Favorite Book

[QUENTIN]

To get things going, along with all the book discussion that will surely go on, how about learning people's taste right off the bat. What is your all-time favorite book everyone? Mine would have to be a tie between Kurt Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan and Breakfast of Champions.

So shoot, what book is tops of the pops in "your book"?

[notchreturns]

The Chocolate War

Loved it in sixth grade, loved it over the summer.

[kiwihitman]

Mine would probally be john douglas's Mind hunter or Along came a spider.

[docholiday_13]

1. Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
2. It by Stephen King
3. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
4. 1984 by George Orwell
5. Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn

[arto_j]

The one that tops my chart is 1984 by George Orwell.

[Linus*likes*noise]

Of Mice and Men. What a piece of work!

Closely followed by the Lloyd Kaufman Autobiography and how to on independant filmaking.

[RavenBlade]

Bridge To Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.

Read this one in 6th grade, and fell in love with it.

I begged my nephews to borrow this book from
the library, just so I can re-read it.
The didn't, ungrateful whelps.
Kidding of course, they are like my kids.

So I finally purchased it.

And anything by Stephen King, Clive Barker.

And last but not least, The Bible.

Raven

[ColinM]

I suppose it would be The Shining by Stephen King.

[charliebobo]

The Catcher In The Rye is my favourite also, followed by 1984 and On The Road

[BadCoverVersion]

A Kestel for a Knave (Barry Hines)

My recent fave would be...Barcelona Plates (Alexei Sayle)

[screamer581]

My fave book would have to be Demian by Herman Hessee

[Moviefreek]

I don't read often but i did read a book for school, It was my choice to read it called FARINHIET 451....The movie for this book was also good...and i thought they were going to do another one but i guess it got canceled.

[SAI]

I have a few, these books go everywhere with me and I've read them countless times.

The Screwtape Letters: By CS Lewis

With Nails: By Richard E Grant

Popcorn: By Ben Elton

[Psychocandy]

Gotta go for "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson...

I've always been a huge fan of Stephen King and after reading him heap considerable praise on "I Am Legend" it jumped to the top of my "to read" list. As a Vampire novel it is without equal. A brilliant examination of one man's fight to survive against the odds. The conclusion of this book is one of the most haunting and thought provoking i've ever read. First class.

[JCPhoenix]

Animal Farm by George Orwell, though I am getting a bit sick of it (I've done it twice as a detailed book analysis in Grade 7, and Grade 8, and now we're doing it Grade 10 English this year!

[Benny]

My favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Other Favorites are:
1984 by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

and most recently:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

[PapaJupe2k]

Good call on Animal Farm, that must be required reading for every student everywhere. I had to read it in school also, but it's been about twelve years or so I should check that out and re-read it. I read anything horror-fiction or non-fiction true crime. Someone mentioned Mindhunter, I'm reading that right now, interesting stuff to say the least. I'll read biography's on any former athlete or coach out there.

[QUENTIN]

I love the three John Douglas books I've read, Mindhunter, Obsession, and Journey Into Darkness. I did a research paper on serial killers and didn't have to do any research, it was good times. Makes me look at Silence of The Lambs and Se7en in a different way too...

[Gregorious8]

I'm going to have to go with IT & This Boy's Life

[kiwihitman]

I've nearly finished Mindhunter I'm reading the battle of the shrinks chapter some of the true life experiences he's told seem unbelievable how would you rate Mindhunter form the other John Douglas books you've read QUENTIN

[RicochetShaw]

Animal Farm

currently reading 1984, awesome stuff

[bmain77]

Hard Question to answer:

Interview with the Vampire (pretty much all of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles)
Catcher in the Rye-J.D. Salinger
The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Red Dragon-(counting down the days until the movie comes out)
The Shining and It-Stephen King
Shoeless Joe-W.P. Kinsella (the novel Field of Dreams is based on...J.D. Salinger is the author that Ray seeks out in the novel)

[Batgirl1979]

Stephen King's "The Stand: The complete and uncut version" made me feel as no other book has in my life, it is just too grand for words in my opinion. Usually I read a book in one or two nights but I took my time with this one and spread it out cause I never wanted it to end. For those who haven't read it, it is a long read but a enjoyable one that will leave a lasting imprint on your heart and soul. If you have seen the movie based on it I can honestly say you haven't seen the true story behind it, there is just so much more that had to be said and is in this wonderfully chilling masterpiece from the King of horror.

