Book Lovers - All time Fav Book

[Bindu1000]

Hi - I am a firm believer that reading books is the best thing you can do (all the anime and manga lovers ... dont jump on my case). So this is for those brilliant souls who love to read

I have two
Sunshine by Robin McKinley : Awesome story about vampires and romance (yeah a bit girly, but not too much). The book I would grab if my house was on fire
Talisman by Stephen King : About a boy's journey to save his dying mother. Starts of a bit slow, but I have read it 3 times and each time I have cried and laughed along with the story

[digi0009]

i like reading novels modtly n some times other books, i have quite a no. of books myself......
i like stephen king's n John grisham's

[FluffynpinK]

I love Harry Potter & books by James Patterson & Dan Brown.

[SquishyNinja]

I'm a Twilight fan. ^_^
I also love the Harry Potter series

[Love4Peace]

Lets see i like and have read all the Harry Potter books, Twilight and another of my favs called Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer.

[NinjaKittens]

I loveeeeeeere reading.

Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series is a favourite.

David Weber's "Honor Harrington" series and "Safehold" series.

Most of David Gemmell's books.

"Twilight" was also good.


Though, besides a huge number of novels, I also like reading manga.

[Bindu1000]

I loveeeeeeere reading.

Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series is a favourite.

David Weber's "Honor Harrington" series and "Safehold" series.

Most of David Gemmell's books.

"Twilight" was also good.


Though, besides a huge number of novels, I also like reading manga.

Ahhh yes, Wheel of Time Series, loved it until book #5 after which it started getting a bit hard to read but kept reading till#11 hoping it would get better, but then gave up. Is it complete now?
We dont get in Sri lanka and need to order it from overseas


i like reading novels modtly n some times other books, i have quite a no. of books myself......
i like stephen king's n John grisham's

Really? I love Stephen King and have read all his books except Cujo (love dogs too much to read about a bad one :1:)
Currently reading 'Cell' of his.

[digi0009]

Really? I love Stephen King and have read all his books except Cujo (love dogs too much to read about a bad one :1:)
Currently reading 'Cell' of his.

Cell is a good one too!! pretty interesting n sci-fi :biggrin:

[WillSB]

my all time favortie book would have to be the Thief Lord, gotta love orphans stealing :P

[avich]

I read novels I find laying around the house. But I don't know which of them are the best because I like all of the books I read, I'll just write down the novels I have read. XD

Since its been a long time I read another book, I'm forgot some the titles. If my memory serves me right, I think I've read(can't remember the authors though):

-All Harry Potter books
-All Lord of the Rings book, incl. The Hobbit
-The Toyer
-Hannibal
-Silence of the Lambs
-Deception Point
-Angels and Demons
-Da vinci's code
-The Teeth of the Tiger (Tom Clancy)
-Sherlock Holmes (All of them)
-Moby ****(Though I can't remember the story anymore)
-and some small novels like, War of the Worlds, Time Machine, etc...

There are others but I can't remember the titles now.

[Alexa]

I love reading. I fell in love with books before i fell in love with anime. Lol
I guess J.K. Rowling is one of my faves author. She's a phenomenon.
(Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series is never the next harry potter, u are so far from it, meyer - no offense to twilight fans. the characterisation is good, i watch the movie etc but still Meyer doesnt have wat it takes - at least not yet)
i am currently reading the magician's guild by trudi canavan.
i love reading books by dan brown and a whole load of other writers.
Reading Rulez!

[chineseperson23]

Hmmm, I would have to say that I enjoyed reading:
-Ender's Game series
-Eragon series

Yeah, my favorite genres are fantasy and science fiction :D

[Bindu1000]

I read novels I find laying around the house. But I don't know which of them are the best because I like all of the books I read, I'll just write down the novels I have read. XD

Since its been a long time I read another book, I'm forgot some the titles. If my memory serves me right, I think I've read(can't remember the authors though):

-All Harry Potter books
-All Lord of the Rings book, incl. The Hobbit
-The Toyer
-Hannibal
-Silence of the Lambs
-Deception Point
-Angels and Demons
-Da vinci's code
-The Teeth of the Tiger (Tom Clancy)
-Sherlock Holmes (All of them)
-Moby ****(Though I can't remember the story anymore)
-and some small novels like, War of the Worlds, Time Machine, etc...

There are others but I can't remember the titles now.

I absolutely no idea you liked reading ... LOL thought anime was your first love ... hahaha

[russj]

lol we love books.. im a reader as well.. just not in to novels and stuff like that. i have a low attention span..

i did like Isaac Asimov's works *The Last question, Jokester, The Machice That Won The War
and sir Arthur Conan Doyle *Sherlock Holmes

i'll try to read some of the things you mentioned

[Mangahero18]

Mmmm, thats quite true...reading a book is usally only entertaining to those with a certain amount of imagination though...the selling point of a novel is that as you read you make up your on visual effects in your mind...its difficult for some people.

My favorite novel series currently is the Inheritance series: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr by Joseph Paolini btw.

