Favorite Book Anyone?

[Keramachi]

Well, what's yours? (manga dosen't count) Mine is Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

[Kunoichi no Kiri]

Matilda by Roald Dahl, or The Milargo Beanfield War by John Nichols

[dbcomix]

the chocolate war! its soooo cool! i wanna make a manga out of it! {(^_^)}

[mow]

Matilda by Roald Dahl, or The Milargo Beanfield War by John Nichols

off topic , but i always wanted to read The Milargo Beanfield War, how good is it Kiri?

[Kimi Sama]

Favourite book? Thats a tough one...too many to pick from!

I think for now I'll say Monsoon by Wilbur Smith, cause that was just...wow.

Theres tons of other amazing books I've read though...so I'll probably change my mind in about 5 seconds

[Kunoichi no Kiri]

Not much blows up, and not too many people die, but after page 50 or so it held my interest to the very end. I believe I read most of it in a day. It's part of a trilogy...The Magic Journey and The Nirvana Blues are also good.

[aslan]

I don't have a fav book but I do read alot when I have time

at the time being I'm reading
"The Two Swords" by R.A. Salvatore

[komrade_smith]

Pretty much any book by Terry Pratchett. I must've read nearly every book in the discworld series. :) At the moment, i'm readin "all quiet on the western front", which is really something else. People should be made to read it. it really changes your views.

[Rurouni]

Either one of the Sherlock Holmes books or Kensuke's Kingdom, but I've read so many books that I've forgotten a lot of them, so I really don't have one favorite book.

[abfluvver]

Anything by Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett. Good Omens, by both of them, is one of the funniest things I've ever read in my entire life.
Um, and the Kushiel's Legacy trilogy by Jacqueline Carey is my guilty pleasure. >>;

[Jenneth]

Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.

That, or, maybe Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Sure, it's a tough read, but it's worth every page.

[Jåpånë§ë-Rïçëbåll]

I hardly read any books these days..but my all-time favourite would be The Da Vinci Code ,Harry Potter and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory..lolx

[Jargien]

Nearly all David eddings books. But the newest series is real good.

[hyuganeji]

the Da Vinci Code

[Haik]

the silver sword from david zindell

[Ero-Simon]

Either The Once Future King or Hound of the Baskervilles. Those are 2 of only 5 books I own and I read them the most often, which still isn't very often :P

[emi]

Mine is, 'Old Magic' by Marianne Curley.
really great book. :)

[ramp3]

Bible Code I & II

[OneSideRed]

Some of the books in the Wheel of time series or The divene comedy ( Nots sure of the titel in english) by Dante Alighieri, though it's pretty hard too read I still thinks it's very good.

[silentruth]

screwtape letters....i don't read that much...so theres really not much to pick from...
american psycho's good too

[ChaochroX]

The Romance of the Three Kingdomes its really long so mabye its not for every one. I just read the abridged version (I couldn't find all three books). Also The Tales of the Otori Trillogy. These books kick ass plus they've ninjas and Samurai warfare. Even my mom liked them you should defanitly check these ones out. Also... The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss. lol

[PATMAN]

Mines the Harry Potter series ^_^

[Kno7]

I think the title is *And then there were none* by Agatha Christie.

Its seriously good, and congratz if you're able to figure out who's the killer.

[mary no jutsu]

i don't really have a favorite book. but the books i can read over and over again and never get tired of them are

1)lovely bones(makes me shed a tear)
2)hot zone(scary)
3)harry potter(so far ive read the series 14 times)
4)davinci code(makes me think)
5)lord of the rings trilogy
6)the adventures of spiderman(hehehe)

[parker pyne]

The Adventures Of Spot

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[basiK]

how to use the internet,for dummies
._O

[fairytale]

Mine is absolutely Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R Tolkien

[HornyHippo]

In my opinion the best book I've read was Crime and Punishment by Dostoieviski, and The Art of War.

[[GeNMa]]

Tale of Belgarion series, no question about it.

[Raegan]

The Dilbert Principle. You have to suffer in office situations to be able to understand it.

[Larethian]

The Lord Of The Rings and Silmarillion by J.R.R Tolkien, all books written by Pratchett, Harry Potter's series, Andrzej Sapkowski (the best polish fantasy writer, his books were translated to sth like 15 languages) and of course R.A Salvatore. Erich Maria Remarque is great too.

[Hyuuga_X]

personaly I don't like to read books, but if I had to choose it'll sure be The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien :wink

[Plastic Sun]

Favorite book eh...thats a tough one...

...i cant decide...so...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson
The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli
Ishmael, ...I forgot the author's name...

I think the title is *And then there were none* by Agatha Christie.

Its seriously good, and congratz if you're able to figure out who's the killer Dude...thats easy! its...*falls down, knife in back*

[Jun]

R.A. Salvatore is the best! <---best AD&D novels EVER!!
Also, the 2600 Hacker Quarterly. :)

[blue_duck]

I don't really have a favourite book, but some that I really enjoyed reading are Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah, His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, The Catcher in The Rye by J.D Salinger.. =]

[sunanoshukaku]

Well, what's yours? (manga dosen't count) Mine is Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
i couldnt stand this book, i liked what i got out of the book but the story and the book i cant stand.


anyways, my fav. book is The Hobbit

[aslan]

R.A. Salvatore is the best! <---best AD&D novels EVER!!



agreed

I have all his books

[abfluvver]

The Lord Of The Rings and Silmarillion by J.R.R Tolkien, all books written by Pratchett, Harry Potter's series, Andrzej Sapkowski (the best polish fantasy writer, his books were translated to sth like 15 languages) and of course R.A Salvatore. Erich Maria Remarque is great too.

Thank you for bringing to my attention that I am not the only person in the entire univers that read the Silmarillion and enjoyed it. XD
I agree with your entire list except for R.A. Salvatore.

