# List your three favorite books

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-three-favorite-books/614285>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 28, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-three-favorite-books/614285 "2012-02-28T21:34:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-three-favorite-books/614285/81 "2012-03-03T10:19:54Z")

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Too hard, too many. For right now I’m going to say:

Black Mountain Breakdown - Lee Smith  
Billy Dead - Lisa Reardon  
Before Adam - Jack London

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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-three-favorite-books/614285/82 "2012-03-03T18:25:55Z")

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_Unintended Consequences_ – John Ross  
_Atlas Shrugged_ – Ayn Rand  
_1984_ – George Orwell

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**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-three-favorite-books/614285/83 "2012-03-03T19:01:13Z")

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_The Scarlet Letter_, Nathaniel Hawthorne  
_Confederates In the Attic_, Tony Horwitz  
_Assassination Vacation_, Sarah Vowell

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