the Bible/Koran/etc. is not a novel
I think I would say Crime and Punishment for myself.
2006-07-19 13:41:43 · 37 answers · asked by anonacoup 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Tale of Genji because of its historical past, or The Grapes of Wrath.
2006-07-19 13:45:14 · answer #1 · answered by newsblews361 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Speaker For the Dead
Orson Scott Card
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
A Prayer For Owen Meany
John Irving
2006-07-19 16:51:54 · answer #2 · answered by Welshwoman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Brother Karamazov - Fyodor Doestoyevsky
Shogun - James Clavell
The Art of War - Sun Tzu
The Prince - Machiavelli
The Book of Five Rings - Musashi Miyamoto
2006-07-19 13:46:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451166892/104-7694430-0886348?v=glance&n=283155
2006-07-19 13:57:29 · answer #4 · answered by allaboutthewords 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love a lot of novels...
Life of Pi
The Devil Wears Prada
Lovely Bones
Speak/Laurie Halse Anderson
Push/Sapphire
Monster/Myers
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius/Eggers
Buried Onions/Soto
Me Talk Pretty One Day/Sedaris
2006-07-19 17:16:50 · answer #5 · answered by Meow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say Stephen King's "The Stand." Sci-fi-ish, fantasy, yet with a very realistic overtone and some of the things which happened in the book could very easily happen tomorrow or the day after. You can't put it down once you start reading it. It's King's masterpiece work.
2006-07-19 15:44:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell and it's sequel Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley.Happy reading!
2006-07-19 14:35:56 · answer #7 · answered by Diya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the best book, but the most frightening novel I've ever read is "Fatherland" by Robert Harris. It is a murder mystery set in Nazi Germany... 1964.
My favorite authors are John Grisham and Robert Ludlum.
2006-07-19 13:55:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
2006-07-19 17:21:10 · answer #9 · answered by Alias400 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hunchback of Notre Dame--Victor Hugo
2006-07-19 14:08:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
2006-07-19 13:46:58 · answer #11 · answered by bob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