[Larethian]

Thank you for bringing to my attention that I am not the only person in the entire univers that read the Silmarillion and enjoyed it. XD
I agree with your entire list except for R.A. Salvatore.At least we've got sth in common :P Such a girl with THIS taste on books - dream of every fantasy lovin' guy :P (don't get mad on me)

[Branchie]

I have three favorite books right now.

"Sloppy Firsts" and "Second Helpings", both by Megan McCafferty. Also, "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.

[kevin77]

I love anything written by jean paul sartre

My fav is a huis clos (no exit)

[Airontega]

LotR. LotR.

[Morghul]

This is pretty hard to answer...

But in the end I'd have to go with the Wheel of Time series...what a fucking marathon to get through that :sweatdrop

Morghul

[Hokage_Naruto]

Reading for Idiots. Wow that boook helped me through 8th Grade

[narra mayhem]

first i would like to let everyone know that lotr is ONE BOOK not a trilogy.
lotr is good. the giver. harry potter (all of them) da vincci code. the daran shan series.
other stuff but im lazy

[Morghul]

first i would like to let everyone know that lotr is ONE BOOK not a trilogy.
lotr is good. the giver. harry potter (all of them) da vincci code. the daran shan series.
other stuff but im lazy

actually, its seven books. You can buy them as just one book, but he origionally wrote the saga in 7 parts.

Morghul

[occasionalutopia]

The Hitchhiker series by Douglas Adams, I love it so much I cried when he died :crying

The End of the Affair - Graham Greene

[Orihime]

Hmm, currently,

"Tales of the Otori Trilogy" by Lian Hearn:
Book 1: Across the Nightingale Floor
Book 2: Grass for his Pillow
Book 3: Brilliance of the Moon

All time faves:
"The Last Noel" by Michael Malone
"A Walk to Remember" by Nicolas Sparks
"Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden
"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
"Little Women", "Little Men", "Jo's Boys" by Louisa May Alcott
"A Widow for One Year" by John Irving
Harry Potter books by JK Rowling

[Keramachi]

i couldnt stand this book, i liked what i got out of the book but the story and the book i cant stand.What's wrong with it. I thought it was excellent.

[N4rut0]

Its all about the Inheritance Trilogy:
1.Eragon
2.(unfinished)Inheritance
3. ...

[Draigo]

my fav book would prolly have to be Catch-22 by joseph heller, but i also really like 1984 by George Orwell.

Prolly the most inteligent book has to be Plato's republic (in my opinion)

And congrats to whoever said The Prince by Niccolo Machiaveli - its good to know there are some people who take an interest in political philosophy.

[Garson007]

Nice to see that people like Wilbur Smith books, I thought his home Country had to only people who read it. He did get a few best selling awards though. He is a bit too obsessed with sex though (Especially the male counter-part). He really needs a new hobby. "River God" is a good recommendation though. Brings a few Egyptian things into context, but the original writer is a bit too arrogant.

Tolkien was also born in this country actually. My favourite book of all time is written by him, no and it is not LOTR. It is set in the same realm, but it reads more like an historical book than an actual Novel: "The Silmiralion"(Spelling?).

[Arilou]

Some of my favourites:

Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and "The Silmarillion" are wonderful.
I quite enjoyed Tolstoy's "War and Peace"
Most of Terry Pratchett's books are excellent.
Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" is a masterpiece.
George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" looks to become one of the best fantasy series of all times.
Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" is pretty damn good.

[Garson007]

Only read the whole thread now, other people have actually read: "The Silmarillion", I read it before LOTR and after that LOTR was a disappointment...

[kane_x]

Few favorites:

"American Gods" and "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman (I've got American Gods with his signature :smile-big )
Most books by Terry Pratchett
All of the Rei Shimura books by Sujata Massey.
Most of Banana Yoshimoto's books.
"Soul Mountain" by Gao Xingjian
"The conversations of Confucius" (I don't know the english name since it's not printed in the book, so I translated the finnish name of the book)
"The biography of Humbrey Bogart" by Sperber - Lax
"LOTR" by Tolkien... If you're a fantasy freak, you've gotta put it in the list :P

[Arilou]

Oh yeah, nonfiction...

Ofredsår ("Years of War") and Den Oövervinnerlige ("The Invincible") by Peter Englund.
The Ottoman Centuries by Lord Kinross
Anarchy, State & Utopia by Robert Nozick (can't say I agree with the man but the book is interesting)

[inari]

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Best. book. ever!

Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman. It's actually a collection of short stories, but almost all are just amazing. Neil Gaiman is just brilliant with short stories and graphic novels, though all of his novels have been a disappointment to me so far.

Dune by Frank Herbert. The first book was wonderful, but I have been disappointed with the rest of the series. I couldn't get past God Emperor of Dune which I though was so bad.

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien. They were really great... until the movie "fandom" screwed it all up. I think The Two Towers is tied with The Silmarillion as my favourite Tolkien book.

first i would like to let everyone know that lotr is ONE BOOK not a trilogy.
As Morghul mentioned, it's actually seven books split into three books (The Fllowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King). And the series is generally refered to as "The Lord of the Rings".

Only read the whole thread now, other people have actually read: "The Silmarillion", I read it before LOTR and after that LOTR was a disappointment...
I read it after LotR and then had to re-read LotR as it explains a lot. I actually enjoyed the "history" aspect of The Silmarillion. I even went for as as to read The Unfinished Tales, which I also loved. It's interesting seeing the process in which Tolkien created the peoples and histories of Arda.

