your favorite book you ever read?

Answer 1

Thief of Time

Answer 2

The Stranger by Albert Camus
100 años de Soliedad by Gabriel García Marquéz

Answer 3

Catcher in the Rye is my absolute favorite book. I thought it was just going to be another classic book I had to read, but it was very interesting and just an awesome book.

Answer 4

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Answer 5

I think my favorite book of all time is 'A Short History of a Small Place', by T. R. Pearson. It's the first book in a trilogy about life in a small North Carolina town.

It's been ages since I read the novel, but I remember laughing out loud many times while reading it on a commuter train, and wanting to read the most brilliant passages to other passengers. Essentially it's a series of stories about the eccentric people and bizarre events in this rural community, as told by a young boy's father.

The stories themselves are humerous, but they aren't all that makes the book great. Pearson's descriptions, through the eyes of an observant boy trying to make sense of the world, are so right for the setting that I often felt as if I was the child sitting at his father's knee. The phrase "Daddy said" must be used more often in this novel than any other.

Such repitition may make it seem like the author drags things out, forcing the reader to work hard, but that's exactly the point. Pearson challenges us to stay with him as a story gets further and further from its original course. Then we challenge him to work us back through the nearly limitless cast of characters, detours from diversions, backtracking and retelling of the story line so we can finally find out how that tale turns out. The method is maddening, but the results are marvelous.

According to amazon.com, 88% of similar books have fewer characters, 92% have fewer total words, and an incredible 97% have fewer words per sentence. 'A Short History of a Small Place' is no tome, its thoughts just stretch out like any good spoken story. Therefore, I recommend it only to those who are willing to do the work for the reward.

The other two books in the trilogy are extensions of 'A Short History of a Small Place' -- set in the same town, written in the same style -- except Pearson finds ways to take us even further out from the safe shore of a straightforward narative. In order, the second and third novels are:

'Off for the Sweet Hereafter' (I couldn't explain it better than a review I found on amazon.com: "This is a book that makes you want to wrestle people to the ground so you can read it outloud to them. In my mind the narrator always sounds like Arlo Guthrie doing Alice's Restraunt. From the page-and-a-half-long opening sentence, Pearson rambles in a seemingly aimless manner that belies the method in his madness. Seamless, this is American fiction at its best."

'The Last of How It Was' (As another reviewer says, "The story rambles like a footpath through the North Carolina hills, with sentences that continue for whole paragraphs and paragraphs that continue for pages." I found myself cheering Pearson on to go as far out as he could and still get us home. He did it!)

Answer 6

I have read so many books. But ultumately, since I love Sci-Fi, my favorite book of all time is "Hyperion," by Dan Simmons.
That book is right up there with Lord of the Rings, but better (for me).

Answer 7

I have a new favorite that I just finished reading.. it is called:
The Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill...his first novel and it is excellent...horror writer...the main character is an aging rock star....I highly recommend this book.

Answer 8

This Perfect Day by Ira Levin and the Sandman by Neil Gaiman. True works of genius if ever there was one.

Answer 9

My favorite book I ever read was probably The Pigman. It was werid, funny, crazy, scary, funny, and sad, all at the same time. It was great!

Answer 10

Pride and Prejudice by jane austen