What is your favorite book?

[Citizen Kane]

Catch-22

[Balrog of Moria]

The Masquerade of the Red Death Trilogy are the best books ever written IMO....Theyre amazing

[thebtskink]

Hmmm...

Somewhere between:

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut
and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

[Kyle Katarn]

Favorite ONE book...no way! I'll post a list when I get back, tho I'll TRY to narrow it down!

[Rogue]

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb is a great novel about perserverance in a young woman's life. It follows her through her life, the traumatic experiences that happen to her and how it shapes her and how she survives.

Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut. If you haven't read it- read it! It's a must read for anyone.

1984 by George Orwell. It parallels so much of society today and what can become in the future if we aren't careful that it's almost scary. A great political novel with a humanistic approach to it.

[Citizen Kane]

Hmm...Also:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Corrections

[Balrog of Moria]

What is Slaughter-House Five about?

(WE HAVE A BOOK THREAD!!!)

[Rogue]

It goes back to the principle of not wanting to ruin the plot for those who actually want to read it.

[Rogue]

Aye yi yi! I forgot Farenheit 451 by Bradbury..talk about your book burners. (A joke for anyone that's read it). It's a great book about the power struggle, both outside and within.

[Balrog of Moria]

Farenheit 451 is the one with Guy Montag right?

[Godzilla]

Favorite book in general is Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese. Hilliarious read.

Favorite novel would be Michael Crichton's undersea chiller Sphere.

[Mat]

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Lost World by Michael Crichton
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Lot's of others... can't narrow it down to one!

[Alexander JL]

My favorite would be American Psycho.

Runner ups: Of Mice and Men, & One Hundred Years of Solitude

[ambrosia]

My favorite book... I have no one favorite book, the closest thing to my literary fav would be the Stephen King Dark Tower book series.

[PsychoMike]

I really don't have a favorite book but I really like Stephen Kings Dark Tower series (which I am currently rereading, waiting for the rest of the series to be released later this year). I also really like Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and Many of Michle Crichton's books.

[LegolasIsntSexy]

The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (plus The Hobbit)
The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King
The Godfather by Mario Puzo

[IdahoMR2man]

I Will Fear No Evi - Heinlein

[slinger]

Originally posted by Godzilla
Favorite novel would be Michael Crichton's undersea chiller Sphere.

There have been many read since, but Sphere is the most enjoyable.

[smokiechimp]

Fiction: The Stand

Biography: McQueen

[EnderDeschain]

This is a tough one. I've read SK's "Dark Tower" books so many times I damn near have them memorized, and I'd probably have to put them at the top of my list. But coming in at a close second would be Orson Scott Card's "Speaker For The Dead" series, the whole thing, with "Ender's Game" being my undisputed favorite of the bunch. But I'm also very fond of Jack Whyte's "Camulod Chronicles". Brett Easton Ellis' "American Psycho" is no doubt up there on my list, as well as various things like "The Church Of Dead Girls," "Murder In The Solid State," "Places In The Dark", et cetera et cetera. The list goes on.

[SamuraiiSam]

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer

[Brock Landers]

"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. SALINGER


pretty obvious, judging by the bottom of my signature......

[Longshanks]

As of recently my favorite book has to be the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy by Philip Pullman (Northern Lights (US: 'The Magic Compass' - which makes NO sense :rolleyes: ), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass) - if you haven't read them yet - do so now.

[southern]

Lord of the Rings
Daddy's Little Girl-Mary Higgins Clark
And Then There Were None-Agatha Christie

[que_SuertE777]

I have too many favorite books. Umm... off the top of my head I'd say:
The Dark Angel Trilogy - Meredith Ann Pierce
White Oleander - Janet Fitch
The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
A Spell For Chameleon - Piers Anthony

[The Punisher]

I also have too many favorites, too many to list.

[hpk37067]

Ender's Game was one of my most favorite books. I don't know if it is my favorite but it is up there.

[LadyFireFly]

Catcher In The Rye is my favorite book. A timeless classic.

[Ap2000]

I don't read many "normal" books, i prefere Mangas.
But the last book I read was "Hacker's Black Book", it wasn't that good because not too many detailed insider informations were told, only general javascript and HTACCESS hacking and some other funny stuff.

[Doctor K.]

the Alex Rider Series

[pennywise]

The Dreamcatcher - Stephen King
A Tale of Redwall - Brian Jacques
IT- Stephen King

[Rizor]

The Lord of the Rings
To Kill A Mockingbird
Catcher in the Rye

[Chim-Chim]

The Wind Chill Factor

[KayTang999]

I read so much but my all time forever fav would have to be Cather in the Rye and A Clockwork Orange!!!