[russj]

lol.. you make it sound like im slow hahaha

its not that i dont enjoy reading novels in particular.. i dont like fiction

i dont like reading one book or playing one game. i get bored easily..

hmmm somehow i dont enjoy reading eragon and harry potter.. too childish for my taste

going to read the rest mentioned..

[yqs]

i read a lot of books and most of them i liked but the most recent are The Thief series, Harry Potter, books by Trudi Caravan and books by Dan Brown.

[Bindu1000]

lol.. you make it sound like im slow hahaha

its not that i dont enjoy reading novels in particular.. i dont like fiction

i dont like reading one book or playing one game. i get bored easily..

hmmm somehow i dont enjoy reading eragon and harry potter.. too childish for my taste

going to read the rest mentioned..

Yeah they are childish, but its what keeps us young at heart... hahah

[alown]

im reading Lolita right now. XD

[nikkilovesanime]

um... the twilight saga... confessions of a shopaholic... haha!!!

yea it's a bit girly...

[god21]

If anyone out there likes philosophy then i have a book to recommend to you. it is my all time favourite book. it is Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder.
Read it!!!!

[ko86]

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The monk by Matthew Lewis
A walk to remember by Nicholas Sparks
Love in the time of cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

[KaiserDragon]

When it comes to books, I love Raymond E. Feist, he just writes on an epic scale, paticularly Rage of a Demon King and his first book Magician.

[witchhuntress]

I have come across a lot of books that I came to love. I like Harry Potter books too. However, there are a lot of books that are great too. I wish I would've read all of them. Heheh

[Bindu1000]

When it comes to books, I love Raymond E. Feist, he just writes on an epic scale, paticularly Rage of a Demon King and his first book Magician.

Oh I like his books too but the problem in Sri Lanka is when there are more than one book in a series we rarely get the whole set and its so frustrating, I dont start reading the first book coz I will want to find out what happened and get upset when I cant ... hahah

[KaiserDragon]

You shouldnt let that stop you, his first series the Riftwar saga are all good books in their own right and you do not need to read the others to read one of the other books, I mean dont get me wrong, they are all great to read in succession but its not nessisary.

you should try looking for the books on somewhere like ebay.

[little mouse]

Terry Pratchett stuff, Garth Nix, JKRowling, Twilight series...all the ones I went obsessive over any way.

[bootwhistle]

Nice to see a lot of readers, there are books I like reading sci-fi, fantasy, history too many to list... but a couple stand out as really striking a cord and maybe changing the way I look at the world.

The Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (the movie does not do the book justice)
and the subsequent series of books Adams wrote before passing away. It is a fun read and have learnt a couple of useful things:
- Always carry a towel
- The answer to everything, life and the universe is '42'
- The universe will never make sense, so stop questioning a reason behind everything and just live.

The other book is 'The Drifters' by James A. Michener, a rather heavy book about a group of young people leaving the US to travel Mediterranean during the Vietnam war. It deals with drugs, racism, rebellion, conformity, corruption... and a slew of other things.
Usually I read novels like Wheel of Time, or Stephan King in about a week but at times this book was so dense with ideas that I had to put it down every half dozen pages just to figure out what I should think about what I read - so it took almost a year giving a bit of time between reading sessions.

[Bindu1000]

Nice to see a lot of readers, there are books I like reading sci-fi, fantasy, history too many to list... but a couple stand out as really striking a cord and maybe changing the way I look at the world.

The Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (the movie does not do the book justice)
and the subsequent series of books Adams wrote before passing away. It is a fun read and have learnt a couple of useful things:
- Always carry a towel
- The answer to everything, life and the universe is '42'
- The universe will never make sense, so stop questioning a reason behind everything and just live.

The other book is 'The Drifters' by James A. Michener, a rather heavy book about a group of young people leaving the US to travel Mediterranean during the Vietnam war. It deals with drugs, racism, rebellion, conformity, corruption... and a slew of other things.
Usually I read novels like Wheel of Time, or Stephan King in about a week but at times this book was so dense with ideas that I had to put it down every half dozen pages just to figure out what I should think about what I read - so it took almost a year giving a bit of time between reading sessions.

Ooohhh I loved the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and your right - the movie was a disaster when compared to the book. "Thanks for all the Fish"

[russj]

hmm too bad ive already seen the movie.. dont like to read stuff ive already seen

i think the movie was entertaining though..

[Henlin28]

I love reading. My favorites right now are the Twilight series particularly book 4, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice also Northanger Abbey. The latter is kind of complicated though, I'm still trying to understand it. I also recently found a complementary novel to Pride and Prejudice. I've been reading it over and over. I also collect the books of Nicholas Sparks and Paulo Coelho. For some reason though I've never read any of the Harry Potter books. The movies were good though I guess.

[anmigradi]

Uhh.. Let's see...i LOVE READING!!!!
I love mystery and scary books...stepehen King, one of the bests, I have read:
- Rose Red
- Blindness
- The shining (later i watched the movie)
Mystery books such as:
-No place like home (Mary Higgins CLark)
- nightime is my time (mary higgins clark)
- the double (jose saramago)

And I'm currently reading independent books, such as (favorites):
- rOSE Of No men's land (Michelle tea)
- Catcher in the rye (J.D Sallinger)
- Secret Diary of a London Call Girl (anonimous)
- God's Behaving Badly (Marie Phillips)
- The wrestling party (bett williams)

and many more..

