What is your favorite book?

[Quer_Skulll]

i really enjoy "komt een vrouw bij de dokter"

 

 

 

..but hell you probly won't know it.

[Ragen]

I think that we should have a central book thread or maybe even a literature forum as these kind of threads appear about once a month.

 

My favourite books are:

 

 

 

The Bartimaeus Trilogy. Probally my all time favourite books. They are witty, fun and well written. The characterisation is perfect.

 

 

 

White Fang. Again this is one of my favourite books, it is just brilliant. I especially loved the way the world was seen through a cubs eyes, just after birth.

 

 

 

Lord of the Rings - This book was the first big book I ever read. I really wanted to read it after I had finished the hobit, aged seven, but my dads comments and the scary picture the front of the copy put me off till I was about nine. Since then I've re-read it three times and found that I appreciate it more with each read.

 

 

 

Enders Game. This was the last book that I've read and it was good. The twist at the end was almost a let down for me, as I wanted it to carry on right to the last page of the book. Even if you don't like Sci-Fi, I really recommend this book.

[sheepdean]

aimed at a slightly younger audience, but the darren shan vampire series is great, really well writyten. also, a clockwork orange, 1984, animal farm, Casino Royal and the dictionary

 

 

 

 

 

and don't read the da vinci code, unless you want to gouge out your eyes

[TheRealist]

"The Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel, a very respected journalist.

 

 

 

It is very intelligent and full of nothing but facts, while most religious debates deviate into fiction.

 

Lee Strobel used to be a pastor at my church before he moved out to Hollywood. He came back last year for a visit I think, I like him alot too. :D

[dusqi]

Nineteen Eighty-Four

 

 

 

A frightening book that year on year becomes more applicable to our lives.

 

 

 

I think the question of whether torture and the worst thing that each of us could imagine, could overcome love and your sense of self and reality, is also one that isn't considered enough when this book is discussed. Especially now that religious brain washing is a topical issue.

 

 

 

Add to this, the powerful totalitarian nightmare depicted, as well as the other philosophical question of what is real and sane even if everyone else seriously believes something else.

[Viktorkrum77]

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.

 

 

 

I'd recommend Digital Fortress, and Decepetion Point as well, which are also by Brown.

[insane]

Nineteen Eighty-Four

 

 

 

A frightening book that year on year becomes more applicable to our lives.

 

 

 

I think the question of whether torture and the worst thing that each of us could imagine, could overcome love and your sense of self and reality, is also one that isn't considered enough when this book is discussed. Especially now that religious brain washing is a topical issue.

 

 

 

Add to this, the powerful totalitarian nightmare depicted, as well as the other philosophical question of what is real and sane even if everyone else seriously believes something else.

 

 

 

Eek. How could I have forgotten 1984?

[Astralinre]

GK Chesterton's The Ballad of the White Horse. I absolutely adored it. If you're at all a fan of poetry, I highly recommend it.

[indy500fan]

I added my favourite science fiction novels. Topic starter never specified what genre he prefers, so the suggestion part may not work out all that well. This is more a topic for favourite books anyways.

[No_OnE]

The entire Dune Chronicles is good.. up to halfway through the second-to-last book, where Herbert's son starts to help, and then eventually takes over.

 

 

 

That means the first 4.5 books are fantastic.. the last 1.5 books are good, but not nearly so, and I've heard so many bad things and read the last 1.5 books that I won't even touch the books his son did all by himself. The characters aren't nearly as good, the plot stales quickly, they're just all-around not as good.

 

 

 

 

 

Obviously the Lord of the Rings is fantastic..

 

If you don't mind a fairly younger read, the Redwall series was good.

 

 

 

 

 

Fahrenheit 451 and The Clockwork Orange were good..

 

Dune? I think I've seen part of the movie. That's the series with the worms and the guy that kills with his voice, right? Either way, the movie was extremely weird but I kind of liked it. I've always meant to get the first book so I could start reading them...

[state_of_mind]

Darren Shan series. If you haven't read 'em, go check it out. They are a very good bunch of books

[Nanosauromo]

My most favourite book of all times, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Admittedly I don't spend much time reading... I really should.

 

 

 

GAH! THAT BOOK IS EVIL! GO BURN IT!

 

 

 

*ahem*

 

 

 

Anyway, Nano's favorite books:

 

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy: Funniest books I've ever read. The movie was terrible in comparision though.

 

Angels and Demons: This is the book that should have been made into a movie. It's way better than The Davinci Code

 

Jurassic Park: A perfect combination of science and scary monsters with teeth.

 

Timeline: Like castles, swordfighting, and massive battles? Read this book!

 

 

 

...and pretty much anything by Michael Chrichton. Except for Airframe and The Andromeda Strain.

[No_OnE]

Has anyone read, "Level 7"? It's a fairly short book about nuclear war and the end of the world. It was pretty good IMO.

[issy2]

If you want to get into reading, The Mortal Engines quartet by Philip Reeve is a must-must.

