What is your favorite book?

[NeedAUserName]

Well I like the Captain Underpants books, also I quiet like the CHERUB book series

 

[Crudler]

The name of the wind- Patrick Rothfuss. A fairly recent read but nice and long and incredibly well written.
I also recommend Night Watch by Terry Pratchett the first discworld novel I read and I absoultely loved it and I've read them all now.

 

[Ionait]

poof

 

[TheGhostOfSin]

Discworld books definatly
The five books in The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy trilogy
Steven King Books but my favorite is IT by miles

 

[hooblabla6262]

1984 by George Orwell
Catcher in the rye by J.D. Salinger
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Pretty much anything <--(not the title of a book) by Chuck Palahniuk but my favorite by him would definitely be Rant

 

[shadow_pirate22]

Lamb by Christopher Moore

 

[BentNeatly]

Catch-22 is unbelievable.
Slaughterhouse 5. also unbelievable.

 

[zombielifecoach]

One Door Away From Heaven, by Dean Koontz. A boy, a dog, an emotionally damaged couple on the run, romance on the cusp of apocalypse, deformed yet adorable children, aliens, and Quantum Physics... It's got it ALL!

 

[LewsTherin]

1:The Wheel of Time. Robert Jordan. THE BEST BOOKS EVAAAAAAAAAAR
2:Hitchhikers Guide
3:Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus.Mary Shelly

 

[ThaBenMan]

The Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart

This novel of an "Ancient China That Never Was" follows the quest of Number 10 Ox, a chinese peasant, and Master Li, an ancient scholar and sage, as they search for the Great Root of Power to save the children of Ku Fu Village from a powerful and intelligent plague. The two serve as a sort of Chinese Holmes and Watson dropped into the middle of an Indiana Jones movie and the quest that follows is one of action, adventure, comedy and tragedy that cuts through Chinese Myth, History, Culture and Geography like a hot knife through butter, and at a breakneck pace that never lets up. There are narrow escapes, bloody battles, ancient ruins, shape shifting demons, ghosts, gods and mad alchemists. It stirs emotions, lifts spirits and draws more than a few laughs before the end.

That sounds really good, I'll have to check that out.

My faves are:
- The Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin - I'm chomping at the bit for the next one, A Dance With Dragons
- Anything by Neil Gaiman - I like his short story collections better than any of his novels, but the novels are still great. I guess if I had to pick one it'd beee... Stardust? But man, did the movie suuuck...
- Anything by H.P. Lovecraft - my fave is probably The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath
- I just started reading Consider Phlebas awhile ago after seeing it mentioned in another thread similar to this, and I'm really enjoying it. I'll definitely check out some more Culture novels in the future.
- Ringworld books are great, I've only read a couple though - Hogfather and Mort, I think.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

Lamb by Christopher Moore

I bought my friend Lamb: The Biblical Edition for X-mas, it had gold filligre on the paper, a leather cover and everything.

 

[Thadawg]

I would suggest checking out the Foundation Series by Isaak Asimov (4 books i think, but their pretty short and fun to read). Great Sci-Fi by one of the genres best writers inn my opinion.

 

[MysteriousSquirrel]

Oh, forgot one, The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. Talks about what will happen if all of the humans on the planet disappeared and the world reclaims what is rightfully hers.

 

[howard_hughes]

House of Leaves.


I lost my sanity to that book <3

 

[Easykill]

Dunno why I like it so much, but probably Idlewild by Nick Sagan.

 

[Lazzi]

I would have to say the dark material series.

I Know people are gonna call me out on it but ive enjoyed it from the time i could read and even more when i read it again (after the movie came out) becuase i was able to get the things they were saying on another level.

That and i can read it to my little cousins till they fall asleep.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

I would have to say the dark material series.

I Know people are gonna call me out on it but ive enjoyed it from the time i could read and even more when i read it again (after the movie came out) becuase i was able to get the things they were saying on another level.

That and i can read it to my little cousins till they fall asleep.

I can't argue that it's quality reading, Phillip Pullman writes some phenomenal prose and it's a very deep and interesting work. The last book just gets overly preachy (yes, Atheists can be preachy) and I thought the ending was kinda stupid.

 

[-Hyperion-]

A Game of Thrones by George R.R Martin.

I think George's hobby may be swatting down my favorite characters like flies.