[Riddle]

Talisman - Stephen King/Peter Straub

[IdahoMR2man]

I will fear no evil - Heinlein

[Lasgalen]

Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
The Silmarillion

Harry Potter (3 & 5 are the best so far)

Flowers for Algenon
Blood Brothers

I read loads of manga, DB and DBZ, Tenchi, Neon Genesis, Ghost in a shell etc.

The Spider-Man movie Novelisation.

[Scarface]

The Philosphy of Aristotle is very interesting.

[ceci-chan]

The Icewind Dale Trilogy very good book indeed.

Rhapsody don't ask me to put the book down.... you've already lost me when i began reading it.

[Glordreen]

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

[Slipknot]

the whole LOTR trilogy... and The Hobbit.

[MagsXGill29]

ahhh, I have to many. Probably LOTR and Seabiscuit.

[Sensation14]

My fav book is Harry Potter: GOF.

[hpk37067]

That's cool. Anyone read the Wheel of Time series? They were really good.

[moviegeek]

Harpo Speaks

[The Moose]

The Lord Of The Rings

[Tim37ninjageniu]

HP books/LOTR books
Jumper by Stephen Gould
Ender's game/Ender's Shadow/Speaker for the dead by orson Scott Card
Fight Club by Chuck Palinchuck
Crime and punishment by Fyodor Dostyevsky
The Inferno by Dante Aligheri
Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe
1984 By George Orwell

[Tim37ninjageniu]

in no particular order

[Watakshino]

The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
Red Dragon - Thomas Harris
Hannibal - Thomas Harris
The Shining - Steven King

[Brock Landers]

Originally posted by LadyFireFly
Catcher In The Rye is my favorite book. A timeless classic.

Amen, my all time favorite as well. LOVE LIVE CAULFIELD! Go Pency Prep

[Angelixx]

i have read so many amazing novels like the harry potter series and right now im reading the mists of avilon series by marion zimmer bradley its just so inspirational but i gotta say its not for guys lmao o and then there was janeys girl and angels turn there backs

but then there was also i capture the castle by dodie smith
and the chronicles of narnia
i could go on forever but believe me if u want a good book to read then check out the ones i listed above

[Warblade]

Originally posted by Alexander JL
My favorite would be American Psycho.



You kid me right?? I hated how Ellis described every single detail with an added amount of detail thrown on top of that. I don't want to read an entire chapter on how Bateman feels about Phil Collins.

[Jarbacca V]

One flew over the cuckoos nest is my favourite book

[Halofan1]

Can't decide between New X-Men or Batman.

[Skinny]

Im not much of a reader, but my favorite books are

One True Thing- Anna Quindilen
Tiger Eyes- Judy Blume
Flowers For Algernon- Daniel Keyes
How to Kill a Mocking Bird- (forgot author)

[Glordreen]

LOTR, followed by the Sword of Shannarra

[Sensation14]

HP and the Goblet of Fire.

[Il Duce]

Jurassic Park.
No, The Hound of the Baskervilles.
No, Moby Dick.
Whatever.

[Tim37ninjageniu]

Fight Club

[The Schweitz]

Tuesdays with morrie
possibly the hobit,
but prizoner of azkaban is up their

[Mirokai]

My list is too long (there are a lot of GREAT books) but specially:
1984-George Orwell
Metamorphosis-Frank Kafka
Jacques le fatalist et son maître- Diderot (I don't know the name in English)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest-Ken Kesey
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
Soul Mountain-Gao Xingjian
Don Quijote de la Mancha-Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Lord of the flies-William Golding
One Hundred Years of Solitude-Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The lord of the rings-J.R.R. Tolkien
David Copperfield-Charles Dickens
...and so one

[Enaeril]

I've read hundreds of books over the years, but my most favs are:

1) Lord of the Rings Trilogy ~ JRR Tolkien
2) The Silmarillion ~ JRR Tolkien
3) Fourty Five Guardsmen ~ Alexander Dumas
4) The Heir From Calcutta ~ R. Shtilmark
5) The Queen Margot ~ Alexander Dumas
6) The Black Arrow ~ RL Stevenson
7) All the Jack Ryan series ~ Tom Clancy

:)

[Doctor K.]

a couple of my favorites are To Kill a Mockingbird and Point Blank

[Hushm0ney]

