Favorite Books

[blackice_cc]

Here is the thread to list your favorite books of all time.

Here are Mine:
The Lord of the Rings (the entire trilogy) an awesome series, epic and well written
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (all of them so far) really good series, and I like mythology :D
Harry Potter (whole series, again) this one's a given
Any Terry Pratchett book, he's a great author with many great books
Redwall. Now that one's for younger readers really, but I loved it when I was younger, and still like it because of that.

That's all I can think of right now.

[Josh]

Harry Potter (whole series)
Pendragon (whole series)
Inheritance Cycle (whole series)

And that's about it.

[Hylian Hobbit]

Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Hobbit
The Chronicles of Narnia
Inheritance Cycle
The Great Tree of Avalon trilogy (I highly suggest it)
The Shadow of His Wings
Rifles for Watie

That's all I can think of at the moment.

[Twili123prince]

Harry potter.
Series of unfortunate events.
Dunno if this counts but sometimes I read zelda guide books for fun.

Hmm, I could not read lotr. I just kept drifting away.

[Stella3000]

All of the books by Victoria Hanley
Tithe, and Valiant by Holly Black
........for now these are my favorites.
But I haven't really had time to read much.

[chrisbg99]

Planet of the Apes
Harry Potter
Han Solo Trilogy
The Incarnations of Immortality Series

[MajoraKing12]

I have alot of Favorites but these are the ones I can think of:

Legend of zelda portal of doom
Legend of zelda orcale of ages and seasons (you choose your ending)
Pankration the untimate Game
Pokemon series(at least most of them)
The ultimate history of Video games
Champ
Glory Field(I think thats what it's called)

I'm not really sure if thats it but I went into my room thats all I really could think of and find:lol:.

[kpllk]

I really like the Percy Jackson and the Olympians serias. I am waitting for the fith and final book to come out right now so I am reading the Scullduggery Pleasent books. But my favorite books are comic books. SupermanDoomsday, Superman: our Worlds at war, The Death of Superman. To many to tell and remember.

[linkman8]

Inheritance Cycle - I don't have Brisingr yet, but I'm working on it.
Belgariad Series - I own and have read all 5 books.
His Dark Materials Trilogy - Read all three
Lord of the Rings - Read all except RotK. XD

[blackice_cc]

Inheritance Cycle - I don't have Brisingr yet, but I'm working on it.

My gosh. I don't believe that. I forgot to list the Inheritance Cycle. And we were just talking about it before I posted this thread. Well, that one too. Just finished Brisingr yesterday, and my only complaint is that I think Christopher Paolini still puts to much description in his books.

[silent lion]

Yay for lotr, add me to the list. Across the Nightingale Floor I loved, if anyone's ever heard of that.

[Stella3000]

My gosh. I don't believe that. I forgot to list the Inheritance Cycle. And we were just talking about it before I posted this thread. Well, that one too. Just finished Brisingr yesterday, and my only complaint is that I think Christopher Paolini still puts to much description in his books.

Oh snap I forgot to list that too. I haven't been able to read Brisingr yet.
But I liked the first two.
The movie sucked though. >:(

[Hylian Hobbit]

My gosh. I don't believe that. I forgot to list the Inheritance Cycle. And we were just talking about it before I posted this thread. Well, that one too. Just finished Brisingr yesterday, and my only complaint is that I think Christopher Paolini still puts to much description in his books.

He does tend to put a little too much detail, but I don't mind it that much. Tolkien gets into some pretty deep descriptions in LotR as well. The elves in Eldest were kind of annoying though.>.<

[Smitie]

the last time i read a book was 3 months ago (your inner fish). I think the Davince Code and the Delta Deception were cool books. I also read all the harry potter books. But for some reason i stopped reading books, i don't enjoy reading as i used to when i was younger.

[Josh]

Good God I agree with you guys on Brisinger. I can't say it's annoying, but the book would probably have at least 50 pages less if he wasn't so damn descriptive.

[kpllk]

My gosh. I don't believe that. I forgot to list the Inheritance Cycle. And we were just talking about it before I posted this thread. Well, that one too. Just finished Brisingr yesterday, and my only complaint is that I think Christopher Paolini still puts to much description in his books.

Everyone keeps quoting on this and I don't know what it is. Can someone fill me in.

[linkman8]

Anyone says a word about Brisingr's storyline, and they'll wake up in Cambodia with a large bump on their head.

I also forgot to mention "The Dark is Rising" series. Read all five, and liked 'em. Though I haven't seen the movie yet.

[kpllk]

Why not mention it?
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[Kybyrian]

Harry Potter series, Eragon, Eldest, soon to be Brisingr, hopefully.

They're all really good books. J.K. Rowling and Christopher Paolini are excellent authors.

[kpllk]

I think I read hilf of Bringser and then got disstracted by another book. Which one is Bringser Just to make sure it is the one I read half of?

[Kybyrian]

Brisingr is the third book in the Eragon series. So if you didn't read Eragon and Eldest then you probably have no idea what it's about. :P

[kpllk]

Oh. I thought it was a different book. I don't have it but I do have Eragon and Eldest. I haven't had a chance to read them though.

[Claire]

The Hobbit has out-shined countless books, and never ceases to amaze me.

[octorok74]

War of the Worlds!!!
The best book ever! Well maybe no the best, but it is really good.

[Hylian Hobbit]

War of the Worlds!!!
The best book ever! Well maybe no the best, but it is really good.

I've been meaning to read that actually. I haven't gotten the chance yet though. I might pick it up from the library.

[blackice_cc]

Oh, I just thought of another author among my favorites. Terry Pratchett. He's an awesome fantasy writer, and the books are hilarious. I'd highly recommend them to most people.

[kpllk]

War of the Worlds!!!
The best book ever! Well maybe no the best, but it is really good.

Are you talking about the Superman comic or a regular book? It is a very good comic.

[Y2K3]

School ruined me for reading, but the books I prefer are The Secret Garden, Titanic: The Long Night, and The Hidden World.

[Mike Pothier]

Nobody mentioned Dune yet? For shame! :p

All of Frank Herbert's books are great, but avoid the later stuff by his son. They raped his father's works.

But if you want to know the greatest science fiction author of all time, there is but one man, my idol:

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[Hylian Hobbit]

I just finished Brisingr today. I thought it was very good. Best of the three imo.

[kpllk]

tell me how it ends. I have been starting to read less because whenever I finish a book I have to write a report on it.

[blackice_cc]

tell me how it ends. I have been starting to read less because whenever I finish a book I have to write a report on it.

Let's not post the endings of books here. It could spoil it for them, and people might get annoyed at us.

[Hylian Hobbit]

Anyone says a word about Brisingr's storyline, and they'll wake up in Cambodia with a large bump on their head.

Here is why there will be no talk of the storyline. Especially not the ending.

[Claire]

The thing is, people who know less about Obama than you do still vote for him. They don't squat, but they think he's the best thing since long underwear. They care that he's a liar, or that he feels we should kill babies that survive an abortion, the list goes on.

