Greatest book you've ever read?

[Good,bad,andrush]

To me, Sophie's World and Siddharta, and of mice and men an honorable mention.

[Socratic Methodist]

The Virtue of Selfishness - Ayn Rand, Lord of the Rings Trilogy/Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien, and Elements of Moral Philosophy - James Rachels

[laughedatbytime]

First Step 2 Forever: My Story--Justin Bieber.

[Good,bad,andrush]

QUOTE (laughedatbytime @ Mar 6 2011, 12:01 PM)

First Step 2 Forever: My Story--Justin Bieber.

What is this, I don't even...

[In A Tidewater Surge]

The Catcher in the Rye, Animal Farm, Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, 1984, A Farewell to Arms.

I really can't pick one; they're all exceptional.

[Jaye]

QUOTE (Good @ bad,andrush,Mar 6 2011, 05:15 PM)

QUOTE (laughedatbytime @ Mar 6 2011, 12:01 PM) First Step 2 Forever:  My Story--Justin Bieber. What is this, I don't even... Don't you recognise it? It's called a joke.

[summer_sky]

Here is a list of my favorite books. Many have been made into movies over the years, not sure if I like that or not!

 

J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord Of The Rings' trilogy

L. Ron Hubbard's 'Battlefield Earth'

Leon Uris's 'Trinity'

Paul Theroux's 'The Mosquito Coast'

Richard Adams's 'Watership Down'

Stephen King's 'The Stand'

Jean Auel's 'Earth Children' series

Ken Follett's 'The Pillars Of The Earth'

[Good,bad,andrush]

[USB Connector]

"2010: Odyssey Two" by Arthur C. Clarke

 

Honorable Mentions:

-The Hobbit

-Dune

-2001: A Space Odyssey

[laughedatbytime]

[Good,bad,andrush]

[tel]

The holy bible......laughed all the way through it

 

 

[Hatchetaxe&saw]

QUOTE (tel @ Mar 6 2011, 07:01 PM)

The holy bible......laughed all the way through it

[Good,bad,andrush]

QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Mar 6 2011, 02:06 PM)

QUOTE (tel @ Mar 6 2011, 07:01 PM) The holy bible......laughed all the way through it Don't know whether I should laugh or face palm, so I'll do both.

[Hatchetaxe&saw]

An Equal Music - Vikram Seth

A Secret History of the IRA - Ed Moloney

Anything by David Starkey on the history of British Royalty

 

tons more, but severely afflicted by brain freeze....

 

[-Jane-]

I can't just mention one, but the books that I can look back on as being huge in my life.

 

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien

Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke

The Works of WB Yeats

Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein

 

There are others, those are the ones that come to mind right now.

 

[CMWriter]

THERE ARE TOO MANY GAH. D:

Just a couple, though...

 

- Kindred, by Octavia E. Butler, who is pretty much my hero.

The way she can weave in a love story, history, and science fiction is just brilliant.

- The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas.

This was the first "classical" novel I really got into. The amazing, intricate, intriguing plot of deception and revenge grabbed me and never let go.

- Contact, by Carl Sagan.

Sagan's masterpiece. The movie killed every point he made in the novel. 'Nough said. Go read it if you haven't.

- And.. any number of Star Trek novels I've read. You laugh, but it's true! Pretty much anything written by Peter David or Diane Duane, I've read, and they're almost all fabulous. Especially all the DS9 Relaunch novels.

[micgtr71]

QUOTE (summer_sky @ Mar 6 2011, 01:19 PM)

Here is a list of my favorite books. Many have been made into movies over the years, not sure if I like that or not! J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord Of The Rings' trilogy L. Ron Hubbard's 'Battlefield Earth' Leon Uris's 'Trinity' Paul Theroux's 'The Mosquito Coast' Richard Adams's 'Watership Down' Stephen King's 'The Stand' Jean Auel's 'Earth Children' series Ken Follett's 'The Pillars Of The Earth'

Most of these I have read and loved. I never read anything by L. Ron Hubbard...hesitant to though I shouldn't be. Maybe I will give it a try seeing that you have it grouped with a lot of my favorites.

 

Though there are so many...Sun Also Rises, Gatsby, Mockingbird....I will have to say that the greatest book that I have ever read is The Fountainhead.

[micgtr71]

On the Road, Dharma Bums, Electric Kool aid Acid Test...Don't forget the beats. Love the beats.

[wrekinboy]

Don't know about greatest, but some of the most enjoyable:

 

The Magus - John Fowles

The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand

A Place of Greater Safety - Hilary Mantel

I Know This Much Is True - Wally Lamb

The Fortress of Solitude - Jonathan Lethem

American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis

As The Crow Flies - Anne Marie Macdonald

The Lord of The Rings - JRR Tolkien

Fingersmith - Sarah Waters

Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks

The 13th Valley - John del Vecchio

The Secret History - Donna Tartt

 

 

 

[Earthshine Emmeline]

Anthem. Changed my life. Also Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

[Finding IT]

[Finding IT]

QUOTE (micgtr71 @ Mar 7 2011, 06:29 AM)

QUOTE (summer_sky @ Mar 6 2011, 01:19 PM) Here is a list of my favorite books.  Many have been made into movies over the years, not sure if I like that or not! J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord Of The Rings' trilogy L. Ron Hubbard's 'Battlefield Earth' Leon Uris's 'Trinity' Paul Theroux's 'The Mosquito Coast' Richard Adams's 'Watership Down' Stephen King's 'The Stand' Jean Auel's 'Earth Children' series Ken Follett's 'The Pillars Of The Earth' Most of these I have read and loved. I never read anything by L. Ron Hubbard...hesitant to though I shouldn't be. Maybe I will give it a try seeing that you have it grouped with a lot of my favorites.   Though there are so many...Sun Also Rises, Gatsby, Mockingbird....I will have to say that the greatest book that I have ever read is The Fountainhead. Yup, Gatsby and Mockingbird are definitely in my top 10.

[summer_sky]

[Lost In Xanadu]

Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer

Catcher in the Rye

The Other - Thomas Tryon