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F.E.A.R~Fuck Everything And Run

[ClockworkOrange#1]

I used to hate reading books until i read American Psycho and all of Brett Easton Ellis' books except for The Rules of Attraction. I have to say that American Psycho is one of the sickest things I have ever read but I liked it a lot and I liked Glamorama even more. Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk is very good too. Just now started reading China Meiville's book called King Rat.

[Dark_One79]

Originally posted by ClockworkOrange#1
I have to say that American Psycho is one of the sickest things I have ever read but I liked it a lot... Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk is very good too.

Yes, American Psycho is one of the goriest, sickest reads anyone will ever be able to sample. Truly an acquired taste, but I liked it too.

Sounds like we have similar tastes in novels. I just finished reading Palahniuk's Survivor (and soon plan to read Choke). I didn't like it as much as Fight Club, but it was interesting nonetheless. Definitely left some strange ideas that will be trapped inside my mind for quite some time. PORNFILL. Anyone need to know how to remove blood stains from a silk tie? Read up.

My current reading? You'll like this. Of course it is, none other than, A Clockwork Orange, by Burgess. Really looking forward to that elusive 21st chapter, my brothers.

Originally posted by QUENTIN
I love the three John Douglas books I've read, Mindhunter, Obsession, and Journey Into Darkness.

I've read those three book as well Quentin, in fact I own them all. I read Mindhunter back in '95, on the recommendation of my gen psych professor. I've been hooked on Douglas ever since. Some of those stories, such as the girl (Shari?) murdered by Larry Gene Bell, really get to you. The note she wrote to her family before she was murdered. How positive she stayed saying goodbye, already knowing her inevitable fate. Truly gut-wrenching. Sometimes I read that when I think that I have problems, or that I have a reason to be upset. Pretty much slams things back into perspective.

Hmmm. Other books I have read recently: Fahrenheit 451, some Poe, The Collection by Bentley Little, The Chocking Doberman: and other urban legends, and some Lovecraft.

Now that I've finished typing this message, I believe I'll retire with a good book.

[kiwihitman]

YAY three Mindhunter fans.I reccomend you guys read some of John Pattersons books Along came a spider, Kiss the girls, Jack and Jill e.t.c.What's Obsession and Journey Into Darkness like Dark_One79.I think I might go to the library tomorror and check out the reccomended books.

[Jerk Shapiro]

The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien


1984 by George Orwell


The Giver by Louis Lowry ( I'm currently working on the screenplay for this wonderful peice of work )

[arto_j]

Originally posted by Benny

and most recently:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams [/B]

Of course! How could I forget it, I've read the whole series maybe 5 times, the first book a few times more. I haven't had the chance to read the latest addition to the series, that was published long after Adams' death though, but I'll get to that too sooner or later.

[James Logan]

I love reading, so I don't think I can chose one and put it atop all the others, but my two favorites would probably be "Lord of the Ring: Fellowship Of The Ring", by JRR Tolkien; and "A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens. Fantastic books.

[bankholdup]

Peanut Butter Rhino

[Strider]

"The Lord of the Rings" - J.R.R. Tolkien
"The Green Mile" - Stephen King
"Angela's Ashes" - Frank McCourt

Strider

[jackson13]

I own all of my favorite books:

Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey
Hammerhead Ranch Motel by Tim Dorsey
Orange Crush by Tim Dorsey
Triggerfish Twist by Tim Dorsey
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
The Shining by Stephen King
Cujo by Stephen King
IT by Stephen King
Different Season by Stephen King

[RogueSpear]

My two favorite books are The Stand by Stephen King and Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon

[Grebdron]

My all time favorite book is to Kill a Mockingbird. Coming in close second is The Stand. Then a couple of honorable mentions would be:

Watchers by Dean Koontz
Most of the Spenser novels by Robert B. Parker
Insomnia by Stephen King
And I've recently really liked the stuff by Michael Connelly (the Harry Bosch novels.)

Honorable mention to Elmore Leonard and Lawrence Block.

[Lindsey]

My favorite book is The Long Walk by Stephen King.

