Favorite book(s) and why

[!CoNvOy]

My favorite book is probably the stand by Stephan king

[Old_School_Gamer]

anything Howard Lovecraft, if you can't tell by looking at my profile... hahaha why? because it warped my fragile little mind... and stephen king's mind as well, from what i've heard. some may say it's predictable, and i've seen that after reading his stories over and over and over again, but at the same time, he has a certain way of describing the indescribable... of puting a face on the unimaginable... and in-gen........... just messin with my head. i can relate a lot of bad trips to the things described in his stories, and that could be one of the biggest reasons, but the way he weaves science, ancient religion and mythology, and historical places and a few events together has me thinking there could be something more sinister and factual to the things he writes about. then again, i could be crazy... one can only hope, i guess. :D

[Stonage]

My favorite book is "Wizard's First Rule" by Terry Goodkind. The rest of the series kicked *** too. That crappy show "Legend of the Seeker" is based of this series, but literally nothing that took place in the show happened anywhere in any of the books.

I just finished reading "The Blade Itself" by Joe Abercrombie, it kicks a little bit of *** as well.

[SirAllred]

my favorite overall is a tie between The Dark Tower series and Eyes of the Dragon, he wrote that for his daughter, and later took refrences from it for Dark Towers.

Later on a found out the Evil Advisor in the book named Flagg, was just Randall Flagg, a guy he used in almost all of his dam books as a main antagonist.

King can almost perfectly embody pure evil.

[!CoNvOy]

His initials are almost always RF no matter what, check this out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Flagg

[SirAllred]

yea i was just reading that, still am 2, i guess the dark towers did give his background, but to me just seemed like the end of his reign.

Did you ever read or watch Desperation? Ron Perlman as Collie Entragian could have been viewed as RF.

[!CoNvOy]

no i havent

[SofaKing]

well ol veck, that would be 'A Clock Work Orange'. Right droopy tale about this alex veck and his basoomy reformation in the ol staja. Real horrorshow, oh my brothers.

I like the way they talk, its hard to understand at first but once you get use to it its really entertaining.

[Ladyallred]

Wherefore do ye toil; is it not that ye may live and be happy? And if ye toil only that ye may toil more, when shall happiness find you? Ye toil to live, but is not life made of beauty and song? ... Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end. Were not death more pleasing?

H.P. Lovecraft

"The Quest of Iranon"

[TNTSKULL]

Mine has to be the Alphabet of Maliness, even though I have yet to finish it.

Still funny, though.

The reason is mostly because I'm a big fan of The Best Page in the Universe and the book is a somewhat continuation of the hilarity that ensues the website. If you have no idea what I mean then go to TheBestPageintheUniverse.net and see it. Some will like it and others will absolutely hate it, so just whatever.

[Grimm]

Mine has to be the Alphabet of Maliness, even though I have yet to finish it.

Still funny, though.

The reason is mostly because I'm a big fan of The Best Page in the Universe and the book is a somewhat continuation of the hilarity that ensues the website. If you have no idea what I mean then go to TheBestPageintheUniverse.net and see it. Some will like it and others will absolutely hate it, so just whatever.

I am also a big fan of Maddox and his awesome book of manliness! But other favourites of mine include:

*******s Finish First by Tucker Max, I hope they Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max, The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook series, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Animal Farm by George Orwell, All Quiet on the Western Front by Friedrick Remarque, Mythology by Edith Hamilton, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, The book of 5 Rings by Myamoto Musashi, The Life Giving Sword by Yagyu Munenori, Karate-do My Way of Life by Gichin Funakoshi, Inside U by Byong Yu, The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, The Analects by Confuscius or, rather, Confuscianists (I don't actually think Confuscious is all that great but it's still good to read the Analects, if for nothing more than to get a different outlook/perspective on things) The Dialogues of Plato, the Trial of Socrates, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and many others.

[WildPandaKungFu]

I'm a really big fan of Moreihei Ueshiba's The Art of Peace.

[Grimm]

I'm a really big fan of Moreihei Ueshiba's The Art of Peace.

Cool! Haven't read that one.

[ashearth]

My favorite books are
1)The Demonata books 1-3.... Blood, guts, demons, magic, werewolves... and demented comedy.. what more could u want?
2) From the corner of his eye--- Long enthralling book full of confusion
3)Fool -The tale of King Leer from the view of a vulgar, perverse and Depraved jester....nuff said.