Curious, but can you supply a source for your statement concerning abortion where it was stated by Barack Obama himself? I am unsure how credible your remark truly is, seeing he voted against a bill - when there was already protection for infants in his state. There was a Republican senator - and even he rejected the bill. Does that mean he is for infanticide too?

Also, has anyone here read The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne? I have seen this book countless times, and it is now one of the top 10 most popular books of 2008.

[Hylian Hobbit]

Curious, but can you supply a source for your statement concerning abortion where it was stated by Barack Obama himself? I am unsure how credible your remark truly is, seeing he voted against a bill - when there was already protection for infants in his state. There was a Republican senator - and even he rejected the bill. Does that mean he is for infanticide too?

Also, has anyone here read The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne? I have seen this book countless times, and it is now one of the top 10 most popular books of 2008.

I didn't mean to post that. I was quoting Linkman, thought I copied the post, but didn't. So when I pasted it and posted, it came out like that. :hmm: It was meant for another topic, but I didn't post it there because I don't know how to find the source of my statement. I read about it a while back. Sorry about that.

[DisappearingMist]

My favorites:
Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, Silmarillion, etc.
Narnia books
Wheel of Time series
All of Ted Dekker's novels
A young adult fiction author's older stuff - Gordon Korman
Karen Hancock's Legend of the Guardian King series.

Those are my alltime favorites.

[Midna666]

I don't have a favorite book,but I was hooked on the DA Vinci Code.

[Nian Kast]

There's a lot, although, one of the best I've read so far would be Finber's Bane by Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb. Then there's things like:

-The Starlight and Shadows trilogy, by Elaine Cunningham
-Pretty much everything by R.A. Salvatore (especially the Drizzt series)
-George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones
-Robert Hugh Benson's Lord of the World
-The Moonshae Trilogy by Douglas Niles
-I'll go with LotR because i enjoyed reading it, i wouldn't call myself a fanatic though
-The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
-Pretty much everything by T. Pratchett, The light Fantastic would be one of my favorites though
-The entire Avatar series, or the Time of Troubles, whatever you want to call it, it has different authors, but Scott Ciencin's Shadowdale was one of the best books ever
-Some stuff from Ed Greenwood, Silverfall to name one
-The Erevis Cale trilogy by Paul S. Kemp, i read those at least three times
-I recently read some stuff from Lois McMaster Bujold, Mirror Dance fascinated me since i usually don't read Sci-Fi, i plan on reading some more stuff from her
-I'm gonna be cliche and go with Oscar Wilde's De Profundis, i used to carry a copy of it almost everywhere, that and The Picture of Dorian Gray
-The Fionavar Tapestry from Guy Gavriel Kay was awesome, i'm planning on reading through it again

Those are all that i could think of for now, there's some more, but they don't hold as much importance to me as these do, i might update this if i think of something more.

[loki212]

So many so many.

LotRs and the Hobbit- Tolkien
"IT"-Steven King
Cujo-King
Carrie-King
Dark Tower books-King
Jurassic Park and Lost World- Michel Crichton
The Andromeda Strain-Michel Crichton
Sphere- Michel Crichton
The Infero-Dante
Frakenstein-Mary Shelly
Beowulf-Anon
War Of the Worlds H. G. Wells
20,000 legause under the sea- Verne
Hucklberry Fin and Tom Soyer- twain
Ian Flemmings Bond Books

thats all i can think of at the moment.

[Mehplep]

Oh, I have a lot of great books, but really, nothing beats Stephen King or H.P. Lovecraft. Both those are geniouses. 'Salem's Lot, The Shining, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, Cthulu... some of my absolute favourites.

[Ganon]

I like a lot of Stephen King, Michael Crichton (RIP), Dean Koontz, JRR Tolkien, JK Rowling, Ray Bradbury, C.S. Lewis, Edgar Allan Poe, and some John Grisham.

October Sky (Rocket Boys) by Homer Hickam is a good book, as well as The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Greggory Maguire books are also pretty decent, yeah i'll admit it, I read Wicked, but i'm keeping my man-card.

One of my favorite books of all time though is "The Devil in the White City" by Eric Larson. It is a book about a murderer H.H. Holmes and also about the Chicago World's Fair, and he combines the two stories really well into one book. He had two other books as well, one of which I have read, Thunderstruck, and I also felt it was a very good book.

I am currently, and have been reading for quite some time "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" Very interesting to see how Hitler rose to be the Chancellor of Germany, I am currently to the point where he is planning to invade Austria. The book is 1200 pages and is a very very slow read.

The next book I read will be Prodigal Genius, which is a book about Nikola Tesla who has always been a sort of hero of mine, so I look forward to that.

[Mike Pothier]

I'm genuinely shocked I'm the ony person that mentioned Frank Herbert. He's considered a god in science fiction circles.

[Dragon Tamer]

I'm a new person in reading books. I mostly read manga.
The books i like to read are...
-Twilight
-Vampire Acadamy
Everything else is manga!

[Zeanith]

Twiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...


Sexi vampires are so irresistable.

I call Alice! She be mine!

[Kybyrian]

So I actually picked up Brisingr. So far it's been a spectacular book. Just adding to my list of favorite books.

[Petman1325]

I am right now loving Jules Verne novels. You know, like:
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Around the World in 80 Days
20,000 Leauges Under the Sea
I've read those three, I need to read the other sci-fi books (not the massive 6,000 stories).

[Linkmaster]

I liked the book "Fahrenheit 451", by Ray Bradbury, and I don't have anything against Twilight, but the girls a my school will not shutup about it, and I am sick of it. Sorry.

[DisappearingMist]

I liked the book "Fahrenheit 451", by Ray Bradbury, and I don't have anything against Twilight, but the girls a my school will not shutup about it, and I am sick of it. Sorry.

Fahrenheit is amazing! I haven't read Twilight yet and plan to. But I totally hear you on the fangirl thing!

[El Bagu]

The Dark Tower series by Stepen King I like a lot!

Today I will start reading the last book, been looking forward to that :)

But I will feel sad when I´ve read the last page of it.

It always feel like that for me when I´ve finished something, sadness, I start to miss it, feel sentimental.

[Hylian Hobbit]

I just finished reading The Bronze Bow again, and I guess I had forgotten how much I liked it. I could probably start reading it again and still enjoy it.:P So I now add it to my list of awesome books.

[lonely_moon]

Some of the books I have enjoyed:

The first three Harry Potter books ~ The ones after that were very depressing, but still decent, so I could finish the series.

The Declaration/The Resistance ~ I am reading the second book at the moment and they have been absolutely brilliant. It is engrossing, suspenseful and, at times, horrifying.

Dear Dumb Diary ~ It's a children's series, yes, but it's hilarious IMO.

[LucarioMaster]

Harry potter.
Series of unfortunate events.
Dunno if this counts but sometimes I read zelda guide books for fun.

Hmm, I could not read lotr. I just kept drifting away.

csi but sometimes zelda guides or other guide books i have if im board enough

[stoopkid]

The Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
Catcher in the Rye
Fight Club
To Kill A Mockingbird
Most Dangerous Game
a couple others idk

[Axle the Beast]

Strangely enough, I hardly ever read (although I have been reading more recently.)

