What is the best book you have ever read by a male author and a female author?

chaptazbru | 16:02 Fri 20th Apr 2012 | Arts & Literature

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Mine is The Pursuit of Happiness by Douglas Kennedy

and

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton.

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naomi24

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Yes, indeed Em, great stuff. It’s a book I can pick up and open at any page – and just read.

Similarly with Jane Eyre. No sex – but what passion!

//Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!--I have as much soul as you,--and full as much heart! . . . I am not talking to you now through the...

16:35 Fri 20th Apr 2012

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emmie

Lord of The Rings, i never tire of the entire saga.

Kiki-frog

The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
and
The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris
(although I'll probably change my mind when I see other people's suggestions)

DTCwordfan

Herman Hesse, The Glass Bead Game, is stunning, particularly for the shock of the ending.

Rediscovering Hemingway and the delicousness of his descriptive prose......

Kiki-frog

Oh, I forgot LOTR! Can I change my mind? I knew this would happen....

emmie

Female - Vera Brittan, Testament of Youth.

chaptazbru

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Some great answers, but must admit, not heard of all of those books!
Yes Kiki, you can change your mind.
Anyone like Martina Cole books ?

chaptazbru

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DT - I love books wth shock endings or endings with a good twist.

B00

Mine's The Magician by Raymond E Fiest , read it over again every few years too.

cupid04

Shadow the sheepdog by Enid Blyton. It always gets me just there....

Prudie

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Only read on holiday these days, usually chiclit rubbish. Did read the Forgotten Garden about 2 years ago.