[aideath27]

Mines DEF the dark tower series. stephen king knows how to take the odd and make it great. like amazing great not just great

[Ladyallred]

Mines DEF the dark tower series. stephen king knows how to take the odd and make it great. like amazing great not just great
He learned everything he knows from my favorite author.
H.P. Lovecraft-Blood Curdling Stories and Tales of the Macabre.

[Mr.Devil]

Tito Ortiz this is gonna hurt. Great book by a great MMA Fighter if you like MMA you need to read it.

[TechFairy]

My favorite book, I'd have to say, is Jay's Journal. It's dark, sometimes disturbing, and based on an actual journal that a sixteen-year-old boy kept before shooting himself in the head. He downward spirals into addictions, Satanism, and about anything you can think of.

[Wickeed Popsicle]

Well I am usually diving myself into a War book like "Too hell and Back" by Audey Murphey. But the most recent book has taken me off my usual path of reading. I went with "The Last Wish" by a polish author whos name right now I am to drunk to spell. It is the book that inspired the game "The Witcher" I highly reccommend it.

[tomthemage30]

the sorceress by michael scott.u cnt let dwn te bk

[Colon_Catastrophe]

He learned everything he knows from my favorite author.
H.P. Lovecraft-Blood Curdling Stories and Tales of the Macabre.

Lovecraft was a true visionary. So many modern day horror and sci-fi films were based off of and are his stories.


Some of my favorite books are Sphere, Battle Royale (Come on, great damn premise), Coyote by Allen Steele, and two that are a little less common.


The End of Alice by A.M. Holmes. It's completely ****ed up in every way. The author is a contributing editor in Vanity Fair and publishes in The New Yorker and The New York Times... But... This is completely opposite of what you would expect. It's about a 19 year-old girl who writes letters back and forth with a convicted pedophile in prison. The letters keep getting more and more disgusting and sadistic... There is one part that, no matter who you are, will make you feel disgusting. All I can say is it's a flashback involving a bath.


The other one is Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami. I can't really go too much into is as I'm not that far yet, but it's a great read so far.

[caldaminis]

tough decision most of kings books for sure with me just like them for there creepiness the dark tower series was epic love how he tied all his books together (most of them)

but I'd have to say "the wheel of time"by Robert Jordan good series and we finally get to see the last too books! :)

[supermanman]

Terry Goodkind can make your spine feel like its crawling up your back. Sword of Truth Novels pwn. I fell asleep once reading steven king describing a hat for 12 pages.... FAIL. Wheel of time is great. jordan is shizzy

[Sargoth]

I like the following:

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
The Nightside by Simon Green
The Riftwar series by Raymond Feist

I used to enjoy the Dragonrider series by Anne McCaffery until she passed. The new ones by her nephew aren't nearly as good.

[Febreze]

The soulforge-Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.

Really take advantage of the dragonlance lore and gives you insight on the young life of Raislin Majere on of the main Dragonlance protagonists.

[namelessme001]

Anything by russian philosopher PD ouspensky. Because he teaches you to think for yourself instead of being a puppet..

[classicscommando09]

He learned everything he knows from my favorite author.
H.P. Lovecraft-Blood Curdling Stories and Tales of the Macabre.

H.P. Lovecraft had an effect on all horror authors.

I love Ender's War by Orson Scott Card. It's a lot like Halo, except it came out 20 years before Halo was conceived.

Has anyone ever read these? They used to be my favorite as a kid, especially Castlevania.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/Complete_set_of_Worlds_of_Power_books.JPG

[rocker_dude_991]

i must say im not much of a comics fan... im more into reading manga and mystery books. so far my favorite books would prolly have to the davinci code and angels and demons both by dan brown. :D

[Febreze]

Ecce Homo The Geneology of Morals- Friedrich Neitzche (Very great philosopher).

[SaJews]

I know a thread like this appears often. But really can there be too many good things said about books?

So with summer in full swing and for some reading along with it... What are some of your all time favorite reads?

Ill start

One of mine is... The Velveteen Rabbit

Whos next?

What are some of your favorite books, and perhaps a brief reason as to why.

Happy Fourth of July

[Gizmo20783]

I like the Alchemist

[EmperorWu]

Congo, it's not as grand as a lot of other adventure books but there is just something about it that's special.

