What are "some" of your favorite books?

Question

looking for good books to read..

Answer 1

I like anything from Dean Koontz or Stephen King....very good reads by anything they write....

Answer 2

Some of the best books i ever read.

Books that are good for lit: Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austin
A grain of Wheat- by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
The Chrysalids- John Whyndham ( one of the best ever)
The Guide- R. K. Narayan
Wuthering Heights- Emily Bronte

For light reading-
All harry potter books- JK Rowling
All John Grisham books
Most of Nicholas Sparks books best are ( A walk to remember and the notebook.
Catch me if you can- By Frank Abagnale

Answer 3

Any of Michael Crichton's books are great, he is one of my favorite authors. I am reading State of Fear right now and it is really good. I really like jurassic park and lost world (100 times better than the movies) and Timeline was amazingingly good.
the DaVinci code was also an excellent book, exciting, suspensful, just all around a good read.
Authors: Francine Rivers, Elizabeth Chadwick, Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice is the best book ever!) and I can't think of anything else right now.

Answer 4

I don't know what you like but some of my favorites are

Treasure Island -Robert Louise Stevenson
Anything by Mark Twain
The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind (the first 5 are really good)
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
Green Darkness by Anya Seton
The Hidden Hand by E.D.E.N Southworth
Magic Kingdom for Sale (SOLD) by Terry Brooks (there are also at least two other books after this one.)
The Sevenwaters Triology by Juliet Marillier

That's a little bit of what I like.....

Answer 5

I would say you not only should but it should be made a priority for people to read, "How Reading Changed MY Life" by Ann Quinlan. Some other books I really enjoy is the whole Weetzie Bat Series by Francisca Lia Block, I enjoy some of Ann Rice's work, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin, Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell, Night by Elie Wiesel, Foxfire by Joyce Carol Oates, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, The Bet by Anton Chekhov {it's not a whole story, it is a short story but it is wonderful.}, Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce, A prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving or the World according to garp, Jitterbug Perfume by tom Robbins or Still life with woodpecker by the same man, Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance I don't know by who. A Raw Youth I don't remember how to spell his name. Happy Reading.

Answer 6

Well here are my favorite authors:
Richard Paul Evans
Peter Mayle
Penelope Stokes
John Steinbeck
Catherine Marshall
Janette Oke

Answer 7

Night
Dear America series
Marilyn Monroe Biography

Answer 8

The Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters. The series spans from c.1880s to 1920s, and is about a family of English archaeologists, who seem to corpses wherever they go (and not just of the mummified variety).

http://www.ameliapeabody.com/

Answer 9

here are some of my favorites "Slaughterhouse Five"-Vonnegut,"Naked Lunch"-Burroughs,"Sarum"-Rutherford,"The Sound and The Fury"-Fauukner,"Screw Jack"-Thompson,"Night"-Wiesel,Their Eyes were Watching God"-Hurston,"Dharma Bums"-Kerouac,"The Handmaid's Tale"-Atwood,"I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" ,the Odd Thomas series by Koontz.....i could name about 50 others but I'll stop now

Answer 10

my fav books are
"Harry Potter" by j.k.rowling - cant put the book down,

John Grishams books are totally nice, gd court room novels,

Chetan Bhagat's "Five Point Someone " is an excellent book giving u a excellent insight into students life and thoughts,

Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons "is an excellent art historic n adventurous novel,good thriller.

i enjoyed "Tell me Your Dreams "by Sidney Sheldon of all his books,nice story,unexpected end,good one too.

Answer 11

John Irving's "Until I find you" should be a good start..
There is another author I like, Douglas Kennedy , then the "rabbit" tetralogy by John Updike .
And Michael Crichton's "State of fear' is an absolute must!
Good reading...