What was the last great book/novel you read.

[Maleval]

I recently finished The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie, and it was pretty good. For some unknown reason, these were the first books in a long time that made me actually care about the characters. And the reveal in the last book made the characters I considered good and likeable turn out to be far from that. All in all, pretty interesting low fantasy read.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Yatzee book "Mogworld" however I don't read a lot of books.

 

[Baron_Rouge]

"John Dies at the End", by David Wong. Absolutely sublime, it managed to be both hilarious and genuinely captivating at the same time.

 

[FeanortheBrave]

Reread 1984 a while back...Definitely one of my favorites. And the parallels to the world we live in now are just scary.

 

[Hungry Donner]

The last book I read was A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. and it was excellent. I'll admit I didn't enjoy the third section as much as the previous two, it felt a bit rushed, but it was still a fantastic book.

Read the Name of the Rose last, but wouldn't recommend it. Same with 100 years of Solitude.

I've tried to read Umberto Eco twice now and couldn't get in to either novels, which really surprised me as several friends have recommended him. I started with Baudolino which seemed right up my alley, the Fourth Crusade is a great setting for a novel, but I just didn't enjoy it. I tried the Name of the Rose next, I love the Cadfael novels, and again I couldn't get terribly far in to it.

I finally decided to watch the movie and hated it . . . I guess Umberto Eco just isn't for me.

 

[MrPanda_94]

Stephen King's Dark Tower Series. Truly epic story and one of the few series of books that I've read that have a satisfying ending.
I definitely recommend them although you may find the first book or so a little grueling and tedious but believe me it's worth it.

 

[shwnbob]

The Dark Tower series. The greatest books of all time!

 

[T0xiCity8]

Norweigan Wood by Murakami - Wonderful; engaging and Wantanabe was an excellently developed character.

The Road by Cormac McCarthy - Reread; my favourite book of all time.

 

[MikeyW]

Anything by Matt Reilly. May not be the most intelligent stories but the guy knows how to create an insane action movie in your mind. Lots of fun.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Metro 2033

I don't really read much, but reading Boneshaker right now...

 

[thespianicism]

The Shipping News. Annie Proulx's writing style is beautiful, very visual and poetic. Her characters are also well developed and unique.

 

[That Greek Guy]

The last black cat
has anyone read this one?

 

[Brandon237]

The Confessor by Daniel Silva, Damn brilliant book that.
I almost cried knowing that there was no more of it for me to enjoy.

 

[Vault101]

Picture of Dorian grey

I usually find really old books difficult, but its a great classic story

 

[Dirzzit]

"Gauntlgrym" by R.A. Salvatore. I'm a huge fan of the Legend of Drizzt series, and Salvatore continues to find new ways to develop Drizzts' character even after 20+ books. (Possible spoilers ahead). What I think I enjoy the most about the book is how it goes into depth exploring the fact that elves outlive other races, and how they deal with losing all of their old, shorter-lived companions such as humans, hobbits, and dwarves.

Heh, can you guess what books I like?

 

[lovest harding]

Currently reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman. And it's absolutely wonderful.

The last book I finished that was great would be Lovely Bones (my friend and I finally got around to reading it together as we had never read it before). Beautiful book and the movie is stunning as well.

 

[Jedisolo75]

Redemption of Althalus/Belgariad series by David Eddings (and Leigh Eddings)

These are also very good books. Didn't even know anybody else who had read them till now.

There are quite a few people on the website, dunno if they've read these specific books, but they said they loved David Edding's work so I'd imagine so.

Yeah, these might be some of my favorite books ever, I've read them several times. I love Eddings, but lets face it, The Dreamers series sucked, hard.

 

[Blunderboy]

Currently re-reading The Belgariad by David Eddings for the umpteenth time.

EDIT - I am in good company it seems.

Also, very much this.

Stephen King's Dark Tower Series. Truly epic story and one of the few series of books that I've read that have a satisfying ending.
I definitely recommend them although you may find the first book or so a little grueling and tedious but believe me it's worth it.

I am looking forward to the new Dark Tower book.

 

[craddoke]

Tough question - the last novel I read was Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey (not as good as the Thursday Next books, but the ending was rather gut-wrenching).

Last great novel, though, is a different question. Maybe the Super Sad True Love Story by Steyngart (sp?)? I read that and his Absurdistan back-to-back because he impressed me so much. Before that, the most moving novel I read was the Handmaid's Tale (something that had been on my "to read" list forever).