[Bindu1000]

hmm too bad ive already seen the movie.. dont like to read stuff ive already seen

i think the movie was entertaining though..

I normally dont either but think of making an exception in this. The movie is about 10% of the full story and the book leaves you breathless with laughter!!!

[solidoxygen]

Sci-Fi fans should read "Dune: House Atreides"

if you like it, it is also followed by "House Harkonnen" and "House Corrino"

i thought it was even better than Harry Potter (just my opinion though)

[apple]

I love to read novels and my favourite book is the saga of darren shan....

[langging]

currently reading Tuesdays with Morrie..a teacher-student relationship [not lovers]..it teaches about the greatest lessons of life..:emh23:

[MissxXxJaDe20]

I love any books written by my favorite author, V.C Andrews. I consider the best book that he wrote would be, Flower's in the Attic. A bit disturbing, but it has a very unique story.

[Njaaks]

Jeffrey Eugenides- The Virgin Suicides
LOTR series
Ernest Hemingway-For Whom the Bell Tolls
and few others wich names i cant remember correctly

[alrius2000]

The Bible......

have faith otakus!

:emhh28:

[Mu3rte]

well if ya like reading about sad depressing drug abusing young girls, then this book is 4 you " GO Ask alice" best book ive read!

[Njaaks]

ill keep that in mind:D

[Bindu1000]

I have to add one more - Clive Barker's Imajjica. Its one of those books you cant put down and it took me through the hours of sitting in hospitals during my mum's last days. Very grateful to that book

Also try Terry Brooke's Trilogy - Running with a Demon, Angel Fire East and Knight of the Word. In his latest installment in the Shannara Series, he ties them to this set beautifully

[Skoibi]

Tithe, A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black :) and then then Abhorsen series by Garth Nix

[yoyoyoyou]

I love reading. I was such a Harry Potter fan back then, but I wouldn't say the series is part of my all-time favorites. I like The Five People You Meet In Heaven, Sherlock Holmes, The Giver, and Number The Stars. Oh and books by Dan Brown too. There may be more though heehe.

[AiChan]

I love reading Catherine Asaro's book/novels and I like the cover page especially the cover which was designed by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, one of my favorite artist.

Gossamyr by Michele Hauf

Make a Life, Not Just a Living: 10 Timeless Life Skills That Will Maximize Your Real Net Worth by Ron Jenson

@Bindu1000: Ooh, you read Terry Brook's too =D well I read The Heritage of Shannara : 4 sequels. =P actually that was the books of my brother.

I like Luna Publication because they publishes books more on fantasy and etc. =P

[bonki]

I have just started reading books of the Forgotten realms - starting with The Dark Elf and am loving it
Also started on the Shannara Series by Terry Brookes and hope it gets better. The first book was too much like Lord of the Rings (at least the 1st half)

[vivien]

I love book written by Dean Koontz, Sidney Sheldon and James Patterson...

recommended: Whispers by Dean Koontz and When the Wind Blows by James Patterson

[charlene95]

i only red 1 book and finished it the very first one i finished ahahahaha
it was forever by judy blume

[Tippeddoor]

Terry Pratchetts Diskword Series
I Have Them All =D

[sikarus]

some great books have been mentioned in this thread there are almost to many to mention in one place. i would like to note one extraordinary science fiction book called "Ender's Game" by Orison Scott Card. there are 6 sequels and another 4 book series that starts with "Ender's Shadow" which tells the story through another perspective. all of the books as a whole are truely worth while have received a number of awards. to the skeptics of sci-fi or the series in general i say to at least read "Ender's Game" and "Ender's Shadow" they are both very enjoyable reads. i would go on suggesting more books but i would end up writing a novel of my own.

[mistressmyst]

I love reading, and it makes it worthwhile when I actually find a really awesome book that suits my fancy.

Let's see "Freeze Tag" - Caroline b. Cooney and "Nightmare hall: The experiment" - Diane Hoh, were good.

Oooo, and I just remembered I was reading "The Alchemyst" which is really good so far.

[Romdeau]

I'd have to say the Lord Of The Rings books. Masterpieces.

[AngelPrincess]

I like Mysterious novel such as Nancy Drew ......

I love some novel about :

-mystery+romance
-horror+romance
-comedy+romance
-Cool guy+Cute girl+Romance+love polygon+comedy+horror

[jhai0603]

-Comics./Manga. LOLxD
-Something weird.
-Something funny.
-Something weirdly funny.
-Something that makes my stomach turn inside-out.

[lemonsquare]

My all time favorite "Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss. I highly recommend this book to all of you!!! :) Also, I'm a Harry Potter fan, and read J.K. Rowling books already.