My favorite book series (keep in mind I have yet to read series like Harry Potter, Lord of the Ring, etc.) is the Underland Chronicles, by Suzanne Collins.

You've probably never read them. No one I know has. Basically a kid falls into an underground world with giant, sentient creatures, like rats, bats, roaches and whatnot. It's pretty dark, but the story's very enjoyable for me. I have yet to read the last two books though (The Marks of Secret, and The Code of Claw.)

[Kitsu]

Ironic as it is--considering how much I love to read--I haven't read or finished any major series.
But anyways,

I enjoyed The Hobbit, as well as The Mist. I'm currently reading a rather interesting book on ancient history and the like called Uriel's Machine. Another book that I'm reading that I find quite interesting is Physics of The Impossible.
I like mostly non-fiction to do with the paranormal or philosophy, or Steven King.

[MagnumPrimers]

1984
Animal Farm
Watchmen
Ender's Game
Ender's Shadow
The Hobbit
V for Vendetta
Fahrenheit 451
Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr
Of Mice and Men
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lord of the Flies

I could write an essay on everyone, but they all have great stories, characters and (in some) messages.

Wanting to Read:
Atlas Shrugged
A Catcher in the Rye
The Grapes of Wrath
A Clockwork Orange
Catch-22
Brave New World
Watership Down
Slaughterhouse-Five
Fight Club

[Mercedes]

Hmm.... I have a lot of books but of course I have a few favorites of mine.

Eragon -and all the other ones-
Bartimaeus Trilogy
Artemis Fowl
The Hungry Hungry Caterpillar


That last one is still awesome even today.... :P

[blackice_cc]

Oh, I forgot Bartimaeus now. Well, those books are definitely awesome. It's a shame the series is over. They list pretty high on my favorites, and I'd really recommend them to any fiction reader.

Also, not too long ago I finally got around to reading To Kill a Mocking Bird and i really liked it. A great book.

[General Lee]

Holes: This is actually the first book I read and actually enjoied reading. I actually prefer the book over the movie also.

Small Steps: A follow-up of Holes with one of the boys from camp "Armpit". I beleive this book was released with 2 copies, and I own the 1st run of it and I think its different from taking a glance at it in the book stores.

Cowboys Don't Cry: Not many people Im sure have heard of this book but its a good book for a cowboy book. I really enjoied it since the setting was in my province :)

The Outsiders: This book is probably my favorite book of all time. And to think S.E. Hinton was only 16 when she wrote this O_o. Also preferd the book over the movie.

[Master Link]

I recently picked up a new book by one of my favorite authors, Margret Peerson Haddix. The book was called "Found" and it is the first books the the new "Missing" series. I couldn't put it down (like her other books) and I finished it in a matter of 4 hours. I was very surprised by how quickly I could finish this 3-- page book. This book definately goes on my favorotite books list, and Haddix is truly a master of page-turning suspense. I can't wait to read the rest of the series.

[Durion]

My favourite books are all by one of my favourite authors, Christopher Paolini and the books would be the Eragon series including Eragon, Eldest and the best so far Brsingr. I think they are great and I could never put them down, They do take a while to read though as the first book has about 400 pages, The second book about 600 and that is quite large in size and finally the third one which is the same as the econd but with 700 pages.I recommend them to anybody.

[Amelie]

One of my favorite books right now is Little Women ^^ I find it such a classic and I am amazed at how old it is! Some of the older books I seem to like a bit more then lots of the newer ones. Im sure I will have more favorites.. it has only been a week that I really started reading again.

[Mike Pothier]

Right now I'm reading King Rat by China Mievelle. SO recommended if you like dark fantasy set in modern times. China is a brilliant writer, one of my strong influences.

[Shnappy]

There are three series that I really like. Those would be Harry Potter, Series of Unfortunate Events, and Fablehaven. I would suggest all those books to anyone, they are all amazing.

[blackice_cc]

I just finished The Last Olympian, the final Percy Jackson book, and I must say, it was pretty darn good. It kept my interest, and it had some interesting plot twists. However, the author did set it up for a sequel, which always ticks me off. -.-

[Mercedes]

Not sure if I've posted in here before, but I do love my Fantasy ;) Bartimaeus Trilogy, Inheritance books, Edge Chronicles and the Final Fantasy novels float my boat.

[basement24]

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming is still one of my all-time favourites. I love the Bond series of films, but the original novels are so much better. The first time I read it (long before the movie existed) I read the last line of the book, and then turned the page not knowing that was the last line. I thought there had to be more, and I was left shocked that this is how they ended it. It was extremely well done.

I also read the majority of Star Wars books as long as they take place before the end of the movies. Any of the ones that take place after Return of the Jedi bore me.

In general, Ian Fleming's probably my favourite author. He's able to take something mundane like Bond eating breakfast and make it interesting.

[DisappearingMist]

I am currently reading the Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind, and I must say, they are pretty incredible. Definitely becoming a favorite series of mine.

[UsayEldaZay]

Lord of the Rings trilogy ( and The Hobbit )
Gulliver's Travels
Last Dinner on the Titanic
Great short works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Magicians Nephew
The Series of Unfortunate Events books
and those are all I can think of right now!!

[Smitie]

I finally finished Eragon. It was a good book, but it's not my favourite. I still have two books waiting (Oudste and Brisingr). I think i'll start reading them in the summer holiday.

I forgot to add two english books on my favourite list. I had to read these books for english classes.

- 1984/Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. This was book was written in 1948 and describes a future totalitarian regime in 1984. This book is very dark and can be very difficult to understand. It's a very good book though.

- On the Beach by Nevil Shute. Another old book (1957). It describes the future in 1969. Humanity is almost destroyed after a nuclear war (WW III), but people in the southern hemisphere survived. The high radiation comes closer and closer because of the wind and the people on Australia have only 3 months more to live. It's another dark book, but worth a read.

[Durion]

I finally finished Eragon. It was a good book, but it's not my favourite. I still have two books waiting (Oudste and Brisingr). I think i'll start reading them in the summer holiday.



I just gonna say a few things, Oudste?O.o, Thats the only one with a different name, In England it is called Eldest :lol:, Suppose it is the Duetch name. Also Eldest and Brsingr are a lot better so I you will probably like them a lot more the Eragon, Eragon is quite boring, Not really much of a fight at the end compared to the other two.

[Legendary Pizza]

IDK I read only if I have too that's it reading nonfiction is a good use of time but fiction in my opinion is a waist and dosen't teach you anything

[DisappearingMist]

- 1984/Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. This was book was written in 1948 and describes a future totalitarian regime in 1984. This book is very dark and can be very difficult to understand. It's a very good book though.

1984 is an intriguing story. I really liked it...in a dark kind of way. I guess "enjoyed" is not a good word for such a story. It was a really good read, though.