The Romance of the Three Kingdomes its really long so mabye its not for every one. I just read the abridged version (I couldn't find all three books).
I have the abridged version. I had to order a used copy of the four volume set through Borders. I think the set is no longer being printed, but a complete translation (http://www.threekingdoms.com/) is available online. I love what I've read of it so far, but some of the things the author changed to make the story more pro-Shu and anti-Wei bother me. Especially how he attributes a lot of Zhou Yu's really clever strategies to Zhuge Liang.

Also The Tales of the Otori Trillogy. These books kick ass plus they've ninjas and Samurai warfare. Even my mom liked them you should defanitly check these ones out.
I really loved the books except for the stuff about the Hidden. To quote my friend, "It was clearly a reflection of the author's bias, and was incongruous to the novel's Japanese realism". But everything else was great. There isn't a lot of good samurai fiction by Western authors to be found.

[Kai_Phocks]

Ah, Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the best book I ever read. But my favorite is I Jedi by Michael Stackpole.

[Sawako]

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli has to be my all time favorite book.

But now I'm growing more attatched to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory after reading it a second time.

[8018]

Theres 4 Books
that i adore
'Catcher in the Rye'
by S.D. Salinger
"Dancer From the Dance"
By Andrew Holleran
"Samurai"
By Hisako Matsubara
"Tithe"
By Holy Black

[Lunar]

Looks at name......The Sword of Truth series By Terry Goodkind
Wizards First Rule
Stone of Tears
Blood of The Fold
Temple of The Winds

I still have to complete the rest. But those are my favorites.

[Larethian]

Just adding to my list "The seventh Son" from " Tales of Alvin the Maker" (or whatever it's called in English) by Orson Scott Card - i strongly recommend it to all of you.

[Arilou]

Looks at name......The Sword of Truth series By Terry Goodkind
Wizards First Rule
Stone of Tears
Blood of The Fold
Temple of The Winds

I still have to complete the rest. But those are my favorites.

Ohmygod.

Terry Goodkind is probably the worst fantasy author I have the misfortune of reading... His plots makes no sense, he blatantly steals elements from others, his writing sucks, he injects hacky politics and philosophy (which he does not even present well) into the story... Wizard's First Rule was okay, but the second book was just horrible...

[Yukimura]

The Trilogy of Bartimaeus!

O_O!

So many yaoi implications! *overloads*

The guy put his hand on the other guy's shoulder/neck X_X

[sharingank]

I can't remember if I posted in this thread or not...XD But as of now, I love Lord of Snow and Shadows, and the second book in the series, Prisoner of the Iron Tower, by Sarah Ash. I also love the Belgariad and the Malloreon, by David Eddings

[Itachi_like_to_kill]

The Art Of War by Sun Tzu

[Noex]

fave book ey........hmmm.....i dont read books so my fave is the dictonary, coz that is the book i use the most, always wqhen i play video games and such.

[Jenneth]

The Art Of War by Sun TzuOoh! Ooh!

Fantastic book, indeed. I'd like to add that to my list of reccomendations.

[Code]

My favorite book would have to be Frank Herbert's Dune. Great book. Amazing. Another good book is Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

[BakaKage]

the lord of the rings trilogy by j.r. tolkien and strangers by dean koontz :D

[narutofan20052005]

lord of the rings

[Wave]

Walter Dean Myers books. they should be made into movies in my opinion xD

[NinjaJedi007]

pretty much anything by kurt vonnegut. some favorites of mine are Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle.

[GarraGirl]

well, I gotta go with the Anita Blake series...god I love that series, Action, Vampires, Wereanimals, mystery...oh heck that book has everything....

"Guilty Pleasures" is the first Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel by Laurell K. Hamilton, but when you read it you will wish that it was not. What I mean by that convoluted sentence is that Anita is well into her career as an Animator when this book opens and the more you find out about her backstory the more you want to learn. One of the most important things in this story is when the master vampire Jean-Claude puts the first two marks upon Anita, which links them psychically and makes her somewhat immune to the mental powers of the vampires. Obviously this will have long term repercussions in the series, but it is not as momentous a change since this is the first novel in the series; when it happens Anita has talked about killing vampires, but we have yet to see her ply her trade. If there had been a prequel to this story, in which Anita earned her reputation as "The Executioner" and we learned the rules of the game in terms of vampires and this brave new world they inhabit, then her transformation in "Guilty Pleasures" would have the weight it deserves. Similarly, the idea that the thousand-year-old Master Vampire of St. Louis wants to hire Anita to solve the sudden rash of vampire murders also has less impact than it would if this story was told further down the line. Hamilton comes up with some excellent ideas in this novel, but you can imagine how much more of an impact they would have if this was the third or fourth Anita Blake novel instead of the first. However, Hamilton gets high marks for giving us the feel that we have stepped into an ongoing story, always a laudable goal. You have to be quite optimistic about her ability to up the ante as the series continues.

The world of Anita Blake is one in which the Supreme Court has granted the undead equal rights, so that you cannot kill a vampire without a warrant and you can just imagine the legal morass involving zombies, ghouls and were-beasts. Hamilton has created a world in which the undead are still creatures of the night but have become a part of society, which runs the spectrum from vampire strip clubs such as the Guilty Pleasures of the title to the Church of Eternal Life where becoming a vampire can help you achieve that particular goal. This is a thoughtful look at the "realities" of such a world and although you will recognize elements from Stoker and Rice in this world, Hamilton has constructed one that stands on its own. As for our heroine, she is also extremely realistic: Anita Blake has horrible scars on her body from her battles against the undead, her dreams are tormented by what she has seen and done, she is terrified by her current situation and does not know who she can trust or turn to for help. The fact that she feels fear, cries, gets sick to her stomach, add to her heroism because despite all these obstacles, she gets the job done. There is a much harder edge here than what you find with other vampire slayers. Anita Blake is not a two-dimension character, which is why once you read "Guilty Pleasures" you have to move on to the next novel in the series. All in all, this is an excellent start.