[katastic05]

anything anita shreve, nicholas sparks, luanne rice, emily giffin, cecelia ahern, joanne harris, dan brown, mitch albom, danielle steele, angela hunt (the immortal), robert ludlum, jennifer crusie, gloria goldreich, richard preston, jennifer weiner, james patterson and some classics. :]

stephenie meyer's the twilight series is also a fun read^^

[skittles16]

"Holes" by Louis Sachar.

Can't tell you how much I love this book, ever since I first read this book in elementary (I believe) I couldn't stop rereading it. I cannot count how many times I've read this book, but recently, after finally buying the book, I've drifted from it...must be the Harry Potter hype, lol.

Heh, Holes is my favorite book, but Louis Sachar isn't my favorite author. It's between William Sleator, Christopher Moore and Louise Rennison. If you know these authors, it will seem weird that I'm brooding between them.

P.S. To me, the movie Holes does the book no justice...and that just sucks...

[saran11]

hmmm.. well, i don't have any favorites.
but i enjoyed many book series.

including: Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordon
Inheritence series by Christopher Paolini
A walk in Harm's Way
Spy Dance

and many more :D

[CloverLeaf]

books of agatha christie..
they're remarkable..

^^

[Ephenyan]

a children's classic.
charlotte's web ;)

[takasuryuuji]

I don't usually read books I read book to spent some time.............

But I have read books of Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist.........)
and The Crystal Cave of Mary Stewart

[vivien]

I'm a fan of all Sidney Sheldon's novels...I also read novels authored by James Patterson, Dean Koontz, Stephanie Meyer and J.K Rowling (HARRY POTTER series)...I just like to read novels that are in horror, thriller, fiction and romance in genre.

[fleak2]

well i read books on personal development

dont like to read fiction or non-fiction

[ShadowsLiyte]

I rarely get interested in novels. However two series that I think are really good are the Halo and Karin series. I'm a huge fan of war history (and predictions of futuristic warfare) and mystery type novels, so these two just amazed me. Another that i really likes is a book called Marine Sniper. It's a true story about Sgt. Hathcock who had the most confirmed kills in the Vietnam war. Other than that ive only tried to get into some of the Stephen King novels..they have failed me..

Also if anyone knows of any good novels having to do with apocalypses, (aftermath, how people lived after a nuclear war, etc) please message me the titles.

[Capone3830]

I love reading. I fell in love with books before i fell in love with anime. Lol
I guess J.K. Rowling is one of my faves author. She's a phenomenon.
(Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series is never the next harry potter, u are so far from it, meyer - no offense to twilight fans. the characterisation is good, i watch the movie etc but still Meyer doesnt have wat it takes - at least not yet)
i am currently reading the magician's guild by trudi canavan.
i love reading books by dan brown and a whole load of other writers.
Reading Rulez!

trudi canavan - quite unknown, yet AWESOME fantasy author! Circle of the five was awesome and the magicians guild, too!

if you like fantasy, TRY IT

[darkpoetry]

I dont read often, too busy with reading assignments ><

But when I was really bored (had no access internets Noooes! or tv)
I read Life of Pi, good book, really fun to read
Also Shantaram, that was a really really great book
I read others but didn't enjoy them as much

[Soujiro Ken]

hmmmm.. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden..
because the setting revolves around Japan.. XD

[lastshin]

Hi - I am a firm believer that reading books is the best thing you can do (all the anime and manga lovers ... dont jump on my case). So this is for those brilliant souls who love to read

I have two
Sunshine by Robin McKinley : Awesome story about vampires and romance (yeah a bit girly, but not too much). The book I would grab if my house was on fire
Talisman by Stephen King : About a boy's journey to save his dying mother. Starts of a bit slow, but I have read it 3 times and each time I have cried and laughed along with the story



hm


I'm not really a fan of reading manga
I just read for my education and for fun
but the animes you've just said got me
so I'll read them in manga


xD

[ladymichaela]

Hmm. I really love books so i already read and collected the following:

1. Remember Me by Christopher Pike (1, 2 ,3)
2. Twilight Saga
3. The Notebook
4. The Time Traveler's Wife
5. Harry Potter Series and The Tales of Beedle the Bard
6. Childrin of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien
7. Bob Ong's Book (a filipino writer)
8. Star Wars (i only have The Betrayal)
9. This Present Darkness and Piercing The Darkness - Frank Peretti (a must read!)

other books of Stephenie Meyer, Max Lucado's book, and many more...

[eliemusica]

i am fan of harry potter series and completed work of sherlock holmes.

no offense to twilight fans but twilight is NOT THE NEXT HARRY POTTER. whomever came up with this is delusional.

[wookiee]

I realy like ' the little prince ' .

[p4pex33]

atlantist, wizard of Oz... hehehe

[flamezaber]

I like alot of books, but my favorite is the Eragon series. The movie was utter crap, so dont watch it >.>

[Somilge]

hurrah for book lovers xD

i can't really choose among the books that i have read, seriously lolz I have Anne Rice [vampires, witches, vampires and witches in Merrick, and a lot of incest >,<], Stephen King [ I personally recommend The Shining har har har], Tom Clancy [yeah, i've read his novels but surprisingly I'm not a gamer lolz], Dan Brown, Harry Potter series [bahahaha], to Nicholas Sparks [read Dear John lolz] and Erich Segal [have all of his works but Prizes u.u] and a whooole load of other books from other authors that this space can't hold lolz.

