What's your favourite book?

Answer 1

The Catcher in the Rye

Answer 2

I don't read as much as I should. I have been spending too much time on Answers!

Some of the books I have read more than once (and would read again) include: The Pickwick Papers, David Copperfield and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy; almost all Jane Austen's (Pride & Prejudice is my favorite, I think); GK Chesterton's Short Stories; Hercule Poirot and anything by Margery Allingham (must find those again); The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit (I hope they will make a film of the Hobbit!); Harry Potter ... eagerly awaiting the final book!

My favorite of favorites, however, has to be Pears' Cyclopedia of about 1960 ... a fascinating collection of articles about almost anything and everything. I know 1960 is a little out of date now, but the later editions missed out the science sections and a lot of stuff that is just randomly interesting!

Answer 3

The Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz(yay Duncan R)
The Harry Potter Series by J.K Rowling
The Stravaganza Series by Mary Hoffman
The Withern Rise Trilogy (I can't remember the author; I think the first name is Micheal?) (The trilogy name might be different in the UK)
The King in the Window by Adam Gopnik(<---super-awesome confusing book alert!!!)
Queen's Own Fool (I can't remember the authors, but I know there is 2.)

UPDATE
I thought of some others:

The Great Starvation Experiment by Todd Tucker
Hitler Youth (can't remember author; I think it's a girl)
The Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein
The Ember Series by Jean DePrau
and many, amny, amny others.....

whatsername - my brother loves Hunter S. Thompson, too.
depydoo - Oooooooo......I love that book. It's really sad, moving.

Answer 4

The Catcher in the Rye and
The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Answer 5

The Holy Bible - it has everything, intrigue, romance, war, philosophy, poetry, all the human emotions, stirring stories, good advice on problems we meet in every day life. There's something new to be found in it every day.

My second favourite book is "Seven Masters one path" by John Selby, published by Random House, 2003 which details the meditation secrets from the world's greatest teachers (Patanjali, Lao-Tzu, Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed, Gudjieff and Krishnamurti)

Answer 6

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. It was the first book I ever cried while reading it and I have a genuine emotional engagement with. Irving always starts with bizarre scenarios, then deals with characters and their guilt. So I think that is why he gets through to all his readers.

Answer 7

Discover the Power Within You: A Guide to the Unexplored Depths Within by Eric Butterworth.

Answer 8

I have 11 favorite books:
1. "The Loch", by Steve Alten
2. "Loch", by Paul Zindel
3. "Deathbird Stories", by Harlan Ellison
4. "The Art of Talk", by Art Bell
5. "The Quickening", by Art Bell
6. "The Coming Global Superstorm", by Art Bell and Whitley Streiber
7. "The Source", by Art Bell and Brad Steiger
8. "The Heart of a Witch", by Judith Hawkes
9. "The Einstein Intersection, by Samuel R. Delany
10. "The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds", by Paul Zindel
11. "Jeff Gordon: Racing to the Front - My Memoir", by Jeff Gordon

Answer 9

I've got several:

House Of Leaves
A Clockwork Orange
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Breakfast At Tiffany's

Answer 10

Curse of Lono; Hunter S. Thompson
and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Hunter S. Thompson

Answer 11

Milan Kundera's The Eternity