 01:45:50 AM 862 Views
Mine also snoopcester - 26/04/2010 11:02:19 AM 897 Views
Begone, you! *NM* nossy - 26/04/2010 02:54:07 PM 387 Views
What did I do? *NM* snoopcester - 26/04/2010 02:56:37 PM 415 Views
You might try The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. *NM* heartbreak - 22/04/2010 04:08:30 AM 431 Views
I'm going to cheat and give you two different lists Brian - 22/04/2010 06:54:18 AM 932 Views
Ooo nossy - 22/04/2010 06:54:21 PM 938 Views
If I wanted to be really specific I could say book 1: The Sword in the Stone Brian - 23/04/2010 02:37:24 AM 1121 Views
Only 5? snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:43:32 AM 823 Views
Never delved much into British literature, but here are my five. Vodalus - 22/04/2010 07:43:24 PM 915 Views
Tricky. Camilla - 23/04/2010 11:12:36 AM 1151 Views
Re: 5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read BlackAdder - 23/04/2010 08:43:46 PM 1016 Views
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