I love to read, and i have one too many favorite authors and books i just want to expand my options in reading.
2006-07-17 09:38:38 · 32 answers · asked by kassidiek 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Hermann Hesse for 'Steppenwolf', 'Demian', 'Sidharta', 'Knulp' and all the other wonderful books, a really spectacular writer.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for 'The Sorrows of Young Werther', a book that charmed me when i was a little teen girl and that i simply don't want to read now as i know it wouldn't leave me the same impression now; and of course for 'Faust', the greatest book ever written, and for including the most amazing character among all the worlds literature of all times — Mefistofel.
Fiodor Dostoevsky for 'The Idiot', 'The Kamarazov Brothers' and 'The Crime and Punishment', the greatest Russian literature monuments.
Edgar Allan Poe and Anton Chekhov for the most amazing short stories ever.
Freud for the 'Interpretations of Dreams' and any other wonderful work on psychoanalysis.
Gabriel Garzia Marquez for 'One Hundred Years of Loneliness', hoping the other books will be as good as this one.
Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas for 'Altorių Šešėly', the book that could have been a worldwide known literature masterpiece if not the soviet literature censorship.
Michail Bulgakov for 'The Master and Margarita', the hugest literature work i know [3 plots, around 500 characters], having the best portrait of devil and also the book, which helped me to put my point of view about religion in words.
Deitel for JAVA How To Program because i wouldn't have survive in computer science without it.
Samuel Beckett for 'Not I', the play that i dream to read in an expressive reading contest, someday..
Pablo Neruda for the most magnificent poems.
My friend Aivaras for his special prose - you could f***** do great in literature if you wouldn't be a doc!
And that's all i remember now..
2006-07-17 09:51:06 · answer #1 · answered by Solveiga 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Terry Brook - The Shanara Series; The Landover Series
David Eddings
Mercedes Lackey- Valdemar Series
Ray Bradbury
Bernard Shaw
Roger Zelany- The Amber series but it is a very good idea to start with the first book 9 Princes in Amber.
Douglass Adams- The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series; the Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
2006-07-17 13:08:54 · answer #2 · answered by CuriousCat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortaility series.
Tad Williams Tailchaser's Song
Richard Adams Watership Down
J.R.R. Tolkein, The Hobbit, Lord of The Rings
Lewis Caroll, Alice in Wonderland
Paula Volksy, Illusion
T.S. Elliot poetry
Edgar Allan Poe, stories & poetry
2006-07-17 11:25:57 · answer #3 · answered by Amy W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like a lot of authors, but one of the interesting books that I've read was by Joseph Wambaugh, it was either Black Marble or Black Pearl, I forget the title. It was a suspense and dramatic comedy about an alcoholic cop and a female investigator who go after a dog napper who kidnapped a society woman's award-winning schauzer. Others who I like are Rachel Gibson (her newest is Sex, Lies, and Online Dating, a romantic comedy), and Marian Keyes (try Sushi for Beginners, a comedy about three different women living in Dublin). Just a thought. Happy reading.
2006-07-17 09:58:02 · answer #4 · answered by Cecelia R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Philippa Gregory's books - The Other Boleyn Girl, The Constant Princess, The Queen's Fool, and The Virgin's Lover. She's a fantastic writer and the books are part facts, part fictional history.
2006-07-17 09:43:53 · answer #5 · answered by Shqiptare 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like fantasy/sci-fi books. Some of my fave authors include:
Mercedes Lackey
Barb & J.C. Hendee
Laurell K. Hamilton
Anne Bishop
Kim Harrison
Maggie Furey
Tanya Huff
Anne McCaffrey
Diana Wynn Jones
I have got too many faves....
2006-07-17 11:03:24 · answer #6 · answered by Ashley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I enjoy reading. One of my altime favorites is The Secret Garden. I love all the detail and it makes you feel like your in the book. Once you start reading it it's hard to stop. I also enjoy reading Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne. Again, great detail. These books really make you feel like your in the book. They all have an advanture to them. My favorite is Earth Quakes in the Early Morning. It's about the earthquake in Sanfransisco. Way back in 1902. It's really good!
2006-07-17 09:46:54 · answer #7 · answered by secretlifeluver 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Old Man and The Sea
Ernest Hemingway
2006-07-17 19:24:19 · answer #8 · answered by nunosapunso 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen King
2006-07-17 09:52:05 · answer #9 · answered by . 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen King
2006-07-17 09:42:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