[K4KING]

My favorite Books are:

Harry Potter Series(all of them) and Sherlock Holmes Series(Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle works not other authors.):nerd:

Harry Potter has the thrills, the adventure, the ups and downs of a boy who lived. Plus it reminds me of the Zelda series a lot. That's why i like it. for Sherlock Holmes i loved the mystery of every story what's gonna happen next it really eats me up.:)

[Legendary Chaos]

My favorites are:
- Pillars of the Earth
- World Without End
- The Divine Comedy
- Sea of Trolls

[Mike Pothier]

I'm currently rereading my Sandman TPBs. I'm a Vertigo nut in general, but my favorite will always be the Sandman graphic novels. I'm planning on starting Hellblazer then Fables.

[jamalthegiraffe]

Harry Potter (for sure)
The Hobbit
The Series of Unfortunate Events
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Left Behind

I love all of these books! I've read all the the Harry Potters so many times. I'm only part way through Left Behind though.

[Bob Majinki]

1984 was amazing, definitely one of my favorites.
The Epic of Gilgamesh was rather interesting, too.
Animal Farm also was very good.

[shadowlink626]

mine has to be Twilight. i thouhgt it was pretty dumb at first but now im on the second book lol

[Len]

ok i,ve only ones for the moment favorite of all the books i have readed:

goosebumps: hey i like non-scary horror tales, these books are awesome for me, r.l.stine made these and other terror books from "the dead girlfriend to night phone calls" he made a lot of cool horror books indeed

classic "sherlock holmes" i love the mysteries and the puzzles his book is totally awesome it has a very interesting story ...and a little...unknown?

and i think that you didn,t heard about this one: its called "Diary of a dog"...this story has a very sad ending (its long and...sad) "poor dogy it was only a little inoccent pet, why did those people lend him in the middle of the street alone?"....and then for long time passes...he dies (this is the most saddest story i ever readed in my life)

[Atsuma]

ok i,ve only ones for the moment favorite of all the books i have readed:

goosebumps: hey i like non-scary horror tales, these books are awesome for me, r.l.stine made these and other terror books from "the dead girlfriend to night phone calls" he made a lot of cool horror books indeed


I also love Goosebumps, I think I read them all. They were one of my favorite series. I still watch the movies whenever they show them, or the tv series.

I also enjoy reading fantasy stuff, and I create fantasy stuff.

Aside from that, I also like to read comics.

I've read Lord of the Rings, all three books and the extra content. Also, the hobbit and a few books from the Mib series.

[Cyrus Skyray]

I used to read loads, but not so much these days. I've read Harry Potter series, Artemis Fowl series, the "Eagle" series (by Simon Scarrow, about 2 legionaries in the 2nd Roman Legion when they invaded Britain), some warhammer 40k books, and the Dark Templar Saga (these are all the things that I can remember reading).

[Narutoxzelda239]

My favorite books up until around last year were the Artemis Fowl books. As for the inheritance cycle... i tried to start Eragon, but the "prologue" so to speak before he leaves is just too long for my tastes. I read the hobbit a long time ago, and it was awesome. LotR, too. I'm starting to enjoy Tolkien's work a lot. I'm also a John Green fan, too. The only book of his that i've read is Paper Towns, but i have the other two.

[Dragon565333]

Harry Potter to Agatha Christie.... I like Spiders Web by AC... And the Miss Marple... Love Lord of the flies

[DreamDevourer]

What, does John Knowles get no credit, and the Inheritance series DOES? Chris Paloni, while maybe descriptive, is not the most original author. John Knowles' "A Seperate Peace" and Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" are two of the best books ever, and few mentioned them. Ah well... maybe more of you will read the classics first!

[HaruHaru]

I would say my Most favorite books are the following:

Percy Jackson And the Olympians(So far, Books 1 and 2)

The Hobbit.

Websters Dictionary(1982 Hardcover) Yes, I love that Dictionary. Its HUGE.

And, Of course, Loser.

[Arkatox]

My favorite books are probably:

Blessed Child
A Man Called Blessed
The Shack
Showdown
Saint
Sinner
Black
Red
White
Green
Invitation to the Game

Wow, I just realized that those are all by the same author except for The Shack and Invitation to the Game.

I really want to read the Ender's Game series.

[Notorious NATE]

I really need to start reading more books. I really like Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, and I really liked John Grisham's books, more specifically The Innocent Man. Which, may I might add, is completely non-fiction and written about someone's life on death row.

I also really like Catcher In The Rye, which was a very controversial book years ago and it is read by a lot of mentally ill people like John Lennon's killer. The book might be boring to many, but I found it interesting.

I feel like I'm missing a couple, but those are the ones I've come up with at the moment.

[Arkatox]

Oh, and I forgot I, Robot. That book was pure awesome pwnage. I want to read the other books in the series.

[Dark Princess]

High five to the one's who love the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series and the ones who love the Great Tree of Avalon trilogy! =P

I didn't see anyone who said the Lost Years of Merlin epic was in their favourites. =(

Well anyways, here's a couple of my favourites:
The Percy Jackson and the Olympian series (About to read the 5th one)
The Lost Years of Merlin epic
The Great Tree of Avalon trilogy
A Spell For Chameleon (I plan to read all the other Xanth novels)

[Arkatox]

I don't know how to say this, DP, but I've never even heard of those.

[Dungeon killer]

My favorite books:
Zelda Manga series
Halo series
Harry Potter series
Star Wars Republic Commandos series
Artemis Fowl series

I haven't completed the last two series yet but I want to soon!

[Arkatox]

My favorite books:
Zelda Manga series
Halo series
Harry Potter series
Star Wars Republic Commandos series
Artemis Fowl series

I haven't completed the last two series yet but I want to soon!

DKiller (I didn't want to call you DK, lol), the Star Wars books that take place after Return of the Jedi are the best. I've never read them myself, but they were my brother's favorite books ever (and he's read a LOT of books) until he read the Sword of Truth books (which are supposedly even better).

[ottobot]

I am reading the Scullduggery Pleasent books.
i love skullduggery pleasent! i got the first 2 when i went to new zealand. i also like the chonicles of ancient darkness, percy jackson, and the eragon books

[DisappearingMist]

DKiller (I didn't want to call you DK, lol), the Star Wars books that take place after Return of the Jedi are the best. I've never read them myself, but they were my brother's favorite books ever (and he's read a LOT of books) until he read the Sword of Truth books (which are supposedly even better).

The Sword of Truth series is fantastic! I have only read through book 7, but I do plan on reading the rest of the series soon.

[Emicon]

Let's see...

-The Perks of Being a Wallflower
-Harry Potter :)
-Eye of the Dragon
-Anthem by Ann Rand
-A Lesson Before Dying
-Araby (It's a short story, but I like it)
-Maximum Ride

[Sage of Wind]

My favourite books are the Darren Shan Saga and the Demonata Saga

[NULL]

Hmmm, I think one of my favorite books is(are?) The Time Travelers Wife, When the movie came out and was said to be based on a novel by Audrey Niffenegger I decided i wanted to read the novel first, It was amazing. So much better than the movie, If you haven't seen the movie, i reccomend reading the book first. It has so much detail that was left out in the movie, lots of missing information and a totally different ending.