American Psycho
Glamorama
A Clockwork Orange
Breakfast of Champions
Slaughterhouse 5
Survivor- Palahniuk
Flowers for Algernon
Porno-Welsh
Tokyo Suckerpunch
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Bram Stokers Dracula
Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
LOTR Trilogy
Electric KoolAid Acid Test
DUNE 1-6
House of Leaves
Simulacra & Simulation

[benyofang]

i know its an old topic, but here goes anyways:

Stranger in a Strange Land, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Heinlein
Hitchhiker's trilogy - Adams
Neverwhere, American Gods - Gaiman
Cats Cradle, Siren of the Titans - Vonnegut (these two beat Slaughterhouse V any day of the week with 2 hands tied behind their back, wearing a blindfold, and hopping on one leg)
The Eight - Neville
Choke, Survuvor - Palahniuk
Da Vinci Code - forget the author

those are just a few of my favorites (in no particular order)

[Darkness]

The Phantom of the Opera- Leroux
There's always been something about this book for me. Maybe it's because I've always been strongly sympathetic to Erik, I don't know, but I love it.

The Scarlet Pimpernel- Orckzy
Mystery, romance and humor. How do you not love Blakeney?

The Count of Monte Cristo- Dumas
It's a huge book, but watching Edmund extract revenge in a truly inventive and complicated way is worth it.

The Dark Elf Trilogy- Salvatore
I love Drizzt. Horribly out of place in the world he was born into, but not willing to go down without a fight.

The Lord of the Rings- Tolkien
What can I say? Yeah, it's wordy, but it's an entire new world and probably the best fantasy novel ever written.

The Harry Potter Series- Rowling
It made a believer out of me. I thought it was all hype, but when I started reading it I couldn't put them down.

Beowulf or Beowulf a New Telling- Nye
It influenced Tolkien to write the Lord of the Rings and it really is fascinating. I started out hating it, but the more I've read it, the more I enjoy it every time.

Dracula- Stoker
I love vampires and this is the father of all vampire genre tales. Dracula is the first, the best and the baddest. Sure, the modern vampire novel characters are slicker and sexier, but when it comes to being a vampire, Dracula is the most effective.

[UnicornBlood3]

:heart: The Anita Blake Series - Laurell K. Hamilton

Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling

The Vampire Chronicals - Anne Rice

The Lord of the Rings, Return of the King - Tolkien

:heart: Aimee - Miller

Those would be my favorites so far.

[Sora Kahn]

My two favorite books are Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

[Tara]

fight club, or anything by chuck palanuik. he rules

[Spidey_Freak]

Catcher in the Rye -J.D. Salinger

[angelusrp]

To kill a mockingbird
Where the red fern grows
Of mice and men
are my favorite books.

[aegon IV]

The Dark Tower and A Song of Ice and Fire... although both are incomplete

[rosncranz]

catcher in the rye
le stranger
i wish someone was waiting for me somewhere
be my knife
hard times
great expectations
the pianist
purgatory
paradise lost
lucky man
tales of the otori

[Frizzo the Clown]

The Sirens of Titan - Vonnegut. Actually, he's my favorite author, so most of his books are my favorites.

[Gomamon]

Kenneth Grahame:Wind In The Willows
Michael Ende:Never Ending Story / Momo
Redwall:Martin The Warrior - Brian Jacques
Stephen King:Misery / It
Walter Farley:The Black Stallion & The Black Stallion Returns

A Transformation Tale:Brother Bear
Mothman & Other Curious Encounters

[rosncranz]

Originally posted by Frizzo the Clown
The Sirens of Titan - Vonnegut. Actually, he's my favorite author, so most of his books are my favorites.


i do not like vonnegut at all, i think he is pretentious and overated.

[Frizzo the Clown]

Originally posted by rosncranz
i do not like vonnegut at all, i think he is pretentious and overated. Well you can blow me. No seriously..please....I'm lonely...;)

[Aslan]

My alltime favorite single book has to be, "The Last Battle" (book 7 in the Chronicles of Narnia series).
I also liked Paradise Lost
Even though I don't like any more of Stephen Kings books, I loved "The eyes of the Dragon".

[Yuney]

My all time fave book would have to be Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I'm a sucker for a good love story :)

[HeadHunter]

At the moment.......Sabriel

[cg124]

basicly every michael chrichton book, except for the andromedia strain and the lost world

[GrandMaster]

Don't lie Cg, you aint never read a book in your life.

[HeadHunter]

Originally posted by GrandMaster
Don't lie Cg, you aint never read a book in your life.