If you are looking for something inspirational try Og Mandino or a personal favorite the works of Mitch Albom [Tuesdays with Morrie and 5 People you meet in heaven].

[dothacked]

I'm a Lemony Snicket fan :D love his books especially "The Series of Unfortunate Events"
I also like Neil Gaiman's books, "M is for Magic", "Interworld", "Coraline", etc..
And also Dan Brown, you just gotta love "Angels and Demons" and "The Da Vinci Code"

[darkpoetry]

I realy like ' the little prince ' .

All Hail the Little Prince! :40:

[visualcandyk]

I'm currently on the last book of the Night Angel Triligy. I love them :3
Others that I enjoy are.
- Vampire Huter D novels
- The Sleeping Beauty trilogy by Anne Rice(Warning, if you plan on reading, they are erotic novels.)
- Marilyn Manson's biography, "Long Hard Road Out of Hell"
- From Christian Death to Death, The Art of Rozz WIlliams
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
- 1 Litre no Namida, the diary of Aya Kito
- Go Ask Alice
- Death Note: Another Note
- Anything by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan
There are others but I cannot think of all of them O.o

And I don't remember who said it but I agree with the earlier post about Harry Potter being childish, as well as Twilight. It may work for some people but not for me.

[Bindu1000]

I'm currently on the last book of the Night Angel Triligy. I love them :3
Others that I enjoy are.
- Vampire Huter D novels
- The Sleeping Beauty trilogy by Anne Rice(Warning, if you plan on reading, they are erotic novels.)
-
And I don't remember who said it but I agree with the earlier post about Harry Potter being childish, as well as Twilight. It may work for some people but not for me.

If you like Vampire novels - try Sunshine by Robin McKinley. Thats like my comfort blanky book. I simply love it

While Harry Potter was of course childish it was also nice and simple and well written (although it got a bit long winded in the end)
But as for Twilight Books ... I have no words to describe how excruciatingly bad they were - especially the last one. I mean forget the story (which was terrible) it was just so badly written!!!

I have also taken to reading the Harry Dresden novels ... they are both funny and well written and can totally take you away.


I'm a Lemony Snicket fan :D love his books especially "The Series of Unfortunate Events"
I also like Neil Gaiman's books, "M is for Magic", "Interworld", "Coraline", etc..
And also Dan Brown, you just gotta love "Angels and Demons" and "The Da Vinci Code"

I am also a fan of Neil Gaimon. Try his 'Neverwhere', 'Stardust', 'American Gods', 'Anansi Boys' and his latest 'Graveyard Book' which while a bit childish is funny and won a lot of awards

(Stardust was the last book I read to my mum when she was dying and it made her laugh in all her pain - so it has to be good, right?)

And of course "Good Omens" - a well written book about the end of the world. In one word "Hilarious"!!

[sectionsix]

I dunno if they are the best but, here are a couple recent books that I enjoyed.

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by Richard Preston

Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (currently reading)

[dothacked]

I am also a fan of Neil Gaimon. Try his 'Neverwhere', 'Stardust', 'American Gods', 'Anansi Boys' and his latest 'Graveyard Book' which while a bit childish is funny and won a lot of awards

I already read "Stardust" and it was good alright :D and I just recently bought "The Graveyard Book", going to read it later, and I'm also planning to buy the rest of his books. I just love the way he makes his story and how it makes you think :)

[KissXsis]

Twighlight series :D

[Sinclair]

I love reading books especially those with the type of fantasy, like chronicles of narnia, and about that interests me a lot though I can't enumerate all the interesting stuffs in a book but I like Lemony Snicket's , Jeanne DuPrau's the one who wrote city of ember and the peole of sparks.. thats it

[abess000]

Im reading a lot of book...to many im need to remember...but i love reading the of Fact

[kaien011]

I've considered reading (books, mangas and e-books) as part of my system. during my childhood days, those were my playmates and past time (all those picture books, how nostalgic) and spent most of my breaks(during school time) at the library either borrowing books or reading there. Up until now I still buy books (I miss them if I haven't read them for sometime) To cut the long story short, I was and still am a bookworm before being an otaku.

So, back to the topic, I consider The Little Prince and The Alchemist as my all time faves. recently, I'm into The Immortals series by Alyson Noel

[bloodyrein]

My most favorite book as of now is The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray, I kinda forgot the name of author I'm just gonna find the book later and edit this post to put the name of the author

that book got me reading for whole day until I finished it XD

[AzuNyan92]

i like harry potter......the most......i also enjoy reading.....some title....i don't remember

[visualcandyk]

If you like Vampire novels - try Sunshine by Robin McKinley. Thats like my comfort blanky book. I simply love it

While Harry Potter was of course childish it was also nice and simple and well written (although it got a bit long winded in the end)
But as for Twilight Books ... I have no words to describe how excruciatingly bad they were - especially the last one. I mean forget the story (which was terrible) it was just so badly written!!!