(I was actually watching it a the movies, and when it ended I literally shouted "That's not how it ends!" Good thing there was only about 10 people :P)

I also enjoy books by Tess Gerritsen, she writes mainly medical/crime thrillers. Another talented Auther, My favorite of hers i think is...Gravity.

Again, i reccomend it :) Though I wasn't really impressed with the ending. =/

[Smitie]

My favourite books are the Darren Shan Saga and the Demonata Saga

I borrowed the first Darren Shan trilogy (the title of the book says freakshow trilogy) and I really like it. I almost finished the first story and I constantly want to read it again eventhough I have to study for an exam.

I also added Eldest in my most boring book lists. It is just a lot of political talk and almost no adventures, even the elves are boring with all their stupid rules >.>

[Petman1325]

Well, I've been reading a little bit more now. I still enjoy Jules Verne books, but I haven't read them in quite a while. However, there's one book I've really been liking currently. That book would be Flowers for Algernon. Its an awesome story about how a mentally challenged adult is given a second chance with a brain operation, and his world drastically changes with his understanding of things. However, with that, people think differently of him as well.

A few other reads I've found interesting were Alas, Babylon, several selections from Edgar Allan Poe, such as The Cask of Amontillado, The Fall of the House of Usher, and a few others. One book I also found nice was The Alchemist. Now, feel free to compare this post to the post I made around this time last year, in which I only enjoyed the works of Jules Verne.

[Hero of Limes]

Let me see:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Harry Potter
Life of Pi
War of the Worlds
Lord of the Rings
Alas Babylon
The Graveyard Book
To Kill a Mockingbird
Jurassic Park

>.> Well those aren't all of my favorite books. Some of those are just ones I've read recently. That list could go on forever! :nod:

[GerudoDesert]

My Sisters Keeper is my new favorite book. Just a tear-jerker.

:')

[Mii85]

I really enjoy most books written by Shusaku Endo, Harry Potter books are pretty basic and all around fun reading as well, Stephen King and H.P.Lovecraft are fantastic horror writers if you enjoy such reading.

Top 3 books i read in 2009
3. Coraline written by Neil Gaiman
Coraline kids film just came out this year! It's pretty good too. I really recommend checking it out sometime.

2. Solaris written by Stanislaw Lew
There is film made in 2002 and starring George Clooney, but I really recommend reading this book before watching the film.

1. Silence written by Shusaku Endo
Wonderful reading! Definetily one of my all time favorites.

[Hyrule Citizen]

The Lord of the Rings (Entire Series...Great!)
All the Redwall books (Awesome!!!)
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Great Books...So many Questions...)
The Left Behind serise (Huge series...Huge books...One message...)

[mandym287]

Here's a list of my top three favorite series:
• Darkest Age Series (A.J. Lake)
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Rick Riordan)
• Zelda Manga Series (Akira Himekawa)

[Arkatox]

I just recently finished Randy Alcorn's Deadline, and it has probably got to be my favorite book ever. I think I liked it even more than Ted Dekker's Blessed Child and A Man Called Blessed.

[linkman8]

I've been reading the Sword of Truth series lately, which is a pretty good series. It's even got its own mini-series.

[Junehs]

I used to love reading when I was younger, but when I got older I despised reading. I never understood why people liked about reading. When I was in 5th grade I picked up a book series and it had cats (one of my favorite animals) and so I proceeded to read a few chapters. It was really good, I found out I read "The New prophecy: Midnight" and they had another series. I read the first series and understood how whatever happened in Midnight came to be. I conitued to read and now I have my own favorite characters, one for sure is Jayfeather. The way Erin Hunter writes about his feelings totally fits him. The verbs she chooses describes him so much on his attitude. Easily irritated, mysterious & I guess he prefers to be a lone wolf throughout the Power of Three.

I am also a fan of the Zelda mangas and it has it own unique twists. I read the another book called "The Shwa was Here". Wonderful novel. Basically a kid named Calvin is "invisible" and he is often upset why no one can actually get to know him. He meets up with a boy, the main character, Antsy and he tries to help him what happened to his mother and his dad really makes me want to punch him. His father doesn't remember he has a son and forgets to feed him so Calvin usually feeds himself half the time. Sometimes his dad remembers. It's a depressing story to find out what Calvin goes through.

[Gon-Gorooon]

1984 is an intriguing story. I really liked it...in a dark kind of way. I guess "enjoyed" is not a good word for such a story. It was a really good read, though.

1984 is a good read, but George Orwell's Animal Farm is far better. I also like Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion

[Bigelover88]

Silmarillion and LOTR trilogy. The Sil is hard to read. I must say I'm not a reader at all but these books kept me busy all the time

[Hylian Hobbit]

I recently started to read the Dresden Files series, and I really like them. They're about a wizard for hire who deals with the supernatural cases that the police get, and he goes around solving cases and kicking arse with uber magics. I read the first three in a week, and I'm going to try to get on the other books that I'm only half sure exist. =P I recommend them to anyone looking for a good read; wizardy or non-wizardy.

I also read Forrest Gump in my English class, and that was an awesome book as well. Go read it now. Along with the Dresden Files.

[LANZZ]

Im recently read Warcraft series novels.
- The Last Guardian
- Tides of Darkness
- Beyond The Dark Portal
- Rise of The Horde
- Of The Blood and Honor
- Cycle of Hatred
- Day of The Dragon
- Night of The Dragon
- War of The Ancient 1 : Well of Eternity
- War of The Ancient 2 : The Demon Soul
- War of The Ancient 3 : The Sundering
- Lord of The Clan

[PixelSmile]

Your all going to be like GAAAH when i say this, however its the Twilight Sega for me. Ever since twilight the film, i begun to read the books. However the books aren't very well wrote i don't think. They get boring because the books aren't written as well.
I read one of the series of unfortunant events years ago in primary school..
I'm usually a auto biography kinda girl though :)

[Tom]

Hmm, most of them are not international literature:
Angus;
Stella Car's collection;
" Il visconte dimezzato" and "Il barone rampante".

[Linky]

1. CIRQUE DU FREAK best series ever (whole series)
2. Pendragon AWESOME (whole series)
3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series)
4. The last apprentice (series)

[athenian200]

1. Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis
2. Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
3. Lord of the Rings/Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
4. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carrol
5. Through the Looking-Glass - Lewis Carrol
6. The Iliad & The Odyssey - Homer
7. The Aeneid - Virgil
8. Legends of King Arthur - Various Sources
9. The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide - Douglas Adams
10. Psychological Types - C.G. Jung

[GaFF]

Harry Potter, my childhood joys.

Anything written by Dean Koontz usually gets me, especially the Odd Thomas series.

[Fahxy]

Lessee.....
Well, the entirety of the terry pratchett discworld books so far,
The last apprentice series,
Percy Jackson and the Olympians series,
LOTR/ the hobbitt
Mouse Guard graphic novel
Redwall(childish, i Know)
The Septimus Heap series is rather charming,
Any far side books (not technically high literature, but you can't beat it for randomness....),
and there's more, but I can't think of them off of the top of my head.

