Fiction


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The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Ignore the others; start with this one.


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Anthem by Ayn Rand

Srsly, she’s my favorite writer for a reason.

 


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Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

I see what he did there. You have to read the whole thing to find out.

 


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The Splendid Outcast by Beryl Markham

Emotionally intense, exciting, original short stories written in the ’40s for Collier’s and Ladies Home Journal.

 


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Wizard’s First Rule
by Terry Goodkind

One of the best plot writers living. High fantasy for people who don’t normally read high fantasy.

 


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Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie

Second star to the right and straight on till morning … Not like Disney. A story that deals with adult themes with a childlike innocence.

 


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Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini

If only I could find more books that start with such force as this one: “He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.”

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