March 30, 2009
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What’s the best book….
you’ve ever read? I’m looking for some new books to read. So name me a few, will ya?Thanks everyone!! I’ll be set on books for the next 10 years LMAO!
you’ve ever read? I’m looking for some new books to read. So name me a few, will ya?
Thanks everyone!! I’ll be set on books for the next 10 years LMAO!
Comments (85)
Most of Vonnegut’s work. If I had to pick, I’d say either Cat’s Cradle or Slaughterhouse Five.
The thorn birds. lol
@another_rebel_without_a_cause - I totally agree.
wow. I read alot so I dont know. I am sorry
Pride and Prejudice. I love Jane Austen.
I absolutely love THE BRONZE HORSEMAN. Anything by Malcolm Gladwell and I’m currently reading this book called Stumbling on happiness, it takes about how humans perceive life and how our brains work in different situations, very interesting.
@WifeOfAGayHusband - oh yes one of my favorites, amazing book and author
Lol, too many to name. Ender’s Game is one I really like from science fiction… I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell is hilariously sexy… Kiterunner is pretty cool, although extremely sad… That’s what I can think of off the top of my head right now ^^
Invisible Monsters – Chuck Palahniuk.
I just read The Secret Between Us – that was good.
One of the best that I’ve read recently is “The Kommandant’s Girl” by Pam Jenoff or “The Wind Up Bird Chronicle” by Haruki Murakami.
“Good Omens” by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, “The Stand” by Stephen King, “Lamb: The Gospel of Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal” by Christopher Moore, “Only Begotten Daughter” by James Morrow, “Darkly Dreaming Dexter” by Jeff Lindsay, “Last Chance to See” by Douglas Adams, “Short History of Nearly Everything” by Bill Bryson, “Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn, “Lies My Teacher Told Me” by James W. Loewen, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (all as a short introductory list).
water for elephants by sara gruen, the bell jar by sylvia plath, to the lighthouse by virginia woolf.
“On the Road”,”Desolation Angels”, “Dharma Bums”, “Maggie Cassidy” by Jack Kerouac
“Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Doestoevsky
Pretty much James Joyce’s entire works.
Twilight of Courage, In Code: A Mathematical Journey, A Quarter Century of UNIX.
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks!!!!!! BEST book I ever read
I’d recommend any of Isaac Asimov’s science fiction (especially the robot novels), CS Forester’s Horatio Hornblower novels (set during the Napoleonic wars), and Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. Also, I haven’t read them for a while, but John Marsden’s Tomorrow When the War Began series is good too.
Light and Fun:
Skinny Dip
Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination
Heavy:
The Road
Different:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper. And all of her books!! -squeals- I just love her!!
harry potter series, hands down. or The Honeymoon, by James Patterson.
For me, it’s a toss-up between “The God Delusion” and “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything” (Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, respectively).
Anything by Phillipa Gregory (author of The Other Bolelyn Girl).
The Choice- Nicholas Sparks was REALLY good. Most of his books are good. I’d also try Mitch Albom books.
I’m into Harry Potter and Twilight and would totally recommend them. People in their 30s even enjoy the books. My professor loves Twilight.
G.I. Joe & Lillie — Read it Three Times.. The very first time.. in one day ! Love it.
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Skolian Saga series by Catherine Asaro
Step on a Crack by….I don’t remember
The Talisman by Stephen King
The Cell by Stephen King
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
OH!
Step on a Crack by James Patterson.
…. I think
I don’t know about the best ever, but I loved Nabokov’s Lolita and Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran. There are a lot of other really awesome books, but those are the first two that popped into my head…
So many, but I’ll name a few:
His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
Dark Warrior Rising by Ed Greenwood
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton ( All her books are really good. )
The Crow: Temple Of Night by S.P. Somtow
The Crow: Wicked Prayer by Norman Partridge
And that’s all I can think of right now.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
I’m always sure to read a book by the following authors: Chuck Palahnuik, Stephen King, Laurell K Hamilton, F. Paul Wilson (the Repairman Jack series), Dan Brown, Steve Alten & Neil Gaiman.
Can’t name a ‘best’:
Dreadnought – Robert K. Massie
The Elephant Vanishes – Haruki Murakami
My Life and Hard Times – James Thurber
The Works: Anatomy of a City – Kate Ascher
An American Tragedy – Theodore Dreiser
The Proud Tower – Barbara Tuchman
Meet the Bible, by Philip Yancey and Brenda Quinn.
But because only a limited audience would like that,
The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
Go Ask Alice – Anonymous
“The Stand” by Stephen King
“Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand
“The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver
“The General’s Daughter” by Nelson DeMille
“Warrior’s Soul” by Chuck Pfarrer
“Blackhawk Down” by Mark Bowden
If you are sad, “Naked” will cheer you up. If you are happy, “1984″ will bring you back to your life.
Just kidding, but those are good books.
