What's your favorite book?

[MacGuffin]

My most recent favorite book is Lisey's Story by Stephen King. Uh-mazing story, especially the style the story is revealed to the reader. Such a personal story.

Where would you rank it amongst his other works?

Been carefully avoiding Stephenking 2.0 for the fear of disappointment.

[sreelavanya]

Operation Grey Wolf "High Value Target". It's the story of two CIA special operations officers' that get assigned to their old Special Forces unit to help track down and capture on of the United States most wanted terrorists. It's a really great read.

[new_romantic]

My favourite book is a toss up between Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

[Norma J. Rose]

Couple of them, actually.

Little Pink Slips by Sally Koslow
Weekend in Paris by Robyn Sisman
The Bachelorette Party by Karen McCullah Lutz
Marry Me by John Updike
Citizen Girl; Dedication by Nicola Kraus/Emma McLaughlin
Jedan Od Onih Zivota by Djordje Balasevic (Balkan author, google him)

[michael007]

My favorite book is 'the twilight effect'' by B. L. Hewitt, I recommend this book is amazing.

[DATo]

OK ... I know I am going to turn a lot of people off with this selection when they read the title but it is honestly the best read of my entire life and I was surprised to learn recently that a major British newspaper (being a newbie I don't know if I'd be breaking rules here to mention the name) ranks it as the #1 book of all time as well.

The book is 'Don Quixote' by Cervantes. It was written 500 years ago but it is still the most widely read book in the world second only to the Bible as I understand it. It is not what you'd expect of a "Classic" book at all. It is EXTREMELY funny and its humor is timeless ... if you didn't know of it, and someone told you it had been written last year by Woody Allen you'd probably never know the difference. If you haven't already read it I'd STRONGLY encourage you to do so.

[Bighuey]

OK ... I know I am going to turn a lot of people off with this selection when they read the title but it is honestly the best read of my entire life and I was surprised to learn recently that a major British newspaper (being a newbie I don't know if I'd be breaking rules here to mention the name) ranks it as the #1 book of all time as well.

The book is 'Don Quixote' by Cervantes. It was written 500 years ago but it is still the most widely read book in the world second only to the Bible as I understand it. It is not what you'd expect of a "Classic" book at all. It is EXTREMELY funny and its humor is timeless ... if you didn't know of it, and someone told you it had been written last year by Woody Allen you'd probably never know the difference. If you haven't already read it I'd STRONGLY encourage you to do so.

Ive got a copy of that. Never read it. Ill have to check it out. I like that old weird stuff.

[BecDanger85]

'American Psycho' by Bret Easton Ellis. It is disgusting, shocking, satirical, clever, very very dark and brilliant. It is based on a self absorbed, rich, good looking white collar american from the 1980's. He seems perfect on paper but has extreme psychotic tendancies, and when he starts to let them out he spirals out of control

[sin]

1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

I like it because it's dark and romantic.

2. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

It's so magical, you can visualise the yellow butterflies, the red ants and the scorpions in the sunset coming to life...When I finished the book I thought Marquez was God.

3. 'And Then' and 'Mon', both by Natsume Soseki

If Marquez is God, then Soseki is Man. He understood what it means to be human...'Mon' requires a bit of background knowledge on Zen Buddhism, so 'And Then' would be a good start. Soseki essentially writes about the mundane vicissitudes of life. Man is alone in the universe, the difficulties in relationships and society...that sort of thing.

Alternatively, try 'The Three Cornered World', where an artist goes off to the mountains to seek inspiration.

4. 'Walden' by Henry David Thoreau

Simply because life is too stressful; we need some common sense.

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Random comments on some of the other posts:

1984 -- Good call, but too depressing for me.
Kite Runner -- Good call, but it will not be in my top ten list
Siddartha -- Good call, but makes life sound a bit depressing too.
Jane Eyre -- Good call, but try Wuthering Heights
Love in the Time of Cholera -- Good call, but I still prefer One Hundred Years of Solitude
Catcher in the Rye -- Not my cup of tea
On the Road -- Gets boring after a while
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man -- Too depressing and not my cup of tea
Ulysses -- You got to enlighten me man...
Ender's Game -- Generally I'm not into science fiction; had to read this one for one of my uni modules
Book of Laughter and Forgetting -- he is genrally not my cup of tea; even then, I thought the best was 'Immortality', 'Unbearable Lightness of Being is also better than 'Book of Laughter and Forgetting' in my opinion
Harry Potter -- I never made it past book 1
Lord of the Rings - had to read book 1 for a uni module; never read the rest
Lolita -- Never finished it. He has a slightly irritating self-conscious writing style, though I must say his English writing is excellent
BFG -- My favourite by Roald Dahl was actually Danny the Champion of the World, followed by the Great Glass Elevator
7 Habits of Highly Effective People -- excellent book, but certainly hard to make it a favourite
The Little Prince -- Good call
Never Let Me Go -- Can't comment on this book because I gave up on it too soon, but I loved 'An Artist of the Floating World' and 'When We Were Orphans'...'Pale View of the Hills' is not bad, I like 'Nocturnes' too...I read 'Unconsoled' some time back and was a bit lost...but in general his two supposedly best books, 'Remains of the Day' and 'Never Let Me Go' are too English-y for me...I like it when Ishiguro writes with a *little* bit of Japanese touch; 'Nocturnes' being an exception
Wind-up Bird Chronicle -- I gave up on this one too; I thought his best was Norwegian Wood...I don't like it when he tries to be surreal or when he added historical elements to the book
Tuesdays with Morrie -- Good call, especially for non-fiction
Angela's Ashes -- same as 'On the Road'...gets boring after a while

As for the rest, I haven't read the titles or the authors, so can't comment .....




Curious Incident of the Dog -- Not my cup of tea either, especially for a Whitbread winner, I think it cannot be put alongside books like 'Wide Sargasso Sea'

[mzz]

I would have to say that one of my favorite books is The Eight by Katherine Neville

[Christine80]

I don't think I have a favorite book or even books. There is waaay too much out there to try to narrow it down!

[ThrivingDad]

Avalon by Anya Seton

-- 04 Jan 2012, 09:27 --

Well, that and also Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon

[ido997]

My favorite book is the road by kormak mc'carti

[Skip]

The Prince of Tides

[brdpty]

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