What's your favourite book? - Page 4 - Books

purplelinus · 16-06-2008, 12:36

Cloud Atlas - amazing book!

Horror - has to be IT by Stephen King

d0lphin · 16-06-2008, 17:58

I have 2 and refuse to choose between them!

One is The Kite Runner, which was an amazing story with a very satisfying ending which seemed to come full circle.

The other is Into the Blue by Robert Goddard, which imho has the best twist in the tale of any book I have ever read.

BuddyBontheNet · 16-06-2008, 21:47

It is too hard to narrow it down to just one book imho so

The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
Ross Poldark by Winston Graham
Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J R R Tolkien

Need more than 3 really

Terual · 20-06-2008, 08:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gracehater

Birdsong - Sebastian Faulkes

Agree, one of the best written and most moving books I have ever read

elise..x · 22-06-2008, 19:15

Harry Potter !

LadyHawke · 22-06-2008, 20:47

God I've read thousands of books

going by genre
Fantasy - LOTR and Tad Williams - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn quartet

Historical - Anything by Sharon Penman

I detest Hary Potter

BuddyBontheNet · 22-06-2008, 21:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by LadyHawke

God I've read thousands of books...

LOL! That's what makes this a hard question to answer!

Angelsbaby · 23-06-2008, 16:44

It has to be Trinity by Leon Uris closely followed by Exodus by the same author. But if I keep reading then might find something else to top it.

Jan001 · 25-06-2008, 20:06

Rebecca - by Daphne du Maurier

Beautifully written - it's so atmospheric and haunting, as the plot gathered pace, I couldn't put it down.

I must recommend her other books too, especially 'The House on the Strand', 'My Cousin Rachel', 'The Birds and Other Stories' and 'The Parasites'.

skin1951 · 26-06-2008, 21:18

earthsea books - ursula le guin
LOTR - read it every year
the unconsoled - kazuo ishiguro
norwegian wood - haruki murakami
nightland spell - benjamin grimm

himmymim · 28-06-2008, 17:24

I loved Trinity just bought it again(after about twenty zzzzz years) in a charity shop. Both The Kite Runner and A thousand splendid Suns have to be up there IMO but I also love Michael Connolly, Lee Child, James Patterson and a million other writers but like lots of other op's going back to my childhood and collecting and reading Enid Blyton i.e. Famous Five adventure, mystery stories. It is just wonderful to read the things that evoked the reading spirit in me . and as far as I concerned JKRowling is the Enid Blyton of her day Anything that gets kids reading HAS to be good.

colcar · 30-06-2008, 19:14

My fave Book is RAINBOW SIX by Tom Clancy.

cally · 01-07-2008, 11:13

I like Harry Potter,
but also read a mixture of authors, but have re-read Camomile lawn by Mary Wesley about 3 times
and have just bought Nurse Matilda which I used to read to my children to read to my Grandchildren.

Stewing · 01-07-2008, 13:02

The Book of Daniel by E.L.Doctorow

V by Thomas Pynchon

Atlas Shrugged by Any Rand

Yoga for People Who Cant be Bothered to do IT..Geoffrey Dyer

The Collector by John Fowles

I could go no and on and on.. so many fantastic works of literature

RAINBOWGIRL22 · 01-07-2008, 13:56

If I had to pick one then I guess I'd got for Goerge Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four

Its a depressing read but such a beautifully crafted, well written, profound book and I recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it..... It really is a 'must read' book

smeagy28 · 01-07-2008, 15:09

Rebecca and Jane Eyre are both wonderful. I don't really have a favourite book as I don't tend to re-read them, so just like (or dislike) whatever I'm reading at the moment, but Rebecca and Jane Eyre I would, and have, re-read.

