What is the title and author of the best book you've ever read?

Question

And also, tell me why you think that it's the best book you've read

Answer 1

Harry Potter Book 6 by the almighty J.K. Rowling =D

And we know why HP is the best. Exciting, intellectual, and entertaining. what can I say?

Answer 2

Memoir geisha - arthur golden

When i was first recommended by friend, i don;t find it very special seeing the coverpage. It just to entertain my friend when i first read this book. But when i read the first page, the writer present it so well that i thought i was the character in it and can almost felt the nostalgic of the story... It was very touching and it was based on true story..It won International best seller for the past 10 years. Btw, i read this 8 years ago..No other book beat this.

If you have watch the movie version, i think it was a dissapointment, It doesnt reflect the story at all and i dun feel for it. Sayuri the character in it was actually a very strong minded woman but the movie Zhang ziyi hardly show that...So i would recommend to read the book yourself.

Answer 3

"Moby Dick" by Herman Melville.

There are so many layers to the novel, and it's so well-written, that it's a masterpiece. Melville uses so many different conventions and creates a few forms for his own use - reviewers when the book came out complained that it seemed to be a patchwork.

One minute, Melville is making a point about the absurdity of racism, and the next minute, you're finding dirty puns. In the next sentence, there is so much assonance, consonance, and alliteration, that it seems to be poetry.

The book is about obsession and about leadership; when is it right to dispose of a leader when he/she is so caught up in one goal that it threatens everything else? What's more evil - the obsessed man, or the crew that doesn't stop him? Can man ever really control nature? Is his real name Ishmael? What's the deal with Queequeg?

Answer 4

between cutting-edge novels I loved: the beautiful Bones; Memoirs of a Geisha; The Time vacationer's spouse. through the years, books that quite stand out in my reminiscence: lengthy gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell); To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee); Shogun (James Clavell); Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follet) ... and that i will not in any respect forget Sophie's decision, by William Styron. What all of them had in elementary? those weren't only characters in a e book; they were human beings I got here to care about.

Answer 5

That's a tough question! I'll give you a list in no particular order.
Grapes of Wrath --- John Steinbeck
To a God Unknown --- John Steinbeck
Demian --- Herman Hesse
Sidhartha -- Herman Hesse
Icon and Idea -- Herbert Read
The Spell of the Sensuous-- David Abrams
The Sorrows of a Young Werther -- Goethe
all good books

Answer 6

I have so many favorate authors.Hard to pick out just one.

Count of Montecristo by Alexander Dumas.The hero is Edmond Dantés, a young French sailor who, falsely accused of treason, is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of Château d'If. After staging a dramatic escape he sets out to discover the fabulous treasure of Monte Cristo and catch up with his enemies. A novel of enormous tension and excitement, Monte Cristo is also a tale of obsession and revenge, with Dantés, believing himself to be an `Angel of Providence', pursuing his vengeance to the bitter end before realizing that he himself is a victim of fate.The author did a great job describing the emotions of the prisoner.Disbelief,denial,self pity,madness,apathy and finally hope.For God's sake don't see any of the movies based on the book.They don't do justice to the book.

Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are 8 books in the series beginning with stormfront.It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicago's only professional wizard who works as a detective.He stands between the general population who is ignorant about the supernatural world and the monsters - vampires,werewolves,fallen angels,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.

Reilly's Luck by Louis L'Amour.Its a western.A young boy is abandoned by his own mother(she tells her boyfriend to kill him)The boy ends up with a gambler and he brings him up.Turns out to be the best gamble he ever made.The boy grows up and later kills the people who murdered the gambler.The Daybreakers,Fair blows the wind,Galloway are also good books by the same author.

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.

Bellarion by Rafael Sabatini is also a favorate.

Answer 7

the best book was an autobiography..."the story of my experiments with the truth-an autobiography", it was written by mohandas gandhi, i found it interesting, i mean, i have always heard about what a great man gandhi was and i always thought that following the path of truth was a bit overrated, but after i read this book, it made me realize that it is in fact underrated. i learned that it takes only the wisest and greatest of men to actually do what mahatma gandhi did. it was very inspiring and taught me to look at life froma different perspective, and being an indian born and raised in america, it made me feel a sense of national pride for my motherland, which hadn't been so strong before i read the book.

Answer 8

There are a lot of good books out there. I love the Harry Potter series, King Fortis the Brave kept me turning the pages and Eragon pulled me right in. It's hard to pick which one was best.

Answer 9

in no particular order:
War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
Beloved - Toni Morrison
Master and Marguarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy O'Toole
Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
Cry the Beloved Country - Alan Paton
The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy

Answer 10

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. Why? I'm not at all sure I can answer that. Each time I read it I get further into the time, the place, the characters, the mood ... it's just the book for me, I suppose ... probably not for everyone. Books are very personal.

Answer 11

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

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