What was the last great book/novel you read.

[leedwashere]

Reading "The Long Walk" by Stephen King, very interesting so far.

Also, I recently read "The Painted Man" a Really cool and interresting story in that one whit great characters.

I absolutely LOVE The Long Walk.

I just recently finished The Running Man. It was a damn awesome book (made even more awesome when my mind cast Michael Clarke Duncan as the TV exec, heh). It was an intense book. I remember thinking to myself "this would make an epic movie" ... and then I found out that there was already a movie made of it, but it had different characters, a different plot and Arnold Schwarzenegger. I died a little inside <

 

[draken693]

So far all of the Song of Fire and Ice books. I started reading them around January and wow have they been consistently amazing.

 

[Koroviev]

I've been on a Yukio Mishima kick ever since I read Confessions of a Mask a few months back. If nothing else, one should at least read about his personal life. His life was a bit interesting to say the least.

 

[Steve Butts]

True Grit, by Charles Portis. I don't know why it's not held in greater esteem. It's easily one of the best modern American novels I've ever read.

 

[Folio]

War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. It's quite a gripping story and when you think about it, amazingly brilliant. It was made somewhere in 1896 or so. They didn't knew a lot about Mars or space or anything scientific in general back then!

To realise that while reading this book is still baffling! Even though it has some old english words and it hasn't strayed from it's 1896 setting.

 

[Togs]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman, probably my favourite book of all time- I love how its by turns whimisical and bleak, and how its very introspective the whole way through without ever being pretentious.

Mr Gaiman really does have the most amazing imagination.

 

[krazykraig]

The Dome by stephen king, it was pretty amazing and had a great ending

 

[Pummet]

Finished reading the 13th book of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. Awesome books, awesome story line etc etc

 

[Racecar1994]

'To Kill A Mockingbird'; Still my favourite book of all time next to 'A Christmas Carol'.

Recently, I have also been reading Martina Cole's 'The Runaway'. Dark, but still enganging. Good stuff : )

 

[DaJoW]

Currently reading a biography of Napoleon. Quite excellent, as it was written for a Swedish audience it uses Sweden as a comparison in many parts, very good for getting a perspective (population of cities for example: Paris 500,000, Stockholm 75,000).

Last finished great book was Catch-22 which I re-read about once a year. Still makes me laugh out loud at some parts even though I know a fair bit by heart.

 

[Yellowbeard]

"Fiasco" by Stanislaw Lem. Author of the best science fiction I am aware of.

 

[Shadie777]

The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. The last few books are written by Brandon Sanderson with Robert Jordan's notes. He has done a brilliant job in writing it since Jordan passed away.
Truly one of the best series of books I have ever read.
Last book comes out this year!

 

[ThePirateMan]

(Swedish) Röde Orm.

I can't even describe how awesome it is in english, except, VIKINGS!

 

[Zersy]

The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. The last few books are written by Brandon Sanderson with Robert Jordans notes. He has done a brilliant job in writing it since Jordan passed away.
Truly one of the best series of books I have ever read.
Last book comes out this year!

I just did some research on the series. By God am I astonished, I must pick it up. Thank you.

 

[silverowl]

for me it was Dan Abnett's masterpiece Gaunt's Ghosts; The Founding
actionpacked with some twists thrown in as you follow the proud Tanith through their incredible dangerous missions for the emperor and the imperial guard

 

[michael-592]

For me it would definitely be the Silmarilion. Its a brilliant book and in my opinion the stories from the first age are more interesting then the stories from the actual Lord of the Rings trilogy.

 

[KingGolem]

I just finished reading The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. Though I usually prefer fantasy, Bacigalupi's setting of Bangkok, Thailand is exotic to start with and it's changed so much by the 23rd century that it's unlike anything in the world. It's a world where genetically engineered plagues have ruined the world and now the only way to get food is to buy resistant strains of crops from the very same megacorporations that made the plagues. It's a post petroleum world as well, and the main source of portable energy is the hand/animal wound kink spring, allowing for spades of cool clockpunk tech, like spring guns, spring scooters, crank fans, and even treadle computers. Seriously, it's awesome. Right equal with China Mieville's Perdido Street Station, hands down.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Coifer.
Farenheit 451 (Bradbury) before that.
Soulless (Gail Carriger) before that.