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jemiller  ·  4105 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are your top 5 books?

Both (1.) The Kite Runner and (2.) A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini are absolutely fabulous. These two books made the New York Times' Best Sellers list. They historical fiction and are written with so much raw emotion that the reader can't help but believe it's true. The setting of both is in Afganistan during the Russian occupation, Mujahideen take over, and Taliban take over. Watch as Afghan flowers begin to grow thorns.

3. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is a classic and well worth its fame. Read this book.

4. Lord of the Flies by William Golding is another classic and one of my favorite "stranded/ lost/survival" stories. It's about a group a young English boys whose airplane crashes on an uninhabited island. Eventually, conflict arrises about the roles of leadership and tribes emerge.

5. I have to put Eragon by Christopher Paolini on this list because of my falling in love with dragons and anything to do with them stage. If you have seen the movie, you most likely wanted your money back or labeled it "meh". However, this book is so much more complex than the movie which left out the climax of all things. From the wiki:

    The book tells the story of a young farm boy named Eragon, who finds a mysterious stone in the mountains. A dragon he later names Saphira hatches from the stone, which was really an egg. When the evil King Galbatorix finds out about Eragon and his dragon, he sends his servants, the Ra'zac, after them in an effort to capture them. Eragon and Saphira are forced to flee from their hometown, and decide to search for the Varden, a group of rebels who want to see the downfall of Galbatorix.