Favorite Books?

[BobtheCkroach]

Alright, since BookMecca doesn't exist (yet? :P) I'll post it here...what are you favorite books ever?

I used to be huge on reading, but I havent' had the time until recently, when I discovered Audible.com I travel enough that I can pound out the audiobooks at a decent rate, and since you get a free book per month for the $15 subscription fee, Audible's a good deal.

Anyways, I just recently finished The Shining and my gosh, it's good. Got me thinking about what my favorites are...

My list would have to include...

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Chamber by Grisham
Salem's Lot, The Stand,The Shining and the whole Dark Tower series By Stephen King

I'm sure more will pop up in my mind, but that's enough to get started.

[PJ'l_Master]

Robinson Crusoe has been a favorite of mine for a while.

however since the start of the series on HBO ive been reading generation kill, and its pretty spectacular too, definitely worth checking out.

[BobtheCkroach]

Never heard of it. I'll have to look into it.

[Bingo]

I've always been a big fan of British humor.

I've got a dozen or so titles by P.G. Wodehouse whom I believe is the master of dry humor.

Of course, Douglas Adams as well - though while I like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series (Which the movie just utterly destroyed) I usually suggest starting with the less well known Dirk Gently series.

For fantasy type stuff I tend to stay pretty mainstream and pedestrian - Terry Brooks, Tolkien, etc.

Actually, I think all in all I stay pretty pedestrian with my book choices.

B

[rancid monkey]

Johnny got his gun by Dalton Trumbo
one of the most disturbing things you will ever read
the 70s film adaptation is just as disturbing.

I recommend it to anyone :thumbs:

[Zed]

The Giver by louis lowery (idk if that's spelled right )
Stuck in Neutral ( Good book about a paralized kid )

Alot others that I forgot but these are sorta books for teens but they're great books

[EXEcution]

Sci-fi: Speaker For the Dead by Orson Scott Card

Horror (mostly): Tommyknockers, Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, The Stand, and several others all from Stephen King.

[He Is Legend]

The Phantom Tollbooth will always be a favorite of mine

[NightBreed]

Imajica, The Great and Secret Show, Everville, Weaveworld-----Clive Barker

[BOA]

My favourites is written by Harold Robbins.:)

[Banshee]

"The Magus" by John Fowles
and for fun I like to read Terry Pratchett's novels

[PuRe AnGeL]

Any Meg Cabot books
Forever - Judy Blume
This Lullaby - Sara Manning (If i spelt it right)

Yup think they're my fave. :)

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Tarzan of the Apes (series) by Edgar Rice Burroughs

[Death Engineer]

The dictionary.

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The dictionary.


lol.....thanks

[Lady Doom]

I think Dean Koontz "False memory" and "Intensity"

[MORGANA]

I have many favorite books,all from John Grishams. I like also old ones :Fjodor Dostojewski, Edgar Allan Poe, Nikolai Gogol, William Shakespeare!
Maybe Dostojewskis " Crime and Punishment" was best book ever i read.

[SASQUATCH]

I have many that I like but this book written by Joseph Campbell

The Hero With A Thousand Faces
Reflections On The Art of Living
And a few books by Isaac Asimov,Carl Sagan.

There is more but it would be a huge list. LOL

I read at least one book every week and lately it has been more on Science.

[Mr Clean]

"John Adams" and "The Great Bridge" by David McCullough are great historical reads.

"Catcher in the Rye" has always been one of my favorites.

Stephen King, Koontz, and Grisham were all good suggestions. I would add Tom Clancy's novels to the list, he is a fantastic writer...

[Mpulse]

My best author is a guy by the name of Hugh Hefner.... his monthly "books" makes f/great readin' in the baffroom... (ooh la la!)

[PuRe AnGeL]

William Shakespeare!

Yeah some of the stuff he wrote is really captivating, if you can understand it. :o