Favorite Book Page 2

Started by Samurai X May 19th, 2006 11:05 PM
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Somewhere in a galaxy far, far away.
Seen August 31st, 2006
Posted May 29th, 2006
15 posts
17 Years
Probably Lord of The Flies. Loved how it showed that a society lacking law and order can turn even the most civilized people into savages. Couldn't be anymore true. Some other favorites of mine are The Giver, The Catcher in the Rye, all of the A Series of Unfortunate Events books, and the Harry Potter series (excluding Half-Blood Prince, since half the book was nothing but poorly written romance).
Huzzah!
Seen January 17th, 2009
Posted October 29th, 2007
102 posts
17.2 Years
I didn't know where to put this so I decided to put this here.

I've read a lot of good books, most recommended by teachers, but my all time favorite would have to be A Tale of Two Cities, I loved that book. I think it was a great book and it has my favorite and one of the most well known opening sentences, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity...."

Well, what is your favorite book?
I've read a bit of that book.

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Age 36
Anywhere, U.S.A.
Seen December 12th, 2006
Posted August 9th, 2006
851 posts
18.8 Years
I guess we don't have that many christians here...some other books besides the Bible...hmmm

The entire Dune Series...if anyone here can understand them...read them...they are incredibly deep.

Lord of the rings for sure...including the hobbit...its simple but still a great book.

The WAY TO LONG "Left Behind Series"

And how can you not read the entire Hitchhikers To The Galaxy Series...amazingly funny yet surprizingly deep...unlike the movie which cut out all the good parts.

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Seen December 6th, 2011
Posted June 11th, 2010
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17.1 Years
I like books based on movies because they're easier to understand. The Harry Potter Series and Tom Sawyer are a few of my favorites.
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Age 34
White Sword Tower
Seen June 12th, 2012
Posted December 1st, 2006
5,246 posts
19.1 Years
Hmmmm...

The "A Song OF Ice And Fire" series by George R.R. Martin. Recommended reading for any fan of epic fantasy. It's definately not the derivitive stuff of Robert Jordan or Terry Goodkind.

"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. The language can be dense and hard to follow at times, but it's a compelling read by any standard.

I don't know if drama counts, but Eugene O'Neil's "The Hairy Ape," Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," and Tennessee Williams' "Cat One A Hot Tin Roof" are wonderful examples of drama detailing the human experience. That, and they're just talented playwrights.

"A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway is very much worthwhile in the body of American literature. I believe it to be Hemingay's best work.

"The Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan. Yes, I know I spoke against him earlier. I can't help it, though, it's my guilty pleasure.

"The Ender's Quartet" and the subsequent Bean books by Orson Scott Card. I wouldn't recommend much else by him, but this is good, compelling science fiction.

"Battle Royale" by Koshun Takami. It's an interesting concept, though the language is occasionally lacking. I'm not sure if that's the translation I have or author deficit, but it's still worth reading.

I suppose those are my favortie, favorite, at least the ones I can think of off the top of my head. *laughs* I have more book than I have shelf, so there's a few that I can't think of at the moment.
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Minnesota
Seen July 16th, 2015
Posted March 22nd, 2012
5,046 posts
18.2 Years
I actually have two favorites so far. They are part of the Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini - Eragon and Eldest. I am sooo excited for the third book to come out. X3~ I have to say I also really liked Watership Down and The Last Unicorn. I'm big on fantasy, as you can tell. XD

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Sylphiel

Between your fantasy and my reality
Seen March 28th, 2023
Posted January 9th, 2023
13,114 posts
18.5 Years
As he's my favorite author, I consider quite a few books written by Terry Prachett to be among my favorites. Among those I've read, I see Interesting Times and Guards! Guards! as being my top favorites.

Aside from those, I found myself liking The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb quite a lot - which is odd, since I can't get into liking any other books by her. I know I tried reading the first book of another of her trilogies, and got about halfway through before I wasn't willing to read anymore. It's just those three that I absolutely loved, and even though each of them was at least 700 pages long (with small text, too!), I couldn't help but feel like that still wasn't enough. Hmm.

They're all fantasy/sci-fi books...which isn't surprising, considering that genre is one of my favorites by far. I do like other books from other genres, but I don't recall them exactly at the moment.

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Age 36
A chunk of rock somewhere within the milky way galaxy
Seen December 27th, 2006
Posted November 28th, 2006
98 posts
17.1 Years
I haven't read very many books, now that I think about it. Not willingly, anyway. Got a lot of catching up to do ^_^

But out of what I *have* read, my favorites are definitely "Ender's Game" and "The Time Ships".
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Age 35
Seen May 26th, 2011
Posted March 29th, 2008
113 posts
19.6 Years
I don't see how people have Catcher in the Rye by Salinger as a favorite. I really dislike the narrative style of stream of consciousness. It's really awkward and too random.

As for favorite books, I really love The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, All Quiet In The Western Front by Remarque, The Sea Wolf by Jack London, Tamerlane by EA Poe, Walden by Thoreau, etc.

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Age 29
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Canada
Seen May 20th, 2015
Posted October 30th, 2012
4,558 posts
17.3 Years
Well, my favorite series is Warriors by Erin Hunter, or the Pokemon Manga. But as far as individual books go... Id have to say Blue Fingers

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