2006-06-25 22:32:19 · 18 answers · asked by k0stiia 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Wheeew! Tough one! There are so many good ones out there, and so many ways to qualify "best." Best Style? Best Storyline? Best Character Development? Best Overall Message? etc.
I can't narrow it down to one, but I'll make a short list of my favorites...aside from the Bible (in no particular order):
1) Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
2) Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)
3) Outlander, and the rest of the 6 book series (Diana Gabaldon)
4) Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkein)
5) Byzantium (Stephen Lawhead)
Favorite authors:
Diana Gabaldon, Amy Tan, John Grisham, Michael Crichton, Leo Rosten, C.S. Lewis, Shakespeare
2006-06-25 22:52:02 · answer #1 · answered by Jen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it is really possible to determine a book or an author of All time. Each "time" might have an author or a book best relating and communicating about that time and place.
For this time, post modern and post colonial - I would say The God of Small Things by Arunanti? Roy (Excuse the spelling)
2006-06-25 22:41:05 · answer #2 · answered by gracefulgazellza 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are some of my favorites in no particular order:
"Pride and Prejudice" Jane Austen
"The Scarlet Letter" Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Jane Eyre" Charlotte Bronte
"The Catcher in the Rye" J.D. Salinger
"The Stand" Stephen King
"A Tale of Two Cities" Charles Dickens
"Huckleberry Finn" Mark Twain
2006-06-26 01:23:40 · answer #3 · answered by Kyleen G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are a few of my favourites:
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2006-06-25 23:19:55 · answer #4 · answered by AndyB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gone with the Wind, the Hobbit and Harry Potter are the books I think would be in the running for Best Book of All Time!
And for me The Hobbit would win! I loved it!
2006-07-02 12:42:03 · answer #5 · answered by Bonnebelle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interview with a Vampire
Atlas Shrugged
The Eye of God
The White Dragon
Brotherhood of the Rose
2006-06-25 22:36:37 · answer #6 · answered by My Big Bear Ron 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Count of Montecristo by Alexander Dumas.Its about a young French sailor who was unjustly imprisoned for 14 years before he escapes and ultimately takes revenge on his enemies.The author did a great job describing the emotions of the prisoner.Disbelief,denial,self pity,madness,apathy and finally hope.
2006-06-26 06:53:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dan Brown: the Davinci Code
2006-06-25 23:58:28 · answer #8 · answered by horse_lady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephan King
2006-06-25 22:40:03 · answer #9 · answered by S Vicious757 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uhm, there is quite a lot favourite books... but the author who has the most is Golding for me.
2006-06-25 22:44:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