[Ikana]

I love reading but I haven't caught up on it lately.I'm the guy who likes reading mystery's type books one that I read had a dog who his owner is a detective and the dog told the story.It may sound like a little kids book but no its not it does have some bad language in it.I wish I had the money to get his new book but oh well.

[Twilight_Link10]

Well I am currently reading The Hobbit and so far I like it more than a lot of the other books iv read (and iv read a lot) as for others go here thay are:

Deltora Quest series
The Key to Rondo series
The Andy Griffiths "Just" series
and
Spiderwick Chronicles

[Claire]

My first post in this thread was dull, and my perspective on books have changed greatly. While I am not saying that The Hobbit is no longer worthy of being a favorite or is any less amazing than it truly is, there are other books which I have read that I've grown to love. I, without a doubt, have loved reading the works of Michio Kaku and Richard Dawkins. Most recently I've read Physics of the Impossible and The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution. I am a huge fan of non-fiction, and these two are absolutely favorites of mine. I've been reading more non-fiction in my spare time, and I enjoy it more than any type of literary genre.

I've read plenty of other books, but these outshine the majority. I'd definitely recommend them!

[Epwna]

What is your favorite book of all time.Mine is My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George.It is amazing.So,what's your favorite book.

[LozzyKate]

The Host by Stephanie Meyer is one of my favorite books.

[Shadsie]

Aside from ancient texts of world spiritual significance which I don't approach for "enjoyment" the same way I do fiction... probably...

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. It's thoughful and beautiful. I got to meet the author once, too. Nice guy.

[Wolfprint]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman has been the top of my list for the longest now.

[Nye Pendragon]

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. It's fantastic, oh goodness.

[Nil]

A Confederacy of Dunces (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Confederacy_of_Dunces)is amusing, offensive, invigorating and so many more things, all at once! While there's not much on character development, there is a lot of stubbornness, adventures, general misunderstandings and the like to be had. The setting is a good ways back as far as USA goes, I'd say 1920-1960 somewhere, and it's a bit, ah, different. I don't understate the offensive.

Hmm, perhaps more friendly is the A Wrinkle in Time series, or perhaps The Phantom Tollbooth. Veritable STAPLES OF MY CHILDHOOD. Both mostly adventures. One with a bit more science involved, and the other, the latter, a bit more with silly wordplay abound.

I remember My Side of the Mountain, too. Good stuff.

Also, if you'vr never read Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel you're missing out. It made me spontaneously develop a six pack when I was five.

[Linkmsg92]

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

I'm so drawn in by all the conspiracy theories and such that he incorporates into his stories. Also, the addition of the subject of Free Masonry just boggles my mind. He uses everything so well and it really is what inspired me to want to be a mason (Which I'm not yet). After reading the book I read up on masons and overall this book is just fantastic. A great read.

[Xinnamin]

Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Caroll.

I don't remember ever reading the original Alice in Wonderland, but I seriously love its sequel. I can't even remember why I love it so much. Maybe it's just because it's "nonsense fiction" and so irrationally peculiar that there's nothing for me not to love about the story. Maybe it's because there's nothing rational enough about the story to consciously analyze so I can't get distracted by all those over-analization techniques that English classes have brainwashed me with.
Oh gosh, now I really want to go dig out my old copy for another read.

[yann]

The Children of Hurin - JRR Tolkein

Incredibley dark, very pessimistic.
A good book for anyone who doesn't mind books not having a happy ending.

[TreeHuggerPanda]

Twi- (*looks around for twilight haters*)-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakaban (dunno if it's spelled correctly)
It's my favorite Harry Potter and Harry has a decent year- no You-know-who, decent Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and Harry finds out more about his dad's friends.

[linkman8]

Twi- (*looks around for twilight haters*)-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakaban (dunno if it's spelled correctly)
*slowly slips handgun back into holster* :P
I'd probably have to say one of my favorite book series would have to be the Belgariad series, and the Inheritance cycle is one of my favorites too.

[Pocket Asian]

My favorite book would have to be The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Long title, I know, but it was a very entertaining read.
Some kid tries to find out who killed his neighbor's dog. He finds out who did in the middle of the book and also finds out what happened to one of his family members. A bunch of twists in the book. I would recommend it.

[Austin]

Are we counting graphic novels as "books"? If we are, I'd have to choose V for Vendetta by Alan Moore. It absolutely destroys the movie imo.

[LozzyKate]

I change my book. My new favorite is The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

[yann]

My favorite book would have to be The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Long title, I know, but it was a very entertaining read.
Some kid tries to find out who killed his neighbor's dog. He finds out who did in the middle of the book and also finds out what happened to one of his family members. A bunch of twists in the book. I would recommend it.

I've heard of that book!
Isn't the child in that book autistic, so he has difficulty understanding the emotion of others?

[Hazel]

My favourite is one of the series of the WHEEL OF TIME, by Robert JORDAN. I would totally recommend it.



My favorite book would have to be The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Long title, I know, but it was a very entertaining read.
Some kid tries to find out who killed his neighbor's dog. He finds out who did in the middle of the book and also finds out what happened to one of his family members. A bunch of twists in the book. I would recommend it.

I've read that book. The kid is a little... off in the head and that's the whole point of the book. It's really good, though. I would recommend it too.

[Random Person]

Favorite book is definately Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

[Nye Pendragon]

First up... SERIES:

The Overlander Chronicals by Suzanne Collins
(oh my gosh, the characters and plot and everything about this series amazes me. *3* It's a little dark for my tastes, but I love the series to death.)

The Harry Potter Series by J.K Rowling
(Do I need to explain this?)

Redwall (series) by Brian Jaques
(Eeeee it's so cute and I love the writing style.)

Now singular books...

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
(Lovely story that's really unique to the fairytale style it comes from.)

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
(I could rant for hours as to why I love this book so much, but I will spare you.)

And since they count as 'books' here are my favorite mangas!

Bleach by Tite Kubo
Emma by Kaoru Mori
Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma
The Legend of Zelda (all series) by Akira Himakawa(sp? I cannot remember how to spell the last name.)
Card Captor Sakura by CLAMP
Tsubasa Resovior(sp?) Chronicals by CLAMP
Ouran Highschool Host Club by (OH MY GOSH I FORGET AUUUUGH)

[Tony]

My Favorite books are:

Lord of the Rings
My absolute favorite book
Chronicles of Narnia
A classic
Sherlock Holmes
Elementary
The Hobbit
Another Classic
Eragon
A modern classic

[Zelda's_Child]

My favourite books are:

The Day After Forever
Amazing book. Written by a fourteen year old, but probably inapropriate for kids that can't handle mature content.

Dragon Rider - Cornelia Funke
I don't know why. I just love it. ;)

Diary of a Would-be Princess
The main character in this book is in grade 5, and goes through alot of the stuff I went through. ;)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
What's not to like about this book? ;) I love all the books, and the movie, and I'm totally hyped for the 5th book!! ^^

Dear Dumb Diary (Series)
This series is funny, and inventive. Really good read! ^^

So yeah, that's me... ;)

[Zelway]

The only books that I can actually stand to read is the Harry Potter series.