[quoted from Amazon.com]


check the Anita Blake site (http://www.timber-wolf.net/blake/) for more info


edit: I hope this is not spam....if it is sorry guys....it's a cool series and I would like to get more people into it

[killerrabbit]

I enjoy quite a few books and I am not going to list all my favorites here, but just list a few of them.

Dune by Frank Herbert
Clockwork Orange
Omeros by Dereck Walcott

[jkingler]

Sorry. I love books too much. Can't pick one!

Realistic Fiction:

Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey; Sense and Sensibility; Emma; Pride and Prejudice

Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre

Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights

Charles Dickens: Great Expectations

Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo (pulp at its finest)

Fantasy:

Terry Pratchett: Small Gods and The Truth (Otto is ----ing hilarious!)

J.K. Rowling:
Harry Potter (Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire--I can never decide which I like better, but maybe Goblet...just because it is longer)

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Silmarillion (Beren and Luthien rawk!!!), The Hobbit, LoTR. To clarify: It was published as a trilogy and written in sections, but it is meant to be taken as a single (humongous) book.

Sci-Fi:

Orson Scott Card: Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead (Go read these too!)

Arthur C. Clarke: Childhood's End (Just...wow)

David Feintuch: The Seafort Saga. (Go read it.)

Robert Jordan: Wheel of Time (The first book starts slow but ends great. The next several books are GREAT. SO good. But the last few books are a bit slow and lack incident. And yet I keep waiting for the next one :amuse )

And, out of alphabetical order because it is my most favorite series ATM...*drum roll*

George R.R. Martin
A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE!!!! (AMAZING! I can't wait for A Feast For Crows. If you like Jordan, but wish some of the characters would die, this is totally for you. Promise.)

And I LOVE many more books. These are just a few of my favorites. :P

Seriously, if you like most of what I have posted you will probably like all of it. So if you like what you see, and if there are any you haven't read, go do yourself the favor :smile-big .

P.S. Not favorites, but they changed my outlook on what kind of foods I eat: The Jungle and Fast Food Nation. Seriously...eeeewww. I am certainly carnivorous despite having read these, but I am a lot more picky now.

[killerrabbit]

I must admit I am not a big fan of Dickens or Dumas, those books just did not click with me. I will agree that the Wheel of Time started off great but the newest books have been disappointing. The next few books will most likely be the prequels still by Robert Jordan.

Moby Dick by Melville is another one of my favorites.

Ni

[Leto]

The Hobbit
The Da Vinci Code
Angels and Demons
Eragon
Acceleration
Prey
Any Dirk Pitt novel

[jkingler]

^^Still can't believe I have never gotten around to reading Moby Dick!

[WolfFang]

I like Orson Scott Card's books about Ender. There are four of them in that series. They are sci fi.

[SharinganItachi]

I haven't been reading much lately, but I think my favorites would have to be the Harry Potter books.

[Neenah]

harry potter books, wicca books, and all judy blume books

[Hagane no Renkinjutsushi]

The fourth Harry Potter book. Didn't read the fifth one cuz.. I've lost my interest in reading.

[sunshine_gal]

Ooooh... favourite books!!! I have quite a number of them....

First off it has to be the Drizzt series by R.A Salvatore. Of course, there's the Harry Potter series (However, I felt that book 5 was a bit rushed), The Pelican Brief and The Firm by John Grisham, Pet Semetary and It by Stephen King, The BFG by Roald Dahl and... I can't think of anything else...:) I'm just starting on the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. So far so good...

[zinnia]

Harry Potter (all parts), amazing...............

[TenshiOni]

Favorite books:

-All the Harry Potter's
-The Count of Monte Cristo
-Nearly all Dean Koontz books
-Mission Earth dekalogy

To name a few....

[Keramachi]

New favorites from Keramachi:
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

[killerrabbit]

Also let's not forget John Steinbeck and I really liked "Of Mice and Men" (made me cry) and "East of Eden"

Ni

[darkspark]

j..just one?!?!?! just 10!!!????
ok, so i'm a bookworm. i admit it. here's a couple that are sitting on my shelf right now:
Sherlock Holmes, harry potter series (july 16th!!!!!), wheel of time series (it has to end soon...), hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy series, the scarlet pimpernel (hey, it's good, don't laugh), dracula (the original, not the horribly messed up new ones, that are still sometimes interesting, lol), anything by john douglas ("mindhunter", etc, it's on on criminal psychology and stuff, cool ^_^), howard carter's books on how he found tutankhamen (for those who don't know tutankhamen = king tut. if you don't know who that is.... i can't save you) (howard carter rocks!!!)
ya, there's my speal. don't worry, i'm only dangerous to those near me ^_^

[killerrabbit]

The Foundation books by Asimov are great along with 2001 : A Space Odyessy by Arthur C. Clarke.

Ni

[Katara]

Hmm, since half of you are all fanatics of HP, I'll guess you're counting down the days till July 16th? JOIN Trapdoor2!! It's a great HP site!! : )

As for me, the Ender octet (Argh, I still don't have Shadow of the Giant yet!!!) is pretty high. Along with His Dark Trilogy, The Risen Empire, The Killing of Worlds, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Dark is Rising series, The Neverending Story, and Watchmen (yeah, I know, but it's a graphic novel ;) ). Tad Williams' Otherland series is also a fave, but his new Shadowmarch is what has me on edge. >_< And a few more at least that aren't surfacing in my mind right now--too tired.

Moving out of scifi and fantasy, there are way too many to name. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Atlas Shrugged, Boy's Life, Lost Boys, etc.

Yeah, I can't choose one book either.

[lady_ivan]

mines would have to be "where the red fern grows" such a sad book...

[Dark]

the 5 people you will meet in heaven, and piers anthony books.