DID you eat a bad Taco or something

[cg124]

Originally posted by GrandMaster
Don't lie Cg, you aint never read a book in your life.


shut up moron

[Frizzo the Clown]

Originally posted by GrandMaster
Don't lie Cg, you aint never read a book in your life. If you're going to insult someone's intelligence, it would probably be for the best if you didn't use the word "ain't." You see, using that word..well..it kinda spoils your arguement. Now, if you'd said "haven't ever" we might be able to take you seriously. In fact, since you said "ain't never," you're in fact saying that he has read a book. You see, thats what what we like to call a "double negative." I read that in a book.

[cg124]

:lol:

[Frizzo the Clown]

Hey, its true..and thats what makes it funny. ;)

[cg124]

too bad he's banned and he dosn't have a chance to say anything back

[Frizzo the Clown]

I know..I realize that now..he response would be well worth letting him come back for like 20 minutes....;)

[cg124]

Originally posted by Frizzo the Clown
I know..I realize that now..he response would be well worth letting him come back for like 20 minutes....;)

or we could just wait for him to come under a different name

[Frizzo the Clown]

That too. :p

[Garnet Spring]

Shade's Children - Garth Nix

Or

Tales of the Otori:Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn

[rosncranz]

Originally posted by Garnet Spring


Tales of the Otori:Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn

****ing brilliant book! i havent gotten the chance to read the brilliance of the moon yet. and right now i am readin the time travelers wief and it is quickly becoming one of my favs. if not my very favorite.

[ambrosia]

Across the Nightingale Floor was good. But, IMO, Grass for his Pillow, the next book, was painfully slow and the romance elements were poorly done. I was so dissapointed in this book that I have chosen to forgo buying Brilliance of the Moon for the time being and am currently concentrating on The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, specifically: Song of Susannah

[Boro]

my favorite book would have to be The Hobbit.


other books i really like:

star wars: attack of the clones by that one guy
1984 by... ehh... its 2 oclock in the morning for me
fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury
galapagos by kurt vonnegut

[secant]

Sooner ask me to pick a favorite child... (bonus pt if you know what film that's from)
btw people on this website have excellent taste in books.
Well personally, I go for beauty, truth and love all the way. If it's dark, it better have redemption or humor, or else I can appreciate but not love it. Most of my favorites have been named, but for posterity:
Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter (esp last three)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee, someone was wondering)
The Chronicles of Narnia
These are old friends that I have read over and over so many times.

Some I haven't seen named here:
Winnie-the-Pooh - why didn't I discover kids books until after I grew up?
The Last Unicorn - This book was so beautiful that I wish so much I hadn't seen the film first.
The Little Prince - I cry every single time.
Merlin by Stephen R. Lawhead - my favorite old-school hero
The Stand by Stephen King - great characters
Beach Music and Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy - Outrageous Southerness that's totally unbelieavable and yet surprisingly close to the mark
Watership Down by Richard Adams - Bigwig and Hazel, great heroes, great adventure

I have to read and love a book at least three or four times before I can call it a favorite, but here are some recent reads of mine with potential:
The Day No Pigs Would Die
The 21 Balloons
Until We Have Faces (CS Lewis)
Idylls of the King
Mama Makes up Her Mind by Bailey White
The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams - heartbreakingly real and far-fetched but beautifully redemptive...
I better stop. but there are so many more, it seems.

[rosncranz]

Originally posted by ambrosia
Across the Nightingale Floor was good. But, IMO, Grass for his Pillow, the next book, was painfully slow and the romance elements were poorly done. I was so dissapointed in this book that I have chosen to forgo buying Brilliance of the Moon for the time being and am currently concentrating on The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, specifically: Song of Susannah

i disagree, it was slow yes, but that is my only complaint about it. i think it wasa deliberatly paced.

[Boy Wonder '04]

LOTR!

[Drizzt240]

Tale of Two Cites

Anything by R.A Salvatore that has the character Drizzt in it.

[chewie]

Last Exit to Brooklyn
Catcher in the Rye
The Hobbit
American Psycho

[KeyserLime]

I'm surprised not more people have put mine (from just looking at the last page)

The Godfather

[HellaGood]

Mortal Engines - Philip Reeve

Why has nobody read this book!?

[KayTang999]

I read so much but my all time forever fav would have to be Cather in the Rye and A Clockwork Orange!!!

LOL, I am quoting myself. Anywho, I would like to add "Crescent" by Diana Abu-Jaber, "Lucy" by Jamaica Kincaid, "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse, and "Animal Farm" by George Orwell.

I have been reading a lot lately and it is amazing how social life in college can influence on what you are reading.

