favorite books thread

[Eriksmasque]

Ok, we've done a movie thread, so now on to books. What do you like to read? ( anything from classic to modern )

I'll start

Farenheight 451, Hamlet, Macbeth, Oedipus Rex, Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, Phantom of the Opera, Sherlock Holmes, Case closed: the true story of Jack the Ripper, Grimm's Fairy Tales( DON"T JUDGE ME lol ), Father dowling mysteries, Robin Hood, Peter Pan, Treasure Island, Hunchback of Notre Dame, A Christmas Carol, 1776, The Crucible

Biographies/ historical books: Salem witch trials, beethoven, Michael Caine, Elton John, Mozart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, American Revolution, Ancient Egypt, A Beautiful Mind ( the real story, not a movie tie in ), Lizzie Borden,

 

[Artoo]

Good Omens (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman)
My Lady Nicotine (J M Barrie)
Discworld Series (Pratchett)
Peter Pan (Barrie)
Republic (Plato)
Books on Theology/Religion
My juggling books (the complete juggler, contact juggling, poi spinning)

 

[subZer0]

Everything by Terry Pratchett, everything by Tom Holt, Birdsong by Seb Faulks, The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje and I'm reading Snow Falling On Cedars by David Guterson which is quite good.

There are many others, but these stick out quite a lot.

 

[venray]

Anything Vonnegut

Anything Sci Fi

The five people you meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom)

Sherlock Holmes Novels

All of Edgar Allen Poe....

More to come..

 

[theshire]

Anyone who remembers my old signatures at the TMF knows that my all-time favourite series of books is Stephen King's Dark Tower saga. Over the last few weeks I've been re-reading it and it's wonderful.

Aside from that, I read a lot of fantasy, sci-fi and horror.

 

[Artoo]

I forgot about Poe!
I like his shorter stories; The Premature Burial springs to mind...

 

[Strider]

Lord of the Rings
A Song of Ice and Fire (ongoing series)
Notes From Underground
The Divine Comedy
Darkness at Noon
A Portrait of the Artist
On the Road
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

For non-fiction:
Churchill's history of WW2
The Age of Extremes
The Gulag Archipelago
Main Currents of Marxism

 

[Bugman]

Oh geesh,a ton i could list.Heres a few off the top of my head.

American Caesar
Goodbye Darkness (Pretty much anything by William Manchester)
Dark Safari (A bio of Henry M. Stanley)
Undaunted Courage (Stephen Ambrose)
The Executioners Song (Norman Mailer)
Empire:The Life,Legend and Madness of Howard Hughes (Bartlett-Steele)
The Man Who Dared the Lightning (Thomas Fleming)
John Adams:A Life (John Ferling)
The Bitter Woods (John S.D. Eisenhower)
An American in the Gulag (Alexander Dolgun)
Patton:A Genius for War (Carlo D'Este)

 

[tickle_feety]

Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis is fantastic

I also enjoy anything by Stephen King or Terry Pratchett

 

[Aragon]

I love Poe, he is a master
Tolkien, well, nuff said there
Tom Clancy, Leon Uris, Dick Marchinko, Shelby Foote, R.A. Salvatore, Clive Cussler

I love historical books, love delving into history.

I love books and am sure there are many other authors I have Forgot, but these are just my favorites.

 

[Bugman]

And Die in the West (Paula Mitchell)
Son of the Morning Star (Evan S. Connell)
The Leatherstocking Tales
The Deerslayer (Both by James Fenimore Cooper)
2001:A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
Peter the Great:His Life and World (Robert Massie)

 

[hotdog]

A lot of great books listed thus far. I find it to be almost impossible to list a favorite anything, but here are a few a I really like and definitely recommend.

It - Stephen King
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
American Psycho (Because I'm twisted) - Bret Easton Ellis
^ The satire in this book is so well conveyed, the movie doesn't do it justice.
Rule of the Bone - Russell Banks

 

[Snail Shell]

Ordinary Heroes - Adam Hughes

Snail Shell

 

[Tortuga]

okay now this is going to make me sooooo sound like a teachers pet/geek....but

Ohashi's Book of Oriental Diagnosis
Grimms Fairy Tales
Wicked
Ivanhoe
Midsummer Nights Dream
Tales from the Enchanted World
Hamlet

 

[AffectionateDan]

It'll be shorter and easier to just list authors, rather than titles...

