Have you ever read an incredibly great book?

Question

Ok i know all the holy books are incredibly great, but i just would like to know about other books.
Did you happen to read that "perfect" book?? And why was it so good?

Answer 1

I can think of two I consider perfect books. One is Don Quixote. It is the kind of book that contains everything - humor, pathos, romance, irony, fantasy, heroism ... and it is all rolled up into one truly amazing story. I recommend reading that book at least 3 times in your life. When you are young and idealistic, when you are a little bit older and more experienced and when you are old and wise. You could read that book 100 times and never fully experience it.

The other book I consider perfect is Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale. Her prose is so totally amazing and her storytelling ability so right on that the book literally reads like you are holding a jewel in your hands. It is awe inspiring for authors and an amazing experience for readers.

I have read many other near perfect books, but those two stand out in my mind as true perfection. Pax - C

Answer 2

The greatest book I ever read (decidedly because of the ways it continues to touch my life)

The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran

It is a short story of a man about to leave for home, from a place he has lived many years. And his town of people have gathered to ask him advice and bid him fairwell.
It gave such a great and beautiful example of a belief system that I would choose to have.

Some others:

Johnathan Livingston Seagull

For Us, The Living, by Robert Heinlein

The Celestine Prophesy, by James Redfield

Answer 3

It's hard for me to pin down a fav, but I'll say The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. I first read it as a pre-teen and absolutely fell in love with the idea of aliens coming to Earth. (It's actually wa the first work of science fiction I've ever read.)

It has a good, fast-paced story told from the perspective of the narrator who is facing the invasion first hand. And, unlike predecessors of this genre, it's not filled with crazed zombies and other wackos trying to eat everyone else!

Overall, I just like the narrator - he's strong in the midst of chaos and keeps a hopeful outlook, even when others are quite negative. Plus, it has a good ending (but I won't say anymore!) Check it out sometime!

Cheers!! :)

Answer 4

One great book I read was "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco. It was a perfect book, very much renowed when it came out in the early 80's. A book to read. Why was it such a good book? The style and writing are superb and the story is fantastic, mystery, interigue, passion, sin, lust, religion. It has it all..

Answer 5

A Heroes Walk by Anite Rao Badami

-perfect description
- amazingly touching story
- loved the ending

Answer 6

The best book i have ever read is a diamond brothers mystery called public enemy number 1. It is really good. It's about a kid who get's framed for somthing real bad when he's trying to catch public enemy number 1. He gets arrested and now everyone thinke he's public enemy number 2. The worst part he ends up sharing a cell with public enemy number one.Then the story is about the trying to ecscape out of jail and and try not to get killed. It's awesome!

Answer 7

That is a nice quote. I read Annie On My Mind and loved it. I'll definitely give Dare, Truth, or Promise a try.

Answer 8

I've read a couple that I think are really awesome. There is one called Eat, Pray, Love - it's spiritual, but not "holy". It's a wonderful story about a woman learning about herself - including how to forgive herself for getting a divorce and how to love herself, etc. Then there's another called Annie Freeman's Traveling Funeral. It's another one about women learning about themselves - and about women being real close personal friends.

Answer 9

The His Dark Materiels Books are just fatastic

Answer 10

"The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco ....
"the alchemist" by Paulo Coelho ....
i read them they are realy good books ... you can choose it
and for me my favorite one is "the pains of young wherter" by Goethe ( i'm not sure of the english 's title) the original title is :"die leiden des jungen werther" but it's a book i love because of my personal story .....so i'm not sure you can appreciate it like me but it's a really well written book indeed ....
and nowadays i read a realy good one :"les âmes grises" by Philippe Claudel (i don't know the english title perhaps "the grey souls") it's during the ww1 ,in a little french town the book start by the discovering of a litle girl's body murdered and step by step you learn what's hapenning until the end which is so sad...but so hopefull....a litle bit like love ..