[Bergelmir]

My all time favorite would have to be Isaac Asimov's Nemisis. He's written better, but that's just my personal favorite. Lol, my copy of the novel is tattered and falling to pieces, and I have to tape the spine together, but I still carry it with me wherever I go. Makes for a good read.

Advice: Do not read it as an eight year old. My mistake. Especially the making out scene.

[_Gejimayu_]

Almost all the books by Donna Jo Napoli and Lindsey Davis, the Arthur Trilogy by Kevin Holland Crossley and not forgetting Harry Potter.

All the books I've read kind of makes me think that female authors are better writers.

[InsincereDave]

Mine would probably be Dune by Frank Herbert.

While the story in itself is great, what really makes me fall in love with the book is the sheer detail of this world he had created. Just a shame none of the TV series and the movie can live up to its subject material.

Also recently enjoyed reading the Harry Potter books by J.K Rowling, Angels & Devils and The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.

[Zerolok]

I will still have to say, that the books telling of merlin's childhood are still my favorites. The first is still best. T.A. Baron is the author, and since starting them in 5th grade with my friend, i still would read them as happily as i did before. Memorable times.

[BlueCheese]

Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams was a genius.

[Poopahd]

My favorite book would have to be 100 years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Such a great book I love it *huggles his book*

[shinjuu]

Mine would probably be Dune by Frank Herbert.

While the story in itself is great, what really makes me fall in love with the book is the sheer detail of this world he had created. Just a shame none of the TV series and the movie can live up to its subject material.

Also recently enjoyed reading the Harry Potter books by J.K Rowling, Angels & Devils and The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.

I agree, although i really liked the story myself and am waiting for part 7 to be released (im curious if its any good) I felt pretty stupid when they explained why ix was actually called ix >_> i should have known it..

Anyway i have more favorites!

I liked LOTR, I readed it before the movie and i must say its waay better then the movie, although the movies are pretty good aswell.

I also liked the Death Gate Cycle

I got liked alot more books but i've read so many that i forgot their names :)

[Meijin]

My favorite books are Soldier X (orsum WWII story), and Journey To Topaz (another great WWII story) .

[Izanami]

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

[Shinjitsu]

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown or the tomorrow series by john marsdon

[8018]

sweet i have a new
favourite book ^^

Night
~by Elie Wiesel

this is must read book 0_0

[MrZombie]

I have to say The Store by Bentley Little. Best horror novel ever!

[infected with ska]

i read alot so its hard to pick just one good book but at the moment it would hafta be Warriors of Camlann by N.M. Browne. oh & i forgot the name of the author & the series but i remember the new book(read all the books so far excluding the new one) that just came out for it & its called Laughing Away on a Fast Camel i think. books from Robert Ludlum aren't bad either.

[Dark]

I like Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

[chye8]

Best book I've read is the REDWALL books.

[Kuchiyose[NO]Jutsu]

Well I have three that I really love to read right now at least 4 or more times and still not get bored of them. :smile-big
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger (this book is not really allowed to be in school libraries 'cause of the content so yeah, but I bought it :amuse)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

I'm starting to like classical literature novels more 'cause of Frankenstein :D

[Supreme Commander Thor]

Hm....

Hunt for Red October
Lord of the Rings
The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (all 5)
Harry Potter
Dune
A Deepness in the Sky

And my favorite books not for entertainment, but for their message:
Animal Farm
1984
Atlas Shrugged


And many others in both categories that I can't think of right now.

[Hell's Assassin]

My favorite is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

[cartoonhero]

The Great Gatsby
and
Animal Farm

[jkingler]

Hmm...Favorite is hard to say, but one of my faves (that hasn't been listed to my knowledge) is Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke.

[darkturkey]

'The Deed of Paksenarrion' by Elizabeth Moon
(actually three books in one)

Out of the so-called classics, it's a close call between 'An American Tragedy' by Theodore Dreiser & 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' by James Joyce

[Natasha]

Lem "Fairy tales of robots" and Strugatskie "Monday begins on saturday"

[Umnik]

There are so many of them! But what I really enjoy is every Julio Cortazar's book! His ideas and the atmosphere of his stories are close to mine. Don't you think life is funny?
But my favourite poet is definetely Heljuro-sama!!!

[ssj4timoteo]

any of the expanded universe books in the Star Wars timeline :)

[Grumblecakes]

The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy series (all 5, but especially Life, the Universe and Everything)
1984 (george orwell)
Harry Potter. that's right, i like harry potter bitch!

[Sensou Kage]

Homeland by R.A Salvatore, and any other book by R.A. Salvatore basicly!

[Dreams]

hm...harry potter and the lord of the rings of course.
and im reading uncle toms cabin at the moment. its a really seriouse book for me and i therefore cannot say that i much enjoi reading it, but i like it alot

[probanana]

Enders Game, the whole series is the only one ive ever read

[AdventD]

Enders Game is up there ony my favorites as well, and the Lord of The Rings series was good as well.

[LightningElemental]

The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams
The Cat Who... series by Lilian Jackson Braun

[tjinnuf]

Harry Potter and the ordre of the phoenix, soon to be replaced prolly

[Asherah]

Hm, I'm going to cheat a bit and say both The Farseer and The Tawny Man trilogies, both by Robin Hobb, an amazingly talented writer. I put them together because they involve the same main character with a 15 year or so break. I will stop now before I start raving. I don't tend to have favourite single books, it tends to be trilogies or series that mean the most to me.

A few others that also deserve mentioning are Battle Royale (absolutely incredible, if you liked the ideas in the movie this is an even closer look at the characters), A Song of Ice and Fire that I think a few other people have mentioned, great stuff, and The Liveship Traders. I saw someone else mention the Bartimaeus trilogy and that's also impressed me a great deal. Can't wait for the third one!