Harry Turtledove
Anne McCaffrey
Stephen King
David Weber
Raymond E. Feist
Martin Caidin
David Drake
Dean Koontz
Margaret Weis
Steven Brust
Piers Anthony
Ian Fleming
David Eddings
Roger Zelazny
Robert Asprin
John Ringo
Robert Heinlein
Steve White
Eric Flint
Tom Clancy
Paul O. Williams
Douglas Adams
Fred Saberhagen
C.J. Cherryh
Alan Dean Foster
Robin Hobb
Ellen Kushner
Ursula K. Le Guin
Julian May
George Orwell
J.R.R. Tolkien

Just to name a few. I'm sure I could do this all night.

 

[Raya]

Oh goodness.. some people even posted non-fiction stuff here..

Ah well.. Probably more like a list of authors for me, since I tend to find one book I enjoy and then devour anything else that author has written..

Robert Jordan.. Wheel of Time series
David & Leigh Eddings.. The Belgariad & The Mallorean for starters
Piers Anthony.. Just re-reading the Xanth series before trying to talk the 9 year old into giving them a shot..
JD Robb.. Nora Roberts on futuristic Viagra..
Dean Koontz.. Sole Survivor in the works right now..
Tolkien..

Many other guilty pleasures..

Did love both Brave New World & Inherit the Wind.. 🙄

 

[Strider]

Robert Jordan.. Wheel of Time series

Wait, I'm actually not the only one here who's read it? Sweet!

 

[Raya]

Wait, I'm actually not the only one here who's read it? Sweet!

Hell no! How about Terry Goodkind?

 

[Saeria]

Anything Vonnegut

Ahh Ven, MARRY ME! Nothing is better than reading a good Vonnegut novel. It's like a pick your own ending story except he picks it for you and lets you know right off the bat how the story ends and you're left reading the rest of the book just to find out how in the hell these people started having furry kids (Galapagos reference)


I also enjoy the Wheel of Time series, i just hope #12 is as good as the rest of the series has been, seeing as how it's being finished by another writer and all.

My other favorites include

A Clockwork Orange (european release with the last chapter included)- Anthony Burgess

Anything by John Irving

Memoirs of a Geisha- Arthur Golden (I was actually surprised by how GOOD this book really is)

Of course anything Douglas Adams

Sacrament- Clive Barker .... i loved this book but can't find it anywhere

It and The Stand - Stephen King.. good gravvy, ya'll

 

[Tomskee]

Oh shit, now yall done it! Black English-Nerd, Beast Mode ACTIVATED!!!!!

Fiction:
The Brothers Karamozov
Crime and Punishment
The Idiot
King Lear
Merchant of Venice
McBeth
Othello
The Tempest
Henry V
Richard III
Barabas
Faust
The Fairie Queen
A Christmas Carol
Sula
Native Son
Fences
Man for All Seasons
Waiting For Gadot
The Ninja
Jian
Sci Fi/Fantasy authors David Eddings and CS Friedman

Non-Fiction
Souls of Black Folk
Stolen Legacy
The Hiram Key
The Defense of Posie
The Art of War
Go Rin No Sho
Iceberg Slim
Books on Russian history, African history, Rome, Greece, philosophy, China and feudal Japan.

Whew!! I could probably write all night, but that's enough for now

 

[slap'n'ticklee]

Anne Rice (The Vampire Chronicles)
Stephen King (some, not all I couldn't finish Misery, got fed up)
Graham Masterton (not a bad writer, pretty decent with the imagination/plot)
James Herbert (not bad)
Dennis Wheatley (To The Devil A Daughter and others which I have bought but haven't read yet)

I've read quite a few novels, I can't remember all the names of the authors or book titles but I love to totally immerse myself in a good thick book.

 

[subZer0]

I wonder if anyone has read anything by Clive Cussler?

I started to read 'Treasure' or something like that, and I didn't get far before I had to get rid of it. And from the opinions of other people, his work is much the same throughout.

I utterly abhor his work, but does anyone else share that view?

 

[Tomskee]

I wonder if anyone has read anything by Clive Cussler?

I started to read 'Treasure' or something like that, and I didn't get far before I had to get rid of it. And from the opinions of other people, his work is much the same throughout.

I utterly abhor his work, but does anyone else share that view?

I can't get down with Clive Cussler. Try Ted Bell or Eric Lustbader.

 

[notcoolzeus]

No love for the Catcher in the Rye? How sad.

 

[subZer0]

I can't get down with Clive Cussler. Try Ted Bell or Eric Lustbader.

Thanks for the tip, mate. I'll have a look.

😀