Recent books I've enjoyed are 'The Historian' by Elizabeth Kostova (though have met no one who yet agrees with me on that), 'The Moonstone' and 'The Woman in White' by Wilkie Collins, and Sarah Waters' 'Fingersmith' is also very good, similar in many ways to 'The Woman In White'. Never read anything in Waters' particular genre before, if you can call it that, but I recommend her books!

broccoli88 · 01-07-2008, 22:21

Half a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

01-07-2008, 22:58

Anything by Terry Pratchett - Particularly: Maskerade, Thud! and Wintersmith

ewing23 · 02-07-2008, 23:58

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

Hera · 03-07-2008, 11:42

I have many and all which are of different genres...

Oliver Twist / A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
LOTR trilogy - T.R.R. Tolkien
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling
Pride & Prejudice / Persuasion / Emma - Jane Austen
Moonstone - Wilkie Collins
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Frankenstein - Mary Shelly
A Child Called It - Dave Pelzer
Salem's Lot / The Shining / It - Stephen King

zzam · 05-07-2008, 16:09

Anything by Haruki Murakami particularly the 'Wind up bird chronicle' an absolute masterpiece even through translation. Iain Banks' earlier novels are also among my favourites and currently Alan Bennett's 'The uncommon reader' was quite amusing.

widger · 07-07-2008, 15:39

I'm also a huge Murakami fan but I wouldn't say that they were my favourite.

Mine are:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
Spider - Patrick Mcgrath

Bella Trix · 08-07-2008, 13:33

Harry Potter - JK Rowling
The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
Violet & Claire / The Hanged Man - Francesca Lia Block
Wasted - Marya Hornbacher
Prozac Nation - Elizabeth Wurtzel
The Ring - Koji Suzuki
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
Stick Figure - Lori Gottlieb
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
A Certain Age - Rebbecca Ray
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

08-07-2008, 13:36

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

Something about it felt intensely personal to me.

geordiegump · 08-07-2008, 20:02

My favourite book recently has been 'The Thirteenth Tale' a first novel by Diane Setterfield.

Beautifully written, really draws you in to a mysterious tale.

16-06-2008, 12:36	#76
purplelinus Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 706	Cloud Atlas - amazing book! Horror - has to be IT by Stephen King

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d0lphin Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,958	I have 2 and refuse to choose between them! One is The Kite Runner, which was an amazing story with a very satisfying ending which seemed to come full circle. The other is Into the Blue by Robert Goddard, which imho has the best twist in the tale of any book I have ever read.

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BuddyBontheNet Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Convalescing at home Services: Lessons in numptiness, reasonableness, positivity & how to battle meanies! Posts: 12,710 Blog Entries: 5	It is too hard to narrow it down to just one book imho so The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis Ross Poldark by Winston Graham Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J R R Tolkien Need more than 3 really

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elise..x Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Gender: Female Location: Essex Services: Lucie & Lloyd :) Posts: 764	Harry Potter !

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LadyHawke Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sea of Tranquility Services: Going Placidly Amidst the Noise and Haste Posts: 4,768	God I've read thousands of books going by genre Fantasy - LOTR and Tad Williams - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn quartet Historical - Anything by Sharon Penman I detest Hary Potter

23-06-2008, 16:44	#83
Angelsbaby Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 213	It has to be Trinity by Leon Uris closely followed by Exodus by the same author. But if I keep reading then might find something else to top it.

25-06-2008, 20:06	#84
Jan001 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 745	Rebecca - by Daphne du Maurier Beautifully written - it's so atmospheric and haunting, as the plot gathered pace, I couldn't put it down. I must recommend her other books too, especially 'The House on the Strand', 'My Cousin Rachel', 'The Birds and Other Stories' and 'The Parasites'.

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skin1951 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Services: freeview via satelite, tiscali Posts: 8	earthsea books - ursula le guin LOTR - read it every year the unconsoled - kazuo ishiguro norwegian wood - haruki murakami nightland spell - benjamin grimm

28-06-2008, 17:24	#86
himmymim Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 124	I loved Trinity just bought it again(after about twenty zzzzz years) in a charity shop. Both The Kite Runner and A thousand splendid Suns have to be up there IMO but I also love Michael Connolly, Lee Child, James Patterson and a million other writers but like lots of other op's going back to my childhood and collecting and reading Enid Blyton i.e. Famous Five adventure, mystery stories. It is just wonderful to read the things that evoked the reading spirit in me . and as far as I concerned JKRowling is the Enid Blyton of her day Anything that gets kids reading HAS to be good.