In english class, I'm reading "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". I think I'll watch the movie, instead of reading it. :)

[Cyclonus]

Lindsey, I've read that book, and you should know it's a lot different from the movie, so you might be in trouble if you get quizzed on it or something. Right now I'm taking a film & literature class, and we do get quizzed on the books. You can see where I'm going, I dont' want to see you get a bad grade. :(

Besides, it's a great book, you don't know what you're missing. :)

[SubMethod]

The Catcher In The Rye- J.D. Salinger
Mere Christianity- C.S. Lewis
1984- George Orwell
On The Road- Jack Kerouac
The Four Loves- C.S. Lewis

[blankpage]

Some on my favourites.....

"Misery"-Stephen King
"The Lord of the Rings,The Fellowship of the Ring"-JRR Tolkine

Not too big in the reading deparment.I have read many bios,and film books,but those are info books

[MikeyB]

The Long Walk by Stephen King
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

[SteveSzyk]

Requiem for a Dream just dominates in the favorites catergory. It's by favorite movie by a long shot, the score is my favorite CD ever, and the book is my favorite book. So heart wrenching, so disturbing, so true. Amazing novel. I've read it about 10 times and never get sick of it.

[Batgirl1979]

Other than The Stand I forgot to add:

Desperation(King)
Phantoms(Koontz)
Seasons of Passsage(Pyke)
The Last Vampire Series(Pyke)
Also I used to love reading the Fear Street(Stine) books when I was a teen.

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F.E.A.R~Fuck Everything And Run

[Nate6]

Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella, The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty, and Les Misérables by Victor Hugo are my favorite books.

[Goosey]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Vonnegut. It's hard to pick a favorite, but I guess I'll go with Slaughterhouse -Five

[areyoubeingserved]

Catch 22, easy.

[bankholdup]

I used to hate reading. But thanks for my 5th period Graphic Arts Tech class, I get a huge opening in my day. Took me awhile to get to start reading, but I started off with A Clockwork Orange, which I totally dug. Then I read Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk. This book is awesome, go read it if you haven't. Those are my favs out of the few I have read.

[the night watchman]

It's impossible for me to pick my favorite novel, but my favorite non-fiction book is Carl Sagan's "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark."

[Hannibal21]

By William Shakespeare:
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
Othello

By Charles Dickens:
A Tale of Two Cities
Oliver Twist

[Jason Voorhees]

Stephen King's IT. I couldn't praise it enough or adequately if I tried.

[Jewbo]

the catcher in the rye.

[DaMovieMan]

The Trial by Franz Kafka
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevski
Hamlet by William Shakepseare
The Quite American by Graham Greene
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

DaMan

[DevilMonkey]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire- by J. K. Rowling

[freakandgeek]

i love all of the harry potter books, but the goblet of fire is definately my favorite out of the four (so far) (jk rowling)

i also loved 25th hour (david beniof)!

and the series of unfortunate events is what i am reading now, i am on book the 7th, and i love them. (lemony snicket)

[the night watchman]

Okay, my favorite book isn't a book; it's my set of Twilight Zone Magazines, a publication that ran from 1981 - 1989. A decade's worth, but still not enough. There's probably no work of fiction I return to more often than these magazines, and no book that I think I cherish more. The issues that T.E.D. Klein edited were the best. It's where I first discovered Joe R. Lansdale, and Ramsey Campbell, and Arthur Machen, and even Stephen King.

[Ren Hoek]

OK, my #1 is most definitely James Joyce's ULYSSES. You can read it over and over again and always discover something new and beautiful in it. And that simple matter of fact that it's the most difficult book I've ever read makes it even more intriguing. Reading ULYSSES is an adventure.

some more favorites:
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond Carver
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

[scottish-movie-freak]

How anyone can pick just ONE book, I have no idea! Here are my top 5 (in no paticular order):

Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
The Rules Of Attraction by Brett Easton Ellis
The Pianist by (unpronoucable) Spilzman
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

[TheMovieMinor]

a tie between

Skipping Christmas - John Grisham and
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - stephen king

[electriclite]

Eureka Street - Robert McLiam Wilson

[SubMethod]

Originally posted by SubMethod
The Catcher In The Rye- J.D. Salinger
Mere Christianity- C.S. Lewis
1984- George Orwell
On The Road- Jack Kerouac
The Four Loves- C.S. Lewis

I'd like to add High Fidelity by Nick Hornby to my list. This was such a well written and wonderful book, the movie was good too but doesn't compare to the book.