[Greatsilverwyrm]

The entire Dune Chronicles is good.. up to halfway through the second-to-last book, where Herbert's son starts to help, and then eventually takes over.

 

 

 

That means the first 4.5 books are fantastic.. the last 1.5 books are good, but not nearly so, and I've heard so many bad things and read the last 1.5 books that I won't even touch the books his son did all by himself. The characters aren't nearly as good, the plot stales quickly, they're just all-around not as good.

 

 

 

 

 

Obviously the Lord of the Rings is fantastic..

 

If you don't mind a fairly younger read, the Redwall series was good.

 

 

 

 

 

Fahrenheit 451 and The Clockwork Orange were good..

 

Dune? I think I've seen part of the movie. That's the series with the worms and the guy that kills with his voice, right? Either way, the movie was extremely weird but I kind of liked it. I've always meant to get the first book so I could start reading them...

 

 

 

If you're talking about the 70's movie .. yes, however it's different enough from the book that I would tell you not to base too much on it.

 

 

 

For example, the whole "killing with his voice" thing is just a physical representation of a fighting style they call the "wierding way" in the book. Similar to how in the LOTR novels, there wasn't actually a giant eye atop the tower of Mordor, but to accurately get the same feeling in a visual medium they had to make it so.

[Furryturtle1]

Ender's Game

 

Ender's Shadow

 

 

 

Those are two of my favorites... They are quite similar. Both have are about the same thing but told by different characters... If you read one, you have to read the other one also. I suggest starting with Ender's Game if you do decide to read them.

 

 

 

These books are great. I'm so lucky we got to read ender's game for school. If you haven't read da vinci code and angels and demons yet you should. They are both great books. If you are into science fiction read Dune by Frank Herbert. It is one of the best science fiction books ever created.

 

If youlike fantasy and/or are a girl, read the Abarat by Clive Barker. If you like classics and are a guy, read great expectations. If you are a girl, read to kill a mockingbird. If you like nonfiction read In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, completely true thriller written likea novel. It is a bit gory though. MAny more great books out there, just hunt through your local library. :XD:

 

 

 

 

 

-a bookworm

[pbjdude91]

one book that i really did enjoy and i dont have to lie about liking it was Night by Elie Wiesel, a first-hand account of a child in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany.

 

A Seperate Peace by John Knowles (I think that's the author's name) was pretty good too, its a true story that happened during WW2 at Philips Exeter high school (although its not called that in the book).. geez I had to read a lot of WW2 books last year in 7th grade, anyways dont read Anne Frank, a lot of people say its an essential book for ur lifetime but i thought it was extremely boring, that is an extremely repetitious book. pretty much ever entry was, i miss the outside world, im losing my mind, i love peter, my mother is not doing her job.. imagine that for a whole 200 pages or so. and i think thats all

[happy123]

Digital Fortress By Dan Brown Is a Fav. of Mine.

[mad4u689]

one book that i really did enjoy and i dont have to lie about liking it was Night by Elie Wiesel, a first-hand account of a child in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany.

 

A Seperate Peace by John Knowles (I think that's the author's name) was pretty good too, its a true story that happened during WW2 at Philips Exeter high school (although its not called that in the book).. geez I had to read a lot of WW2 books last year in 7th grade, anyways dont read Anne Frank, a lot of people say its an essential book for ur lifetime but i thought it was extremely boring, that is an extremely repetitious book. pretty much ever entry was, i miss the outside world, im losing my mind, i love peter, my mother is not doing her job.. imagine that for a whole 200 pages or so. and i think thats all

 

 

 

I actually agree with you. While the Diary of Anne Frank is interesting from a historical perspective, and quite amazing considering Anne's age and situation.. you're better off reading a book like "Night" to get a well-written flavour of those terrible times.

[Aijiru]

Terry Pratchett's Discworld. It's a shame that here you need to search a lot to find one of his books :-k

[PumpkinPete112]

Angels and Demons

 

http://www.danbrown.com/novels/angels_demons/reviews.html

 

 

Deception Point

 

http://www.danbrown.com/novels/deceptio ... views.html

 

 

 

 

 

Digital Fortress

 

http://www.danbrown.com/novels/digital_fortress/reviews.html

 

 

 

Those were probably the three best books i've ever read. They all had such great twists in them its a crime to spoil them

 

 

 

The Whole Left Behind Series (#1-#12)

 

http://www.leftbehind.com/channelbooks.asp?channelID=95

 

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That will keep you busy for awhile :ohnoes:

[Cdub]

I also think Dan Brown's a very good writer. I suggest Tuesdays with Morrie. It's a very quick read, and very moving.

 

 

 

Also, The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Neither of them are very difficult to understand, depending on your reading ability. I like them both because they're both from a seldom held perspective on the world. Morrie is very pacifistic and fun loving, and Malcolm X is a radical revolutionary. Take your pick. :P