What are the five best books you have ever read? (Trying to expand my horizons)
Note: If you are thinking about listing the bible, qur'an or anything else like it, I advise you to simply back away now (unless you have a non-spiritual reason for recommending any of those books)
2006-08-19 19:17:52 · 21 answers · asked by John S 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel - by Susannah Clarke
A Kingdom for a Song - Ira J. Morris
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
Valis - Philip K. Dick
My Year of Meat - Ruth Ozeki
2006-08-19 19:21:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I want to start by saying The DaVinchi Code was good, but Map of Bones by James Rollins was better.
The Ingenuity Gap By Thomas Homer Dixon, and Blink by Malcom Galdwell, were interesting reads.
American Gods, and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman had some dark humour that was fresh.
Thief of time, and Night Watch by Terry Pratchett were good laughs. (Terry and Neil teamed up on a book called Good Omens). That has undertones of poking fun of a famous European prophet, who I won't name.
Factoring Humanity by Robert J. Sawyer was good for Sci-fi.
Snow Crash, and The Cryptomonicron by Neal Stephenson were also good Sci-fi books.
And as for thriller books, all that I have read so far is most of Velocity, by Dean Koontz.
I forewent the classics that I have read, and own because they were already listed. But to quickly list those... Narnia, L.O.T.R., The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, and I can see the Harry Potter books becoming a classic.
Books I want to read are... Life Expectancy, Messiah Code, Flashforward, Free World, Six Questions Of Socrates, and the last Harry Potter... At least those are the ones I really want to read.
I hope that list broadens your variety.
CyberNara
2006-08-19 21:40:04 · answer #2 · answered by Joe K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Life Of Pi
The Sevens Series (this series is absolutely astounding, it deals with almost every serious issue that faces teens like rape, homosexuality, death, divorce, friendship, ect...)
The Alchemist... (WOW! This book is absolutely incredible. It taught me so many things. It provided me with the courage to just do what i've always wanted and actually try to accomplish my dreams... it gave me strength and something to look forward to. It's so real and heartwarming and just... so amazing. Honestly. And it's got some of the best metaphors and figurative speech that i've ever read.)
I'm actually surprised at myself since i haven't read very many great books. I've read a lot of books but i can't even think of two more that i thought were great. Of course, there are books that i found to be good like Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, Tuesdays With Morrie, The Notebook, The Bean Trees, Are You There God? It's me, Margaret, The Mystery of Olga Chekhova, I Never Promised You A Rose Garden, ect...
God, i need to expand my own horizons!
2006-08-19 19:39:40 · answer #3 · answered by falzalnz 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pillars of the Earth- by Ken Follet
Christ The Lord- Anne Rice
Kaleidoscope- Danielle Steel
The Magic of Blood
The Book of God The Bible as A Novel
2006-08-19 19:24:40 · answer #4 · answered by chimpstarweasel 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here are some books I really like "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway; "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens; "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis; "Where the Wind Blows" by James Patterson; "The Shining" by Stephen King; "Stranger In a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein; "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman. I'm sorry, I can't just pick one good book lol.
2006-08-19 19:22:29 · answer #5 · answered by poeticjustice 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love to read when I get time some of the following books to have been amongst my favourite:
1) Dreaming in Colour (by Charlotte Vale)
2) The Chrysalids (by John Wyndham)
3) The Razors Edge (by W. Somerset Maugham)
4) Don't Die My Love (by Lurlene McDaniel)
5) the END of RELIGION (by Bruce Cavey)
With all these books, I found that once I started reading them I couldn't put them down, especially Dreaming in colour.
2006-08-19 19:36:00 · answer #6 · answered by child_of_grace 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about the top five, but books that come to mind:
Night
Interview with a Vampire
Bone-setter's Daughter
The Good Earth
Life of Pi
Memoirs of a Geisha
Davinci Code
2006-08-19 19:31:00 · answer #7 · answered by sofun 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neo-Humanism: Liberation of the Intellect
(Prabhat R. Sarkar)
Travels with my Master
(Dada Dharmadevananda)
Prout in a Nutshell
(P. R. Sarkar)
Microvita in a Nutshell
(PR Sarkar)
Ananda Marga Spiritual Philosophy
(Shrii Shrii Anandamurtijii)
~ I recommend this because it details a fresh life philosophy. It teaches the mind to discriminate from the Real to the Unreal. It gives a practical approach to the attainment of the real purpose of human life and thus answers man's need for fulfilment. It focuses the mind for the attainment of Bliss.
2006-08-19 19:42:23 · answer #8 · answered by consciousnessrevo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Wraeththu Trilogy by Storm Constantine. That's 3.
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Shining by Stephen King
2006-08-19 19:29:47 · answer #9 · answered by tjnstlouismo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
2. Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue
3. The Birth House by Ami McKay
4. The Girls by Lori Lansens
5. Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood
I also love
The Blind Assasin by Margaret Atwood
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Fall on Your Knees by Ann Marie MacDonald
2006-08-19 19:25:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