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Old 17-11-2012, 02:59 PM #1
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Cult classics would probably be more suited to me, I loved the likes of On the Road, The Catcher in the Rye, Catch-22, Brave New World etc.

I just don't have anything else to thumb through atm besides uni work, and those are mostly of the poetry/Shakespearean variety which, whilst important, aren't terribly interesting.
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I haven't really read many cult classics myself, but I thought these books were pretty damn good:
-His Dark Materials - It's a series of three books. They're all excellent. If you haven't already read them and enjoy fantasy (with a sort of sci-fi twist) then you should definitely consider it.
-Uglies - It's a series of books set in a world where everyone is given an operation at 16 to make them 'pretty'. It's a good read.
-Delirium - I've only started reading this but I really like it already. It's about a world where love is treated as a disease.
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The Lorien Legacies are worth a read. Its the I Am Number Four series.
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i'm not a teenager or gay so all of these suggestions suck
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Go to library like an old fart and choose a book for yourself then
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Anything by Nick Davies, classics? hmmm, are you a victorian gothic fan?..Captains Last Love... Frankenstien...
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I've read HDM Niall
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No Kizzy I'm not interested in reading something in Ye Olde English. I'm 24 not 104
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How much of Frankenstein can you want to no more about?

You know the scientist brings him to life. Its pointless reading a book you already know the outcome of
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Oh are you unfamiliar with the story of Frankenstein then Shaun? Have I spoiled anything for you?
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Oh okay. Well Uglies is good too!
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is quite good, reading it now
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