Favourite Books

[TimeLord]

Any Terry Pratchet book ever (Even the children's ones).
Rainbow 6.
Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, all 4 parts.

Other than that I've read plenty of "good" books but none really worthy of re-reading multiple times except those.

The 7 Artemis Fowl books.

Concentrated awesome.

I've only read one of the Artemis Fowl books, but that definitely belongs in my favorites list too. Unfortunately, since being given that one book I have never seen the others on sale anywhere. Also re-reading the one Artemis Fowl book I have annoys me, since it keeps talking about stuff that presumably happened in the earlier books, and then it goes and ends on a cliff-hanger, making me want to find the other books even more.

Which one have you read? The only one I can really think of that ends on a cliff-hanger is the Atlantis Complex.
I've seen them in book stores everywhere. There's plenty on eBay or Amazon etc

 

[Fursnake]

Dragon and the Unicorn series - A.A. Attanasio
Anything by Tolkien
Glory Road and Starship Troppers - Robert Heinlein
Red Branch - Morgan Llewelyn
Star Rover - Jack London
Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath - H.P.Lovecraft
Hitchhiker's Guied to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Mist - Stephen King
Stinger - Robert McCammon

 

[romanator0]

The Black Company
Lord of the Rings
Bartimaeus Trilogy
Eragon series
Death Gate Cycle
Watchmen
Legend of Drizzt
ane more...

 

[DOOM GUY]

I haven't read very many books, but I have to say my favorite is probably The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

 

[Trololo Punk]

The hitch hikers guide to galaxy series
metro 2033 (still waiting for English version of 2034)
Scott Sigler's Infected/Contagious series
Antony Beevor's WW2 books
Just to name a few...

 

[TimeLord]

The 7 Artemis Fowl books.

Concentrated awesome.

There are 7 now?!
Bugger me, I've only got the first 5. And I didn't like 4 and 5.
[sub]Can't remember the titles. >.<[/sub]

OT: Discworld books. Still haven't got all of them, working on it...

The 7 Artemis Fowl books.

Concentrated awesome.

There's seven?? I don't think I read seven of them! Could it be that some of them haven't made it this way? Probably. I am in America and they suck. Like when they stopped publishing the Spy High series and before the last book in the first series came out... *pouts*

*looks it up* I knew it! It's the seventh one exactly! Gah! Oh well, at least I knew it wasn't the end!

I should see if I can check it out from a library.

Anyway... I don't think I have a favorite. I love too many to count. Plus some of them I haven't read yet.

Well there is actually, technically 8 if you count "The 7th Dwarf"

 

[Kyman102]

Anything by Terry Pratchet, of course... And the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, concentrated awesome with a wisecracking wizard.

 

[Aerowaves]

Aside from the obligatory canon of awesome:

David Gemmell - hardly the most subtle or exploring author but imaginative and character-driven forays into fantasy that really leave you feeling fulfilled at the end. I could read and re-read his books forever.

Iain Banks - Brilliant Sci-Fi series in his Culture novels or some of the standalone ones, but his other more contemporary-minded books are also fantastic. I highly recommend him; very imaginative and exploratory in his conception of the Universe and of life in general. Witty as well.

 

[DEAD34345]

That is the book I own and have read... does this mean I am missing a part!?

Yes! Mostly harmless! Featuring the best sandwiches in the universe.
Get yourself to a bookstore! Go!

My god... How can I have not known this!?

And the shops are all closed where I am! What a cruel turn of fate...

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

Series-Wheel of Time.
Stand alone novel-Frankenstein
The WoT books are worth it for Mat Cauthon alone.

 

[Kyman102]

Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, all 4 parts.

You mean all five.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a trilogy in 4 parts containing:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Life, the Universe and Everything
So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish

That is the book I own and have read... does this mean I am missing a part!?

Yes! Mostly harmless! Featuring the best sandwiches in the universe.
Get yourself to a bookstore! Go!

Depending on what you consider canon, there's also the kinda-sorta-maybe sixth part, "... And another thing". Not written by Adams, but apparently written by another guy using Adams' notes.

 

[Togs]

I always say this but its gotta be American Gods, its a myth geeks wet dream with a beautifully bleak aesthetic.

Other than that the dresden files- Jim Butcher has a brilliant sense when it comes to delivering massive "OMFG" moments.

 

[ecoho]

Series-Wheel of Time.
Stand alone novel-Frankenstein
The WoT books are worth it for Mat Cauthon alone.

so true thats why i love crossroads of twilight more then any of the others except maybe shadows riseing. cant beleave it took this long for Wheel of Time to get any love in this thread

 

[LiberalSquirrel]

Hmm.
Kingkiller Trilogy. (Name of the Wind, A Wise Mans Fear) If you haven't read them, I command you to buy the first one at least. It can be slow to start for some people, but so worth it.

Thiiiiiis.

Ahem. Er... right.

In addition to my minor fangirl moment, I'm a huge fan of Edgar Allan Poe- to the point where I never go anywhere without a copy of "The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe." I own three copies of it. Also, I like a lot of classic literature.. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, and The Count of Monte Cristo being the ones that immediately come to mind.

 

[Vakz]

The Wheel of Time. I have read a lot of books, but Wheel of Time outshines the rest so much that they barely feel worth mentioning.

 

[Vault Girl]

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, absolute favourite that isn't a fantasy.


I love the discworld series but for fantasy it has to be Lord of the Rings. So cannot wait for The Hobbit next year

 

[NordicWarrior]

I love The road by Cormac McCarthy. There was only one negative, and that was some of the dialogue, the atmosphere was amazing.

 

[Caligulove]

Revelation Space series - great hard sci fi, also a great read for anyone interested in Mass Effect universe, as the writers of that game were clearly inspired by Alastair Reynold's works.
The Dresden Files series - Jim Butcher's long-running series combining hardboiled detective themes and supernatural/fantasy monsters and concepts. Stay away from the TV show, though. If you have, forget everything about them and read the books theyre 100^10 better than the show ever could be.

"Childhood's End" by Arthur C Clarke. Best Sci Fi book of all time.

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard Feynman, amazing collection of stories from Feynman's life- ranging from serious to comical to just educational. Really is one of the most interesting men of the 20th century- not to mention just the sheer amount of things he's done in his life.
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?" by Richard Feynman- essentially a second volume complimenting "SYJ,MF!"

"The Demon Haunted World" by Carl Sagan. Book about skeptical and critical thinking, distinguishing between what is valid science and the endless cavalcade of what can be chalked up to pseudoscience and other nonsense and things of the paranormal from folk stories that are just plain false when closely and professionally looked at.

 

[Patzilla]

Definitely the Redwall series.
If I had to pick one I'd pick Mossflower.
Brian Jacques was a genius. RIP.

 

[similar.squirrel]

Probably Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Then Slaughterhouse 5, followed by His Dark Materials, The Selfish Gene... As you can see, I'm psychologically unable to choose a favorite anything.