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It looks like Sci-Fi has been well covered, so I'm going to steer clear of that. I love Confederacy of Dunces, and I think that it's probably the best first novel ever. Definitely one that you should put on your summer reading list.
Best sports novel - Once a Runner by John L. Parker, Jr. The first book that I ever looked up from and said "this guy understands what it's like!" If you are or ever had been a runner, it's a must.
One of the greatest books ever - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. It won him the Nobel Prize for Literature (OK, the Gulag Archipelago helped, but it's non-fiction). If you ever want to get a feeling for what being in a Soviet political prison camp was like while Stalin was alive, this is for you. It's not as shocking as it once was, but it's one that you'll have trouble putting down.
American Crime - Anything by James Ellroy. White Jazz is one of his best, and even if you've seen LA Confidential, you should pick up the book since it ends very differently, and they left out about 20 major characters in the movie.
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"There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo
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