What is your favorite book?

[Wisconsin9]

Shit, that's a toughie...

Probably either The Stand by Stephen King, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, or any member of the Harry Potter series.

Non-fiction, then right now it's probably The Art of War.

Oh, Mein Kampf is actually a good read.

I've actually wanted to read that. Sort of for the same reasons I want to read Atlas Shrugged and the Bible.

[Mailam]

World Book Encyclopedia

[Bojikami]

The communist manifesto.

[Corrian]

The only thing that discourages me to read Game of Thrones is I have heard that Martin commits genocide to his beloved characters every book.

That's exactly why I love the series. It's not predictable, and you never know who will die, who will win, or what. Literally. I'm sick of predictable stories where the hero characters always win and live happily ever after. Actually, this series doesn't even really have a definite 'good' character really. Martin is very into making his characters not pure good or pure evil (Even though some act like that, they may not be), because he doesn't believe there's anyone that's pure good or pure evil. Which I agree with.

[Castille de Italia]

Had to update and add four more books (even though the last is a short story), as more came to mind. A lot of these are well-known as the best works of literature in American History. These are compiled as my top ten favorite stories in literature. Also, I'm not seeing a lot of these names, and I'm wondering why. Maybe I'm just old?

Well, I haven't read a single one....but I am really lacking in my book reading, so yeah. I'm open to all types of books (except maybe ones that are straightforward romance stories with nothing else to them except that. Just...so dull and not that exciting to me), movies, shows, games, and so on, so I'm willing to try all of those at some point.

Let's see, most of these are adventure books. To Kill a Mockingbird is about a young child's observances in typical Southern life in the Depression era, Uncle Tom's Cabin is about slavery, The Outsiders is about rivalries between two groups who fight because of income inequality, The Catcher In The Rye is about a teen discovering the world, The Phantom Tollbooth is about a bored child embarking on a mythical adventure, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is about a Southern kid causing mischief and exploring, The Great Gatsby is about a WWI veteran getting caught up in a bad situation, How The West Was Won is about the recollections of settlers in the frontier during the 1800's, Lord of the Flies is about a stranded group of schoolboys turning to savagery on an deserted island, and The Most Dangerous Game is about a man who is hunted by a Cossack after falling off a yacht. Most of them are adventure, and they all have really good themes, I advise you into looking into reading these books, as they were an important part of my childhood, and they could be an important part of your life to. They are really good books...

[Gratislavia]

Shit, that's a toughie...

Probably either The Stand by Stephen King, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, or any member of the Harry Potter series.

Non-fiction, then right now it's probably The Art of War.

Oh, Mein Kampf is actually a good read.

I've actually wanted to read that. Sort of for the same reasons I want to read Atlas Shrugged and the Bible.

I found The Stand particularly enjoyable myself, though Atlas Shrugged was rather an un-enjoyable read same with Mein Kampf.

[The God-Realm]

Atlas Shrugged, the best comedy before Fox News.

[Amehstris]

It'd be an even split between, Die Hexer Series by andrzej sapkowski or Mogworld by Ben "Yatzee" Croshaw

[Castille de Italia]

Sort of for the same reasons I want to read Atlas Shrugged and the Bible.

You should also look into The Book of Mormon, another Testament of Jesus Christ...

[The Zeonic States]

I really enjoyed One Day on Mars.

[Liriena]

Martin Fierro by Jose Hernandez

Nothing like an epic poem about an uneducated, racist, sexist Argentine cowboy telling, with a very florid vocabulary, about the hardships of his life, his terrible crimes, his exile with the savage Indians...to then end his tale with a redemption in the eyes of his children, and him giving them a series of very valuable pieces of advice that apply even today to the common Argentine man.

[Reichsland]

1. Scot Harvath series by Brad Thor

2.Moby Dick

3.Knight's Cross by E.M. Nathanson and Aaron Bank

[Corrian]

Let's see, most of these are adventure books. To Kill a Mockingbird is about a young child's observances in typical Southern life in the Depression era, Uncle Tom's Cabin is about slavery, The Outsiders is about rivalries between two groups who fight because of income inequality, The Catcher In The Rye is about a teen discovering the world, The Phantom Tollbooth is about a bored child embarking on a mythical adventure, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is about a Southern kid causing mischief and exploring, The Great Gatsby is about a WWI veteran getting caught up in a bad situation, How The West Was Won is about the recollections of settlers in the frontier during the 1800's, Lord of the Flies is about a stranded group of schoolboys turning to savagery on an deserted island, and The Most Dangerous Game is about a man who is hunted by a Cossack after falling off a yacht. Most of them are adventure, and they all have really good themes, I advise you into looking into reading these books, as they were an important part of my childhood, and they could be an important part of your life to. They are really good books...