I have also taken to reading the Harry Dresden novels ... they are both funny and well written and can totally take you away.



I am also a fan of Neil Gaimon. Try his 'Neverwhere', 'Stardust', 'American Gods', 'Anansi Boys' and his latest 'Graveyard Book' which while a bit childish is funny and won a lot of awards

(Stardust was the last book I read to my mum when she was dying and it made her laugh in all her pain - so it has to be good, right?)

And of course "Good Omens" - a well written book about the end of the world. In one word "Hilarious"!!

Hmm, I'll have to look those up. Thanks for the suggestions :3
Yeah, Twilight is... bad. I couldn't even finish the first book. >_>

[enzo91]

if you're into mythology, you should try the Alchemyst Series (seriously, its spelled with a y).. the main character is Nicholas Flamel, with appearances by Joan of Arc, Ares, Niddhog, etc..

if history is more your thing, any book by Valerio Massimo Manfredi.. my favorite is the Alexander trilogy.. starring Alexander the Great.

[Snoozy19]

The Da Vinci Code was quite interesting when I first read it last year. I'm not sure why so many made a huge fuss over it. It was a fictitious story anyway.
I read some of the Harry Potter books since I was mostly into the movie but I loved the Deathly Hallows... the ending was superb!!!

[Raniko]

My all-time favorite book is an autobiography entitled, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. It's a really interesting book. It's the only book that made me cry. I also commend Suzzane Collins for writing the Hunger Games (the first book).

[sana07]

Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks.... :D

(loved the book, hate the movie!.. hahah)

[Nyhtemaer]

1. Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa
2. Art Of War by Sun Tzu
3. Dark Tower series by Stephen King
4 tie between various Dean Koontz novels and Stephen King novels.

That about sums it up, I've read far too many books to actually list them all in order, to be honest.....It's split between fiction works and non fiction.

[venabre]

I don't have a favorite book, but my favorite book series is the inheritance cycle by christopher paolini (Eragon, Eldest and Brisingr so far)
I just love the world he created, all the concepts of magic, dragons, the elves and even the way different cultures of totally diferent races ans species coexist and interact
can't wait for book 4 ^^

another series I love is the kingkiller chronicle, though only the first book has been released, the name of the wind, but still I love how that book came out, I loved reading it

[freestyle99]

Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist - awesome story, dynamic plot and remarkable characters
Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth - read the whole thing back in Grade 3
FABLES Peter and Max - Spin-off story of FABLES Graphic Novel; Great plot and engaging storyline

[Raniko]

another series I love is the kingkiller chronicle, though only the first book has been released, the name of the wind, but still I love how that book came out, I loved reading it

Ooooh. I have the same sentiments as you have on The Name of the Wind. I bought it solely based on the mesmerizing words of Kvothe, the main protagonist, at the back of the book. I am still waiting for the second book, and it's just frustrating because I've been waiting for it for two years. But still, I love it. And I like Bast more than Kvothe; I don't know why.

[iDark3]

Stephen king books
lemony snicket : series of unfortunate events
the Hannibal series
harry potter series
there is much more but i just woke up so forgive me ^^;

[icebreak01]

the little prince.
and one novel by John R. Maxim called "Mosaic" that i liked. it deals about MPD "Multiple Personality Disorder".

[lolkaitlin]

I rarely read, haha, I honestly haven't completely a book in so long.

However, one that I've been reading for a while is The Pact by Jodi Picoult. It's about a teenage couple who were basically perfect.. but the girl is seemed to have committed suicide and the gun has one more bullet which was apparetly was meant for the then present botyfriend. Pretty interesting but I just.. can't.. read books, haha.

[Bobtmonkey]

One trilogy (since I love series (You get about 1000+ pages of reading)) I would recommend is the Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. It has a really engaging plot and a very vivid world.

[luthorkhy77]

Sidney Sheldon books are perfectly outstanding and epic. No words could ever describe it. ^^

[Raniko]

^ Which Sydney Sheldon novel do you like best? For me it's The Sands of Time. His stories are like an entangled web, it's very interesting.

[Nyhtemaer]

One trilogy (since I love series (You get about 1000+ pages of reading)) I would recommend is the Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. It has a really engaging plot and a very vivid world.

Night Angel, very good series! I've read the series. And it's so enveloping! Thank you for reminding me bobtmonkey, I appreciate! I think I'll re-read it now.

[kyoyahostluv]

I like...

-Harry Potter series
-Vampire Kisses series
-The Hunger Games series
-The Mortal Instuments series (ex. City of Glass)
-Blue Bloods series

[MioAkiyama]

nobody wants twilight cause i hate it too
i like the books of eion colfer
artemis fowl :D
and iliad :)

[qwertyuiop10]

wow...i only read "KILLING GAME'' of iris johansen but i didnt continue cause i dont have time for watching anime

but its exciting

[Drache]

I like about anything written by Mercedes Lackey, Jim Butcher, or David Eddings, as well as the Death Gate Cycle series, also enjoy the harry Potter series, and the Dragonlance series as well as IT, the Talisman, and the Black House by Stephen King.

