There's topics for the books you read recently...favorite authors..but what about your favorite books? What's the book(s) you just couldn't put down?

I have several..1st one being The Giver. That book totally made me think about what life would be like if everyone was the same. If there was no sun or rain..just a blank grey sky all the time. And your job was picked FOR you..

2nd is To Kill a Mockingbird. Everyone who has read this knows what I'm talking about.

3rd is The Martian Chronicles. Everyone should read this book. It was written in the 50's, but you can't really tell unless you know a bit about history of that time period. It's a bunch of short stories that touches on lots of issues such as racism, paranoia, censorship, and the concequences of your actions. This is another must-read and a classic.

Who's the author of The Giver?
I think it's interesting.

~Doomsday Conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon. It's a suspence thriller.

~Regency Match. It's a love story based in the 18th century. It's very funny. The girl is a walking disaster! the girl (I forgot their names) was somehow always getting herself into trouble and almost drove the guy nuts with her childish schemes.

But right now, I'm more into non-fiction. Like

~The Cinderella Complex by Collete Dowling.
It's about women who have this fairy tale concept about life thinking that one day some knight in shining armor is going to come around and sweep them off their feet and they are gong to live happily ever after. Generally, it talks about women's fear of independence.

~Living, Loving and Learning by Leo Buscaglia. (I haven't finished it yet but it's in my list of favorite books.) It's about being fully human.

I'll just add another list next time.

The Giver is by Lois Lowry. She did Number the Stars, most people have probably read that.

Nope, haven't read that one either. I don't get to read bestsellers very often. I haven't even read the book To Kill a Mocking Bird yet.

Our school library doesn't have many paperbacks to offer. It's mainly filled with techincal books. And the public library here in our place doesn't have much to offer. shesh!

I've been reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.

It's a good book, but seems a bit too well-researched...

I seriously love 'The DaVinci Code'. Great book. Dan Brown's best, in my opinion.
I'm also enjoying '1984' by George Orwell for the 30th time as well as 'Fahrenheit 451' by Ray Bradbury for the 50th time.

Don't read much, but my favourite would probably be To Kill A Mockingbird.

Stardust, and all Neil Gaiman books. And The Sandman. ;3

Also loved Angels and Demons. Compared to it, the Da Vinci Code's pretty boring (but I still liked it).

Favorite single book? Wow, hard to say... I like tons of "series": The "Miss Bianca" and "Bernard" books by Margery Sharp, the "Prydain Chronicles" by Lloyd Alexander, the "Harry Potter" books by Rowling, the "Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis, The "Jack Ryan" technothrillers by Clancy, the "Old Dog" and "Dreamland" series by Dale Brown, the "Jake 'Cool Hand' Grafton" series by Stephen Coonts, etc.

Some individual books that I've liked are: "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien (The basis for my favorite movie, "The Secret of NIMH". :worshippy:), "Racso and the Rats of NIMH" by his daughter Leslie B. Conly, "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" by Gary Wolf, "Three Corners to Nowhere" by Martin Caidin, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain... (I'll have to stop here or I'll be up until about noon typing in all the books that I like!)

"Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden, and "Lord of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien(i'm so glad i read it before they brought out the film)

ok here is a topic for me

I have always loved books....i am even in a reading club at school :P well my fav book is really not that advanced to read but i just loved the story and that book is called The Thief Lord that is the best book i have eer read

I have to agree that the Giver is a great book sashiro. I have never known anyone who has read it not to have loved it.

Angels and Demons and the Da Vinci Code are good too

Personally, I love the Tortall series' by Tamora Pierce. They just transport me to that land and keep my mind there until I finish.

I read a lot, and have a lot of 'favourites', but the Tortall books have been at the top of that list ever since I first read on of them, about 6 years ago.

Ah almost all of mine have been said:

- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: A true classic. The black and white film is brilliant also.

- 1984 by George Orwell: It's rather horrifying to see the prophecy Orwell set out but it is a good read, despite it probably loosing it's impact since I read it in, 2002.

- Lord of the Flies by William Golding: Definetly my all time favourite. It's a good boyish book that pokes at various ideals such as the breakdown of society. The old movie was great but I haven't seen the remake.

- Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D James: I just finished reading this and I thought it was her best work. The plot progresses really nicely and despite the cliche characters the ending wasn't as predicatable as I thought it would be.



I have yet to read The Da Vinci Code. It has been on the bestseller here for ages and have yet to pick it up :D

Anyone know books on existentialism?
The ideal is pretty interesting, and some of the SHORT stories are kinda good too
But i want to know if there are any novels that reflect existentialism

Originally posted by Neerolyte@Oct 31 2004, 01:04 PM
Anyone know books on existentialism?
The ideal is pretty interesting, and some of the SHORT stories are kinda good too
But i want to know if there are any novels that reflect existentialism
I haven't read it (yet), but I hear that Siddhartha (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553208845/qid=1099289815/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-8452869-5628136) is supposed to be *THE* primer on the subject.

Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea and Melville's Moby Dick are also supposed to have existentialist (?) themes.

The Giver..hmm i didn't seem to like it very much when i read it in 4th grade. perhaps it was because i didn't really "get involved" in it. maybe i should read it again.

i don't know what my favorite book is. i dont really enjoy classic books. i'm more interested in fantasy like harry potter. fantasy = imagination and i like imagining things

My fave books include:

Harry Potter series
Resident Evil series (the ones by SD Perry.... not the ones that are based on the movie)
Ender's Game
and the Lord of the Rings series

Ok, I don't have a favorite book, but here are my tops

His Dark Materials Series - The series consist of The Golden Compass, The Sublte Knife, and The Amber Spy Glass. These books are by Philip Pullman. I recomend any of his books, he has manymore.

Dragon Weather, Dragon Society - This is a book double by, Lawrence Watt-Evens. Very good, though you can't read the second without reading the first, (Oh and I just found out on the 14th that there is a third book, It's Dragon Venom)

Gates Of Fire - This is a Historical Fiction, very good, it's about the Greek War. I am not sure who it is by, but, ask your english teacher, I had to read it for school.


Romeo And Juliet - I'm sure everyone has read this, By Shake Spear. A tragic love story.


Well these are some of my favorite books (Not ordered from greatest to least or least to greatest. Just placed.) Anyhow hope you look into it!

Well i just finished a book that i like. i guess it could be considered a favorite

"A Tale of Two Cities"

I like the way Carton thinks because i think like that. There's no point living a long life if you've earned no one's love and respect and if you've done nothing special. I don't care if i live long; i just want to do something great before i die.

Hm...I don't know if I have a favourite book, but some that I really enjoyed reading would have to be "Chronicles of Narnia", "Harry Potter", and a couple of mangas. "Harry Potter" was quite interesting to read. "Chronicles of Narnia I would have to say though is the series that I just loved. ("Harry Potter" too) I'm not much of a reader unless it's a book that would really get my attention, and those books really have. I read, "The Giver," in the 5th grade. Another one is, "Where the Red Fern Grows." I read that in the 5th grade and it was really good. "Howl's Moving Castle," was one of my favourite books. I really loved the movie too. Those are just a few of my favourite books I can think of at this momment.

-The Disappearence of Suzumiya Haruhi light novel. I enjoy looking up the nerdy cultural/technical references that the narrator makes in his comments to the audience.
-Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series. It was my first experience of immersing myself in a decently fleshed-out fantasy world. I guess I wanted to have a telepathic dragon partner that I could always talk to.
-Musashi. It was a newspaper serial that came out long ago about a japanese historical figure named Miyamoto Musashi. I tried reading Shougun, but I couldn't stay awake. I still surprised that I found such a good long series in a small used book store in my small town.

I read more manga than chapter books...

The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It made me cry =/

The Book of Five Rings
http://www.samurai.com/5rings/

A must-read for all martial artists and people interested in male spirituality. Written by the famed samurai Miyamoto Musashi himself.

Actually, my Japanese literacy course suggested that I read that book in it's native language. It's scary ._.

Im not going to lie. It was the first the book i finished in a couple of years, and it was required for a school project (which i didnt do :O). but yeah, the project was we get to pick our own choice of literature and i chose slaughterhouse 5. GREAT book. thats all i have to say