A Mobile Read 'Essential Books to Read' list - Page 2

AlexBell · 03-29-2009, 06:04 AM

If we can nominate series I'm going to spend tree series by Lois McMaster Bujold even though they are not free
- The Vorkosigan series, starting with Shards of Honour,
- The five gods series, starting with The Curse of Chalion, and
- The Sharing Knife Series, starting with Beguilement.
They are all in available in Mobipocket, and I have them all.

HarryT has already chosed Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, so I'll make my fourth choice Sense and Sensibility.

And my fifth choice would be A Gentleman of France by Stanley J Weyman. Or maybe The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins. Or maybe A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Or maybe HarryT's production of David Balfour, (comprising Kidnapped and Catriona) by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Regards, Alex.

Ea · 03-29-2009, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

1. Father Brown Omnibus Crime/Mystery. Free. Public domain.

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mtravellerh · 03-29-2009, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

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It's here

pdurrant · 03-29-2009, 06:17 AM

Cough... Harry T has done a "David Balfour", but that's only the second volume, also known as Catriona.

My production of "David Balfour" is the combined volume. And I've already nominated it :-)

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Originally Posted by AlexBell

Or maybe HarryT's production of David Balfour, (comprising Kidnapped and Catriona) by Robert Louis Stevenson.

pdurrant · 03-29-2009, 06:20 AM

Thanks. Fixed in the original post.

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ficbot · 03-29-2009, 12:00 PM

This is great, guys! Keep 'em coming! I am totally okay with nominating a series as one entry. I want to see as many replies as possible so we have the biggest possible list and can refer newcomers to a great list of books to read.

ficbot · 03-29-2009, 12:33 PM

6charlong, you can pick one more as you duplicated The Prince, already rec'd by someone else.

Greg Anos · 03-29-2009, 01:46 PM

Keeping this to 5 is about like giving breech delivery to a porcupine, but here goes.

1. The Complete Poems of Rudyard Kipling (Poetry)
Rudyard Kipling
Ghostwolf Web site

2. Complete works of Cornwainer Smith (2 Vol) (Science-fiction) - 90% is one interconnected series of short stories.
Cornwainer Smith. (Paul Linebarger)
Baen Books.

3. The Narnia Series (Fantasy)
C. S. Lewis
Fictionwise (Pay)

4. Jurgen (Fantasy)
James Branch Cabell
Project Gutenberg

5. The Droll Stories (Comedy)
Honorie De Balzac
Project Gutenberg

sunsetsylvia · 06-09-2009, 01:01 PM

Ok, had to replace some of my list, because H2G2 and Pride & Prejudice have been mentioned already.

So here it goes:

Measuring the World - Daniel Kehlmann (historical fiction, biography, satire)
buy: amazon, mobipocket, ...

Persuasion - Jane Austen (classic romance)
free: girlebooks.com, gutenberg.org, mobileread, ...

Outlander (series) - Diana Gabaldon (historical fiction, romance)
buy: mobipocket, amazon, diesel-ebooks, ...

The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas (historical fiction)
free: gutenberg, manybooks, planetebooks, ...

The Talisman - Stephen King and Peter Straub (fantasy/horror)
buy: diesel-ebooks, mobipocket, ...

khalleron · 06-10-2009, 03:02 PM

I'm really surprised that no one's listed The Lord of the Rings, so I will.

The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien (Fantasy, various retail outlets)

The Hobbit - ditto, ditto

Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome (Humour (with a u) now available here in a LOVELY ePub by Zelda)

The Man Who Was Thursday - GK Chesterton (spiritual thriller, available here)

The Letters of John and Abigail Adams - available on Google and Sony/Google ePub library

wayspooled · 06-13-2009, 12:55 AM

1. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Availability: mobileread.com, gutenberg.org, archive.org

2. The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh
Availability: diesel-ebooks.com, fictionwise.com

3. The Meditations (or Writings) of Marcus Aurelius by, you guessed it, Marcus Aurelius
Availability: mobileread.com, gutenberg.org, archive.org

4. The Iliad by Homer (we all have our favorites, I happen to like it better than The Odyssey :P )
Availability: mobileread.com, gutenberg.org, archive.org

5. Bulfinch's Mythology (all 3 parts) by Thomas Bulfinch
Availability: mobileread.com, gutenberg.org, archive.org

Note: No ebooks yet of O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin/Master and Commander series, Haldeman's Forever War, McMurtry's Lonesome Dove and Brin's Uplift Saga. :P Somebody do Neuromancer and Snow Crash hehe...

wallcraft · 06-13-2009, 11:30 AM

Shogun by James Clavell
Historical Fiction
Find a store using ebookprice.info, not in the Kindle store.

Metzger's Dog by Thomas Perry
Comic Thriller
Find a store using ebookprice.info.

A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge
Science Fiction
Find a store using ebookprice.info

The Mote in God's Eye by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven
Science Fiction
DRM-free MultiFormat from Baen Books

The 1632 Series by Eric Flint
Alternative History Science Fiction
First in the series in Baen Free Library

Xanthe · 03-03-2010, 12:46 PM

I read for escape, so my list would contain:

David Weber's Honor Harrington series

Sharon Lee & Steve Miller's Liaden Universe series

Catherine Asaro's Skolian Empire series

David Weber & John Ringo's Prince Roger series

C.S. Friedman's Coldfire Trilogy

jehane · 06-27-2010, 11:59 AM

Most of the books/series I would have nominated have already been named by others, but there's a few not listed.

William Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing (I am surprised he hasn't already been named, unless I missed it)

Baroness Orczy - The Scarlet Pimpernel

Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary (one of only two freely available - the other one is The Mysterious Affair at Styles, the first Poirot)

All public domain.

Question for Ralph Sir Edward @ 23 - Where did you find the complete works of Cordwainer Smith and does it include the Quest of Three Planets series? I have been looking for those to complete my (pbook) collection without success. I had a look on Baen and I could only find We the Underpeople and When the People Fell.

Paegan2246 · 06-28-2010, 09:38 AM

My list - it was hard to narrow my choices down to these:

Burr - Gore Vidal - available on Kindle

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - on Kindle and Project Guttenburg

I Know This Much Is True - Wally Lamb - again on Kindle

Winston Churchill's 6 volume history of World War II - available on Kindle
1. The Gathering Storm
2. The Grand Alliance
3. The Hinge of Fate
4. Their Finest Hour
5. Triumph and Tragedy
6. Closing the Ring

and finally The Welsh Trilogy by Sharon K Pennman (Here Be Dragons, The Reckoning, Falls the Shadow). These were the first 3 books I purchased when I got my Kindle. I checked today and they are no longer available. Who know what happened there.

03-29-2009, 01:46 PM	#23
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,247 Karma: 35000000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	Keeping this to 5 is about like giving breech delivery to a porcupine, but here goes. 1. The Complete Poems of Rudyard Kipling (Poetry) Rudyard Kipling Ghostwolf Web site 2. Complete works of Cornwainer Smith (2 Vol) (Science-fiction) - 90% is one interconnected series of short stories. Cornwainer Smith. (Paul Linebarger) Baen Books. 3. The Narnia Series (Fantasy) C. S. Lewis Fictionwise (Pay) 4. Jurgen (Fantasy) James Branch Cabell Project Gutenberg 5. The Droll Stories (Comedy) Honorie De Balzac Project Gutenberg Last edited by Greg Anos; 03-29-2009 at 01:55 PM.

06-09-2009, 01:01 PM	#24
sunsetsylvia Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 352 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Austria Device: Sony PRS-505 (sangria red), PRS-350 (silber), Galaxy Tab	Ok, had to replace some of my list, because H2G2 and Pride & Prejudice have been mentioned already. So here it goes: Measuring the World - Daniel Kehlmann (historical fiction, biography, satire) buy: amazon, mobipocket, ... Persuasion - Jane Austen (classic romance) free: girlebooks.com, gutenberg.org, mobileread, ... Outlander (series) - Diana Gabaldon (historical fiction, romance) buy: mobipocket, amazon, diesel-ebooks, ... The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas (historical fiction) free: gutenberg, manybooks, planetebooks, ... The Talisman - Stephen King and Peter Straub (fantasy/horror) buy: diesel-ebooks, mobipocket, ... Last edited by sunsetsylvia; 06-09-2009 at 01:04 PM.

06-13-2009, 12:55 AM	#26
wayspooled Crab In The Dark Posts: 486 Karma: 2328180 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Device: Tablet PC until a 10" comes out that I like	1. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott Availability: mobileread.com, gutenberg.org, archive.org 2. The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh Availability: diesel-ebooks.com, fictionwise.com 3. The Meditations (or Writings) of Marcus Aurelius by, you guessed it, Marcus Aurelius Availability: mobileread.com, gutenberg.org, archive.org 4. The Iliad by Homer (we all have our favorites, I happen to like it better than The Odyssey :P ) Availability: mobileread.com, gutenberg.org, archive.org 5. Bulfinch's Mythology (all 3 parts) by Thomas Bulfinch Availability: mobileread.com, gutenberg.org, archive.org Note: No ebooks yet of O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin/Master and Commander series, Haldeman's Forever War, McMurtry's Lonesome Dove and Brin's Uplift Saga. :P Somebody do Neuromancer and Snow Crash hehe... Last edited by wayspooled; 06-13-2009 at 12:40 PM. Reason: Oh sorry, %^$%!! stupid booksonboard fooled me again with that audio book of Master and Commander, removed it.