An absolute must-read that changed my outlook on life “Jitterbug Perfume” by Tom Robbins. I
Pretty much anything Neil Gaiman writes is amazing. American Gods, Anansi Boys, and Good Omens are all great reads; and I’d also recommend his short story collections Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things.
Vonnegut is also great. If you haven’t read Slaughterhouse 5, it’s pretty much a must read; but along with Slaughterhouse is Mother Night, one of my personal favorite Vonnegut novels. Cat’s Cradle is awesome too.
@periwinkleblue_ny - The Tenth Circle was my favorite by her.
“RUBY FRUIT JUNGLE” By Ria Mae Brown…And all of her books.
I think it’s hard to find and a little twisted but, harvest home by Thomas Tryon. You WON’T guess the ending…therefore very absorbing read.
Also anything Jane Austen. Emma is fun and of course Pride and Predjudice
Out by Natsuo Kirino
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Go Ask Alice
Kiss the Girls by James Patterson…Actually, almost any thriller/crime novel by Patterson.
Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho
I love books so that is a very difficult question! Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series and the Merry Gentry Series are awesome.
Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
The five people you meet in heaven by mitch albom
I havent read in a loooong time – but im going to steal some of these ideas! I miss reading!
I have read so many wonderful books! My favorite is Without You by Anthony Rapp. Actually, on my site I review all of the books I read. Check them out for more info on my latest reads
Frank Herbert’s “Dune”. Hands down.
Miss Manners
My Detachment, The time of new weather. The giver is an old classic, I’d read that until I go blind. I read a lot of books about the holocaust. Like Hide and Seek, and Number the stars. Amazing. They are kiddie, but thats what I go for. If you want something more mature, you can NEVER go wrong with James Patterson, Cross was great. and his new book Max, its the third book, of the series, its amazing and I can’t wait to get it!
In case you decide not to read any of the other suggestions, but need something to keep you occupied for a while, I recommend The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind I havent finished the whole series yet, but they are amazing!
Little Beauties
The Cranberry Queen
Speak
Ice
Catalyst
The Lovely Bones
Lucky
New Moon
The Last Lecture
Blue Like Jazz (talks about religion)
Searching for God Knows What(again speaks of religion)
90 Minutes In Heaven (has some of religion in it)
Tuesdays With Morrie
The Nanny Diaries
Citizen Girl or perhaps it was Girl Citizen
And any of James Patterson’s books.
and i could go on and on, but i’ll spare you.
and i have currently been sucked into the Twilight books…a friend was reading them and i really wanted to know what was so interesting about them…even though i’m in my 20s. Haha.
Take Care.
On the Road – Jack Kerouac
Monkey – Wu Cheng-En
Another Roadside Attraction – Tom Robbins
Maus I and II – Art Spiegelman
Coming into the Country – John McPhee
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union – Michael Chabon
Special Topics in Calamity Physics – Marissa Pessl
and a humorous mystery series by a certain xangan
My 6 favorite novels:
Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card (Sci-Fi, just an awesome book)
Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut (Classic Sci-Fi / Humor)
Choke – Chuck Palahniuk (Humor, Raunchy)
I, Robot – Isaac Asimov (Classic Sci-Fi, short stories about robots written in the…50′s?)
Long Way Down – Nick Hornby (Funny, Sad, Touching)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom (Touching, easy short read)
@ILoveJesusBetterThanIceCream - i second that Water For Elephants great read, id read it again only i think i passed it on.
The other boleyn girls is brilliant nothing like the film it’s very graphic you can even smell king henry the 8th from the book its amazingly descriptive
Atlas Shrugged, 1984, East of Eden.
The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger. Or, The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
The Time Traveler’s Wife sounds totally stupid, but it isn’t about a guy who has a time machine or anything; it’s a genetic defect. It’s actually pretty realistic, and it’s written from two different perspectives: Claire, the wife, and Henry, her husband.
The Road is a sci-fi/post-apocalypse sort of deal. It’s very realistic too, in the way that it doesn’t deal with zombies or anything equally retarded
Oh yeah, The Chelsea Whistle, by Michelle Tea, is also a good one. It goes by pretty fast, but still.
HORROR:
The Long Walk by Stephen King
Darkness Tell Us by Richard Laymon
ROMANCE:
Whirlwind (First book in the Welcome to Tyler series) by Nancy Martin
SERIES:
Harry Potter
Twilight
MY FAVE OF ALL TIME:
The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
The Harry Potter books for fantasy and magic.
Remembrance for romance.
i don’t know the best book..
or my favourite,
so i’ll put the one i’ve just read, which was good
‘White Teeth’ by Zadie Smith (:
♥
The Secret Life of Bees
The Lovely Bones
Any Jodi Picoult Book
Piece of Cake: A Memoir
You’re probably not still taking suggestions but Wuthering Heights is amazing.
“Looking for Alaska” by John Green. It’ll make you laugh hysterically, AND cry.
“House of Leaves” -Mark Danielewski (it’ll keep you occupied for a while, and BLOW YOUR MIND.)
“Good Omens” by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
“Apathy (And other small victories)” I think the author’s last name is Neilan.
