Ask HN: What is the best fiction book you've ever read?

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stevekemp · Jun 6, 2013
Dune
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latch · Jun 6, 2013
Dune
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saturdayplace · Jun 6, 2013
Stephenson's Snow Crash is another great recommendation.
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zlbrooks · Jun 6, 2013
Snowcrash
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saturdayplace · Jun 6, 2013
then Cryptonomicon as my one, two.
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fizzbar · Jun 6, 2013
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, while maybe not the "best" book ever written, is highly entertaining
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zlbrooks · Jun 6, 2013
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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saturdayplace · Jun 6, 2013
I like to read Ender's Game once a year or so.
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jtbigwoo · Jun 6, 2013
Neuromancer by William Gibson
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latch · Jun 6, 2013
1984
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stevekemp · Jun 6, 2013
LoTR
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rombdn · Jun 12, 2013
A Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett
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makerops · Jun 6, 2013
deamon
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saturdayplace · Jun 6, 2013
Anathem was slower to me
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halhelms · Jun 6, 2013
The Count of Monte Cristo for a great, rousing yarn
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stevekemp · Jun 6, 2013
* The Count of Monte Cristo
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