Your Favorite Book.

[Toaster Hunter]

I have two packed bookshelves 3'x6' and need a third soon. Of all of them my faviorite is The Lord of the Rings, though anything else by Tolkien is also incredible.

Close seconds are split between
Generation: Kill (Even better than the miniseries)
The Iliad
Beowulf
Fight Club

 

[Knight Templar]

"Lady Knight" by Tamora Pierce.

Although there are many books that run a close tie for second, such as "Foundation" by Isaac Asimov or one of the Spook's Apprentice books, they are a every good set of books.

If we are talking non-fiction then without doubt "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson, a wondrous and entertaining rough guide to science.

 

[rickthetrick]

Game of Thrones by George R R Martin.
I love how fantasy actually takes a backseat to political intrique. I almost felt like I was rooting for the badguys as well.

 

[ChaosHazard]

The Lie by Chad Kultgen.

By far, the most direct look at life I've ever read.

 

[Cortheya]

Plus, any other books from that series, or books written by Christie Golden.
OO and Darth Bane books. GREAT books by a GREAT author

 

[lacktheknack]

Life, The Universe, and Everything By Douglas Adams. It's one of those rare books that no matter how much I read it I never get bored and the jokes never lose their edge.

Im currently on my 7th Readthrough

I so very nearly agree with you on the whole series, but... I can't forget the surreal feelings of dread and wonder and overall enjoyment from Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Don't tell me that a pescavore ISLAND isn't a cool idea!

 

[A random person]

You know what, Harry Potter is awesome. It may be an arrangement of fantasy tropes, but tropes are not bad and some of the characters are awesome (Dumbledore and Sirius Black FTW!), not to mention a rather compelling, mystery filled plot. It's just great, and it deserves the praise Stephen King gives it. Twilight is a pathetic successor to it.

Also, Animal Farm. This is going to sound hypocritical considering my love for Harry Potter as stated above (at least the first thing will), but I like shorter books and political satire. Combine those two and you've got a winner.

 

[Artemis923]

Game of Thrones by George R R Martin.
I love how fantasy actually takes a backseat to political intrique. I almost felt like I was rooting for the badguys as well.

There ya go. Any of the ASOIAF books are hands down instant win.

My other coices are the Elric of Melnibone books, the Icewind Dale Trilogy, and the Poetic Edda.

 

[accountant]

Life, The Universe, and Everything By Douglas Adams. It's one of those rare books that no matter how much I read it I never get bored and the jokes never lose their edge.

Im currently on my 7th Readthrough

Amen to that, although I do rank "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman just above it (barely) wonderful books, both of them.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

Though not a book per se, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an amazing play, especially after you're forced to endure the neverending monologue that is Hamlet. Call of the Wild is a good book, too, simply because it's a clever way to depict human atavism.

 

[frank220]

Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Me finishing it in the 5th grade in under 2 months was how my parents discovered I wasn't as dumb as a bag of hammers. The thing is almost 2200 pages after all. That thing was my bible.

 

[vladtehimpaler]

Game of Thrones by George R R Martin.
I love how fantasy actually takes a backseat to political intrique. I almost felt like I was rooting for the badguys as well.

This, and Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Objectivism FTW

 

[barryween]

Snuff by Chuck Paleniuk (I KNOW I spelled that wrong, so someone help me with the spelling please!?) an awesome (and sick) book written in a unique style by the guy that wrote "Fight Club"

 

[sentrosi]

Hands down The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind. 11 Books long and amazing, more specifically Naked Empire would be my favorite out of all of them.

And yes there is an extremely bad mini series that Sam Raimi/Disney butchered....But we dont speak of that

 

[Undercover]

It's harder than hell to find but if you can, grab a copy of "The Profit" By Kellog Allbran, it's a fucking hilarious parody of "The Prophet" By Khalil Ghibran (sp?)

Not too often a book makes me laugh out loud

 

[Sigel]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I read it about every two months and always walk away with something new from it.

 

[Apathetic Flamingo]

Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett

 

[BuckminsterF]

Dirk Gently's Hollistic Detective Agency, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Jitterbug Perfume, Animal Farm, On The Road, The Time Machine, The Graveyard Book, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Importance of Being Earnest, or The Metamorphosis... I can't decide

 

[Undercover]

Snuff by Chuck Paleniuk (I KNOW I spelled that wrong, so someone help me with the spelling please!?) an awesome (and sick) book written in a unique style by the guy that wrote "Fight Club"

"Chuck Palahniuk"

-You're welcome. And yes, it is an awesome (and sick) book, but then so is everything Palahniuk writes...

If you like his style you'd probably like Christopher Moore, I read his book "Lamb" which is about Jesus' (Actually in the book they call him Joshua, or just 'Josh') life before he was 30, as told by his resurrected friend Bif. That's right, I said Bif. Now, I am NOT a religious person by any stretch, but this book was HILARIOUS, as it deals with things like harlots, the abominable snowman, kung-fu, more harlots and the world's first cappuccino. There's a part where Josh has had it with all of humanity's bullshit and goes up on a mountain to talk to his dad. He comes back down and Bif asks what pop had to say. "Fuck 'em," ...spoke the messiah.

Holy shit, so far I've read just about everything (Edit: Ok, a LOT) of what you guys have posted. MAN you all have good taste!

 

[Undercover]

Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett

Have you read "The Truth" by Pratchett? I looked at the jacket in the bookstore and was sold when I read that one of the characters was a vampire with a suicidal fascination for flash photography... I even bought the Hardcover. Ankh Morpork forever!