“i can’t tell you” by Hillary Frank (this is a quick one, but it’s awesome.)
I can certainly list more if need be. lol.
Recently?
Jane Austen Ruined My Life. by ? (sorry can’t remember the author)Anne of Green Gables by LM MontgomeryChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
The Time Traveller’s Wife, My Sister’s Keeper, Obernewtyn, and I think anything by Tad Williams is good
Well, I’m a huge fan anything David Sedaris decides is fit for the masses. And then some,
I also just love “The Lovely Bones” and “Lucky” which are both by Alice Sebold. Her latest book isn’t nearly on the same level so please don’t waste your money on that one. Um… I hope you get some good ones!
@SerenaDante - Ender’s Game is one of my all-time favorites hands down. I recently actually got back into the series and it’s not too bad, but Orson Scott Card is still kinda my hero for getting me into that genre of books!
@Paizleygrl - Yes… I’ve read all of her historical fiction novels and I can’t seem to get enough!
@SHiLLySiT - oooh, The Alchemist is a good call. I had forgotten about that book
Try reading The Ruins. If you liked the movie then deff. read it because it’s 100x better than the movie.
Even if you didn’t like/see the movie read it! It has suspense, adventure, and romance
You’ll no doubt already have read these
but anyway
-To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee)
- the Narnia Series (Lewis) (yeah, for kids ostensibly, still amazing)
oh and Alice in Wonderland books!
although I see from your header you’re already familiar with those… TTLG better than the first, I reckon
the Artemis Fowl series!
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Piccoult
sooo good!
The Famished Road-Ben Okri
The Alchemist-Paulo Coelho
The Truth About Forever-Sarah Dessen
Companions of the Night-Vivian Vande Velde
Pure Sunshine-Brian James
The Stranger-Albert Camus
The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
Crazy – Benjamin Lebert
Let Me In – John Ajvide Lindqvist
Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood
All really good. Different genres so they can please any audience
You can never go wrong with Ray Bradbury.
Also:
Old School (Tobias Wolff)
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
@TheJoyfulCynic - You like dystopias, huh? Good call!!
@apennieformythoughts - The Lovely Bones—wonderful!!! (Except for the one really creepy/weird part.)
@Krissy_Cole - It’s a great book. I’m eagerly waiting for the movie to come out.
Drama: Everything by Dan Brown (except The DaVinci Code – I didn’t read that)
Romance: Pretty much everything by Nicholas Sparks, James Patterson “Sam’s Letters to Jennifer” and “Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas“, and anything by Karen Fox! I really loved “Buttercup Baby” and “Prince Charming” … Debbie Macomber “Navy Wife” “Navy Bride” … etc. “Smart Boys and Fast Girls” by Stephie Davis … anything by Sarah Dessen especially “Dreamland” and “The Truth About Forever”
Literature: “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier, “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison, “Persuasion” by Jane Austen, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Shakespeare
Fantasy: the Twilight saga, Harry Potter series, “Daughter of the Forest” series
Random: “Kissing Doorknobs”, “Night” by Ellie Wiesel, “Swallowing Stones” …
hope that helps cure your reading urge (:
Being a constant reader helps you cope with life. The best I can recommend for you is Rick Warren’s THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE. It asks “what on earth am I here for? I do recommend you buy the book and make notes during your 40 day adventure into life as we know it. You will thank me if you’ll just read it.Then you’ll want to buy it so you can read it again. Please do this. I understand where you’re coming from and this book will help.
Being a constant reader helps you cope with life. The best I can recommend for you is Rick Warren’s THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE. It asks “what on earth am I here for? I do recommend you buy the book and make notes during your 40 day adventure into life as we know it. You will thank me if you’ll just read it.Then you’ll want to buy it so you can read it again. Please do this. I understand where you’re coming from and this book will help.
@Krissy_Cole - I do indeed! And good call yourself on the Bradbury. Something Wicked This Way Comes is one of my favorite books ever.
White Oleander by Janet Fitch. It’s about a teenage girl who goes from foster home to foster home after her mother is sent to jail for murder. It’s one of the most beautifully written books I’ve ever read.
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates is also amazing. It’s about the decay of a suburban family in the 1950s. Also one of the most beautifully written books I’ve ever read.
@MochaSprinkle - Yes it is. We read it in English class, it was epic.
Some recent books I have read that I like are Prisoner of Birth By Jeffrey Archer and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini .
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Hannah Swensen Murder Series by Joanne Fluke
@IfonEarth - I also read Lolita. That was an amazing work.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
The Call of the Wild/White Fang by Jack London
Pet Sematary/Carrie/Firestarter by Stephen King
Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Jurassic Park/Congo by Michael Crichton
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Foxtrot by Bill Amend
The Far Side by Gary Larson
… I’m an English major going for her MFA in Creative Writing.
It’s impossible to give you a “best”…and since I’m reading constantly, I’ll just have to give you a good one. Night Swimming by Robin Schwarz. It was wonderful. =]