What is Your Favorite Book?

[Vrex360]

Probably 'Holes' by Louis Sarcher because of how well the entire plot folds together.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

That book wasn't significantly longer than most of the ones I've read, but it sure felt like it.

Admittedly, the book is a bit of a slog, especially near the end (Galt needs shorter speeches). I don't necessarily take most of the philosphy to heart, but I do enjoy the somewhat different take on the concept of heroes and villians, especially in an age where the line between the two is often indistinct.

 

[Lord Thodin]

The Myth Adventures by Robert Asprin. Older, but still entertaining, and funny.

 

[stone0042]

I'm going to go with the Dirk Pitt Series of novels by Clive Cussler, they have provided me with many an hour of entertainment and intrigue.

Ahh, I had forgotten about the antics of Pitt and Giordino. I haven't read the last couple books, because it seemed to me like they've been going down in quality since Atlantis Rising.

Yeah, I'd agree with you on that one.

 

[AdhesiveTape]

The Mistborn Series!!!! I shout it from the mountaintops, and still no one hears me!

Mistborn, Mistborn, MISTBORN!

 

[TetsuoKaneda]

I'd have to say the Jackals Trilogy by Stephen Hunt, Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard, and Fool on the Hill by Matt Ruff. The two steampunk-ish entries have my attention right now (and Necromancer was bloody hilarious), and Fool on the Hill will always be my favorite book of all time.

 

[IrirshTerrorist]

'The Dark Tower' series of books by Stephen King, just finished the first one and started the second.

The series of 'Culture' novels by Iain M. Banks.

Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld ' novels.

'The Game Players Of Titan' by Philip K. Dick.

... are some series/books I like.

 

[Mr.Squishy]

Currently I'm almost in love with "The Catcher In The Rye"

 

[orangebandguy]

The Lord of the Rings, I love that book more than any other. It's really special to me I guess.

 

[Agent Larkin]

The Sharpe series of novels.

The Discworld collection.

The Wheel of Time.

 

[TheGreatCoolEnergy]

I am reading the Hobbit right now, and it is fantastic! After that I am going to read the whole LOTR trilogy and I am quite excited.

Leven Thumps series is probably my favorite series. But it could soon be LOTR.

Dont get your hopes too high. I found the Hobbit destroyed the rest of the series by a long shot.

I don't understand what you mean.

Care to elaborate?

I just found the Hobbit much better, and much more believable. While LotR was a realy long and draw out process, the Hobbit was a nice, short, believable quest. In LotR, two every day peasents(Sam and Frodo) have to magicaly side step thousands of enemey forces, some paranormal(Black Riders), sneak across the know world, infiltrate the enemies own bastion, and then destroy the one thing that holds him in power. Possible? Yes. Probable? Next to none. I also found that alot of the characters in The Hobbit where much better. They questionned things more, the effects of thinsg like moral clearly wore down their descisions, and overal, there were no "God" characters except Gandalf, who wasn't even there half the time. On serval occasions the Dwarves simple desires screwed the team, and it was up to Bilbo, the only one with a bit of magic, to bail there sorry asses out. In LotR I found that some characters where too over done. Like at Cirith Ungol, when Sam actualy contemplates staying with Frodo's seemingly dead body compared to ending the war permanently. I know he loved him, but come on. But also just the writting style. While in the Hobbit descriptions where quick yet effective, I found that in LotR some passages just get realy bogged down in descriptions.

Having said that, there were some parts I realy liked, like the battle against Shelob or the debate between Gandalf, Sauruman, and Theoden at Orthanc. But overal, I liked the Hobbit more.

 

[SimuLord]

Guns, Germs and Steel. By Jared Diamond.

It's fucking epic. AND nonfiction.

An excellent choice. I love that book. Still, my all-time favorite would have to be Eat the Rich by P.J. O'Rourke.

 

[TheGreatCoolEnergy]

My favorite book is Inkheart and my favorite series in the Inkheart trilogy(InkHeart, InkSpell, and InkDeath).
I absolutely love them.
Oh and just incase there are some of those people who have seen the movie, and not read the book.
The book is so much better then the movie.

I liked inkheart alot, but I just coudln't bring myself to finnish inkspell. Once they got into the book's realm, I just found it hard to follow and ultimately dull.

 

[Vern]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, Crime and Punishment and The Idiot.

 

[Jaythulhu]

The collected works of H.P. Lovecraft. My copy has a leather cover, and a green silk bookmark with cthulhu's image imprinted on it.

 

[KittywifaMohawk]

My favorite book is Inkheart and my favorite series in the Inkheart trilogy(InkHeart, InkSpell, and InkDeath).
I absolutely love them.
Oh and just incase there are some of those people who have seen the movie, and not read the book.
The book is so much better then the movie.

I liked inkheart alot, but I just coudln't bring myself to finnish inkspell. Once they got into the book's realm, I just found it hard to follow and ultimately dull.

I don't blame you. InkSpell was the worst of the three. Most boring I'd have to say. But if you can get past it InkDeath is so much better.

 

[Nugma]

Books? Do novels and short stories count?
H.P Lovecraft and Douglas Adams all the way!
But if it has to be books, then I'd probably pick Jules Verne's Journey To The Centre of the Earth

 

[Liam1390]

The Bob Lee Swagger and Earl Swagger series by Stephen Hunter are very good.
The Arkady Renko series by Martin Cruz Smith is one I recently started reading.
Kitchen Confidential by Tony Bourdain and Dishwasher by Pete Jordan are two good nonfiction books.