Favorite Book and why

[Neonbob]

The Stand by Steven King is a wonderful book. It lasted me a full week of downtime in high school classes. I also love the books that Don Pendleton writes. They have no literary value whatsoever, and they're really short, easy reads, but something blows up almost every 5 pages. Tasteless fun.
EDIT: oh, anything by the late, great George Carlin is gold in my book, too.

 

[Lost Leader]

George R.R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire is excellent. It makes Jordan seem flighty, long-winded and lacking in direction (this and I am actually a fan of The Wheel of Time)

Brian Sanderson - He is taking over to finish the Wheel of Time for the late Robert Jordan. I read his book Elantris and found it to be a great stand alone novel, and his trilogy Mistborne is quick, intense and brilliant. I actually like his writing more than Jordan's and am very curious to see how A Memory of Light will turn out.

I think it is actually Brandon Sanderson, not Brian. Either way, he will have to be an improvement on Robert Jordan. The man knows how to write a great plot, but if you cut out the descriptions of the dresses with lacy trim and velvet sleeves...etc The series would have been 3 books shorter.

Give me the gunslinger any day.

DOH! yeah brandon. fixed.

 

[Falien]

Frank Herbert's Dune is my favourite book, though I didn't like the sequels much. The first book is by far the most epic work I have ever read and it affected me deeply. Its story may look like your standard space-opera stuff on the surface, but there is amazing depth in it, on issues ranging from environmental balance all the way to man's own humanity.

Although I liked both film adaptations, they just didn't do it enough justice. Dune deserves the Lord of the Rings treatment.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

For fantasy I'd recommend R.A. Salvatore's work or that of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. You also can't go wrong with David Eddings or Tolkien (of course). For creepy crawly stuff I'd suggest Stephen King. Some of his better work includes The Shining, It, and The Stand.

 

[Lost Leader]

For fantasy I'd recommend R.A. Salvatore's work or that of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. You also can't go wrong with David Eddings or Tolkien (of course). For creepy crawly stuff I'd suggest Stephen King. Some of his better work includes The Shining, It, and The Stand.

Salvator has become an icon of the genre. They arent the most brain stimulating of books, but they are fun reads.

I have never been a huge fan of Wies/Hickman, with the exception of the Deathgate Novels, which I thought were excellent.

Eddings is a lot of fun, though anyone else think all his characters always seem to have the same sense of humor and all tell the same kind of jokes? Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy them.

King is, of course, king.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

The Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart

It's sort of a fantasy/mystery/adventure novel set in Mythical China. It's very fast paced, very entertaining and features two of my all time favorite characters, Master Li, the self proclaimed smartest man in China, and his assistant. Number Ten Ox a simple but useful peasant boy who serves as the Watson to Master Li's Sherlock Holmes.

Oh yes, and the best way to get ahold of this out of print gem is via Amazon, since you can't really find it in stores.

 

[Darknys]

The Anita Blake books by Laurell K. Hamilton
Mercy Thompson books by Patricia Briggs

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

For fantasy I'd recommend R.A. Salvatore's work or that of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. You also can't go wrong with David Eddings or Tolkien (of course). For creepy crawly stuff I'd suggest Stephen King. Some of his better work includes The Shining, It, and The Stand.

Salvator has become an icon of the genre. They arent the most brain stimulating of books, but they are fun reads.

I have never been a huge fan of Wies/Hickman, with the exception of the Deathgate Novels, which I thought were excellent.

Eddings is a lot of fun, though anyone else think all his characters always seem to have the same sense of humor and all tell the same kind of jokes? Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy them.

King is, of course, king.

I was noticing that about Eddings' characters. My wife is really more of a fan of his work than I am, but I've been reading them a bit recently since she's so into those books. I do have this feeling of all the characters having some kind of hive mind when it comes to their humor though. I'm still not sure how I feel about the setting too, it just strikes me as rather generic fantasy land.

Salvatore is basically just brain candy, but I do think he's one of the better writers who uses the Forgotten Realms setting.

 

[ToMegaTherion]

Lovecraft's works, The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy(all five) by Douglas Addams and Let the right one in by John Ajvide Lindquist.

Edit: I love sick, twisted and wierd stuff, and those books fulfill all of my needs

 

[Seerio]

Malazan Book of the Fallen series of course!

 

[DreamKing]

Anything by Neil Gaiman is pure gold. Stephen King's It actualy made me afraid to go into the bathroom at night. The Fountainhead was a good read. I am also a big fan of Shakespeare. The Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, I am the Messager, and The Book Theif I wholeheartly recommend.

 

[hannahdonno]

Angela Carter does many beautufully written short stories.

 

[PersianLlama]

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy is just an awesome writer.

 

[Husky.Gnoll]

I recommend any of the Magic: the Gathering books (The Thran or Kamigawa Series are the best.)
or
Any of the Lovecraft Books/Short Stories.

Whoops, I forgot to add the Doom and Resident Evil Series books.

P.S. I know that alot of my favorite books are based on video games, but they are worth your time.