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This is going to be my list of books that I have loved but the author did not have any more works published, or the author had more books published, and this was the only ones that I really liked:
The Secret History By Donna Tartt A murder is committed, you learn that on page one. Then you get to backtrack why the person was murdered. The murderers are members of a very small exclusive college. It's a fascinating read, I have read it many times.
Animal Farm By George Orwell. I still snicker inside when I think of the pigs. All the pigs are equal..but some pigs are more equal than others...
Girl of the Limberlost By Gene Stratton Porter. Well, Freckles was pretty good also..
Doomsday Book By Connie Willis. I have read Willis' other books, but this is far one of my most favorite books! It takes place in the future in London, where the university routinely uses time travel to investigate history. Kivrin is a history student in 2048 who is transported to an English village in the 14th century. The student arrives mistakenly on the eve of the onset of the Black Plague. Her dealings with a family of "contemps" in 1348 and with her historian cohorts lead to complications as the book unfolds into a surprisingly dark, deep conclusion.
The Hab Theory By Allan Eckert. This synopsis is straight from the author's home web page: " This large contemporary novel tells the story of an ordinary electrical engineer who, at age 94 and dabbling in the earth sciences as an avocation, discovers an amazing and shocking truth -- that time after time since the beginnings of the earth, life on earth has been periodically been virtually destroyed and has had to start over again. Such a disaster (which occurs at intervals of 15,000 to 50,000 years apart, is currently threatening the earth. The electrical engineer, Herbert Allen Boardman (HAB) tries to alert the people but he is ignored and, in desperation and to get the ear of the world, he sets out seemingly to assassinate the President of the United States -- an assassination attempt deliberately meant to fail, but which puts into motion a remarkable series of events that virtually rock the world. A young writer, John Grant, becomes convinced of the validity of the HAB Theory and, though himself involved in a steamy affair and a marriage that is falling apart, becomes the hingepin upon which the story revolves as the action moves from Chicago to Washington, London, Paris and Nairobi, from the Oval Office of the President to a great international symposium, from the lush dwellings -- and bedrooms -- of the rich and famous to the humble grass shacks of African tribesmen." This fascinating novel was first published in 1976 by Little, Brown & Co., Boston, Mass. Currently out of print and all rights have reverted to the author, who is looking for a publisher for a new edition. If you ever find this book at a used book sale or garage sale, pick it up and read it! This is another fan's web page dedicated to the Hab Theory
Note: Allan Eckert is also the author of many best selling historical fiction such as The Frontiersman, A Sorrow in Our Hearts: The Life of Tecumseh, That Dark and Bloody River: A Chronicle of the Ohio River Valley
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Tom Clancy Everyone knows who Tom Clancy is. Tom Clancy can still write best selling techno-thrillers too!
L.M. Montgomery Author of "Anne of Green Gables" Mrs. Montgomery wrote eight sequels to the Anne Series, also many other books and her own journals have been published.
Clive Cussler Cussler's main character is Dirk Pitt, is the assistant director of NUMA, which may sound like rather dry reading. But Dirk Pitt has raised the Titantic, found the ancient libraries of Alexandria, rescued the President of the United States, saved the oceans of plant Earth from certain extinction (but not all happened in the same novel). His latest release is Flood Tide, on current best seller lists everywhere!
Diana Gabaldon Author of the "Outlander" Series: Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century, and a lover in another... In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon--when she innocently touches a boulder in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach--an "outlander"--in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of our Lord...1743. Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire's destiny in soon inextricably intertwined with Clan MacKenzie and the forbidden Castle Leoch. She is catapulted without warning into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life ...and shatter her heart. For here, James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a passion so fierce and a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire...and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Anne McCaffrey Author of the Pern Novels (The Dragonriders of Pern, etc) which I love, but also the Crystal Singer Series (Crystal Singer, Killashandra Ree, Crystal Line.) There are two romance novels she wrote back in the seventies that I constantly reread: Stitch in Snow, The Year of the Lucy.
Anne Rivers Siddons-writes books about women who are having some sort of transitional period in their lives.
Check out my web page featuring Ms. Rivers Siddons!
A bulletin board to post about favorite books to read! This is called Reader's Paradise Forum it's worth a look! Or how about Book Recommendations By Real Folks more books to check out and read!
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