Favourite Books

[Yokai]

The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss, as much as it exists now. It frequently subverts standard heroic fantasy tropes, and is paced more like real life and less like a movie. In general, it's just exceptionally well-written.

Aside from that, I must admit I have a soft spot for the better Warhammer 40000 books--anything by Dan Abnett or Sandy Mitchell. They're no triumphs of literature, but they're suitably grim and dark and badass, and the Cain books have moments of genuine humor.

Aside from those, Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett and World War Z by Max Brooks come to mind.

 

[AvsJoe]

Top fiction:
Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
Prey - Michael Crichton
Mogworld - Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw

Top non-fiction:
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell - Tucker Max
Why Things Go Wrong - Dr. Laurence J. Peter
Why We Suck - Dr. Denis Leary

Top short stories or novellas:
The Mist - Stephen King
Posttime in Pink - Mike Resnick
Battleground - Stephen King

 

[Slash Dementia]

My favorite books are: The Wolf of Winter (Puala Volsky) and Masters of Doom (David Kushner). There are more, but those are the top two that come to mind.

I don't think plays count as books, so I won't name any.

And, I also read MogWorld, which was funny, but I stopped being entertained by it mid-way through.

 

[Scrubiii]

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I would love to have the literary worlds infatuation with Pride and Prejudice explained to me. I know it's regarded as one of the greatest novels of all time but I read it and couldn't interpret it to be anything other than a prolonged and irritating argument between a whiny girl and a stuck-up twat.

 

[Seabear]

My favorite books:
Dresden Files series

YES.

I adore the Dresden Files. My money can't keep up with how quickly I'm burning through the series.


Other great works-

His Dark Materials
The Dark Tower
Black Magician/Age Of The Five by Trudi Canavan

 

[AlexWinter]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I haven't read that many classics but that book clears anything I've read before.

Just so powerful and if you don't already know how it ends, you'll love it.

 

[Wintermoot]

I liked Mogworld
I also like Neuromancerand and Retromancer I also recently picked up Moxyland which looks like a fun book

 

[Zhadramekel]

You don't really hear about books on the Escapist (except Twilight hate, which is perfectly reasonable) so what are you faves? For me it's anything by Darren Shan and the Harry Potter books.

Edit: Also, has anyone read Mogworld, Yahtzee's book. I got it off of Amazon. It's really funny, especially if you know a lot about games.

I've read Mogworld as well and I have to agree with you. Mostly I'm a fan of Kelley Armstrong novels.

 

[napmil]

In no particular order:

- The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (It has got some very deep flaws, but I still think it's good)
- A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R Martin (A modern classic, if you ask me)
- När änglar dör*, by Andreas Roman (Pretty much his only good book, but it's one hell of a book)
- The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan (It was the first fantasy story with a strong female lead I ever read. Naturally I've read more like that later, but since it was my first it's got a special place in my heart)
- Kingmaker, Kingbreaker by Karen Miller (A story about class-differences and how to overcome them, which, as a socialist, is topic very close to my heart)
- I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson (Sometimes pitiful, sometimes hilarious)

Naturally there are more, but these are some of the best that I've got in my bookshelf.

*English translation: When Angels Die

 

[Pearwood]

Wuthering Heights is by far my favourite book, everything about it is just flawless. For more modern stuff Kim Harrison's Hollows series is another favourite, and the Milennium trilogy.

 

[katsumoto03]

I'm a fan of The Black Prism. Great book. I also love the Night Angel trilogy by the same author.

 

[Alchemist08]

Two different sets of books battle for my 1# personal favorite. The Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook, or The Fall of the Malazan Empire series by Steven Erikson. Both are incredible tales, and while the black company series takes a more personal focus upon a group of mercenaries, with the malazan empire, you witness a historians view of this empire fall, while its happening. You following fighting across multiple continents, intrigue of multiple empires/political groups.

 

[Stu1701]

I'm just going to say one of my favorites: Night of the Living Trekkies

 

[spartan231490]

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

Mat is an amazing character, but honestly my favorite character from any book is Min, from wheel of time.

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.

Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
Mistborn trilogy - Brandon Sanderson
Elantris - Brandon Sanderson
Night Angel Trilogy - Brent Weeks
Trilogy of five - Douglas Adams
Ender series - Orson Scott Card
Bartimaeus series - Jonathan Stroud (The plot is not as important in here as the style and wit with which it is carried out)
Chaos Walking series - Patrick Ness
There are probably more but none that come to mind right now.

If wheel of time is that high on your list, I stongly suggest "Sword of Truth" series, by Terry goodkind. They have a similar flavor but I feel that SoT is significantly better.

My favorites:
Sword of Truth-Terry Goodkind
Wheel of Time-Robert Jordan
Atticus Kodiak-Greg Rucka
Deadline-Chris Crutcher
those four stand so far above the others that im hesitant to put them in the same post but, in no particular order:
Night Angle-Brent Weeks
Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury
To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
The Drizzt Do'Urden series, before the "Hunter's Blade" trilogy
Hellgate: London Saga
Alpha and Omega-Patricia Briggs
Mercy Thompson-Patricia Briggs
anything by Chris Crutcher
the first 3 Artemis Fowl, as well as one of the later ones, 5 I think
Inheritance-Christopher Paolini
Fifth Ring-Mitchell Graham
Song of Ice and Fire-George R.R. Martin
Ranger's Apprentice-John Flanagan
Percy Jackson and The Olympians-Rick Riordan
I could name more, but my books aren't with me right now, these are just the ones I can remember.

 

[Dmatix]

I must say, You people are gentlemen of fine taste. Kinda redundant to add anything, all the books I like were already metioned.

 

[mastermerrick]

My top books (in no particular order) are:

Artemis Fowl (can't wait for book 8)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (haven't read And Another Thing yet)
Safehold series by David Weber (I highly recommend this series!)
Beka Cooper: Terrier by Tamora Pierce
Saga of Darren Shan
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
1984 (this should have been on top)
Harry Potter
Ender's Game series and Ender's Shadow
The Dark Tower series

I could go on.

I think I need to get out more...

 

[Ekonk]

House of Leaves
Oryx and Crake
Roadside Picnic
Dracula
Artemis Fowl
The Zombie Survival Guide.

 

[qeinar]

Anything by Chuck Palahniuk. also like dan browns books. for older books it would be agatha christie/Arthur C. Doyle/Maurice leblanc books.

 

[LuckyClover95]

To Kill A Mockingbird, Moving Pictures, Reaper Man, The Passage, Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, and The Goblet of Fire, I really have no idea what else. I've read quite a lot.
I really want to read Tina Fey's book. I know it's not the best ever, but I just remembered I wanted to read it that's all. I read some of it, it's soooo funny.

 

[Lord Merik]

Cormac Mccarthy's The Road, a beautiful book that tore my heart out. A song of ice and fire, a awesome fantasy series top of the class. I am a Christian so I am obligated to mention the Bible.