[krushgroove19]

confessions of a dangerous mind- chuck barris
fear and loathing in las vegas- dr. hunter s. thompson
all books by chuck palahniuk
trainspotting and glue- irvine welsh

[Glordreen]

The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara trilogy. With the LOTR trilogy next.

[Brock Landers]

Hmmmm, my favorite book is still The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger :D

[southern]

Lord of the Rings
Daddy's Little Girl-Mary Higgins Clark
And Then There Were None-Agatha Christie
updating my last

those 3
Da Vinci Code
Angels & Demons
Deception Point
Digital Fortress
Black Hack Down

[IamMrDJ]

updating my last

Angels & Demons
Deception Point
Digital Fortress

I now love all three of these books. I could not put them down now I must find a new book.

[vision_afar]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Brave New World
The Great Gatsby
Master and Margarita
LotR
Fall of Hyperion
Rise of Endymion
Fight Club

[stonefaced_1]

Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth. I didn't have to work for four years, because of what I learned from that book.

[southern]

I now love all three of these books. I could not put them down now I must find a new book.
remind me.....didn't like Da Vinci Code or haven't read it?

[IamMrDJ]

remind me.....didn't like Da Vinci Code or haven't read it?

I have not read it yet and won't until it is in Paperback.

[DAN!]

^ that's my reasoning too :)

my favorite book of all time has always been "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by oscar Wilde.

most Recently i liked The Book "America" by the Daily Show team

[Brock Landers]

I have not read it yet and won't until it is in Paperback.

Same, or I'll just borrow the book from a friend. :)

[IamMrDJ]

Same, or I'll just borrow the book from a friend. :)

I can borrow it from plently of people it is just that I want to get it in paperback so taht it can fit in my backpack when I go down to school. Right now a paperback is the only extra book that would fit in my bag.

[southern]

i wished i had waited on the other 3 brown books cause i have 3 paperback and 1 hardcover...(same with HP series, well was except my little cousin hasn't given back 1-4) so it wouldn't look so funky

[Cartagia]

confessions of a dangerous mind- chuck palahniuk
[...]
all books by chuck palahniuk

You mean Chuck Barris for Confessions... right? :confused:

[secant]

Sooner ask me to pick a favorite child... (bonus pt if you know what film that's from)
btw people on this website have excellent taste in books.
Well personally, I go for beauty, truth and love all the way. If it's dark, it better have redemption or humor, or else I can appreciate but not love it. Most of my favorites have been named, but for posterity:
Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter (esp last three)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee, someone was wondering)
The Chronicles of Narnia
These are old friends that I have read over and over so many times.

Some I haven't seen named here:
Winnie-the-Pooh - why didn't I discover kids books until after I grew up?
The Last Unicorn - This book was so beautiful that I wish so much I hadn't seen the film first.
The Little Prince - I cry every single time.
Merlin by Stephen R. Lawhead - my favorite old-school hero
The Stand by Stephen King - great characters
Beach Music and Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy - Outrageous Southerness that's totally unbelieavable and yet surprisingly close to the mark
Watership Down by Richard Adams - Bigwig and Hazel, great heroes, great adventure

I have to read and love a book at least three or four times before I can call it a favorite, but here are some recent reads of mine with potential:
The Day No Pigs Would Die
The 21 Balloons
Until We Have Faces (CS Lewis)
Idylls of the King
Mama Makes up Her Mind by Bailey White
The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams - heartbreakingly real and far-fetched but beautifully redemptive...
I better stop. but there are so many more, it seems.
ho hum. I feel like shamelessly bumping my own post today.

I have a few things to add;
The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis
Shardik, Richard Adams (I am really starting to like this guy. All his books are so different from each other.)
Lady Chatterly's Lover - this is a life-changing book. I seriously think that people who plan to have sex should read this. It really makes you think about the male/female relationship and some things that have sort of gone wrong with it. No it is not a morality tale - but it kind of is. It's about having really good sex the way it's supposed to be had, and I didn't realize how important that was until I read this.
Pavilion of Women by Pearl Buck - because Madame Wu is one of the best-written and interesting protagonists I've ever read.

[Morfin]

Fight Club
High Fidelity
The Dark Elf Trilogy

[Kmackintrush]

Memoirs of a Geisha!

[krushgroove19]

You mean Chuck Barris for Confessions... right? :confused:

yup. oops. thanks for pointing that out.

[LOTRNUT04]

the hobbit, LOTR, The rule of four, the da vinci code, angels and demons...in that order