[penguinboy82]

Zelway, sorry to break it to you, but you TOTALLY just bumped this thread. I kinda figured that you're trying your best to be an active member and all, but if a topic hasn't been discussed for over a month, don't post on it.

[theothernavi]

This is a difficult question for me to answer. Here they are:

The Dark is Rising (whole series)
Radiance
The Lost Hero
Warriors (whole series)
I have more, but I'm not listing them all. I'm not going to put you all through that.:P

[Elvenknight]

My favorite book series is either Dragon Prince or Dragon Star, both fantasy by Melanie Rawn. Don't ask me to describe them; they are too long and complex for that. Favorite magna is Black Cat. That's about an ex-assassin turned bounty-hunter. Good books.

[Heros Temporis]

Call of the Wild and All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. The first one is a fantastic novel, the second one is a mishmosh of all sorts of things, which makes it almost indescribable-short stories, words of wisdom, advice, thinking out loud, there's just so much in there that it's hard to describe.

Of the two, Call of the Wild is my favorite, but I love them both.

[Xixor]

Favorite book is definately Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Great book, but my favorite by him is definitely Pathfinder. It was released last year and is about time traveling stuff. It's amazing!

[ice cream]

My favorite book -at the moment- is Forevermore by Cathy Marie Hake

[Relindra]

Drylor The First Artifact by Ryan Tomasella. It is a fairly new fantasy book but sooooooo good. Here is what it is about (taken from amazon)

When a man wakes up inside a cage that is being carried through an underground city, he has no idea where he is or what has happened to him. As Von, a victim of amnesia, is taken to a jail cell to await his fate amongst elves, humans, dwarfs, gnomes, and halflings, he is told he is a member of the Royal Guard of Genisus. It is not long before he is transported to the palace where he meets an impatient king who eventually returns him to his jail cell while deciding his destiny. As Von's memory slowly returns, he discovers that he is the only one who can protect Drylor-a world that abandoned him-from its greatest evil, his own brother. Through his journey to the truth, Von meets an unlikely group of friends who are willing to sacrifice everything to help him stop his brother Scarlet from annihilating the only world they have ever known. As Von's past becomes clear and reveals his future, he soon realizes the only way he can end his brother's heartless massacres is to find him and kill him.

[Jedizora]

The eragon series. It has a great storyline, and its a awesome Book.

[zelda_girl]

My favorite book, er, series right now, is The House of Night Series (:

[Poste]

Full Metal Alchemist and Tegami Bachi both are epic series with good storys to them

[Unlucky Monkey]

Every book Haruki Murakami wrote. This man is a genius. If anyone understands the world we live in, it's him. Just look at my signature ;)

[DLC]

Anything by tolkien
Anything by Garth nix.

[Raindrop14]

My favorite books are Lord of the Rings (the trillogy), The Hobbit, The Sword in the Stone, Earthsea (books 1,2,3 & 4), Narnia (all 7), The Last Unicorn, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Dune (the trillogy).

[Wolf Sage]

Harry Potter. Also countless manga series.

[darunia]

Lord of the rings trilogy.
The B.F.G.
Star wars trilogy first 3 films.
The Hobbit

[theothernavi]

I have more! (dun dun dun!!!!)



The Inheritance Cycle. I'm uber psyched for book four!
Rick Riordan's Books. I just finished the Throne of Fire.
The Thief Lord
The Healing Spell. This was one of the few fiction books I consider to be somewhat benign.
The Lord of the Rings. DERP! I'm still working on the Two Towers.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (STILL need to read book two.)
The Song of the Lioness series
I am Number Four. I'm almost done the book, and the movie isn't half bad. Not as good as the book, of course.

[Zanzibar]

Hmmm Books There's alot

The Lord of The Rings Trilogy
The Hobbit
Earthsea (all of them)
The Artemis Fowl series
The Hobbit
+Anima
Full Metal Alchemist
The Hunger Games Trilogy

[goomboo]

Harry Potter and the Inheritance Cycle

Both full series'

[ZeldaDungeon]

I like the forgotten realm series, LOTR series, Percy JATO series, Chronicles Of Narnia series, and the Looking Glass War Series.

[SuperGleeok64]

Warhammer 40k books.
Ender's Game series
Shadow series
Pathfinder
Empire.....

[sweetcoop]

I really don't read much.
Harry Potter use to be my favorite series ever, but than this year, I read The Hunger Games Trilogy, and that just beat out any other series that I have ever read.
Other books that I like
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Night - Elie Wiesel
War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells
The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
The Last Shot series - John Feinstein
The Shining - Stephen King
Secret Window, Secret Garden - Stephen King
Bless Me Ultima - Rudolfo Anaya

And I actually only had to read a few of these books for assignments in school.

[Caeda]

Here's a few of mine:

-Percy Jackson and the Olympions series
-The Heros of Olympus series (even though there's only one out...)
-The kane Chronicals series
-Fablehaven series
-The Hunger Games series
-The Dragon of Trelian
-Eon and Eona
-Harry Potter series
-Nobody's Princess and Nobody's Prize
-a bunch of other's I can't think of...

[Mandi]

Lemme see...
-Harry Potter (particularly the 6th book)
-Eragon
-Artemis Fowl
-Lord of the Rings (These books are awesome, nuff said)
-The Hobbit
-Dracula
-The Dispossessed
-The Chronicles of Narnia (Prince Caspian is awesome)
-Nancy Drew (cheesy, I know but it was cool for the time)
-The Thirteenth Tale (I cannot stress how much I loved this book)
- Jane Eyre (in all honesty, it was very good)
- Wuthering Heights (again, gothic novels are pretty cool)
- Pride and Prejudice
There's more but I can't think of them :thinking:

[Cobalt]

My favorite book is Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. I was first introduced to the story via the musical based on the story. Being a huge music fan and book fan, I decided to delve into both versions. I took a week to read the book in it's entirety. It's translated from French, so at times it could be a difficult read. But it is by far one of the best stories ever told. By second favorite is The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. Some of you may have heard of the first part of this: Dante's Inferno. I know it's required reading in a lot of high schools and college level courses. I took it upon myself to read the whole thing, including Purgatory and Paradise. John Ciardi's translation is the best if you're looking for an easy understanding of the text.

[GerudoDesert]

My favorite book is Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. I was first introduced to the story via the musical based on the story. Being a huge music fan and book fan, I decided to delve into both versions. I took a week to read the book in it's entirety. It's translated from French, so at times it could be a difficult read. But it is by far one of the best stories ever told. By second favorite is The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. Some of you may have heard of the first part of this: Dante's Inferno. I know it's required reading in a lot of high schools and college level courses. I took it upon myself to read the whole thing, including Purgatory and Paradise. John Ciardi's translation is the best if you're looking for an easy understanding of the text.

My brother has that book and just by looking at it makes me cringe. I love reading but big books like that make me nervous.

[Link x Malon]

Here is the thread to list your favorite books of all time.