[Sargoth]

Congo, it's not as grand as a lot of other adventure books but there is just something about it that's special.

Michael Crichton is usually a safe bet for a good book. Some of them really make you go "Huh....i wonder"

[ridley]

The Valley of Fear - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

I like all of the Sherlock Holmes novels i've read so far but this one is the best in my opinion.

The Big Four - Agatha Christie

Same as above but replace Sherlock Holmes with Hercule Poirot.

The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare

[vido93]

the doors of perception by aldous huxley
its just simply a great book.

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[xarshe]

Still reading through The Stand, and i have to say it's quite good. How he merges the characters together is amazing

[Sargoth]

Still reading through The Stand, and i have to say it's quite good. How he merges the characters together is amazing

If you like the Stand's character progressions you should try the King's Dark Tower set.

[li3w]

Very few books can make someone weep for the protagonist. This is one of them and it makes us reflect on our lives and what we wanna achieve in life.

[li3w]

Some other books tt i recommend will be tuesday with morrie, the 7 seven people u meet in heaven and the last lecture. All thse books make you are very meaningful, making you reflect on ur life.

[cocoatan]

I AM A GIRL SO OBVIOUSLY I LOVE TWILIGHT LOL!!!111

no but really, if you have the imagination to do the imagery legwork yourself and can ignore the unlikeable characters, some of the ideas there are pretty good. she's just a crappy writer. also ew rpattz.

[fatmike72450]

I enjoy a good mystery/whodunnit kind of book.

[jedtou]

rich dad by robert kiyosaki

[jechtx]

i can't name a single favorite book, its too hard!
Favorite authors though: Simon R. Green, Karen Miller, Trudi Canavan, Robert Muchamore, Dan Brown, Stephanie Meyer, Darren Shan, and I've probably forgot a few! :D

[1st Super Tobalman]

I like the bible

[Kombine]

Mine would have to be Watership Down by Richard Adams, mostly because of the characters. Adams did a good job on giving such unique personalities to most of the characters in the novel.

[redcarl90]

Harry Potter books.

Cause even though its fiction I can learn a thing or two from that book, and cause it has a movie. So if I don't get that part of the book maybe the movie will..:D:D

[farti]

I Love also Harry Potter but I think the books are better because there's more explanaiton

[galliance]

The Alchemist ... cuz its the only book that i liked!

[McNultyyy]

angels n demons

[kpropain]

It's to hard to name a single favorite, I like a lot of different authors, W.E.B. Griffin, Stephen Coonts, Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, and I also like reading a lot of non-fiction especially books on history, WWI & II & Vietnam biographys.

[pharaoh45]

The Republic by Plato is a work of art

[Brillonius]

The Dark Tower series. I'm even picking up the graphic novels that have been coming out, filling in a lot of the back story. Good stuff!

Wheel of Time is also pretty good, although it got pretty needlessly stretched out, imo, and now another writer has to finish the final book.

[Ben22090]

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell is hilarious

[Plinkownage]

anyone know a good website were you can read some of these books?

[Radimir Mniach]

"Witcher" by Andrzej Sapkowski. Great story with lots of funny moiments though. When you start reading you can't stop till the end.

[gamelegend100]

Romance of the three kingdoms

Love that book and gave rise to the great dynasty warriors game series awesome.

[Omns3]

Xanth books by Piers Anthony .

Just love fantasy books :)

[andyflag]

The Republic by Plato is a work of art

Agreed, I've Read That Book Countless Times, However My Favorite Books Other Then That Are,
Aristotle On Man in The universe,
The Death And Trial Of Socrates,
Atlas Shrugged,
Eragon And The Like,
Catcher in The Rye
Raise High The Roof Beam Carpenters And An Introduction To Seymour Glass

[LightningCyborg]

My favorite books were the 'Mortal Instruments' series

[Fire Stealer]

I think the true test of any novel (and I'm choosing to assume by "best book" most people will think of novels) is whether, six months after reading it, the emotions that it stirred are still fresh and the story still resonates.

With this in mind there can only be one book to chose: The Road by Cormac McCarthey. It's one of those books that truely transcends literature and becomes something else. I can't begin to describe why this novel is so great, all I can say is read it now, before the film comes out later in the year and they ruin it!

P.S

special mentions to:

Slaughter house 5, Midnight's Children, The Beach, American Psycho, Kite Runner, Count of Monte Cristo, Crime and Punishment and, on a lighter note, the discworld series.

