# What a Novel Thread (Your Five Fave Novels)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-novel-thread-your-five-fave-novels/222028>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 31, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-novel-thread-your-five-fave-novels/222028 "2003-12-31T23:07:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![minega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@minega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minega)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-novel-thread-your-five-fave-novels/222028/81 "2004-01-06T16:02:25Z")

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The Travels of Jamie Mcpheeters: Robert Lewis Taylor

Monkey Wrench Gang: Edward Abbey

Catch-22: Joseph Heller

The Secret History: Donna Tartt

Exodus: Leon Uris

And kudos to the TB’ers who mentioned ‘A man in full’ and ‘The power of one’ Two of the most amazing books i’ve ever read.

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-novel-thread-your-five-fave-novels/222028/82 "2004-01-07T02:27:10Z")

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Eve, your favorites are all at least 50 years old.

Is there some newer stuff you like but it doesn’t achieve favorite status, so it’s not on your list?

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