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NEOhiodemocrat

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40. I liked The Hunger Games Trilogy

Reply to clyrc (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2012, 05:25 PM

Jan 2012

and Stephen King's 11-22-1963

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Favorite fiction you've read this year? [View all] clyrc Dec 2011 OP

I read mostly non-fiction this year. Jim__ Dec 2011 #1

I read "Absurdistan" by Gary Shteyngart and i laughed til I cried clyrc Dec 2011 #11

I really liked "To Be Sung Underwater" by Tom McNeal. Chef Eric Dec 2011 #2

"Skippy Dies" by Paul Murray. n/t FSogol Dec 2011 #3

‘Micro,’ by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston pokerfan Dec 2011 #4

i thought michael chricton died? pitohui Dec 2011 #35

That's what makes it posthumous pokerfan Dec 2011 #36

Stieg Larsson's Millenium Series - TBF Dec 2011 #5

Fred Vargas Commissaire Adamsberg series pscot Dec 2011 #6

What genre do you prefer? fadedrose Dec 2011 #7

I like just about everything clyrc Dec 2011 #12

So many of us in this group do not spend a lot on books... fadedrose Dec 2011 #14

I use my library, but the bookstore has so many more books clyrc Dec 2011 #16

Sorry to have been so glib in my first reply... fadedrose Dec 2011 #17

I didn't really mean to start this thread as a cry for help clyrc Dec 2011 #21

Lots of good suggestions at the old DU fadedrose Dec 2011 #22

"11.22.63" by Stephen King MaineDem Dec 2011 #8

I liked The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #9

I read Thirteenth Tale a few years ago and loved it clyrc Dec 2011 #13

I wish I had more to offer you, but... Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #19

The Queen of Patpong getting old in mke Dec 2011 #10

A good one fadedrose Dec 2011 #18

I discovered Maguire's "Wicked" series this summer. Gemini Cat Dec 2011 #15

I read a lot of John Steinbeck this year JitterbugPerfume Dec 2011 #20

Colleen McCullough's "Masters of Rome" historical novels. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #23

It's YA, but my favorite fiction this year was Suzanne Collins' "Hunger Games" trilogy. iris27 Dec 2011 #24

Thirty-three Teeth, by Colin Cotterill petronius Dec 2011 #25

"Shaman" - "ghost of an elephant" fadedrose Dec 2011 #26

It's very nicely blended, I would say petronius Dec 2011 #27

Sounds like my experiences fadedrose Dec 2011 #28

I just put this one on my request list at the library.. fadedrose Jan 2012 #39

I got this one in from the library last night.... fadedrose Jan 2012 #47

Very cool! Let me know how you like them... petronius Jan 2012 #48

So far, I love the old doctor fadedrose Jan 2012 #49

"Before I Go to Sleep" by SJ Watson mainer Dec 2011 #29

"Before I Go to Sleep" was one of my favorites, too Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2012 #41

11 22 63 is a fine read... russspeakeasy Dec 2011 #30

Of books I've completed... Moe Shinola Dec 2011 #31

I've been GLUTTING myself Homer Wells Dec 2011 #32

Only slightly off topic, but I love your screen name. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2011 #34

Well, thank you very much Homer Wells Jan 2012 #44

Hard to pick, but I'll choose Swamplandia!, by Karen Russell DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2011 #33

I read Swamplandia! clyrc Dec 2011 #38

The Family Fang Z_I_Peevey Dec 2011 #37

I liked The Hunger Games Trilogy NEOhiodemocrat Jan 2012 #40

I keep hearing that.. Little Star Jan 2012 #42

The Hunger Games are awesome ohheckyeah Jan 2012 #43

I agree- and for me to say this is a surprise since it is young adult and sorta sci fi vanlassie Jan 2012 #45

It's not really the kind of book ohheckyeah Jan 2012 #46

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell HuckleB Jan 2012 #50

I loved Cloud Atlas! clyrc Feb 2012 #51

It's simply awesome! HuckleB Feb 2012 #52