Who's Your Favourite Author or Book?

[Moses25]

Do people even read books anymore?

My fav authors are John Steinbeck and Chaim Potok and my fav book of all time is "The Chosen" by the latter author.

What's yours? And what are you reading now?

Cheers.

 

[Snail Shell]

To name a few...

Ordinary Heroes - Adam Hughes
Empowered - Adam Warren
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss

Snail Shell

 

[Moses25]

Gee, I thought more people would be reading during the winter months...

Thanks for your reply, tho, Snail.

Cheers.

 

[General Zod]

Animal Farm by George Orwell

 

[Moses25]

Thanks Zod. It's one of my favs as well.

Cheers.

 

[His Divine Shadow]

Missed this one first time around. My favorite book of all time is easy: Watership Down (And Tales from Watership Down) by Richard Adams. It has been since I picked it up in fourth grade. Favorite authors is harder. Reading is one of my few pleasures in life. Haruki Murakami, Stephen Ambrose, Timothy Zahn, Orson Scott Card, Brian Jacques and Arthur C. Clark are just a few of the many I enjoy. Too many, for my bookshelves only have so much space. =D

 

[kered]

Before my eyes got crappy I read constantly. My favorite authors were Shirley Jackson and Peirs Anthony Jacob.....mixed with a little Spillaine and Christie.

 

[milagros317]

"Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand

 

[Bohemianne]

Many. I read a lot.
I'll name one: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

 

[Deleted member 66627]

I am a ***** for reading..So much in fact that I can't keep straight my favorite authors/books..But one that will always be in the front of my mind is The Midnite Cafe, By Anne Rice, I believe..God, What a fantastic book.

 

[Adalon]

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.

I read the book when I was in Grade 10, about 16 years old. Needless to say, I loved the way it dissected the things we take for granted in society and systematically reduced each one to absurdity. Hilarious read, recommended to anyone.

I'd also like to give a shout out for Animal Farm. I read it in Grade 8, and it was rather instrumental for determining my own political view and where I stood on the spectrums.

 

[Banshee]

Hmm

The Stand (Unabridged) by Stephen King
IT: By Stephen King

Swan Song: Roger McGammon VERY VERY GOOD Book

Lonesone Dove : Larry McMurtry

Ghost Story by Peter Straub, perhaps the best horror novel ever written.


I despise Ayn Rand

 

[Coffee]

My two favorites right now are The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova and Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

 

[Red_Feather]

People certainly still read. I can barely move for books in my room at uni. 😛

Favourite authors include; Terry Pratchett, George Orwell, Tolkien, Robert Tressell and many more...

Although I don't think I'll ever be able to have one 'favourite' book (too many candidates 😀), the one that changed my life the most was Robert Tressell's the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists.

 

[Moses25]

Thank you all for responding.

Cheers.

 

[Anna6-9]

Im gonna pull a totally girl moment and admit I like romance novles. But to be specific I LOVE vampire romance and Lyndsay Sands is my all time fave. She is so funny!

 

[Strider]

Favorite authors would be James Joyce, Dostoevsky, and Jack Kerouac for literature. As far as philosophy goes, I'm partial to Aristotle, Sartre, and Marcuse. I won't get in to history and non-fiction, as we'd be here too long.