[Man of a Thousand Jutsus]

Song of Ice and Fire books by Geore RR Martin. I really don't have a favorite amongst those.

[dorkeemindee]

Most definately Catcher in the Rye. :amuse

[Kakashi_Love]

Congo by Michael Crichton. the movie was a disappointment like usual.

[vervex]

Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice was my favorite :)

[dmby]

OH man, this is hard. Right now it is checkpoint, by Nicholson Baker. Its about some guy who wants to assassinate Bush. It rocks. Read it.



300TH POST!!! W00000000T!

[Hagaren]

My favorite book would probably be The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Truly an amazing book. If you like thriller/mystery books, you'll like The Da Vinci Code. You learn some interesting facts as well.

[Kyuubi_Xx]

Best book I've read is the REDWALL books.

Yes! A Redwall fan! :clap The Redwall series (by Brian Jaques) is my favorite book series... out of them, Outcast of Redwall and Loamhedge would have to be my favorites.

That, and The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.

[Kyoshiro]

have no favorite all books just sucks :yelling

[kurisawa]

the purpose driven life - rick warren

[DeviousNL]

Battle Royale from Koushun Takami, the novelle where the manga and the movie(s) are based on.

[Catatonik]

At the moment it's Terry Pratchets - Nightwatch book.

Awesomeness.

Pure awesomeness.

[Xyphere]

A Clockwork Orange...

The best book I've read to this day..

[ghostgal]

Battle Royale from Koushun Takami, the novelle where the manga and the movie(s) are based on.


Love that book, the characters' personalities and developement are incredible.

But as I love mysteries my favourite books are the Sano Ichiro mysteries by Laura joh rowland

[Shuzer]

Outlaws of the March by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong is my favorite book series. I think it inspired Konami's Suikoden series or something like that. :smile-big

[Nono]

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

[Chintsuzai]

Memiors of a Geisha... I couldn't even put that book down.. >_<; oh and I also really liked The Petit Prince... it touched me or something.. 0_o; Anyways those two are my favorites. ^^ (although I have alot more..)

[gitwer]

Oh wow... just one? Even just a few??

The Great Gatsby or MacBeth.

Or The Sound and the Fury

Or Crime and Punishment

You know what, I'll just get back to this one later :P

[S-117]

Halo: Fall Of Reach and Halo: First Strike by Eric Nylund. Its great seeing what happens before and after Halo 1.

[Twizted]

Shadows of the Empire, the Illiad, the Art of War, and Romeo and Juliet (Play).

[DragonHeart52]

I'm almost afraid to answer this question because I do so much reading that I fear one day I'll come across my unwavering favorite and the wrong information will be here. However, based on the reading thus far, my faves would be Memoirs of a Geisha and Girl with a Pearl Earring.

[imchemist]

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Catcher on the Rye
Lord of the Rings

[Nihao]

Intensity by Dean Koontz
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Magician by Raymond E. Feist
Colours of the Mountain - A memoir by Da Chen

[Sho]

^Love that book Magician

My favorite single book is either Snow Crash or Last of the Renshai. My favorite series is Wheel of Time and also The Song of Ice and Fire.

[TheBlindHyuuga]

Anything by Ray Bradbury, the Dune Series by Frank Herbert, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway, most of the short stories and poems by Edgar Allan Poe, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien. I've read many, many books so I actually have many favorites...but these are the one's that I have read more than 5 times so...I guess these are true favorites.

[Chatulio]

lets there is no #1 favorite for me but if i had to chose it would be

Dune Frank herbert

Chronicles of Blood and Stone Robert Newcomb

the entire saga of drizzt series by R.A. Salvatore

LOTR J.R.R. Tolkien

The Assassins of Tamurin by S.D. Tower

and some others i cant remeber now :sweatdrop

[ShadowGal19]

AH! Can't decide on one so here are a couple favs of mine:

Howl's Moving Castle
His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass)
The Abhorsen Trilogy (Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen)
The Vampire Chronicles

[MurasakiNeko]

It's really hard to make up ones own mind ^ ^ ()
I have always loved books ever since I was a child so I can't say I have a specific
book that I like above all other books so I'll just list my current favourites


The Consolation of Philosophy
Great Expectations
The Vampire Chronicles
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Silamarils
The Da-Vinci code
Angels and Demons
The Lords of Light
Go-Rin-No-Sho
Hotsuma Tsutae
Feudal times in Japan

[dont_look_back]

euthe LotR or harry potter

[Ame]

Neil Gaiman's Stardust.... my perfect fairy tale... ^_^

[Ephemeral]

Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom

Beautiful book about the importance of life, love and death.

[Sakeru]

I only have a few:

Shougun by James Clavell
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

[slasher1001]

da vinci code by DAN BROWNhttp://www.valleyofchicago.org/Publications/Echoes/Echoes%202004/Pix/The-Da-Vinci-Code-Cover.jpg

[Dionysus]

I don't really have a favourite. I'd have to recommend House of Leaves, however. :amuse

[zinnia]

Dark Secrets :oh

[Ruri]

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (actually, I love all of his novels)
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Persuasion by Jane Austen
LOTR by J.R.R. Tolkien

[tjinnuf]

Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince atm, still 1 to go xD

[Neenah]

da vinci code
and the HP 6th..=3

[Lorii]

all the books done by Raymond E. Fiest and David Eddings

[sel]

harry potter and most books by dan brown

[theskyisfallin]

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding has been my favourite novel for a long time now, have read it many times and even on later readings I'm 'wow'd' by it.

[Shino's a Bad Man]

Michael Critchon (i think i spelled his name wrong ><!) "Timeline"
and another book of his "Prey" is a close second.