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by Jason Voorhees
Stephen King's IT. I couldn't praise it enough or adequately if I tried.

Ditto.

Although for me Jurassic Park gets at least a runner up mention.

[urbanlegend23]

Tell Me Your Dreams Sidney Sheldon
Kiss the Girls Sidney Sheldon
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling
A Serious of Unfortunate Events: Parts 1-2 Lemony Snickett

[SIREN30]

I don't think I've responded to this yet.

My favorite books are:

Les Miserables
The Man Who Laughs

and Daphne Dumaurier's Rebecca.

[RogueSpear]

The Stand - Stephen King
Swan Song - Robert R. McCammon
Blood Crazy - Simon Clark
Twilight Eyes - Dean Koontz

Just a few of my faves...

[IFdude]

The Stand by Stephen King. My favorite book of all time. Both versions are excellent.

Later,

Kyle

[Jon Lyrik]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hobbit

[Pootie]

survivor or one flew over the cuckoos nest. 3rd place being requiem for a dream.

[Damned Martian]

Blue World by Robert McCammon
The boat of a million years by Poul Anderson
The bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
A man in full by Tom Wolfe
The terminal experiment by Robert J Sawyer
I am legend by Richard Matheson
LA confidential by James Ellroy
The engines of god by Jack McDevitt
Book of Days by Stephen J Rivelle
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Plus everything by Shakespeare, Poe, Lovecraft, Connie Willis and Theodore Sturgeon

[Gollum]

The Catcher in the rye by JD Salinger

classic book. Holden caulfield rules(just look at my location)

[Dirkimus]

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King

Amnesia Moon by Jonathan Lethem

Snow Crash By Neal Stephenson <~~if you liked The Matrix, you should check this one out.

Anything written by Hunter S. Thompson

The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings By J.R.R Tolkien

[MickeyKnox]

The Catcher in the Rye-J.D. Salinger
A Clockwork Orange-Anthony Burgess
The Stand-Stephen King
The Rum Diary-Hunter S.Thompson
Hell's Angels:A Strange and Terrible Saga-Hunter S.Thompson
Choke-Chuck Palahniuk
American Psycho-Bret Easton Ellis
Last Exit to Brooklyn-Hubert Selby Jr.
The Acid House-Irvine Welsh
Dog Eat Dog-Edward Bunker
Slaughtermatic-Steve Aylett
Crash-J.G. Ballard
Tishomingo Blues-Elmore Leonard
On the Road-Jack Kerouac

[MikeyB]

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

[Kaos]

Anything by David & Leigh Eddings.

[The Young Son]

I can't believe no one has said anything on Raymond E. Feist. His fist novel Magician is unreal. So it gets my vote.

[jackson13]

What I like to call the "Serge A. Storms" series by Tim Dorsey:
Florida Roadkill
Hammerhead Ranch Motel
Orange Crush
Triggerfish Twist


All four of those are amazing reads, I reccommend them to anyone if you want a wild and crazy ride through Florida life.

[jenna25]

IT
Cabal
The Secret History
Trainspotting
A Clockwork Orange
Bag of Bones
Catch 22
East of Eden
Memnoch the Devil
Imajica

Sorry can't trim the list more than that....:rolleyes: ;)

[Lyle Waggoner]

Always tough to limit this to less than 10, but I'll say Koko by Peter Straub - closely followed by The Bridge by Iain Banks.

[kidkre0le]

The Death and Life of Superman

and any Alex Cross novel by James Patterson

[RickySlade]

Rock Solid by Bob Barchiesei and Frank Bose. A book i picked up at Barnes and Noble a handful of years ago with no prior knowledge about the story. It's about the story of two cops who brought down Druglord Alejandro Lopez.

[Slim]

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[asyouwish530]

The Demon- Hubert Selby Jr

[MacReady]

White Fang-Jack London

[the night watchman]

Originally posted by MacReady
White Fang-Jack London

Get down with your bad self, Mac. I love "White Fang." :cool: