Mine is the Great Gatsby.
2007-01-23 16:34:40 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
crime and punishment, b/c there is always someone who is arrogant enough to believe that rules just don't apply to them.
2007-01-23 16:38:04 · answer #1 · answered by cutegirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For drama, poetry, wisdom, hard-luck stories, stupid human tricks, greed, love, loss and virtually every other human condition, you just cannot beat The Bible.
All those stories are there for a reason: to let us know that no matter what we encounter, someone else has already been there--done that. It tells us what the person's options were, what choice they made and the consequences of the choice, good or bad.
Look at it this way ... a wise person knows they cannot possibly use trial and error to learn everything. We simply do not have enough time for that lengthy process! Why not just learn from the mistakes of others?
2007-01-23 16:50:46 · answer #2 · answered by ax2usn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Steppenwolf - by Hermann Hesse.
Read it at about age 14 or 15.
Up until that time I had never felt that anyone shared my internal world - I felt upon reading it that I was seeing a mirror into my own mind. It was both comforting and unsettling.
Time has not changed my perception of either myself, the book, or my reaction to it.
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2007-01-23 16:59:47 · answer #3 · answered by cyclgrrl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catch-22
2007-01-23 16:36:32 · answer #4 · answered by alex 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Ramona" by Helen Hunt Jackson
Why? Because of the time and space and age I was at the point of reading it for the first time. I believe most people's "favorite" book has more to do with who and where they were at the time they read it than it has to do with how well written or insightful the work might be.
2007-01-23 18:25:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of all time is a tough one. I'd have to say "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy." I love the humor. I'm also a recent fan of Jasper Fforde and found his "The Fourth Bear" to be an excellent read that, if it holds up with subsequent reads, could unseat Mr. Adams.
2007-01-23 16:43:40 · answer #6 · answered by Lex 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow that's tough to choose just one, but I'd have to say 1984 by George Orwell because it's so prophetic. Love Gatsby, but I have to go with 1984.
2007-01-23 16:41:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
1984: The story was written in the 1940s and seems to have been almost a prophecy for the nanny state the US is becoming (the Patriot Act, for instance).
I'm a retired Marine and it breaks my heart to see that only a few people are seeing the similarities between 1984 and today.
Big brother is always watching.
2007-01-23 16:40:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
I loaned it from the library and read it in about four sittings. It's hilarious non stop action. I'm afraid to watch the movie in case it ruins my memory of the book.
2007-01-23 17:31:36 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wizard and glass by Steven King. i can't even begin to explain the genius that the book is. steven king has woven throughout perhaps a dozen of his books hints and clues of a secret world that without each other are meaningless bits of trivia. in the aforementioned book, so much of his "dark tower" is revealed.
2007-01-23 16:39:40 · answer #10 · answered by Justin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the book "War of the Rats". It is a War thriller about an expert Russian and German sniper that are each trying to hunt the other one. I couldn't put this book down.
2007-01-23 16:43:03 · answer #11 · answered by Mauer_Power07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