[Taciturnity]

"Battle Royale" by Koushun Takami

[De Monies]

The Twits :laugh by rohl dahl (sp??!?)

[misfits412]

my fav would have to be meg primal waters by steve alten

[TwinFang]

The first couple of Stephen Ericksons 'Malazon, Book of the Fallen'.

Uh also Terry Pratchet is fantastic.

[Jenga_Chan]

any Harry Potter book *total Harry potter nerd*

[Danny Lilithborne]

Chronicles of Narnia and the Conversations With God series.

[secret7]

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Edwin of The Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller.The only books i loved to read again and again.

[Bouncer]

Artemis Fowl books (i'm such a nerd)

[organizedcrime]

Easily "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy"

[Ultra_Maniac]

My favorite series is the seris of Unfortunte events

[TGC]

i enjoyed reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.......and i also liked The Catcher in the Rye....

[O-Yone Lisu]

The Abhorsen Trilogy, by Garth Nix.

[Edgecrusher]

Breakfast of Champions/Goodbye Blue Monday by Kurt Vonnegut.

[Zalet]

Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and Harry Potter 6th

[Ruri]

New favorite: No Name by Wilkie Collins.

[Oskar von Reuental]

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin (a series, actually)

edit! - I must add Mischief in Fez by Eleanor Hoffmann, a children's book :pleased

[waisuke]

Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and Harry Potter 6th

Ah!!! Me too! Except I didn't like the 6th harry potter book.

Also: Angels and Demons-Dan Brown, Harry Potter and the Chamber Of Secrets-J.K rowling, All the- A Series of Unfortunate Events-Lemony Snickett

[BulletMonk]

Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
A Wizard Of EarthSea by Ursula Le Guin
Shadowmancer by G.P Taylor

[Giant Enemy Crab]

simple- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

[SillyRabbit123]

ERAGON!!! that book totally rocks. GOOD

[rizahatake]

1.The Great Blue Yonder by Alex Shearer
2.Rules of the road by Joan Bauer
2.I want to go home by Gordon Korman

[Ephemeral]

Tuesday's with Morrie - Mitch Albom. It changed my life on how to view things.

[Zeon]

Homeworld by R.A. Salvatore

[ShounenSuki]

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

[Magdalena]

White Oleander by Janet Fitch & Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

[Ai_No_Sasuke]

Four Letters: LotR



Yum, Fire!:sasufire

[hylianshinobi]

well currently im on the 5th harry potter book so thats one of my favs but also i loved reading Lord of the rings so those two series are my favorites

[DannyStardust]

Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

[Yue Ryong]

Probably the Tamuli by David Eddings.

[metaphysicool]

100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, hands down. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami is as close as it get's, though.

Those are my favorite as far as writing, storylines, and concepts go, but as far as which book has inspired me the most, that would be The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac.

[pek]

Probably the Tamuli by David Eddings.
Yay! Another D.E fan.

Hm. Most of D.E's serie owns, but if i have to choose i also choose the Tamuli trilogy(?). Im re-reading the whole serie atm, im on King of Murgos, second book in the Mallorea serie.

Sparhawk > Belgarion IMO.

[~Akuma]

I'm not so much into books, but I onced red a book that I remember , it was "Island of the Blue Dolphins" from Scott O'Dell. That was a long time ago, I really liked it.

[Naoko Tasaki]

I like Matilda by Roald Dahl. It was the first book I really wanted to keep reading over and over.

My current favorite, though, is....Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce

[Cypher X]

Mine has always been Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy. That novel had me talking about it for years.

[Jade Von Mémeth]

Mine is Dante' divine comedy.

[yummysasuke]

mine's kim wilkins Grimoire

[TheChoji]

Homeland by R.A. Salvatore

[Shadowscar]

I like Kensukes Kingdom and have read it a couple of times

Also Frankenstian and the sleeping sword are really good books.

[sabjuh]

I like the Harry Potter series.
HP and the Halfblood Prince is just out since last Saturday:)

[Yasha]

Wonderful books are rare but I am fortunate enough to have read some. Below is my favourite booklist:

And then there were none
The Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter

[Heavens.Cloud]

I Am David - Anne Holm, incredible book.

[soccermom]

Easily,

Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse

With Steppenwolf, Hesse managed to find all those tacit intangible things that exist in the deepest part of my mind, the core which a misanthropic personality is built around, and then pull them out to be looked at face to face. He says with ink on paper all the things I thought I had as a secret to myself. For loners, misanthropes, and anyone who exists tilted and imprecise, reading Steppenwolf is an awakening to the things inside you that the world dims and dilutes. I carried that book around like a secret.


Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
and
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

come close after

[m0nr]

i liked LOTR, Rohan bit was a bit boring, but HP is also ok...

best book though is The Power of One, by Bryce Courtney. The second one Tandia is pretty good too but it doesn't beat the first :)

[Robotkiller]

I like the new book eldest by cristopher poliona(cant spell) so cool if it is a total ripoff of starwars.

[Andreah_Treole]

I actually prefer the Artemis Fowl series to Harry Potter. *runs from the HP fans shouting 'hypocrite!'*

It's amazing, Eoin Colter's writing.

And it's becoming a movie soon! *squeal*

I CAN'T WAIT!

[Near]

Factoring Humanity
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812571290/104-3697229-9196715?v=glance&n=283155

Good Omens
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812571290/104-3697229-9196715?v=glance&n=283155

[Darth Judicar]

Ah, I can't honestly say. I've read so many and to pick one, I just couldn't. There's quite a few SW books and the HP books that particulary top my list. :D

[Tanthalos]

Fall On Your Knees by Ann Marie McDonald

Dragonlance: Kindred Spirits by Mark Anthony and Ellen Porath

White Fang by Jack London

Tommyknockers by Stephen King

[Kyubi_Kakashi]

Heralds of Valdemar Series by Mercedes Lackey

Fav. Queens Own trilogy

ITS AWESOME !