See, every single one of those sound like they could be good, if done right. Thanks for explaining them to me! One of these days when I get back to reading (I already own a ton of books I need to read), I'll look into them.

My brother highly recommended The Life of Pi to me. He said he's owned it 10 different times, because he's always giving it to people.

[Wisconsin9]

Sort of for the same reasons I want to read Atlas Shrugged and the Bible.

You should also look into The Book of Mormon, another Testament of Jesus Christ...

I'm more concerned with the broad strokes. Know thy enemy, and all that.

[Yip Man]

My favorite books? Very hard to choose but I guess I'll narrow the list down to these:

Fiction:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
The Ethos Effect by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
The Stars Asunder by Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald
Also, everything written by Arthur C. Clarke, Clive Cussler and Isaac Asimov.

Non-Fiction:
CEO Material: How to Be a Leader in Any Organization by D.A. Benton
How to be Rich by J. Paul Getty

[Not That Lot Again]

Wow, just one?

Marcel Proust, À la recherche du temps perdu. But don't bother if your French is less than stellar. And don't bother with the English translations, either.

If you're limited to English, there's this Shakespeare guy who's pretty good.

Or if you're looking for nonfiction, then volume one of Capital is a good read. No, really. Yes, the first chapter stops almost everyone in their tracks, but if you can get past that one you'll find that the Marx is really funny. But you won't get the humor unless you get the Ben Fowkes translation - easily enough done, since that's the one Penguin uses.

Something written more recently? Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower rocked my world, but not necessarily in a good way. If you want to think about the social breakdown that could accompany global climate change, and aren't prone to suicidal ideation, then you might give it a go.

Contemporary nonfiction: Robert Caro's ongoing biography of Lyndon Johnson will teach you more about American politics than the collected workers of all 10,000+ members of the American Political Science Association (of which I'm a 25-yr member).

Something light, funny, enjoyable . . . ? Shit, I got nothin'.

[Sedikal]

The Ugly American by Stewart Stern

Parlement of Foules by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

The book or revaluations by John of Patmos

[Modern Gondor]

I have a list:


1) The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien.

2) The Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins

3) Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling.

4) To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

5) The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien

6) The Walking Dead comic and book series - Robert Kirkman

7) The Eleventh Plague - Jeff Hirsch

8.) Halo book series - Various

9) Star Wars EU - Various

10) The Three Investigators Series

More coming as I think of them.

[The Zeonic States]

You should also look into The Book of Mormon, another Testament of Jesus Christ...

I'm more concerned with the broad strokes. Know thy enemy, and all that.

I read the art of war; I prefer less poetry in Military Tactical advisories.

Infanterie Greift An is also a good book to read upon tactics despite it being somewhat out of date even by the time of it's publishing but it lends advice and stratagems to Arilltery and armored movements and thats why it's still looked at today.

.-. Infantry attack in english is the book's title i have a original copy printed in Deustch though. But you can easily find a remake of the book in most bookstores.

[Bojikami]

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Its a really good detective book.

[Gideus]

The only thing that discourages me to read Game of Thrones is I have heard that Martin commits genocide to his beloved characters every book.

That's exactly why I love the series. It's not predictable, and you never know who will die, who will win, or what. Literally. I'm sick of predictable stories where the hero characters always win and live happily ever after. Actually, this series doesn't even really have a definite 'good' character really. Martin is very into making his characters not pure good or pure evil (Even though some act like that, they may not be), because he doesn't believe there's anyone that's pure good or pure evil. Which I agree with.

Speaking of that author...

Have you read Martin's Tuf Voyaging? Only thing by him I've read, it's another of my favorites. It's some of the best lighthearted sci-fi out there, but it has very serious undertones and sections to keep it nice and varied.

[Castille de Italia]

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

This has to be the best book ever written, and my favorite. Let me put it how President Bush put it: It is a gift to the world...

[Napleonic France]

The Hunger Games
Susan Collins

[Forsher]

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Its a really good detective book.

Try The House of the Dead, same author.

[Bacopa]

Midnight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker