whats your favourite type of book and why whats your favourite

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The Diary of Samuel Pepys.
An excellent firsthand account of 17th century life in England.
Although thousands of pages long, it's a must for anyone remotely interested in English history.

It's the closest thing to a time machine I've ever ran across. Cherish it.

The Witching Hour - Anne Rice...I was seething at the end. Lasher and Taltos ruined the trilogy IMO.

No, 'Lasher' and 'Taltos' were great, IMO, you got to love Micheal beating Lasher to death with a hammer at the end of 'Lasher'. What ruined the trilogy was tying it in with the Vampires.

Oh and my favortie book? "Brave New World" probably.

So far, I have to say Geralds Game by Stephen King. He really gets into your head and makes you really wonder what are those sounds you hear bumping in the night .

I loved "Child Possessed" by David St Clair. In fact I also enjoyed "The Devil rocked her cradle" and "Mine to kill" by the same author. I find his books fascinating and they keep me thinking about the cases for years afterwards. I really, really enjoyed "Hostage to the Devil" by Malachi Martin, I have to say that is one of my all-time favourites.

I have a lotta favs....but usually anything by John Grisham.

I have a lot of favorites that I read over and over again.

Historical Fiction:
Sunne in Splendour -- Sharon K. Penman
The Here Be Dragons Trilogy (about the last Princes' of Wales, not about dragons haha) -- Sharon K Penman as well.
The Source and Centennial -- James Mitchner

Mystery

Anything by Lawrence Block but I especially like his Bernie Rhodenbar series about the cat burgler who's a bad guy, but totally loveable.

Fantasy

Anything by Mercedes Lackey (I know, I know haha)
Anything by Raymond Feist

Standard Fiction
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns -- This book is a masterpiece. This is the ONLY book that ever touched me enough to make me cry.

Classics

Moll Flanders by Daniel DaVoe
Awakenings by Kate Chopin

I totally agree with you! The Witching Hour was soo great though.

But another of my favorite books was The Secret Life of Algernon Pendleton by Walter H. Greenan.

And anything by Vonnegut.

eragon

Sherlock Holmes: the complete facsimile edition


Sherlock Holmes always uses logic to solve a problem.

Tough question!

Stealing MisMelsWell's format for this one.

Science Fiction - OSC's Ender's Game Series, though it's a close race with the Shadow series about Bean. I'm a big OSC fan, love all his books!

I'm also a big fan of a little known author by the name of John Steakley, he's got two great books, Armor and Vampires. Both well worth a read.

Classics - Homer's Odyssey

Fantasy - Lord of the Rings series, the companion books are great also. I especially enjoyed the Silmarillion and The Hobbit (not exactly a companion book, more like a prelude).

Many, many more but I would have to say these would be my top choices.

Fear and loathing in Las Vegas.

The book is so much better than the movie, as it should be.

Atlas Shrugged by Ayne Rand is probably pretty closed to my favorite book.

Truly inspiring writer.

I would have to say Cloud Atlas, by John Mitchell.

It is apsolutley stunning; my favourite of all time
(only other one that comes close it The Kitchengods Wife by Amy Tan)

But with Cloud Atlas, you really can judge a book by its cover...Isn't it amazing?

[font="Impact"][/font]Okay I may be a bit old, but my favorite books of all time are the Harry Potter collection. In fact sometimes I wish that Hogwarts was real.

I read a huge amount of books... so I have many favorites...

Historical
Shakespeare

Comedy
Oscar Wilde

Archaeology
Coins and Power in Late Iron Age Britain




I have to say one of my all time favorites is a romance "These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer"

(makes me cry every time)

The Bitterbynde Trilogy (by a fantastic Aussie writer, Cecilia Dart-Thorton) and The Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling. I kinda have a thing for books featuring the fae

My classic fav would have to be Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice, and I also love the writings of Edgar Allan Poe and William Blake (I love 'A Poison Tree').

I also have a worn out collection of Harry Potter books (due to overreading), I adore the series but kinda stopped being 'obsessive' about it after Order of The Phoenix came out and my fav character perished though it was kind of sus, and I've always had an inkling he may not be gone for good... my friends say it's just wishful thinking though hmph

All time favorite book: "IT" by S. King.

The great Science Fiction writer Jack Vance is my favorite author and any one of his 50 or 60 published books would be my favorite.

I also put "Breakfast of Champions" and "The Sirens of Titan" by Kurt Vonnegut right near the top.

Another favorite is the very obscure "Starlight Nights" by Leslie Peltier.

I also re-read the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy about every five years.

Please Kill Me - The uncensored oral history of punk

When I was in high school I was all into this series called "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever" by Stephen R. Donaldson.

Great books, I got all my friends hooked on them but I had never known anyone else who was into them.

Then the first day that I joined this board I saw a member named Barek Halfhand, a character in the series.

So, you know... that was pretty cool.

Never read those, but I loved 'Mordant's Need'.

I like the Harry Potter series aswell but my favourite has to be Battle Royale by Koushun Takami (And no, its not a wrestling thing).
It was so controversial that it's lucky to have been published (And translated into English for that matter) so thankfully it actually manages to exist.

My favorite book.. no idea. The most recent book I read' was The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova and it was a very decent read if you are into vampires and the whole myth of Dracula.

The little prince.

actually the book is exactly the same except for one added part.

Wow! Apart from Barek, I didn't know that any one else knew about these books either!
My father put me onto them. I can't really remember that much about them, (it has been a while), but that was about the Lepper, was it not?

* nods *

Lena, The Bloodguard, White Gold, the Staff of Law, the Arch of Time, Linden Avery, Nom - bring back any memories?

Best Fantasy writer since Tolkein, without a doubt

My very favorite book is "To Kill A Mockinbird"...Second would be "The Cider House Rules"...I also love to read Anne Rice books...

I love these books:

Mostly Tolkien's:
The Silmarillion, Leaf by Niggle and the LOTR trilogy.

Orientals:
Gorin No Sho (Book Of Five Rings) by Miyamoto Musashi, I always cary it anywhere.
Art Of War by Sun Tzu.

I also admire Bram Stoker's Dracula and Forrest Gump!

My favorites are both Stephen King novels:

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It

The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri

Easily the greatest piece of literature I have had the chance to lay eyes upon.

Anything by Terry Pratchet. he writes fantasy with a good dose of satire. Excellent books.
Also anything by Joanna Lindsey (romance) especially her viking based ones.
And Virginia Henley, her books based in England during King John and Henry are awesome.
And Anne Rice.

But out of those my all time favourite book which I read and re-read over and over again is the Hogfather by Terry Pratchet.

She is awsome! I love her books!

I also like to read anything by David & Leigh Eddings
Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time Series

And I really like The Lady Of Hay by Barbra Erskine

I'd have to say my currently favourite books are:

-The Vampire Diaries by: L.J.Smith.
-A Little Fate by: Nora Roberts.
-Water Nymph by: Michele Jaffe.
-Undone by: Virginia Henley.
-Dracula by: Bram Stoker.

and basically anything that has a good horror/romance/mystery/fantasy kinda thing to it

The only thing that I read, that's even close to a book, is the newspaper. And I don't even read THAT as often as I should. Blah. Books just don't interest me much anymore. I get too distracted with other things.

ok I'm not looking for highbrow. I own highbrow , read highbrow. I adore Tennysons Idylls of the King. I have the copy in blue cloth gold guild - Illustrated by Robert Ball. Heritage Club Press. New York. 1939

you can find one in nice condition for about 20 dollars.

found a illustration as in the book except this is black but it should be a reddish colour. and this looks like it didn't come out well. it should be sharp and crisp. I need a new printer !



what I'm looking for is good horror and I haven't read anything since Rice with her story on the Witch ( can't remem ber anymore. ) so it's been along time. I like her style , easy reading.

any suggestions ?

My favorite books of all time are:

Footprints of Thunder by James F. David - combines a dose of the unexplained with dinosaurs. Great read.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, classic pirate story.
Raptor Red by Bob Bakker
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Also I like almost anything by Micheal Crichton as well as anything dealing with the paranormal, UFOs/Aliens, and the unexplained, with a bit of history every once and awhile.

All Harry Potter Book

I like all the Steven King Book's all of them

Edit: I like all the ghost storie's book's i have over 50 of ghost storie's and horror book's in my house and about 30 stephen king book's :]

I like "The Diceman" by Luke Reinhard, good book, a bit trippy, but good.
My wife bought me a couple of books a few Christmasses ago that i keep going back to.
They are "Last Train To Memphis", & "Careless Love", by Peter Guralnick. They are Elvis Presley biographies , & are brilliant.
Enjoyed Da Vinci Code.
Also "Moondust", about what happened to all the men who walked on the Moon.
Terry Pratchett "Discworld" stuff is very entertaining.
Daniel Defoe"s "Robinson Crusoe" is still a great book, no matter how many times i read it.

I read Donaldson's books years ago too... they're definitely different! I liked them. I just KNEW I had heard the name Barek Halfhand before, I just couldn't recall where! Thanks! haha.

And sorry Glorybee, I love ya girl, but Jordan makes me want to cram forks in my eyes. haha.

I actually like Pratchett too... I mean, who can resist Granny Weatherwax? She's fantastic! I wish she was my granny!

Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (who I typically don't care for) co-wrote "Good Omens" which was a HOOT! I mean, come on, how can you not love a madcap story about a demon and an angel who accidentally lose the pre-teen Anti-Christ and have to work together to find him? Just thinking about that book cracks me up!

I don't think I have a favorite, I guess if I had to choose I'd say "The Stand".

I loved "Interview With a Vampire" and "Witching Hour", but I could never get into any of Anne Rice's other books. I see no need to waste three pages describing a tree.

The books that I'm currently reading are "The Camulod Chronicles" by Jack Whyte. If you haven't read them, it's about Camelot, sort of.
I don't usually read these kinds of books, lots of Roman military planning and weaponry and stuff, but I was staying in the hospital with my son and my other son left the first book of the series there. I picked it up out of boredom and I've been addicted since.

I need something to read in between those though, and y'all have given me a list of books to look for. Thanks!

Hey, no prob! WE have to love others for the good along with the badm, right? LOL

Actually Lady Hay taht I mentioned is a really awesome book that the author did a tonne of research for. It is about a journalist that is hypnotised and while under she remembers living before, as Lady Hay, a real person in history. It is a really interesting read, at least IMO

Absolutely glorybee... absolutely!

I suppose if you were to ask me what I read when I'm feeling like reading mindless drivel... (I might regret this)...

I love Janet Evanovich who writes the Stephanie Plum mystery novels... they're totally formulaic, nothing ever gets resolved, and they're so outlandish and unrealistic... I love them.

the other one, and this one I'm REALLY going to regret... I have read every single JD Robb (aka Nora Roberts) Eve Dallas mystery novel.

Sometimes you just have to give the brain a break. haha.

Da Vinci Code is a lovly book

I agree! Boy, do I agree! LOL