Favourite books

[Valksy]

The Stand. Unedited version. I am on my second copy of it so far, the first one was literally read to pieces (I still have it as binning a book is so "wrong" to me that I've only ever done it twice in my life time).

And it is kind of odd because The Stand has strong christian overtones (or at least as I interpret it) and I am not exactly religious. There is just something freaking powerful about that book and the audacity to kill off most of the human race and the capacity to deal with a huge cast that doesn't force you to thumb back and forth remembering who is who.

And an World War Z. Hmm. Guess I am a bit of an apocalypse fan.

 

[SplashyAxis]

World War Z by Max Brooks. Considering the zombie genre has been around for a while now, it was nice to see someone approach it somewhat differently.

Also, anything by Hunter S. Thompson

Edit: Ach, I've been ninja'd

 

[Lambi]

I don't read much, but the two series I like the most are Harry Potter and Eragon.

 

[LANCE420]

The Prince by Machiavelli (This man is a genius!)
The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (interesting subject matter)
Animal Farm and 1984 both by George Orwell (you got it right)
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien (The man practically invented the fantasy genre and is my favorite author)
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (Constantly showing why technology isn't always good)
The Wheel of time series by Robert Jordan (RIP)

I hope to read Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith and possibly the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels

Wealth of Nations and Communist Manifesto are decent reads, especially after each other. Nice Contrast. Mien Kampf is alright, but it's kinda a reiteration of CM.

Sun Tzu's Art of War
Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince
Kama-Sutra -(informational and FUN!)

 

[JohnnySex]

The Hannibal series, JTHM (if that counts as a book), The Dirt, stuff by Nietzsche, World War Z, everything by Brian Keene, HP Lovecraft's stuff, other stuff that I'm forgetting

 

[rt052192]

1. Schindler's List

2. All Quiet on the Western Front

Best books ever!

All Quiet on the Western Front was a struggle for me, although I did feel as though it captured the essence of WWI. Have you read Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, I found this similar to All Quiet on the Western Front: realistic and well written, but a bore.

 

[Steppin Razor]

Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook (The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose collected in a single book)

The Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings. Pretty much everything by the Eddings' really.

Obernewtyn Chronicles by Isobelle Carmody.

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson

 

[Stoplesteimer]

I like anything by Jim Butcher and Glen Cook's Black Company series is a good read.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

The Watchmen, without question.

*twitch*

I really liked Youth in Revolt, but right now I'm getting into The Walking Dead.

 

[blarg363]

Don't read much but the one thing i'm really in to right now is a series called "Viking Worrior. The strong bow saga" by Judson Roberts.

 

[AdmanUK]

William Golding's Lord of the Flies and J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye are two of my favortie books.

Weirdly I had to do them at English A-Level lol

What'd you think?

Lord of the Flies was pretty good, I liked the immense amount of metaphors. The Catcher in the Rye though seemed to be just trying to be controversial for the sake of being controversial.

 

[Spaghetti]

Hmm, where to begin? Here's a few in no particular order:

-The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy of Six Douglas Adams + Eoin Colfer
-1984 George Orwell
-The Nights Dawn Trilogy Peter F. Hamilton
-The Benn Diaries Tony Benn
-The Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge and An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain or Sixty Years of Making the Same Stupid Mistakes as Always John O'Farrel

So as you can see, I like my Sci-Fi, and non-fiction History and Politics...

 

[HotPocket]

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

 

[Aur0ra145]

I like alot of Hermon Wouk's stuff like 'The Winds of War' and 'War and Rememberance' along with 'The Caine Mutiny.' I'm a big fan of 'Flight of the Intruder.' W.E.B. Griffon's Presidential agent series is great and the Brotherhood of War series is outstanding. I'm also quite a fan of Ernest Hemmingway, like 'The Sun Also Rises.'

 

[Summerspeak]

My favourite book of all time is, The Art of The Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo. Just a collection of amazing stories.

 

[Julianking93]

Watchmen, The Divine Comedy and The Necronomicon.

Not the actual book of the dead but the collection of HP Lovecraft stories.

 

[Silver Patriot]

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Series by Douglas Adams.
The Foundation Novels by Isaac Asimov.
I Robot (though that was a collection of short stories) and The Last Question by Issac Asimov.
The Outsiders by Viking Press

Thoes are the ones theat stick out most prominently.

 

[Split Moon]

Philip Reeve's Hungry city cronicals. Damn it i love those books, even if the end made me cry...

 

[Susurrus]

Flashman books are amazing (George Macdonald Fraser)
Wheel of time is great, but I think Steven Erikson is even better. Really complex worlds, brilliantly drawn characters.
For my money, Raymond Chandler is also brilliant.

Hmm:

-Flashman books - George Macdonald Fraser
-Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
-Philip Marlowe mysteries - Raymond Chandler
-Terry Pratchett (particularly Maurice and his Educated Rodents, and Night Watch)

 

[Popadomus Ohio]

i can honestly say that my favourite books are:

+Let the right one in by John Adjvide Lindquiste
+the painted man by Peter V Brett