Best book that you have read?

Question

Better Than I know Myself

what about you?

Answer 1

The Kite Runner

Answer 2

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.

Count of Montecristo by Alexander Dumas.The hero is Edmond Dantés, a young French sailor who, falsely accused of treason, is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of Château d'If. After staging a dramatic escape he sets out to discover the fabulous treasure of Monte Cristo and catch up with his enemies. A novel of enormous tension and excitement, Monte Cristo is also a tale of obsession and revenge, with Dantés, believing himself to be an `Angel of Providence', pursuing his vengeance to the bitter end before realizing that he himself is a victim of fate.The author did a great job describing the emotions of the prisoner.Disbelief,denial,self pity,madness,apathy and finally hope.For God's sake don't see any of the movies based on the book.They don't do justice to the book.

Savage and Ascension by Kelley Armstrong.Both are available free from the author's website.They tell the story of Clayton,how he was made a werewolf,how Jeremy rescued the feral child wolf and earned Clayton's undying gratitude,and how Clayton became someone to reckon with in his Pack.Told in 1st person from Clayton's view,it is poignant and touching at times and humorous.We understand how his childhood influenced his later life.

Answer 3

I can give you my top 3:

3rd place: Nobody True - James Herbert
2nd place: Ring - Koji Suzuki
1st place: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King.

The latter is such an awesome book! Definately something I will read again!

Answer 4

The Adventures of Sherlock Holms

Answer 5

The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat or Sula by Toni Morrison or A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca (there's so many...)

Answer 6

It's a tie between Angels and Demons by Dan Brown and The Watchers by Dean Koontz.

Answer 7

If I have to pick just one - Chesapeake - By James A. Michener
I always have a book going, sometimes two. My favorite is always whichever one I happen to be reading at the time but the book that moved me from kids stuff to adult stuff was Chesapeake. Not new, but great!

Answer 8

A pair, "I, Claudius" and "Claudius the God" by Robert Graves.
Together they comprise Graves' fictional imagining of a memoir written by the Roman emperor Claudius I. Historical, funny, poignant, wise, and completely involving. I've read it many times and still get lost in it.

Answer 9

definitely anything by V.C. Andrews. I don't really have a favorite book because all of her's are so good. They are really more for girls because all of the main characters in the books are female. But I'm not saying that guys can't read them.

Answer 10

Too many best to pick just one! Kinda of like Best Answer for a question like this - groan.....

Best book read - hmmmm - for entertainment, I will assume, & based on writing style, timelessness and the fact that my name was chosen out of it.

'A Man of Property' - John Galsworthy

Calvin & Hobbes books rank a close second. Har!