What is your favorite book?

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  1. jfisher120

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    One flew over the cuckoo's nest


    I usually don't read books too often but I really found time to sit down and read this one once I got started, but that's because it's awesome.
     
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    The memory brings a smile to my face. Senior year in high school: I'd read hundreds of science-fiction novels, but never anything of 'quality,' and I was being forced by the English teacher to do a book report on most anything except science-fiction. I wandered downstairs to the school library, experiencing mild shock and repulsion at the sight of all those 'quality' hardback books, and I quickly formulated the plan to find the smallest book so as to lessen my book report ordeal.

    To my delight I found an itty-bitty book that was no more than about five inches square and about half an inch thick. At the time I was going to college in the mornings, going to high school in the afternoons, and I did all my college homework at high school. I figured I could have the little book read within one study hall.

    The Good Earth was the title. The book exposed me to what I interpreted to be quality writing, and because the book became an important turning point in my life of reading, it remains my favorite. I've read no science-fiction since.
     
  3. silverfrost

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    The Ice People by Rene Barjavel. It broke my heart and made me think differently about love- namely that it could be perfect. :p It's wonderful.
     
  4. Daniel W

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    Rangers Apprentice: The Oakleaf bearers.

    I got the first book of this series' in a book club oder in grade 5. I cried when i finished this book because it was so wonderfully excellent that i didn't want it to stop. I greatly anticipated the next book, and the next, and finally, the Oakleaf bearers. This book was amazing. It was so exciting, the war was so descriptive and excellently written... and more. words can't describe how good this book was. Anyone reading this post, i recommend you read every single rangers apprentice book. In australia, there are 7 books, which is the most in any county, so you might not be able to get your hands on all 7 if you are in another country.
    I've read every single of one these books from the series on the day i could get my hands on them. They are simply wonderful.
     
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    The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud. Simply the best book ever written.
     
  6. Ramblling

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    'Magician' Raymond.E Feist - Greatest book Ive read so far.

    & one that I forgot the title too, but was {I granted it as a seriously good book, probably cause' it was the first real book I ever read} about Acient China, a slave girl that's master had to look after some of the last dragons in China. And so on so forth, you can guess what happend. It was still good though.
     
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    I find it very difficult to choose favourites when it comes to things like books and such.

    In amongst my favourites, though, are:

    Getting Used To Dying, by Xian Xang Liang - revolutionised the way I look at the value of words.

    Across The Nightingale Floor, by Lian Hearn - The first in the series and one of the most absorbing books I have ever read.

    The Ends Of The Earth, by Lucius Shepard - A collection of short stories that are - to me - science fiction/fantasy perfection. Every story is like an ever increasing heartbeat. ;)

    Red Azalea, by Anchee Min - I love this book because it's an autobiography that only succeeded in being written when the author learned a new language (English) and was able to write in the freedom that it gave her, I'm endlessly fascinated by that concept.

    The BFG, by Roald Dahl - Storytelling perfection, in my humble opinion. :)
     
  8. juniofegalon

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    TwIlIgHt

    This is going to sound really cliché but I am in love with the Twilight Saga!! I cannot wait for Breaking Dawn to come out!!

    Anyone who is with me two thumbs up!!!

    If you haven't read it... I reccomend reading at least the first two chapters... it will pull you in and you won't be able to stop until you read the last word of Eclipse(the 3rd in the series) :):):):)
     
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    I enjoyed this series too... the ending upset me but did not suprise me as much as the reviews said it was going to... :)
     
  10. Ehdom

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    I really enjoyed House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. I plan on rereading it this summer, as my first read through was a bit sporadic.
     
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    Fav book with out a doubt = P.s I love You by Cecelia Ahern. beautiful x
     
  12. Sayuri

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    There are so many... there are always ones that I've forgotten, but I'll do my best:

    Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
    Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
    The Secrets of Jin-Shei by Alma Alexander
    Til We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
    The Secret River by Kate Grenville
    Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
    The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
    The Hours by Michael Cunningham
    The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst

    Graphic novel series:
    Sandman, Neil Gaiman
    Transmetropolitan, Warren Ellis

    Short stories:
    Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges
    Animal Crackers, Hannah Tinti

    Non-fiction:
    Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, Chuck Klostermann
    The Lady and the Panda, Vicki Constantine
     
  13. Rogue

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    The Maximum Ride Series By James Patterson ^^
    and I use to be a fan of the Dragon's in our Midsts series by Bryan Davis
     
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    Outcast

    Has anyone read the Outcast by Sadie Jones.

    If it's not the best book I've ever read in my life, i don't know what is.

    Worst book is easily the Tempest.
     
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    Cannot choose ONE but here's the dominant ones (in no particular order):

    Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
    Snakes and Earrings - Hitomi Kanehara
    Piercing - Ryu Murakami
    See-Saw - Deborah Moggach
    Choke/Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk
    A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby
     
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    High five for Ryu Murakami! And chuck, and nabokov, but everyone likes them...but you like Ryu Murakami!! YAY!!
     
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    High five back! Hands up, I've only read that one, but I want to read more. Piercing is definitely a contender for the top. Never thought i'd find anyone else though! :D Awesome!
     
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    The Neverending Story, The Harry Potter Series, Sputnik Sweetheart, and The Count of Monte Cristo are a few that top my favorite books' list.
     
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    I've read Audition and In the Miso Soup....Miso Soup was terrifying, so surreal and tense and well-written.....higly recommended! I'll have to pick up a copy of piercing next i think...
     
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    Harry Potter, The Inheritence Cycle, The Hobbit, and Watchmen.
     
  21. Zieki

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    If you enjoy fantasy it all I think that the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series by George R.R. Martin is a must read. It is brutally real at times and full of intrigue, romance, battles, humor, and more. Just wish he'd finish the books faster...
     
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    I like Steinbeck's shorter novels such as Cannery Row and The Pearl...Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday are both really good.
     
  23. bumboclaatjones

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    I think I have read Ender's Game more times than anyone ever should. I identified like crazy with Ender when I was like 12, and it probably was my favorite book until I was like 17.
    The Three Musketeers I read at 9 or 10, and I loved that until I read Ender's Game. Count of Monte Cristo is up there, too. The Godfather is another all time favorite (and, of course, one of the best damned movies ever made). And finally, The World According to Garp. Damn, I wish I could write like that.
     
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    Most definitely The Watchmen (If it counts). Utter perfection.
     
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    The Alanna series by Tamora Pierce, and the Terrier series of her later ones.

    His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman.

    Lately I've been stuck on Robert Jordan, what an overwhelming universe.
     

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