[Viletomb2010]

I also read the herry potter series but I prefer light novels.

[JLFabrero]

HARRY POTTER is the best!!!!!!!!!! Wahahahahahaha!!! It is the only fiction book that I enjoyed and I'm really excited for the first part movie of Deathly hollows...

I have read them all, and I can proudly say that Harry Potter is the best book in the world...

HARRY POTTER and the sorcerer's stone
HARRY POTTER and the chamber of secrets
HARRY POTTER and the prisoner of azkaban
HARRY POTTER and the goblet of fire
HARRY POTTER and the order of the phoenix
HARRY POTTER and the half blood prince
HARRY POTTER and the deathly hollows

LOVE them all.... HAhahahahahahaha :))))

Thanks for this thread... I have been able to show my addiction to Harry Potter

[Carole]

i hate novels :(
it's better if you watch movie directly.

[ChibiTess]

I love the books of Christopher pike and yes i guess i also enjoyed the Harry Potter series
Nevertheless nothing beats a good romance manga! ^^ Cheers to every manga fans!

[request1100]

I love the books of James Patterson, especially Maximum Ride....
And also The Hardy Boys books..
I have them all!!

[onepiece]

harry potter series and the twilight saga books!

[Kobowo]

I have not read alot of books
my fave are
HP7 deathly hollows and Josh Grisham's The Labyrinth

[emchii]

well, actually, I'm not really fond of reading books.. (those with long stories without pictures. haha! xD) but since we have to read a prose for our English project, I read "Daughter of Venice" by Donna Jo Napoli.. it was a good book for me, as of now.. :) I find it interesting and I enjoyed reading it even though it was my first time. :D

[Sora Kasugano]

I read a lots of books and novels too,

I have read Harry Potter, Twilight Series, Geronimo Collection Series, The Diary of A Wimpy Kid, etc xD

[zeroichi]

hmm..... new moon??
n currently im reading 'the spook'.. its a nice book~ about witches n stuff~ ^__^

[SushilovesNori]

Excluding manga/manhwa, list your 5 favorite books ever and the author who wrote them.


Mine are:

1. I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
3. Violet and Claire by Francesca Lia Block
4. The Beggars Ride by Theresa Nelson
5. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


To be honest it was really hard to decide on 5, but that's because I love books so much. Even though I had so many more to pick, I chose to make this only 5 because I know others may not have 10 favorites.

Please share with us what material you like reading! It's always great to hear of different peoples literary preferences! :bingo:

[TheGentleman]

1. The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman
2. A Song of Ice and Fire (technically, not one book, but, meh) by George RR Martin
3. The Black Company (again, a series) by Glenn Cook
4. Go Rin No Sho by Miyamoto Mushashi
5. Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey

There are more, many many more, too numerous to mention. But these are some of the ones I love most.

[tambulance]

1. A Song of Ice and Fire by George R R Martin (TheGentleman you have great taste lol)
2. 1984 by George Orwell
3. the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
4. Across the Nightingale Floor by Liam Hearn
5. Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka

I know 2 of these are series but I cant decide which out of the series is my favorite. And I have many more books but these are the books I have or will read again and probably many more times.

Have to mention Shiokari Pass by Ayako Miura =)

[Keinan]

1. The Little Prince - Antoine D'exupery
2. The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoevsky
3. The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle
4. Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen
5. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexander Dumas

That was really hard... there are a number of them that could probably have tied for anything under my top 3 favorite stand alone novels. Series, non-fiction titles, and graphic novels are an entirely different ball park too.


1. The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman
2. A Song of Ice and Fire (technically, not one book, but, meh) by George RR Martin
3. The Black Company (again, a series) by Glenn Cook
4. Go Rin No Sho by Miyamoto Mushashi
5. Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey

There are more, many many more, too numerous to mention. But these are some of the ones I love most.

I just left out series all-together, because as a whole some of them are on a totally different scale than stand alone novels are...I don't think I could have picked out a particular one from any of the series I love >.<

Anyhow, what did you particularly like about The Left Hand of God? I've been meaning to read that one for a while now, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I've been doing a foray into sf and ya stuff while I wait for the next asoiaf book and the tv series.

[TheGentleman]

I really enjoyed The Left Hand of God because Hoffman paints an amazing picture with his words. From the early plight of Thomas Cale, to the troubles he's forced to endure at the end of the book, it's a rollicking ride quite unlike any book I've ever read. The world in which the book is set is unique; it manages to be grim and brooding, dark and gritty... and also, light, and at times almost joyous.

It's filled with unlikely love, if that's your thing. I personally couldn't give two shillings about romance plots, yet they factor quite heavily into the story and help mark the changes in the young protagonist's personality. Cale goes from being a twisted, monstrous weapon made to serve a specific purpose, to something that borders on actually being human.

I could go on and on and on about the book, but to really make sense of what I'm saying, you have to read.