[tornadojoe]

well i like all of stephen kings work and i like the harry potter series too... i just love fiction...:devil:

[cessusbangy]

Stephen King's IT by ****ing far.

[Cortreez]

A Corner of the Universe, for some reason.

Coming in a close second is anything by Douglas Adams.

[Draeghtheworldender]

Well being a big fantasy reader, though I would never exclude anything by Stephen king or Dan brown, My favorite book(s) right now would have to be R.A. Salvators Homeland: The Legend of Drizzt, This book being the first instalment of my favorite series to date. Anyone else a fan?

[femmenoir]

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran and Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

The Prophet is probably the most soothing piece of work I've ever read. When I want to calm down I always read a few excerpts from it.

Breakfast of Champions is just something you have to read. I laughed a lot reading that book.

Ooh, and also Flowers for Algernon...pretty self-explanatory.

[Durgha]

I can add in the "why" part later, but that may end up being a book in and of itself.

My favorites, in no particular order:

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
Childhood's End by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
De Bello Gallico by Gaius Iulius Caesar (arguably more of an essay, but w/e)
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Kokin Wakashū compilation by various authors
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. D*ck (apologies for circumventing the filter)
The 3rd, 5th, and 6th entry in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
The Republic by Plato
The collective works of H. P. Lovecraft
The Chronicles and Legends trilogies of Dragonlance novels by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis
Queen of the Damned and The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
The King James version of The Holy Bible (yes, atheists are allowed to read it, too)
War and Peace by Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
The collective works of Edgar Allan Poe
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

I could keep going, but I think that's enough for now.

[Sgt.Hystaff]

Stephen King's IT
Tom Clancy's Sum of All Fears
and a Sniper book that I've got about the history of the sniper lol

[Sgt.Hystaff]

Oh yeah and H. Jay Riker's Casualties of War- SEALs The Warrior Breed

[Billygiggle123]

My favorite book is probably... The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

[Aqua Hedgehog]

Isn't there some book entitled "Why Aqua Hedgehog Is Awesome"? That's my favorite book.

[Jewhonks]

Shadow Maze (I forgot who wrote it) I read it while I spent a month in jail.
pretty good for how old it was, I think it was written in like the early 80's.

Backroads(by tawnee something) A story about a 19year old boy who has to raise his 2 sisters because his mom was in prison for a crime she took a blame for. The kid see's a therapist and has an affair with his neighbor's wife because she pity's him and his sad life. I also read that while I was in jaul for a month.

Vigil(by Robert Massello) A cool book I read when I joined the Marines and was in for a long bus ride. It's about a guy who discovers a fossil that turns out to be the remains of a fallen angel, and they break the fossil and it comes back alive and goes on a vengence spree to try and ducks up stuff. by the way I don't mean Duck.

I am currently reading another old book back in like 93 called Fairyland(I can look at the author I'm just too lazy.) anyways it's cool so far, a little hard to get but I still like it, It's about a future drugs and crap and these alien like androids that fight each other and crap.:p:shocked:

[Unleashed2594]

Im not big on books but i loved Night it was really sad i feel ashamed to have german in me. I also liked Looking for alaska.

[rgarrett87]

Its a tie really. The Giver, The Hatchet, and Conversations with the Devil. All very compelling books in their own ways.

[Kameo]

Im not big on books but i loved Night it was really sad i feel ashamed to have german in me. I also liked Looking for alaska.


You should be more ashamed of being an American for all the obvious reasons.

If you got no clue, open your eyes and see.

[Argent336]

Shogun: A novel of Japan by James Clavell. This has to be fav, but anything he wrote is great.

Another of my favorites is rising sun by Micheal Crichton... RIP

[luminestwo]

You should be more ashamed of being an American for all the obvious reasons.

If you got no clue, open your eyes and see.

as an american, i couldnt agree more

my fav is Blood Meridian by cormac McCarthy. Beautiful prose, and ultra violent.

[firestarter]

My favorite book is White Fang, because I thought it was so cool when i first read it and because Wolves kick-as$.

[magus423]

Shawshank Redemption is by far the best.

[Hiro Samura]

Kouga Ninja Scrolls. It's such an odd combo of romeo and Juliet with ninja that actually works

[ninja_dingo]

Anything by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Dark Hunters are awesome.