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Posted March 19, 2013
This is difficult because I mainly read fantasy, which is pretty much nothing but trilogies. So I'll throw out 5 recommendations for trilogies and you can pick what you want from those.

-Farseer Trilogy
-Coldfire Trilogy
-His Dark Materials Trilogy
-Lord of the Rings (one book)
-Chronicles of Amber (one book)

If you want something larger scale and more difficult, check out Malazan Book of the Fallen (10 novels in the core series). I think it trumps everything else in fantasy in terms of pure scope and quality writing throughout.
Post edited March 19, 2013 by Whiteblade999
Posted March 19, 2013
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Aningan: Exactly what I was thinking! Some sort of Encyclopedias would do fine for the purpose.
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Soyeong: Most of the books are going to get ruined the first time it rains, so that's probably the best use anyway.
Nah, see you store the books in the chest. :) Maybe it can even read them aloud for you when you're busy making that raft!
Posted March 19, 2013
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langurmonkey: Imagine you are stuck on a deserted island with no electricity, alone. You find a magical chest and it starts talking to you. It offers you 5 books to read so you don't become too bored before other people rescue you. Any 5 books you want, that can be purchased at book stores today. Please list the 5 books you would ask the magical talking treasure chest to give you. It is 100% that you will be rescued in the future and you have all that you need to survive until then(toilet paper, food, first aid stuff, shelter, friendly monkeys).
"1001 video games you should play before you die"

All I can think of... :p
Posted March 19, 2013
1. The Bible - God
2. Lectures to my Students - Spurgeon
3. The Treasury of David - Spurgeon
4. The Revision Revised - Burgon
5. Inspiration and Interpretation - Burgon
Posted March 19, 2013
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benjiir: Wizards FIrst Rule - Terry Goodkind (First book in the Sword of Truth series)
Just don't read past the third book of the series. I finished the whole series, but would never reread the rest.

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RaggieRags: No. The Lord of the Rings is not, despite popular belief, a trilogy. It's a single volume cut in three pieces by the publisher because paper was expensive during wartime.
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Fenixp: Huh. I'm a massive fan of Tolkien's works and even I have managed to missed that info somehow. So.. Eh, thank you for that :D

Well, my recommendation would definitely be Lord of the Rings as well. And Dune - you can read that about 3 times and after the 3rd time, you finally get to understand what exactly has happened :D
I recently purchased the full Lord of the Rings ebook on my kindle and am currently rereading Lord of the Rings and close (well more than 2/3rds of the way through) to finishing it.
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El_Caz: 5) The thickest Twilight book, because you never mentioned if I had tinder or not and just in case the toilet paper runs out. :)
Despite it's readiness as toilet paper, wouldn't it still be a very thin book? The NYC yellow pages would probably be a better tome for toilet paper, and would take ages to read through.

My list:
Lord of the Rings
The Hobbitt or A book of Edgar Allan Poe's work
1984, Dune, and Starship Troopers because I only watched the movies and friends raved about the latter two books.
Post edited March 19, 2013 by jjsimp
Posted March 19, 2013
A Bathroom Reader (if you know what this is you win)

The D&D Dungeon Master's Guide (naturally for a light read)

Gulliver's Travels (for a mood setter)

Zombie Survival Guide (it could hit you too!)

War and Peace (Warning: only read when all other options are gone)
Posted March 20, 2013
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Soyeong: Most of the books are going to get ruined the first time it rains, so that's probably the best use anyway.
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Luned: Nah, see you store the books in the chest. :) Maybe it can even read them aloud for you when you're busy making that raft!
There is shelter on this deserted island.
Posted March 20, 2013
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nightrunner227: Ah, I forgot about Neuromancer, and it's on my computer! Shame on me.
go to read hurry!
Posted March 20, 2013
Dashiell Hammett, The Continental Op (actually a collection)

James Joyce, Ulysses

Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn

Charles Dickens, Bleak House
Post edited March 20, 2013 by cjrgreen
Posted March 20, 2013
Its easier for me to just pick authors...

Joe Haldeman: lots of great sci-fi, Forever War, Star Trek
Ken Kesey: Sometimes a Great Notion, Sailor Song, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
John Gardner: the Sunlight Dialogs, Grendel, The Wreckage of Agathon
Tom Robbins: Even Cowgirls get the Blues, The Still life with Woodpecker
Linda Hogan: Solar Storms, Mean Spirit
Posted March 20, 2013
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lyonst2: 1) The Gormenghast trilogy, Mervyn Peake
At least two of your remaining choices should be dictionaries.
Posted March 20, 2013
And an atlas, so you know where to swim to :)
Posted March 20, 2013
If I don't have to worry about survival...

In no particular order:

The Probability Broach, L. Neil Smith
The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, since we're considering it one book
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert A. Heinlein
The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge, Vernor Vinge, especially The Ungoverned
Post edited March 20, 2013 by KyleKatarn
Posted March 20, 2013
I'm surprised there are no comics listed or stuff by Robert E. Howard.
Post edited March 20, 2013 by langurmonkey
Posted March 20, 2013
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langurmonkey: I'm surprised there are no comics listed or stuff by Robert E. Howard.
I was gonna mention some comics like The daredevil run by Brian Bendis, or various others, but they are typically several books long so I opted against it. Also Robert E. Howard is great stuff and I cant believe I forgot about him :D
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