I read alot, and have a wide range of tastes. :)
2006-11-27 10:34:21 · 15 answers · asked by Jez 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Okay, I guess the answer to that changes every month ... but right this minute, my favourite book is "Justin Thyme".
I actually bought the book for my kids, but after reading a couple of chapters to them at bedtimes, I swiped the book for myself!
It's got everything: spies, time travel, memory-loss, a teenage billionaire, a computer-literate gorilla, the Loch Ness Monster and an eight-legged cat! It's full of all manner of cryptic clues hidden in the text, and even though I finished it almost a week ago, I can't resist sneaking it out of my kids' room at night and trying to find just one more hidden clue.
Okay, I realise I must be going through my second childhood, but it's facsinated me and I can't help telling everyone about it!
2006-11-27 10:42:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favourite books at the moment are the Farseer Trilogy and the Tawny Man trilogy by Robin Hobb. They are kind of fantasy/adventure/coming of age - the relationship between the main character and his best friend is just beautiful and the books are really involving because it's told from first person from the same character throughout both series, so you really get to know and love him. These series are each like one long story split into three books rather than three smaller storylines, so some people find the first book a little dull because it's mostly setting the scene and character development, although there is still some action. So if you decide to try it stick it out.
Some of my other favourite books:
Magician by Raymond E Feist
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
1984 - George Orwell
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky
The World According to Garp - John Irving
The Ill Made Mute, The Lady of the Sorrows and The Battle of Evernight - Cecilia Dart-Thornton
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
The Odyssey - Homer
Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
On the Road - Jack Kerouack? (spelling?)
The Liveship Traders series by Robin Hobb
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
Faust - Goethe
There are so many more but I have no time... Have fun! : )
2006-11-27 20:34:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. The Stand by Stephen King. Don't read the abridged version. it is fantastic and is a GREAT book if you love fully developed characters.
2. The Princess Bride by William Goldman. It will be in the SciFi/Fantasy section of your bookstore. It is much funnier than the movie, and is VERY creative.
3. The Catcher in the Rye. It is the book that inspired the man who killed Lennon to do it, because in his irrational mind he was an incarnation of Holden Caufield, the protagonist. Fascinating!
4. IT by Stephen King. I couldn't put it down...even in class. (I got caught reading it during a lecture...)
5. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire. (He also wrote Wicked.) I have read all of his adult books. He is not an extremely talented writer, but has fantastic ideas and his books are very well-researched. This book looks at Cinderella through a stepsister's eyes. It is an adult book, I assure you.
6. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Very interesting, creative...and I'm not an avid Sci Fi reader.
7. Night by Eli Weisel. A very dark, truthful look at the Holocaust.
I could go on and on, but this list should last you through at least New Years. :-) Enjoy!
2006-11-27 19:08:53 · answer #3 · answered by Esma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I enjoy Autobigraphical and Sci-Fi.
My favorites in autobio have been Merle Haggard's story (two books) and Richard Marchinko (Navy Seal Commander)
In Sci-Fi I enjoy Issac Asimov (any), David Eddings, Brian Jacques (Redwall series) Roger Zelazny (Amber Chronicles)
Raymond Feist (Riftwar Saga) I am currently reading Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight... Even better than I anticipated.
I also enjoy esoteric material, such as Edgar Cayce readings and last but not least for all with an open mind
The Source by Art Bell and Brad Stieger is incredible!
2006-11-27 18:51:40 · answer #4 · answered by wi_saint 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Key by Junichiro Tanizaki, The Sound Of Waves by Yukio Mishima, On The Road by Jack Keroac, and The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield.
2006-11-27 18:43:08 · answer #5 · answered by Agent H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Agent H's picks. Also, I'm always pushing Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Zuckerman Bound by Philip Roth. Ocean of Words is a great collection of short stories by Ha Jin. Naomi by Junichiro Tanizaki. Underworld by Don DeLillo. Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. And for a trip through a frantic, sometimes tedious, world, try J.R. by William Gaddis. Read on.
2006-11-28 05:30:51 · answer #6 · answered by Hazel Motes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read well over 565,000 books in my life. Currently I read sci-fi/fantasy, mystery, mystery/thrillers, thrillers, adventure, westerns, weird mysteries and or thrillers and archaeological mysteries and thrillers and paleontolical books. Favorite authors right now are many and diverse. Try some of these authors: Matthew Reilly, James Clemens, Jack duBrul, J.A.Jance, Stuart Woods, James Doss, John Dunning, Chris Kuzneski, Clive Cussler, Ted Bell, Trudi Canavan, David Drake, John Ringo, Eric Flint, Dennis McKiernan, Raymond Feist, Mercedes Lackey, R.A. Salvatore, H. Rider Haggard, H. Beam Piper, David Weber, Matthew Woodring Stover and many many others. Have fun.
2006-11-27 19:29:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read James Joyce. Start with Dubliners or Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Then Ulysses, which I think is the best book ever written.
2006-11-27 19:40:56 · answer #8 · answered by Dave 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Left Behind series
2. Anything by Danielle Steel
3. Anything by James Patterson
4. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
5. Dakota Treasures series by Lauraine Snelling
6. DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
7. anything by Tom Clancy
8. Hadassah: One Night With the King
2006-11-27 20:00:11 · answer #9 · answered by bookworm_382 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by:
Ayn Rand
Terry Goodkind
Terry Brooks
Elizabeth Haydon
Robert Jordon
Katherine Kerr
2006-11-27 18:51:45 · answer #10 · answered by Shea 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