Your favourite book ever

Kenshi

I just wondering what many people find as their favourite book they ever read. I wanna see what appears popular. One of the best book I have ever read is the Harry Potter series. Or maybe The great Casino heist by Robert Marcius. How about you guys?

Tar.Aldarion

tolkiens books- hmm the best ones would be lotr,silmarillion,the unfinished tales,the lost tales.all basically the same book broken up into diff parts of time
also like His Dark Materials-phillip pullman

for humour-discworld series-terry pratchett

grimloch

I'm going to agree with Tar as I've definately got the most enjoyment out of Tolkiens work.

Tar.Aldarion

/pats my collection in their box

grimloch

/glares at Tar in jealousy.

Back in the day I used to really enjoy that Narnia series, wouldn't go near it now but I used to love them.

doctor evil

Dick King Smith,

Magnus Power Mouse
Cuckoo Child
Foxbusters
Another one my favourite about a cat who refuses to eat mice but catches one and keeps it in an old bath.

I know they are childrens books but I absolutely love the author.

FranknFurter

1- Nova Express by W. Burroughs

2- On The Road by J.K

3- Anything by Cornwell.

4- Both Bridget Jones Diaries

Tar.Aldarion

grimloch wrote:

/glares at Tar in jealousy.

Back in the day I used to really enjoy that Narnia series, wouldn't go near it now but I used to love them.

ya i remember them now,they were quite great.i remember the christian prpaganda in them fondly :P
as for the glaring...i ripped the lotr box a bit and am pissed...

Dagnir Glaurung

Still LotR for me. Nothing has been able to touch it.

grimloch

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

ya i remember them now,they were quite great.i remember the christian prpaganda in them fondly :P
as for the glaring...i ripped the lotr box a bit and am pissed...

On that note I recall a fair bit of religious business in the Phillip Pullman things now that it's mentioned. Those books were great too.

newgrange

'Perfume' by Patrick Susskind - a book that can change how you experience the world.

Scarinae

Just one book? That's impossible!

Tar.Aldarion

Dagnir Glaurung wrote:

Still LotR for me. Nothing has been able to touch it.

wouldn't have guessed from your username ^^

and ya there was quite the religious theme in His Dark Materials,must read that again,tis quite good.

scorpy

I can't narrow it down to just one, so I'll go with the entirety of the belgariad and malloreon series(eses...) by david and leigh eddings. so good ^__^

Goldstein

I'd have to give it to The Lord of the Rings. Just pips Nineteen Eighty-Four as my favourite.

punka

1. Donna Tartt - the Secret History
2. Cervantes - Don Quixote
3. Richard Brautigan - Revenge of the Lawn

oh yeah, and the Da Vinci Code

Kenshi

Fishie wrote:

Just one book? That's impossible!

Yeah but I try to narrow it down to my best which was very hard. Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck is another one of my favourites.

doonothing

secret history, dice man, american psycho, of mice and men, catcher in the rye, perks of being a wallflower, vampire chronicles, clockwork orange aaaaaaand...WUTHERING HEIGHTS! o what a book!

cecilwinthorpe

Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

theCzar

I dunno what my favourite book is. Catch 22 maybe, East of Eden, LotR, Hitchhikers, 1984, Animal Farm, Shogun, king rat, Fow Whom the Bell Tolls. plus ten others that don't come to mind now

Dagnir Glaurung

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

wouldn't have guessed from your username ^^

Was going to say the same thing. And that story kicks some ass by the way.

grimloch

Dagnir Glaurung wrote:

Was going to say the same thing. And that story kicks some ass by the way.

Yeah, Unfinished Tales was great. The Tuor/Dragon bit was especially delightful.

As far as great books are concerned, I'm going to put down the Illiad and the Odyssey, really rewarding reads.

Tar.Aldarion

turin was cool too and hurin? i think the name is, lol been a while
the guy who killed like 90 orcs on his own when he was the last guy in a war and after every kill he shouted 'aure enteluve' that was class
tar.aldarion is my fav obviously :P

Kenshi

Any body think one of the Hrry Potter books was one of their best ever reads?

Tar.Aldarion

nah,not written well enough and the plot isn't too complex
good read though but can't be anywhere near the best imo

Kenshi

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

nah,not written well enough and the plot isn't too complex
good read though but can't be anywhere near the best imo

What in your opinion makes a book the best you ever read?

Tar.Aldarion

simply put it was the best book i have read,i enjoyed it the most,it was very very well written and the story was class with lots of things to be left wondering about.
i'm sure some people think harry potter is the best they have ever read.;)

Attol

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

Had me laughing out loud. Definitely my favourite book at the moment. So well written. I don't know what it is about it, it just really made for enjoable reading.

Kenshi

I agree to a certain extent but if the story is excellant´it doesn't bother me if it is badly written.

Tar.Aldarion

Kenshi wrote:

I agree to a certain extent but if the story is excellant´it doesn't bother me if it is badly written.

it doesn't boter me either.
it's just that i have read so many that obviously for my no1 book it would have to be the full package.
don't get me wrong,i own potter series and have read it a dozen times,it is good but i don't think that rowling could compare to tolkien,pullman,steinback,pratchett etc so although they are good books i don't see how they could be a number one if other authors write better and also have just as good a story.

Kenshi

I get ya. Yeah I suppose. Okay say you have a book that is 10% well written and 90% excellent story,you have a book that is 10% excellent story and 90% well written,and one that 50:50. What do you take. I take the first one.

Tar.Aldarion

i would prob go for the well written one ie shakespeare a well written 10% story
but i would actually only go for 100% on each account for my favourite :P

Kenshi

Picky are we? You must have a lot of good reads behind you!

Tar.Aldarion

a lot is mild :P
8 books every two weeks from the library up till 4th year in secondary then i became too busy lol

Dar

Catch-22 for me because of its sheer insanity. Closely followed by Good Omens, quite possibly the funniest book ever written. And of course HHGTTG, LOTR, The Silmarillion, the Discworld series (all 30-odd of em), Schindler's Ark, Fight Club, grrrrrr - that's my best attempt to limit it to one. Oh and 1984, Animal Farm and Dune. I've problably forgotten my other 20 favorite "book" ever. Ahem... I'll stop now though .