Should there be more than one..go for it..i don't care how many just gives me a reading list..lol.
Ok...lets see the Hobbit, LOTR Trillogy, The Silmarillion, by Tolkien...love the world he created and can get lost in it.
Anything by Dennis L. McKiernan...haven't read any of the new stuff..but i like his stuff for the same reason as i like Tolkien's work.
Those are the two main authors i like, it would take awhile to name every book/author. I like Bradbury, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Salvatore. Before you think i just like sci-fi/fantasy...I also like Shakespeare, Alexander Dumas, and others. I just happen to enjoy the escapism of sci-fi/fantasy.
2006-08-31 10:26:18 · 10 answers · asked by broussard_donovan 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Since you’ve already wrote that you’ve read books by Alexandre Dumas my favorites are The Count of Monte Cristo, The Vicomte de Bragelonne, besides naming the usual classics by Dickens, Shakespeare, Bronte, Tolstoy, Austen. Ishall give you another list.
And oh do I have a list for you:
Fiction
1.Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. You can’t go wrong with him it’s suspenseful, and surprisingly very funny. All of his books have a dark humor about them.
2.The Brothers Karamazov also by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
3.Middlemarch by George Eliot.
4.Wicked by Gregory Maguire
5.The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
6.Nana by Emile Zola.
7.The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide by Douglas Adams all five novels.
8.Harry Potter by J.K Rowling which I am pretty sure you’ve heared of or have read them already (I hope)
9.The House of the Spirit by Isabel Allende it’s about magic, politics, families, dreams, and obsessions. It’s really good.
10.The Iguana by Anna Maria Ortese lot’s of twists and turns.
11. Kidnapped by Robert Louis
Non Fiction
1.China. Inc by Ted C. Fishman
2.Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
3.The Histories by Herodotus
From a fellow book lover.Enjoy
2006-08-31 11:36:11 · answer #1 · answered by Sirius Black 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
Orwell for 1984, simply wonderful book.
Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas for 'Altorių Å eÅ¡Äly', 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!
2006-08-31 17:29:59 · answer #2 · answered by Solveiga 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom: A beautiful book. Unlike any other novel I've ever read before. About an old man who dies and meets 5 different people on his way to heaven. Five people who HE had an impact on, all for different reasons.
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling: A magical story that's just fun to read, and it takes you away to a land that only exists in your imagination.
Anything written by Nicholas Sparks: He writes romance novels that are so descriptive. His characters are portrayed so vividly, and so is the love they share. His writing style is so passionate and it makes you almost feel it. You eventually get really intimate with the book. Some of his stories end tragically, but they really are quite beautiful.
2006-08-31 19:36:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The other day, I read a book titled "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle", as a reccomendation from my sister...the cover looks like it will be a soppy romance, but it's actually an action adventure of the 1800s, and an AMAZING read! I'm reccomending it to everyone who asks me for something new to read...
Other than that, I love the Bronte sisters, Jane Austen, Christopher Paolini, and Frank McCourt.
2006-08-31 17:34:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my favorite books are:
-To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee): One of my all time favorite novels, because it's a must read for all ages. This book is timeless.
-Catcher and the Rye (J. D. Salinger): I love this book. Great coming-of-story. The character Holden is unforgetable.
-Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchelle): One of the greatest american love stories of all time. Margaret Mitchelle's masterpiece.
-The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova): It's brilliant. I love this book! The history behind Dracula is absolutely fascinating! Beautifully written.
-Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkein): It's J. R. R. Tolkein! He put his life into these books making them the best books one can read.
-Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling): Harry Potter books are some of the very few books out there that one can read over and over and never tire of them!
-Candide (Voltaire): It's completely random and I love it!
2006-08-31 18:22:48 · answer #5 · answered by Shouin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fountainhead and Atlas shrugged by Ayn Rand
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance by robert pirsig
Dom Casmurro by machado de assis (great brazilian novelist)
of course anything by Dostoevsky, faulkner and Gabriel marquez
2006-08-31 17:45:34 · answer #6 · answered by vick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I liked Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt.
Definitely not Sci-Fi!!
2006-08-31 17:28:51 · answer #7 · answered by stuckinamoment 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Frank Herbert - DUNE & related.
Isaac Asimove - all
Robert Heilein - all <-overall favorite
EGar Allen POE (both horror & scifi)
Lot of people dont relize that EAP wrote scifi type ficiton years before HGW (who I also like).
2006-08-31 17:30:01 · answer #8 · answered by pcreamer2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorite author is Rene Goscinny. He is a French author who wrote the "Petit Nicolas" series of children's books. They are hilarious and they helped me to learn French. I honestly laughed out loud while reading sometimes! :)
2006-08-31 19:21:00 · answer #9 · answered by Rachel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cane River
Gap Creek
i can not say why i thought they were interesting
2006-08-31 18:51:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