whats the best book you have ever read?
2006-08-12 15:04:26 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
or book(s).
2006-08-12 15:11:18 · update #1
Most of them best books I have read are in French.
I know you have in English: Harry Potter - all of them
Vim - you are right, it's unfair to have to choose, there are so many excellent books!!
2006-08-12 15:10:10 · answer #1 · answered by Shaana 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Best Books I've Ever Read:
#1: "The Oath" by Frank Peretti
(SCIENCE FICTION)
Frank Peretti has this awesome novel called "The Oath" which scared the living daylights out of me. It's a big thick book and took me a week to read. I was so scared all week I couldn't sleep just hid under the covers! Lol! One of my alltime favorites. He also wrote a book called "Monster" that was pretty good, but I'd have to say "The Oath still beats it for best book I've ever read.
#2: "Mark Of The Lion" triology by Francine Rivers
(HISTORICAL FICTION)
I read a triology by Francine Rivers called The Mark Of The Lion series. I cried with the characters and for them, I was moved so much. The stories are touching and beautifully written. The history in the books sticks with you because when you read an unfamiliar historical term in the story you can look up the definition in the backs of the books.
The first book is about a girl captured in the fall of Jerusalem and made a slave in a wealthy household in Rome, where she falls in love with one of her captors.
The second is a continuation of the stories of some of the characters from the first book.
The third book is about a gladiator who was briefly introduced in the first book.
#3: "The Tombs Of Anak" by Frank Peretti
(YOUNG ADULT SCIENCE FICTION)
The very coolest young adult fiction I've ever read is a series by Frank Peretti. I think the series is called "The Cooper Kids Adventures" and the best book in the series was called "The Tombs of Anak." They're about 2 kids Jay and Lila and their dad who is an archaeologist. It's Indiana Jones/ sci-fi type stuff and I had to read the WHOLE book in one sitting because I couldn't sleep without knowing the ending!!! Some of the books are pretty scary too.
2006-08-12 15:53:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Little Prince, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Midsummer Nights Dream, The Legend of the Fourth King, And of Course all the Harry Potter books! ;D
2006-08-13 00:54:00 · answer #3 · answered by Artemis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aside from the 'Great Classics' which it is understood are great, I really enjoyed 'Aztec' by Gary Jennings. Also his 'Raptor' is good, but his stories are a little bizarre and a little intense.Wonderfully researched and written though.
'The Mists of Avalon' by Marian Zimmer Bradley is intriguing and memorable. 'Green Darkness' by Anya Seton. 'London' by Edward Rutherfurd, 'The Pillars of the Earth' by Ken Follett, are all favorites, and I couldn't put down 'The Time Traveler's Wife' by Audrey Niffenegger, either
To paraphrase Will Rogers, I can almost say I've never met a book I didn't like.
2006-08-12 18:32:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Andromeda Stain (Michael Crichton)
The History of Love ( Nicole Krauss)
Sophie's World & The Solitaire Mystery (Jostein Gaarder)
Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccacio)
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
2006-08-13 03:28:11 · answer #5 · answered by Angela D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about best book EVER, but best book in the last 2 years is "Time Travellers wife" by Audrey Niffenegger. Absolutely amazing! I work in a bookstore and am constantly telling people to buy that book. I've even had people come back and thank me for recommending it to them.
2006-08-12 15:11:16 · answer #6 · answered by samina 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One of the best plays is Hamlet' by Shakepeare while one of the best novels is Conrad's 'Nostromo' One of the best short poems is Keats' Ode to Autumn. An excellent philosophy book is Russell's Problems of Philsophy......There are so many good books we need to cultivate the art of reading as practiced by Schopenhauer: read only the best.
2006-08-12 18:12:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eragon, definitely. I don't see why Christopher Paolini gets so much B.S. about it. Can't wait till the movie comes out Dec. 15! I also like all of the Fearless books by Francine Pascal.
2006-08-12 19:13:44 · answer #8 · answered by Haylee N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pride and Prejudice, A Room with a View, Saving Francesca, Sender Unknown, Alice, I Think
that's my top five
2006-08-12 15:18:23 · answer #9 · answered by mythic120 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as a kid, "death be not proud", "watership down" and "to kill a mockingbird" all were among the better books i read.
in my college years, first "the fountainhead" and later "atlas shrugged" by ayn rand were significant influences.
also enjoyed stephen king's "the stand" for sheer entertainment (was very impressed by the extent to which he was capable of creating such a detailed fictional world).
today i'd have to say the most influential book i've read is "the art of happiness" by the dalai lama.
2006-08-12 15:12:25 · answer #10 · answered by jeff 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