Do you read novels If so what is your prefered genre?

[Legend of J]

Personally i stick with fantasy and within that genre i prefer high fantasy but i also like science fiction not so much speculative science fiction. But peace and war wasn't bad.

Well time to lose the entire respect of everyone on the escapist.

The kind im currently re reading is

Twilight.

lol

 

[Legend of J]

i'm a total book nerd, and will pretty much devour anything that even remotely catches my interest. anything post-apocalyptic/dystopian stories make me happy. science fiction is by far my preferred genre. the harder, the better (hurr hurr "harder" hurr hurr), as i'm not a fan of the really soft/fantasy hybrid stuff. anything post-apocalyptic/dystopian will make me very happy. close second is horror, especially vampire stuff, which i mostly enjoy as mindless schlock, used solely to kill time while waiting in lines and such.

I love almost any fiction novel put in front of me. Keyword being almost.

... twwiiiiillliiiigghhhtt?

*shudders* It brings back memories of the week I wasted reading that boring series.

I salute you. I couldn't even get past the boring as all hell first chapter.

i read all of them and it gave me cancer of the soul. i would have been happy to live out my life never having read a word beyond what was quoted in entertaining, mockery-filled reviews. however, my ex-roommate was a HUGE fan, and refused to listen to anything even remotely negative about the series, and would not stop telling me over and over about how incredibly wonderful and romantic and original and timeless (and and and) they really were, if i would only give them a chance. ("you haven't read them!! how can you say they're horrible?! you don't knowwwwww! you like vampires! there are vampires in twilight! you'll love them!!!!") so i made her a deal. i'd read the entire series with an open mind, and in return, if i still hated them, she would have to sit through an explanation of WHY they were horrible.

i read, i caught soul-cancer, and i got to tell her that, among many, many, MANY other reasons for supreme suckage, the books managed to make vampires paint-drying BORING.

Is it wrong that i enjoyed them 0_0

well nah i read em before all the hype. The hype ruined them in simple.

 

[Xorghul]

Fantasy and Sci-Fi is my thang.

 

[Kyrian007]

Really starting to like Mojo Splatterpunk.

 

[blankedboy]

Science Fiction. Most of the books in that genre suck a fat one, but Orson Scott Card, Peter Hamilton and the like... epic win. Almost as good storytelling as a movie, and usually much better story.

(yes, there's a huge difference between story and storytelling)

Yeah, Twilight's getting a metric fuckton of hate around here, I haven't read the book, but the movie was actually pretty damn awesome. Don't say it's gay or wussy to watch it, it's a fucking love movie. That's a good thing.

Also, it has vampires.

 

[xDarc]

From the looks of this thread- harry potter and lord of the rings is the only reason they still even make books.

 

[JokerCrowe]

Whatever it is Stephen King is writing...
(horror?)
I like fiction, preferably with humour, and a depiction of a normal world with just a hint of fantasy/sci-fi. (like Harry Potter) Or any and all of Terry Pratchett's books.

 

[Daipire]

I like Fight Club and i'm part way through Catcher in The Rye, not sure what genre they are, i guess fight club is philosophical mixed with dark comedy ("I'm so zen, right in their damn FACE").

So "thinking man's comedy" i suppose is my genre

 

[sheogoraththemad]

Tolkien and dan brown

 

[Good morning blues]

I have a hard time finding fiction that I enjoy; most of it is really formulaic, honestly. I usually read non-fiction; investigations of specific issues or problems are my favorite. When it comes to fiction, however, I can't say no to some good speculative sci-fi or a pulpy spy novel.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Joining the "fantasy & sci-fi" horde. But I can enjoy a lot more than that. I like myself a good detective story (thanks Dresden Files for thoughtfully merging fantasy and detective) or more serious novels like The Fountainhead (which I'm currently reading, almost finished).

Next up will probably be a new Dresden Files novel or the Thrawn Trilogy. I also want to read the Artemis Fowl series, all of Tolkien's work, a bit of Stephen King, more Star Wars novels and I can go on like that for a while. So much awesomeness out there...

 

[Blizzarded Soul]

I like my Science Fiction, alot of Michael Crichton dons my shelf along with quite a few titles from the universe of 40K.

 

[Shifty Tortoise]

Fantasy, horror and sci-fi, in that order

I particularily satirical fantasy like Terry Pratchett.