My favorite book is Fight Club. Reading that book was the first time I actually really got into what I was reading.
1984 by George Orwell, All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, and the Hunger Games series are some of my faves.
Les Misérables - it would be my deserted-island book. Everyone can find a character they like, and it's always actual as long as poverty exists. Quo vadis? - a really brilliant book about the era of Nero, the decadence of Rome and the first Christians. The Master and Margarita - Satan is good and has a wicked sense of humour, and he makes a really big mess in Stalin's Moscow. Hilarity ensues. Plus you get a novel-in-novel about Pontius Pilate. The Name of the Rose - this is what guys like Dan Brown would like to copy, but they fail. A very yummy medieval murder mystery with the inquisition, a strange library and a monastery filled with not-so-saintly monks. Moby Dick - it ain't an easy book, but you can skip the biology lessons. When I read it in English first, I was surprised by the amount of humour. And which other 19th century book gives you so much *subtext*? One Hundred Years of Solitude - a family's tale in a world of constant civil war and general craziness. Definitely not your usual family history - everyone is memorable and unique, despite the same names in every generation.
Hooray! Another Melville fan! He may have an extraordinarily dry sense of humour, but I think it's quite amusing.
My favourite novel is 'The Religion' by Tim Willocks. I read his book 'Green River Rising' years and years ago which was a knock out but when 'The Religion' came out i was blown away. It's not for the faint of heart by any means, which is what i love in a book, especially in this case if it's written very very well. Awesome book!!. Don Winslow's 'Power of the dog' was a stunner for me too, i ate, slept, almost went to the shower with that book, i couldn't put the bloody thing down! haha .
Favourite Book?-The Book Report And Review Thread I poked about this area and noticed there are many "Did you like /this/ book threads", and "What is your favourite book" threads, but none that truly had a review part for your favourite book. Hopefully, this will prove useful as an all-around book recommendation thread. What is your favourite book/novella/short story or one of which that you have enjoyed? Leave a description of it and an explanation on your interpretation of it, or on why you enjoyed it so please. As for me, My favourite book is The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru I picked it up, and read that it was of a person that took on many different identities throughout his life and was intrigued. Rather than doing so on purpose, as I expected, the main character (whom I shall not name since he lives as many different people in this story) is forced into these roles. Tragedy after tragedy he becomes another person, and with each twist acquires new skills and life experience, for better or for worse. I found this book absolutely wonderful and enjoyed it thoroughly because of the detail and intricacy in which the author drew the story around the main character and the vast amount of psychological concepts that he wove throughout the story. -Frederyk
I have to agree with crazycat on the Tamora Pierce books. They are amazing! They aren't exactly the same as all of the other past century books they actually feel real even if is totally fictional.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy, these novels by J.R.R Tolkien had everything I require in a good story. - An interesting back-story, with scope to become very deep for hardcore readers, while newcomers and casual readers can get through on the basics. - Round and developed characters such as Frodo and Gandalf in particular. - Length, this trilogy could have been so much longer than it was in the end, well done to Tolkien for that one. - Pacing, ranging from painfully slow to heart-thumpingly quick, these novels changed pace beautifully. - Writing style: Tolkien had a unique style that really brought his stories alive.
Gah... favorite book? That's a tough one. It is probably one of the Harry Potter books. Maybe Deathly Hallows or Half-Blood Prince. It's so hard to choose.
my favorite novel is "Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West" by Cormac McCarthy. "Blood..." is the story of a group of scalp hunters in mexico in 1850. it is easily one of the most violent novels ever written and without a doubt one of the most beautiful. what's to love? 1. the incredible grandeur of the prose. 2. the picture of humanity at it's extremity of utter nihillism. 3. the exhileration i've felt ever time ive read it. ps. suttree is a great read, too.
Right now I'd say Viktor Hugo's either notre dame or l'homme qui rit.. (okay the whole discribing paris thing was a tad yawning.. and some interactions I would have written differently but I'm just a nitpicker here ^^) L'homme qui rit I read thrue a graphic novel.. loved the visualised aspect fused with the ingeniously writingz of Hugo.. (I'm actually wanderering whether barkilphedro is some kinda weird latent gay-guy^^ -manipulative though..)
Hmmm, my top three authors would have to be: Jack London (Author of White Fang, Call of the Wild, etc.) Dean Koontz(Author of False Memory, Taken, By the Light of the Moon) Homer (Author of many greek legends) Favorite Book? I cant choose one, I have a love of the classics with a love of new found favorites. So yeah, I just read and dont choose But I have many others that are on my book shelves, in fact I need more room, all my books are kinda spilling onto the floor along with research materials and basic character profiles and such(which I keep a binder for each story and its characters). O.O I need bigger shelves
Flowers In The Attic by V.C. Andrews. Go read it. Like, now. It's amazing A close second is The Lovely Bones, even though I saw the movie first, it was still brilliant, which is rare.
All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren. Widely considered (and yes, I agree!!!) to be the best political book that was ever written.
I love "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt.. I can read it over and over again and I still love it! The way the plot is twisted together.. the way the suspense is subtle but stronger with every page, untill the point where everyone realises there is no way back and plummet down in a downward spiral of despair... Amazing book!
It's always a tough choice.. but at the moment (always subject to change as I read more than good for me ) Misery and The Dark Tower serie by Stephen King One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Blindness by Jose Saramago
I loved Misery. One of King's best, for sure. I love reading Gone with the Wind. Such palpable emotions, you can feel the book as though you're in it. I love it.
THE best I'd say Gone with the wind is one of my fav's too. Now reading To Kill a Mockingbird and it's making a amazing first impression.
I also like the that book, but my favourite one is Heaven, have you read that one? My favourite at the moment is still The Deathly Hallows By J K Rowling. The best book in the set by far and have read it at least five times now so know it very well.
Hmm, it struck me as one of the weakest. It's the only one I haven't re-read. So many pages of seemingly pointless wandering in the wilds. Three words for ya, Rowling- "long story short," I think my favorite of the HP series was The Half-Blood Prince.
I agree with ya. It goes for half the novel with a lot of camping and whining. It's really quite tiring. I did enjoy the Half- Blood Prince quite a bit more.
Yeh I agree with you guys it does go a bit, but I think the end show down with Riddle was worth the wait. I did really like the Half Blood Prince too and I would say it's my next in line