Here are Mine:
The Lord of the Rings (the entire trilogy) an awesome series, epic and well written
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (all of them so far) really good series, and I like mythology :D
Harry Potter (whole series, again) this one's a given
Any Terry Pratchett book, he's a great author with many great books
Redwall. Now that one's for younger readers really, but I loved it when I was younger, and still like it because of that.

That's all I can think of right now.
those, except the LOTR books. they were shallow. shallow and pedantic. ha.

also, the Maximum Ride books. Dragonlance Chronicles, and Tales. The Legends of Lone Wolf, too.

[8bubbles8joe]

I just finished reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, as well as the sequel, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and I'm about 1/4 way through the last one in the series. And wow, these books are phenomenal. The plots in all three are downright amazing, and all the plots intertwine and just when you expect something, something else crazy happens! They're my second favorite book series, and I recommend them to anyone who enjoys mystery thrillers.

[ShaneOMac713]

My favorite books are the Percy Jackson series

[Nicole]

Hmm, I have a few different books I really enjoy. Actually, series I enjoy. I love continuous stories. I also love fiction, fantasy, and sci-fi.

My favorite would have to be the Inheritance Cycle (Eragon) by Christopher Paolini. I love the magical aspect of the stories. They have a great mix of action, tragedy, romance, and humor. Plus, Paolini's writing style is fantastic. I also enjoy the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. I love mythology, and those books were chock full of it. Plus, they were cute and really funny. Now, I'm reading Riordan's spin-off series, The Heroes of Olympus. It's quite interesting to see the clash of Greek and Roman mythology. Let's not forget about Harry Potter! I love the Harry Potter series. They're simply great books, filled with magic and comedy. They're a bit more child-oriented than the Inheritance books, even though both series include similar themes of magic and fantasy.

My favorite book series when I was younger, though, was the Animorphs series. A total of 64 books in all; 54 main titles and 10 extras. Now, mind you, the main books were about 150 pages each. They weren't fifty-four 500 page books! :xd: Out of the 64 total, I've read 60. I was so obsessed with those books when I was younger. They were great, with a lot of action, but a somber feel. Plus... epic series cliffhanger. 'Nuff said.

There are many other books I really enjoy, but those are some of the most prominent in my mind.

[Caeda]

I have another book for you. It's called Divergent. YOU MUST READ IT. It's on about the same level as the Percy Jackson series for me, which says alot.

[Ghosi]

My favorite books.... I have plenty, but these are just a few memorable ones:

- Stargirl and Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli - There is something about this book I love. It just radiates a "be yourself" message.
- The Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander - Adventure time through history! One of my favorite things to do.
- Eclipse of the Cresent Moon (Egri Csillagok) by Geza Gardonyi - What can I say. It combines both Hungarian history, because it is a fictional novel, and action right through what somebody would have done in a person's view living at the time. It is just a beautiful and great story.
- The Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono - My favorite series. I stumbled upon it by accident and loved it ever since. It tells of a magical land parallel to ours, which made my fantasy spin wild. I have seen the TV series based on the books, but I don't think it was as good as the book.

[TalesOfFan]

I really not very interested in fiction, but I do enjoy a good nonfiction book every now and then. My favorite book would have to be God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens, but I really love everything that Hitchens writes. His memoir, Hitch 22 is also a great read, as is his short book on Mother Theresa, The Missionary Position. I'm also really into history and right now I am reading a book put out by Oxford Press on the Russian Revolution. I got it and My Life by Leon Trotsky as a gift from my Latin teacher for graduation. There both great books.

[threeofhearts]

i read les miserables and cried. so sad.
don't tell anyone i said that.

[TriforceHunter]

Im not a very heavy reader, I used to read a bunch of books from the Lybrary when I was in Middle School though.

My favorite would have to be 1984, it's like Half-Life but without guns.

I also liked Of Mice and Men and the Grapes of Wrath.

Im a big fan of Percy Jackson but I never read the last one and I haven't had a chance to read the new series by the creator. Same with Diary of a Wimpy kid and Vladimir Tod I read the first few and I havent read the last ones that came out.

[Erebea]

I'm not really into western things, so my favorite "book" would be a light novel from Japan.

My favorite light novel would have to be To Aru Majutsu no Index. To Aru Majutsu no Index is set in Academy City, a technologically advanced Academic city located at western Tokyo which studies scientifically advanced superhuman students with powers, but is also set in a world where magic is real. Touma Kamijou is a student in Academy City whose right hand, the Imagine Breaker, has the ability to negate any supernatural powers, but also his own luck. One day he finds a young girl hanging on his balcony railing named Index. She is a nun from Necessarius, a secret magic branch of the Church of England, and her mind has been implanted with the Index Librorum Prohibitorum—103,000 forbidden magical books the Church has removed from circulation. His encounter with her leads him to meet others from the secret world of science and magic and an adventure with his friends where science and magic collide. Touma's unusual power places him at the center of conflicts relating magicians and science-based espers in Academy City. As Touma tries to help and protect his friends, he learns the people he knows are not as they appear and begins to attract the attention of magicians and espers alike as they try to unravel the secrets of Academy City and Index. There is also a spin-off series called "To Aru Kagaku no Railgun" which focuses on Mikoto Misaka who is one of the characters of the original.

The To Aru Majutsu no Index light novel series is one of the most popular in Japan and also one of the best selling; Index alone has sold over 10 million copies and the overall Light Novel franchise (including side stories and Railgun) has sold over 15 million.

[ladraove]

Of course, there's the Lord of the Rings trilogy, plus The Hobbit. I got into those books when I was in grade school, and I've never stopped loving them. They're classics. Same with the Harry Potter series; I started reading them before they got so popular, and even now that I'm older they are among my favorites. Besides that I enjoy a lot of Dean Koontz's books. I like his writing style, and he's very good with the suspense and mystery and unexpected twists. Also, Jean Plaidy; I've read most of her Tudor era novels. And Jodi Picoult. Her books are very moving.

[Tavoriel]

I should probably read more. But all of these are fantastic:

Book:

Anything by Patrick O'Brian, 1984 by George Orwell, Lisey's Story by Stephen King, Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein.

Manga:

Bleach, Death Note, Gintama, Mushi-Shi

Graphic novel:

Watchmen (caution, 17+)

[Keyari]

Wow, so many great books out here in the world. I'll post some of my favorites:

The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings by Tolkien, Maximum Ride series by James Patterson, Hunger Games series (forgot the author atm), The Chronicles of Narnia series by Lewis, and a whole bunch of other series.

May edit later...

[Heroofwolves]

Some of mine would be
Lord of The Rings
The Hobbit
Redwall
The chronicles of Narnia
Harry Potter
Dracula
The Princess Bride

[Katelynn]

Um, do video games guides count? If so, then the Official guides for Twilight Princess, Phantom Hourhglass and Spirit Tracks.

[Conor]

Stephen King's the dark tower series, and four seasons, if graphic novels count, scott pilgrim and death note.

[chris112]

Hm, I can't decide between Captain Underpants and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

[Irishmile]

-Pretty much everything by R.A. Salvatore (especially the Drizzt series)


ME TOO!
I painted this a while back... at the time there was not too many actual pictures of the characters other than Drizzt... I did my best.
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