2006-12-06 10:01:11 · 15 answers · asked by i♥TheDoors! 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I don't know. There are so many to choose from...
Some of the books of the Bible standout...Job comes to mind at the moment.
I can never decide if I like Persuasion or Pride and Prejudice better (Jane Austen).
Helle Haase's "In a Dark Wood Wandering" is haunting.
Connie Willis' "The Doomsday Book" is as well, but then her "To Say Nothing of the Dog" is totally hilarious (just like its inspiration "Three Men in a Boat...")
Nick Hornby's "About a Boy" is my favourite until I read his
"A Long Way Down".
And there are "Great Expectations", "The Old Man and the Sea", "Love in the Time of Cholora"...
Nope, I cannot name just one piece of literature that is THE best I ever read. Sorry. ; )
2006-12-06 10:11:26 · answer #1 · answered by tantiemeg 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"The Scarlett Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is my favorite.
I had to read it in college & I've read it at least another 5 or 6 times since. The movie (not the one with Demie Moore but the original) is filmed according to the book & is equally as good.
"Tiger Eyes" by Judy Blume is another favorite.
The girl in the story - I can relate to from my own personal experience. I read this one as a teenager for school. Even as an adult I've read it another 2 or 3 times along with my oldest daughter who has also read it & liked it.
2006-12-06 18:22:47 · answer #2 · answered by tygernside 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For Whom the Bells Tolls - Hemingway
East of Eden - Steinbeck
Cat's Cradle - Vonnegut
Pulp - Bukowski
Naked Lunch - Burrough's
2006-12-06 20:43:16 · answer #3 · answered by Random 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to say "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson. It's about a high school girl 'who is HATED by everyone. She must try to gain back her dignity over her course of high school. Meanwhile, she is constantly being hounded by a guy who had......starts with an s and ends in an x and has only an e inbetween and its three letters long. If i type it out, the computer will block it. so ya. I LOVE THAT BOOK!!!!!!
2006-12-06 18:15:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watership Down by Richard Adams
2006-12-06 18:08:37 · answer #5 · answered by kathylouisehall 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
King Fortis the Brave!
2006-12-09 09:43:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Kinda dry at first...then the bombings of Dresden, Germany during WWII...then.....THEN...the main character gets abducted by aliens and put on display at a zoo on a distant planet with a famous actress...how cool is that?
2006-12-06 18:33:20 · answer #7 · answered by VA Mamma 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a science fiction book from the Shadowrun series, it was Never Deal With Dragons.
2006-12-06 18:09:28 · answer #8 · answered by latterlycool 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. Not so much for the plot as just the pure truth and power of her writing style.
(I so knew the first answer to this would be the bible! :P )
2006-12-06 18:10:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd have to second Watership Down!
2006-12-07 02:26:24 · answer #10 · answered by Horizon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