gangsterfurious Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 I've read this one 6 times. :)http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QJG0HXGML._SY300_.jpg Have you also read "Everybody Poops"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangsterfurious Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Red Water: Judith FreemanNo Man Knows My History: Fawn Brodie And not a novel but a collection of short stories that has become my most treasured book: The Morrow Anthology of Great Western Short Stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen of the World Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 The Grapes of WrathThe FountainheadSlaughterhouse FiveThe Catcher in the RyeOf Human BondageAn American TragedyUlysses The first two I have read probably read at least 40 times each. Apart from Ian McEwan I can't get into much modern literature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Pirate Robert Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Way too many really good books out there for me to say one was the obvious "greatest" over all others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. Though I'd read the Hobbit and LoTR when I was young, I didn't read the Sil until my early 20s. Wihle I loved The Hobbit as a kid, and liked the LoTR while not being enthralled (I liked the world it inhabited more than the literary style), I was completely swept away by the scope and mythological vision of the Sil. Very dark and tragic compared to the others, but also achingly beautiful. I needed "Guide to Middle Earth" within arms reach the first time I read the Sil though (the Sil's glossary helps, but GtME really helps makes sense of the confusing names -- people, places, events, until you get a handle on them yourself). For a proper novel, it would be A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller. For short stories, R is for Rocket by the master, Ray Bradbury. Non-fiction I'd have to give some thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 American novel: East Of Eden, by John SteinbeckEuropean novel: Le Rouge Et Le Noir (The Red And The Black), by Stendahl Science Fiction: Dune, by Frank HerbertSatire/Comedy: The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas AdamsNon-Fiction: The Trial Of Madame Caillaux, by Edward Berenson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromancer Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Dune by Frank Herbert, easily. I'm a huge fan of King, Moorcock, and Robert E Howard as well, but Herbert just blew my mind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 (edited) The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. Though I'd read the Hobbit and LoTR when I was young, I didn't read the Sil until my early 20s. Wihle I loved The Hobbit as a kid, and liked the LoTR while not being enthralled (I liked the world it inhabited more than the literary style), I was completely swept away by the scope and mythological vision of the Sil. Very dark and tragic compared to the others, but also achingly beautiful. I needed "Guide to Middle Earth" within arms reach the first time I read the Sil though (the Sil's glossary helps, but GtME really helps makes sense of the confusing names -- people, places, events, until you get a handle on them yourself). For a proper novel, it would be A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller. For short stories, R is for Rocket by the master, Ray Bradbury. Non-fiction I'd have to give some thought. To round out the list, for non-fiction my favorite is "The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View" by RIchard Tarnas. Best intellectual history in a concise package I've read. If one volume brevity isn't a concern, the nine volume A History of Philosophy by Frederick Copleston S.J. is the way to go. Since some are listing by genres, I'll add my three co-favorites from my favorite genre, social satire: A Confederacy of Dunces, Pierre Boule's Monkey Planet (Planet of the Apes), and K. Vonnegut Jr's Sirens of Titan. Edited July 1, 2013 by Rutlefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindrift82 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Flowers For Algernon. I was completely blown away by that book. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcm Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Jane Eyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindrift82 Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 ^ I have that in my Kindle library. Maybe I should read it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I've read this one 6 times. :)http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QJG0HXGML._SY300_.jpgI've never read the hard copy, but I have enjoyed your narration. Nice job, especially, on the sound effects (though you might want to do something about the mix, sometimes the sound effects drown out the narrative.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindrift82 Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 What sound effects? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospective Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 IT by Stephen King Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is close second. I'm glad I'm not the only one out there who thinks IT is a fantastic novel. :ebert: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I've read this one 6 times. :)http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QJG0HXGML._SY300_.jpg Have you also read "Everybody Poops"?http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-ash3/s160x160/250151_227446890600342_4750370_a.jpg My favorite poop book. In German, "About the Little Mole, Who Wanted to Know, Who Had Done This On His Head". Translated to "The Story of the Little Mole Who Went In Search of Whodunnit". As he interviews a variety of animals, they prove their innocence by showing us how they poop. Pigs, cows, goats, rabbits, each with a different sound effect, from a simple "plop!" to a musical "schupdiwup!". Great book! Video version: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Dune by Frank Herbert, easily. I'm a huge fan of King, Moorcock, and Robert E Howard as well, but Herbert just blew my mind. ah, a fellow sword and sorcery fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Toss up between two: Executive Orders-Tom ClancyTerm Limits-Vince Flynn (RIP). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLittleVictory Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 zombie survival book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobo73 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Memoirs Of A Geisha immediately came to mind. I was around 12, I think, when I read it and devoured it in 2 days. Love that book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobo73 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 ALSO- it's an easy read, but I love Animal Farm. To Kill A Mockingbird was great, too (at least to me). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shredder2 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I haven't read enough books to really call one the greatest book I've ever read. For now, I'll call Looking for Alaska (by John Green) the greatest book I've read thus far in my life. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 To Kill A Mockingbird was great, too (at least to me).Ranked #1 all-time in a Time magazine list, so I guess a lot of people agree. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthwestRanger Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 THE PROBABILTY BROACH by L. Neil Smith and anything by H.P. Lovecraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Dune - Frank HerbertDemian - Hermann HesseIt - Stephen KingThe Fool On The Hill - Matt RuffThe Black Book - Giovanni Papini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 read my first cormac mccarthy book recently, no country for old men. not the greatest book I've ever read but easily the best book I've read in a long f***ing time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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