06-28-2010, 09:38 AM	#30
Paegan2246 Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 2627294 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Wisconsin Device: Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Touch, iPod Touch, 3-160GB iPod classics	My list - it was hard to narrow my choices down to these: Burr - Gore Vidal - available on Kindle The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - on Kindle and Project Guttenburg I Know This Much Is True - Wally Lamb - again on Kindle Winston Churchill's 6 volume history of World War II - available on Kindle 1. The Gathering Storm 2. The Grand Alliance 3. The Hinge of Fate 4. Their Finest Hour 5. Triumph and Tragedy 6. Closing the Ring and finally The Welsh Trilogy by Sharon K Pennman (Here Be Dragons, The Reckoning, Falls the Shadow). These were the first 3 books I purchased when I got my Kindle. I checked today and they are no longer available. Who know what happened there. Last edited by Paegan2246; 06-28-2010 at 09:41 AM.

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03-29-2009, 06:04 AM	#16
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	If we can nominate series I'm going to spend tree series by Lois McMaster Bujold even though they are not free - The Vorkosigan series, starting with Shards of Honour, - The five gods series, starting with The Curse of Chalion, and - The Sharing Knife Series, starting with Beguilement. They are all in available in Mobipocket, and I have them all. HarryT has already chosed Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, so I'll make my fourth choice Sense and Sensibility. And my fifth choice would be A Gentleman of France by Stanley J Weyman. Or maybe The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins. Or maybe A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Or maybe HarryT's production of David Balfour, (comprising Kidnapped and Catriona) by Robert Louis Stevenson. Regards, Alex.

03-29-2009, 12:00 PM	#21
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	This is great, guys! Keep 'em coming! I am totally okay with nominating a series as one entry. I want to see as many replies as possible so we have the biggest possible list and can refer newcomers to a great list of books to read.

03-29-2009, 12:33 PM	#22
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	6charlong, you can pick one more as you duplicated The Prince, already rec'd by someone else.

06-10-2009, 03:02 PM	#25
khalleron Kate Posts: 1,683 Karma: 3165009 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Oregon, United States Device: Nexus 7 2013, Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Forma	I'm really surprised that no one's listed The Lord of the Rings, so I will. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien (Fantasy, various retail outlets) The Hobbit - ditto, ditto Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome (Humour (with a u) now available here in a LOVELY ePub by Zelda) The Man Who Was Thursday - GK Chesterton (spiritual thriller, available here) The Letters of John and Abigail Adams - available on Google and Sony/Google ePub library

06-13-2009, 11:30 AM	#27
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	Shogun by James Clavell Historical Fiction Find a store using ebookprice.info, not in the Kindle store. Metzger's Dog by Thomas Perry Comic Thriller Find a store using ebookprice.info. A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge Science Fiction Find a store using ebookprice.info The Mote in God's Eye by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven Science Fiction DRM-free MultiFormat from Baen Books The 1632 Series by Eric Flint Alternative History Science Fiction First in the series in Baen Free Library

03-03-2010, 12:46 PM	#28
Xanthe Plan B Is Now In Force Posts: 1,894 Karma: 8086979 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Surebleak Device: Aluratek,Sony 350/T1,Pandigital,eBM 911,Nook HD/HD+,Fire HDX 7/8.9,PW2	I read for escape, so my list would contain: David Weber's Honor Harrington series Sharon Lee & Steve Miller's Liaden Universe series Catherine Asaro's Skolian Empire series David Weber & John Ringo's Prince Roger series C.S. Friedman's Coldfire Trilogy

06-27-2010, 11:59 AM	#29
jehane Book addict Posts: 441 Karma: 2650464 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Antarctica/Australia/Ohio Device: Sony PRS-300/T1/Asus TF101	Most of the books/series I would have nominated have already been named by others, but there's a few not listed. William Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing (I am surprised he hasn't already been named, unless I missed it) Baroness Orczy - The Scarlet Pimpernel Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary (one of only two freely available - the other one is The Mysterious Affair at Styles, the first Poirot) All public domain. Question for Ralph Sir Edward @ 23 - Where did you find the complete works of Cordwainer Smith and does it include the Quest of Three Planets series? I have been looking for those to complete my (pbook) collection without success. I had a look on Baen and I could only find We the Underpeople and When the People Fell.

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