30-06-2008, 19:14	#87
colcar Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,068	My fave Book is RAINBOW SIX by Tom Clancy.

01-07-2008, 11:13	#88
cally Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2	I like Harry Potter, but also read a mixture of authors, but have re-read Camomile lawn by Mary Wesley about 3 times and have just bought Nurse Matilda which I used to read to my children to read to my Grandchildren.

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Stewing Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Planet Zog Services: BT Openworld Broadband Posts: 15,248	The Book of Daniel by E.L.Doctorow V by Thomas Pynchon Atlas Shrugged by Any Rand Yoga for People Who Cant be Bothered to do IT..Geoffrey Dyer The Collector by John Fowles I could go no and on and on.. so many fantastic works of literature

01-07-2008, 13:56	#90
RAINBOWGIRL22 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 11,990	If I had to pick one then I guess I'd got for Goerge Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four Its a depressing read but such a beautifully crafted, well written, profound book and I recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it..... It really is a 'must read' book

01-07-2008, 15:09	#91
smeagy28 Forum Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: The Land Of Make Believe Posts: 310	Rebecca and Jane Eyre are both wonderful. I don't really have a favourite book as I don't tend to re-read them, so just like (or dislike) whatever I'm reading at the moment, but Rebecca and Jane Eyre I would, and have, re-read. Recent books I've enjoyed are 'The Historian' by Elizabeth Kostova (though have met no one who yet agrees with me on that), 'The Moonstone' and 'The Woman in White' by Wilkie Collins, and Sarah Waters' 'Fingersmith' is also very good, similar in many ways to 'The Woman In White'. Never read anything in Waters' particular genre before, if you can call it that, but I recommend her books!

01-07-2008, 22:21	#92
broccoli88 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Dublin Posts: 744	Half a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

01-07-2008, 22:58	#93
Kait Posts: n/a	Anything by Terry Pratchett - Particularly: Maskerade, Thud! and Wintersmith

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ewing23 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Southfork Ranch Services: Sky+ Posts: 5,145	A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

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Hera Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London Posts: 15,114	I have many and all which are of different genres... Oliver Twist / A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens LOTR trilogy - T.R.R. Tolkien The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling Pride & Prejudice / Persuasion / Emma - Jane Austen Moonstone - Wilkie Collins Dracula - Bram Stoker Frankenstein - Mary Shelly A Child Called It - Dave Pelzer Salem's Lot / The Shining / It - Stephen King

05-07-2008, 16:09	#96
zzam Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Swansea Posts: 21	Anything by Haruki Murakami particularly the 'Wind up bird chronicle' an absolute masterpiece even through translation. Iain Banks' earlier novels are also among my favourites and currently Alan Bennett's 'The uncommon reader' was quite amusing.

07-07-2008, 15:39	#97
widger Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 188	I'm also a huge Murakami fan but I wouldn't say that they were my favourite. Mine are: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess Spider - Patrick Mcgrath

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Bella Trix Forum Member Join Date: May 2003 Services: ♥ helena bonham carter Posts: 5,590	Harry Potter - JK Rowling The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien Violet & Claire / The Hanged Man - Francesca Lia Block Wasted - Marya Hornbacher Prozac Nation - Elizabeth Wurtzel The Ring - Koji Suzuki The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty Stick Figure - Lori Gottlieb Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov A Certain Age - Rebbecca Ray The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

08-07-2008, 13:36	#99
Reichenbach Posts: n/a	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Something about it felt intensely personal to me.

08-07-2008, 20:02	#100
geordiegump Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 580	My favourite book recently has been 'The Thirteenth Tale' a first novel by Diane Setterfield. Beautifully written, really draws you in to a mysterious tale.