What is the best book you ever read?

Question

Who was the author? What was it about? And what was so good about it?

Answer 1

Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. The characters and places were just so mesmerizing and captivating... ^_^ I LOVE IT!!! And the characters stay with you throughout the entire story.

~El-Matto

Answer 2

Invisible Man - by Ralph Ellison. Masterfully written book about the experiences of a black youht in 1940's America. What I loved about it is the rich symbolism......the author writes a scene, but it "means" something else.

Angels & Demons - by Dan Brown. I don't know why "DaVinci Code" is so popular when this is a MUCH better book! Fast-paced action thriller that expertly combines science, religion, art, and history into an exciting "can't put it down" page-turner.

Answer 3

Well i don't really know the authors name but the book's name is Look for me Before Midnight (i think) I don't really remember but it was about this girl, her dad left his family for another woman-- well but they were still happy with each other, one day she comes and stays with her dad i think for summer vacations-then there is a guy that she meets--she kind likes him--but this older man makes her feel diffrent-she is cnfused--but then some people that live in that place where her dad works tell the girl that is hounted cuz a girl got killed there!!! She thinks that she has seen that girl floating by the ocean!! well i actually didn't get to finish it cuz it was long and i had to turn it in but i wished i had it so i could finish it!!! + i think that, that was the most SAD, ROMANTIC, SCARY book i had ever kinda read!!!

Answer 4

"the five people you meet in heaven" written by mitch albom. he is also the author of the international bestseller of "tuesdays with morrie". what is it about?

'eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in the toil of his father before him, fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. as the aprk has changed over the years -- from the loop-the-loop to the pipeline plunge -- so, too, has eddie changed, from optimistic youth to embittered old age. the war left him wounded. his days tumbled into one another, a mix of loneliness, regret and sad dreams of what could have been.

then, on his eighty-third birthday, eddie dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. with his final breath, he feels two small hands in his -- and then nothing. he awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush garden of eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five people who were in it. these people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. yet each of them changed your path for ever.

as the story builds to its stunning conclusion, eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unkown last act of his life: was it a heroic success or a devastating failure? the answer, which comes from the most unlikely sources, is as magical and inspirational as a glimpse of heaven itself.'

i recommend you the book. it will make you think afterwards. you'll rethink about the way you see heaven. don't worry. it's pretty easy reading because the diction used was simple. what made it good was because, basically, it made me think.

Answer 5

The best book i ever read was The Truth about Forever by Sarah Dessen. Its about a girl and her life basicly. I cant tell you exactly was I liked the most about it.The writing style that she uses and the lessons she teaches in her writing are really good.

Answer 6

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The legendary story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his redemption into compassion for his fellow man is very powerful and the descriptive narrative style of Dickens has yet to be equaled as Tiny Tim says "God bless us everyone "

Answer 7

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. It was 830 pages and I read it 5 times. I lived that Civil War with Mammy, Scarlet and Rhett. I could find myself lost in Scarlet's bad temper and loving Rhett and hating Ashley. AHHH..Makes me wanna pick it up again.

Answer 8

It actually was a series. It was Star Trek A Time To:.... and then the name of that specific book. I really am not much of a reader, but this kept my interst and I loved it!

Answer 9

"The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich"

Answer 10

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It's about to fulfill your dream. The good about it, it makes you feel you're able to make your dream comes true.