Heh, thanks, Tambulance, I must compliment your tastes, as well.

Cheers,

Alex

[hypergirl18]

1. Running out of time
2. The 13th reality (Book 1 and Book 2)
3. Among the hidden
4. 13 treasures
5. The three investigators

As you can see the #4 and 5 is all about treasures and investigators i really like the books with treasures
i place the booked tittled ''Running out of time'' as #1 because aside from treasures i want the book with...like suspense like ''what will happen next'' or ''Does this book will have another season''
hahaha....i forgot i like the book with a little spy or romance
LOL i hope someone recommend me some books:bingo:

[avalon3]

Hunger Games Trilogy but Suzanne Collins, but I like the first 2 books more than the third, the third was just too far away from the first two, also the Mortal Instrument Series and Infernal Devices by Cassandra Claire and Percy Jackson series and The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan. :)) Sorry wasn't a fan of Twilight Saga nor Harry Potter novels. :D

[Biak911]

Oooh I loved the color purple by Alice Walker and Things Fall Apart by Chinue Achebe

[SoulTaku]

hmmm... I liked Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

the protagonist is kinda cool...

[Rumic]

I noticed that a particular genre I like to read are somewhat suspense thriller. I'm not sure if that is right. Coz I like to read Jason Bourne series. A genre which involve war times. A genre which involves somewhat like people get murdered and the the protagonist try to solve the case only he is the one one targeted. I don't know what type of genre those particular books I have mentioned but I really like to read them.

[Bunislipper]

The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter I just lovee the series of stories in that book and how shes twisted them its amazing
Twilight was okay Im not exactly a big fan the first book yeah I read it and it was good blah blah but then as the series went on it got sooo predictable....although I think the TRUE meaning Myer put into the story is quite interesting but Im not sure if Im allowed to say it in here :)
ermmm I love Sophie Kinsellas books although for example with shopoholic abroad I wish I didnt watch th emovie yeah it was good but I dont know I find watching a movie after Ive read something reallly destroys my imagination ): but my first book by her that I read wass "The Undomestic Goddess" I LOVED that book! The other shopoholic ones are good too but I mean that was was actually amazing haha :) I have loads of other authors I like but Ill leave it as this :)
THANK YOU FOR THIS THREAD!

[eclipser666]

My favorite book ever is Battle Royale by Koushun Takami. Other than that, I mainly like Fantasy and Horror novels, such as Piers Anthony or Stephen King, but I'll pretty much read Anything that seems halfway interesting....

[Night blade]

All time favorite book... this is tough I'v read so many ummm im going to have to say Raven: Sons of Thunder

[Burnout]

I read way too much and as a result I don't have a favourite book per se...but I do have those series that I read at least once a year so I guess those count...they are:LOTR,Shannara,The Paladin of Shadows,The Presidents Agent and a few others...

[hikari89miku]

Ahm....mine are For One More Day and Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
It's very inspiring and those two books really made me cry T.T

[Provocate]

Definitly "Of Mice and Men" for me. It's filled with shocking scenes and is really really really really freaking sad at the end :cry:

[Mimster]

:> The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. I read it for history and i thought the murderer was really interesting and creepy. I did feel uneasy reading it when he started to murder people =w=

[mio23braza]

My favorite book is Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene...^_^

[jessme00]

Hmm..all time fav..hard to choose..I read so much my mother scolds me :))
I like the books by Tamora Pierce and mainly all fantasy adventure books..

[rinoa]

My main favorite type of books are realistic fiction with romance and mystery!
Some authors that I typically read are:
J.D. Robb
Nora Roberts (same author as JD Robb but JD Robb dedicated to the In Death Series)
Elizabeth Lowell
I also like reading Harry Potter and the Twilight series just cause it's a change of pace :]

[flamerider05]

I'm quite partial to Daughters of Darkness by L.J. Smith (its part of her Night World Series and is very good)

[MCoftheD]

One couldn't decide, my all time favs are...

1984- George Orwell
Frankenstein - Mary Shelly (i think I misspelled that)
The Hobbit -Tolkien

[gaherisrhade]

best book of all time in my opinion is Koushun Takami's: battle royale i watched the movies first then got the book and i have to say the book was amazing best one i have ever read

[Sinclair]

My all-time favorite book would be "Good Omens" by Terry Parchet and Neil Gaiman XD

[DwinLylthx]

I don't really like reading that much. But my Favorite books are from Bob Ong. (He makes Filipino books that will make you crazy about whats written on it.) My favorite book from Bob Ong is "Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas" (The Favorite Book of Judas) It really has crazy things written on it. :3

[byotch07]

I'M A BOOK LOVER.!
i have lots of book collection here in my room. :)
my favorites were:
DAN BROWN: da vinci code and angels and demons
DANIEL STEEL: silent honor and malice
ANN RICE: interview with the vampire
SIDNEY SHELDON: bloodline
DAVE J. PELZER: The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family, A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive, A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness

[cherriedreams]

I love books. They're my life besides anime and drama. I can't pick y favourite book right now, but one of my favourite writers is Madeleine Brent.