[Chrona]

Blood and chocolates
haha its been a while since I read a book but I say that one is my first book that I actualy finished reading :P
I just kinda forgot the name of who wrote it :sweat

[mr_yenz]

Basilisk by N.M Browne
Midinight for Charlie Bone, The Time Twister and The Blue Boa by Jenny Nimmo (even if it's kinda similar to the infamous HP books)

[9Tail-Hokage]

I've particularly enjoyed the Harry Potter series and the Inheritance Trilogy (even though Book 3 hasn't come out yet).

[vanh]

i love books by Jules verne as '20,000 leagues under the sea' or 'around the world in 80 days'.also ' the fortunate pilgrim' by Mario Puzo and 'If tomorrow comes' by Sydney Sheldon.
Harry Potter is good ,too

[zinnia]

Pride and Prejudice smile-big

[Lien]

My favourite book is either Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman. However, my all time favourite has got to be Roald Dahl's books. I'd never forget them, sos whacky and just amazing.

I still like Dan Brown's Angels and Demons too. :amuse

[metronomy]

Fantastic Mr. Fox!

The Collector by John Fowles is abit of a book, as is His Dark Materials. Anything by Bill Byrson is excellent to; I like to many books.

[happygolucky]

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.

I'll never forget how cool it was to read about this boy that was stranded and had to basically make do with his surroundings and fend off animals and eat berries and it was so freaking cool. 8]
I love his other books too. Awesome author.

[Once_Upon_a_Goth]

Novels:
* Eragon / Eldest
* Angels and Demons / The DaVinci Code / Deception point / Digital Fortress
* Harry Potter (books 1-6)
* Sandman (American comic) / Mirror Mask / Anansi Boys
* Darren Shan
Mangas:
* Naruto (DUH!)
* Bleach
* Full Metal Alchemist
* Tsubasa / Legal Drug / xXx Holic / Chobits
* DNAngel
* Fruits Basket

[Hangatýr]

Probably Bram Stoker's Dracula at the moment, though I wonder if it will remain that way once I receive The Divine Comedy.

[Copyright]

Top 5 in no particular order
1984 - George Orwell
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (AKA Bladerunner) - Philip K Dick
Well of Lost Plots - Jasper fforde
HitchHikers' Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams

So many others

[Yoshi]

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Nevermind the time gap and different 'ways' of children those days, I love the storyline and the characters were so definitive of personality and society. It's a great book that can be related to the whole of society, and the way that it shows all humans are the same no matter when they live, this book was a joy to read, I urge you all to pick it up. Lord of the Flies is a thought-provoking novel authored by William Golding in 1954. The book describes in detail the horrific exploits of a band of young children who make a striking transition from civilized to barbaric. Lord of the Flies commands a pessimistic outlook that seems to show that man is inherently tied to society, and without it, we would likely return to savagery.

[Kaki]

I like Ann Rice's vampire chronicles and Harry potter, and various others....

[ShuiMei]

Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Emma' <3
I love both of them, I get all giddy whenever I read them and well there's Mr. Darcy :D

[Spooky_Bunny]

under the wolf, under the dog by Adam Rapp

[Keiryu]

Mine would be "The Forbidden" by L.A Banks.:laugh

[sasuke1908]

Harry Potter is my favorite book.

[gnutte]

Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy and the wheel of time are among the best i've ever read.

[FrouFrou]

There is everything by hermann hesse and "the unbearable lightness of being" by milan kundera.
i can only say read milan kundera.

[Gene]

Green Eggs and Ham has always been my favorite book. It's a classic and everybody should read it.

[Casshern]

my favourites are Shakespears MacBeth and "Bag of Bones" and "The Dark Tower" saga by Stephen King.

[darkneshieca_NejiFan]

Fave book?

Mine's "A Squire's Tale" and "The Squire, His Lady and His Knight" by Gerald Morris.

Talk about Aurthurian Legends. It's so cool...

[ShadowMoses]

Da Vinci code at the mo for me, and phillip pullmans dark materials trilogy

All time favourite has got to be the lord of the rings though

[damnhot]

Wheel of time the whole series by Robert Jordan

[mUcHo LoCo]

the cat in the hat... duh and the redwall series i wub talking mice with swords

[Nuriel]

Some of my favorites: Devil in the White City, Inkheart, Memoirs of a Geisha, and I really like anything by Kim Harrison as well. I just started reading some Terry Prachett, and it looks promising.

[darkgem499]

There are just too amny to choose from but I guess I would have to go with "Face on the Milk Carton"or"Because of Windixie"or"Where The Red Fern Grows".

[Catatonik]

Anything Pratchett, Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, James Clavell, ugh...

Too big a list.

[cygnus]

Rainbow Six

and lord of the ringstings

[Cæk]

Good Omens by ..erm..i forgot but a pretty dam funny book :)

[Susano-o]

Books.... eeeuhm... Lord of the Rings from way back in the day... Now I read them philosophical shit, yeah!!! I guess Aristotle... Machiavelli... Spinoza, yeah all them crazy fuckers!

[Ruri]

Current favorites: anything by Wilkie Collins

Eternal favorites: All books by Jane Austen, Anne Bronte, Fanny Burney, Maria Edgeworth, Alexandre Dumas, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Roald Dahl <3.

[uchihafangirl15]

My favorite book is Wicked. I don't remember who the author is but if you don't know the bbok i am talking about you have been living under a rock for a while now.
My favorite series however in Daughters of the Moon by Lynne Ewing. It is by far the best series I have ever read

[AnimeFreak~71]

My favorite book is called "Like Alice". Only I forget who the author is though. But its a really great book.

[RedSkyCoffee]

My favorite book would probably be All-American Girl