What is the best book you've ever read?

Answer 1

I know this is a lower level book but "The Outsiders" really touched me when I read it as a teenager. I still love the book even though I haven't read it in the last 10 years.

Answer 2

My favorite all time fictional novel would have to be Mutiny on the Bounty. This story first captivated my imagination when I read it at the age of 13. Although I later learned that this book does not tell the accurate story of what happened, it still happens to be one of my all time favorites.

Another novel that I also enjoyed was the Thorn Birds, which is a timeless story about human temptation and anxiety. It is quite a sad story, but I feel I learned something about what life was like in Australia in the 20's-60's.

Answer 3

"Finest Hour" by Tim Clayton. It's a true story about a group of individuals (ranging from fighter pilots, sailors, infantrymen, firefighters, nurses, journalists, and civilians of all ages) and their experiences during the Battle of Britain, in the summer if 1940. Although it's technically a history book, the narrative reads like a novel. Very dramatic, very powerful, very moving; it's an excellent book and one of my all-time favorites. I'd highly recommend it.

Any of the short story collections by O. Henry are great too. Late Victorian turn-of-the-century fiction, but not stuffy or uptight at all...in fact, his stories are hilarious!

Answer 4

Avoiding the obvious answer, The Bible.....

The best mass published media driven for entertainment only book is The Hunt for Red October.

The best real LITERATURE book I've read is The Brothers Karamazov.

Answer 5

One of the best books I've ever read is "The Cairo Trilogy" by Naguib Mahfouz because he wrote so well with his live characters regarding one Arab family with its ups and downs as the time went by in Egypt under the British rule. In fact, it's the best translation from a team of four scholars, it helps me understand more on their ways of life in the Islamic world.

Answer 6

King Fortis the Brave

Answer 7

Blind Side by Catherine Coulter
Summer Harbor by Susan Wilson

Answer 8

Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoy. Poignant, troubling, true to life, his characters are people that we know or could know. He tells us about the everyday tragedies that keep us from living. His characters are wonderfully flawed but still endearing. He has an incredible understanding of the conflicts and difficulties of womanhood. He sees into people's soul, a sublime, exquisite, epic novel.

Answer 9

When I was about 11 yrs. old I read a book called 'Five Smooth Stones'. It was about bigots and racists and it had me in tears. No book has touched my soul like that one did.

Answer 10

The Grapes Of Wrath