Top Books you have read or must read?

Question

please give a little summary

well thought out answers greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks. Its book one of a trilogy. The time is roughly the present, and the U.S. is part of the Vast Machine, a society overseen by the Tabula, a secret organization bent on establishing a perfectly controlled populace. Allied against the Tabula are the Travelers and their sword-carrying protectors, the Harlequins. The Travelers, now almost extinct, can project their spirit into other worlds where they receive wisdom to bring back to earth—wisdom that threatens the Tabula's power. Maya, a reluctant Harlequin, finds herself compelled to protect two naïve Travelers, Michael and Gabriel Corrigan. Michael dabbles in shady real estate deals, while Gabriel prefers to live "off the Grid," eschewing any documentation—credit cards, bank accounts—that the Vast Machine could use to track him. Because the Tabula has engineered a way to use the Travelers for its own purposes, Maya must not only keep the brothers alive, but out of the hands of these evil puppet-masters. She succeeds, but she also fails, and therein lies the tale. By the end of this exciting volume, the first in a trilogy, the stage is set for a world-rending clash between good and evil. It well worth the read. It'll get you jazzed for book two whenever it's written.

The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
Cormac McCarthy sets his new novel, The Road, in a post-apocalyptic blight of gray skies that drizzle ash, a world in which all matter of wildlife is extinct, starvation is not only prevalent but nearly all-encompassing, and marauding bands of cannibals roam the environment with pieces of human flesh stuck between their teeth. If this sounds oppressive and dispiriting, it is. McCarthy may have just set to paper the definitive vision of the world after nuclear war, and in this recent age of relentless saber-rattling by the global powers, it's not much of a leap to feel his vision could be not far off the mark nor, sadly, right around the corner. Stealing across this horrific (and that's the only word for it) landscape are an unnamed man and his emaciated son, a boy probably around the age of ten. It is the love the father feels for his son, a love as deep and acute as his grief.
They are both great reads and are more recent.

Answer 2

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen is a good read. Light at times, heavy at times, it is the story of a dysfunctional family from the Mid-West that takes the reader from a Lithuania-in-chaos to the minute details of being a star chef, and many places in between. The characters are great, too. Winner of the National Book Award, this novel is one of my favorites.

Answer 3

Paradise Lost- great theological arguments and interesting perspective. The fall of Lucifer from his point of view.

A Million Little Pieces- it may be fictionalized but it is still one of the best books I've ever read. An account of the main character's trip through drug rehab and a story of finding your own way.

Stiff- the history of cadavers and cadaver research. Incredibly funny and interesting.

A Tale of Two Cities- anything by Dickens is beautiful literature. It's really detailed. If you like it, read Great Expectations. He does a great job of capturing the desperation of an entire class of people.

The Phantom Tollbooth- kind of a child's book but it has a really interesting story. Awesome movement and transformation.

Answer 4

the top books are
dracula,frankinstien and catcher in the rye

but i would like to summarize kurt vonnegut's
man without a county
what a book
one of the funniest prospectives of or modern world
from a very talented crotchety old fellow
and he leaves you feeling loved
not the best of summaries
but truly do yourself a favour and read this book
it will be worth it to you

Answer 5

The Hobbit/ The Lord of the Rings (R.R Tolkien), The Gunsliger series (Stephen King)

Answer 6

Read John Mortimer's Rumpole of the Bailey series of mysteries. They are awesome. They center around a British barrister named Horace Rumpole who solves crime mysteries while defending various alleged villains and ne'er-do-wells. If you like British humor, you will love these books, and the writing is second to none.

Answer 7

clan of the cave bear


youv got to reed it