Best Book You've Ever Read?

[Elvenmunky]

lookin for a good book to read...preferably one with a twist at the end :)

[sh0ut]

on the road by Jack Kerouac

[XTorrenter]

then you got to read Harlan Coben ones

[nick5466]

Persuader by Lee Child.

Hasnt really got any twists in it but after reading this i have since read all of his other books

[DefX]

Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer

[WHRST]

I would say Dune the sequels are good the prequels are ok but the first is the best but for the 6th it is hard to say until i read book 7 of the series.

[fred861]

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[jimbo12345]

The Celestine Prophecies.

[Alien5]

escort

[Eazil]

The Wheel Of Time series by Robert Jordan ( http://www.tor.com/jordan/ )

Wheel of time the best.

[honesty]

Something by Grisham...

Umm... gotta be a toss up between Pelican Brief and The Broker

[scwsVNfl]

the great gatsby by fitzgerald

and

the starcraft and diablo books :P

[SaveFerris]

This is an easy question. The answer is Latawnya The Naughty Horse. :)

[ylzik]

not the best but as for twist endings, try

invisible monsters & fight club by chuck palahniuk
mostly anything done by philip k. dick (if you're in to sci-fi)

[TheGeneral]

I know its childish but its gotta be Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer :D

[vobilli]

My personal favorite is Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

[AmpeD]

the power of one is a great inspirational book but idk if thats what you are looking for

[blEnder]

A lot of good books, but the one I keep re-reading is Ender's Game. I've enjoyed it for a lot of years. The series is good of course, as is the Bean series (at least the 1st two).

I'll but that on the top of my list for now.

[Barbarossa]

Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks.

[punki_rach]

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

[c.a.t.]

the count of monte christo by alexander dumas

[SAM]

"mohammed and the Christ two men,one message " it's an arabic book
"harry potter" fantasy
"odyssey collection" sci-fi
"dark tower" occult
" the davinci code" general fiction
for classics
"the adventures of tom swayer"
"macbeth "

[randome]

I'm seconding Ender's Game for the twist - but the best thing I've read is probably George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series. Great stuff.

[smokingfetus]

1984

[Skengeboy]

the count of monte christo by alexander dumas is probably my favorite too.

[Ludvig]

Let's say "the best books I've read in english lately":

Already dead by Denis JOHNSON
very simply magnificent

The red ridind quartet by David PEACE:
-1974
-1977
-1980
-1983

Ps:This for lynx

[tacoflavakiss]

Naked Lunch

When I first read this it literally blew my mind. Read it!

[SpiderPig]

Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky

[samoyan]

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

[Tbag]

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

+1

[Hairbautt]

1984
:blink: Really? I thought it was depressing. :dabs:

I don't really have a favorite...Although when I read the thread title I thought of Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin. I read it my junior year of high school and I just thought it was really neat (and interesting).

[th0r]

the house of leaves or angels and demons, both were absolutely great

[chalice]

100 Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is an amazingly entertaining read. Not sure it's the best I've read though.

I have a soft spot for Catcher In The Rye.

[Snee]

I have a soft spot for Catcher In The Rye.
Same here.


Otherwise I think it's a tie between Altered Carbon and Good Omens, right off the top of my head, but it might not be the same tomorrow.

[thewizeard]

The Tibetan Book Of The Dead

[jiggawhaaat]

Tell No One by Harlan Coben had a lot of twists.
Very good, although I'm not sure it's the best I've ever read.

[bigboab]

Any book by a good descriptive author.
Dennis Wheatley was a master of this, despite the sometimes horrific contents of his occult novels.

Plus all the classics.:)

[sexydingo]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

[MaaxHimself]

Angels and Demons...Best book I've read.

[silent h3ro]

The Glass Castle

[polarix]

Otherland 1-4, by Tad Williams.

The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson.

But what genre are you all about?

[f*ck]

y the last man is the best

stephen king - phone

[alth]

I really like Robin Hobb's books. Love the first Farseer triology and the Tawny man triology, but well, all of them are good (I'm on her fourth set of triology, the Soldier's Son, atm :)). I really reccomend em. Fantasy books btw... Although it seems more "serioius" than regular fantasy book.

Also reccomend the Wheel of time books.

[zoe68]

The Celestine Prophecies has got to be the best book I've ever read, and has a massive following.

[Hankkingsley]

How To Talk Dirty And Influence People by Lenny Bruce is one of the funniest and best books I've ever read.

[Rip The Jacker]

I never read, but I've enjoyed a few books:
Anthem
The Giver
Forgotten Fire

[dave12]

The Alchemist recently read like it.

[markoo]

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.
Great Read.

[marcelodamian]

for me... peterpan.

[Ali-g]

Well unfortunately Harry Potter 6. Not a big fan, read all HP books from 2-7 but 6 was the top of the ice-cream in the way it developed, breathtaking, anxiety and very good logic, which makes intelligent people like me like it more than the other books :P :P

[despikable]

Perhaps Improbable by Adam Fawer.

[onlinetragedy]

well best book..?

most interesting = a brief history of time by hawking

best entertainment = lotr, hyperion series (simmons), and sword of truth series (goodkind) and maybe some george rr martin

currently im reading the wheel of time series (jordan)


I never read, but I've enjoyed a few books:
Anthem
The Giver
Forgotten Fire

I read The Giver when I was in 4th grade and read it again when i was in college. the book hit me much harder the 2nd time. definitely a book everyone should read.

[drunkenm4ster]

Here are a few suggestions:

Dune
Shantaram
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
The Odyssey

[snowultra]

the dante club---by mathew pearl

[Ronnie Coleman]

Decidedly: His Master's Voice by Stanislaw Lem.

[bornwithnoname]

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet is an excellent read. It is long though 976 pgs.

[psxcite]

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

[Imagine_If]

The I Ching

[clocker]

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O'Toole.

[suckit1]

Time Travellers wife... a really nice book

[barakokula]

Tolstoy's War and Peace probably.

[iTK98]

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Coelho).

It's so simple but still so true to
each and one of us...

Everybody should consider reading
this book, you can finish it in two
days, and learn so much about the
world - and yourself.

[sexydingo]

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Coelho).

It's so simple but still so true to
each and one of us...

Everybody should consider reading
this book, you can finish it in two
days, and learn so much about the
world - and yourself.

I've heard good things, thanks for the recommendation. I'll be checking this out.

[walom]

All time favorite is Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.
Other good ones are:

Fight Club & Choke - Chuck Palahniuk
Shogun - James Clavell

[maddoxro]

Blood of Angels - by Michael Marshal

[DyNast]

Tropic of Venus by Uri Adelman

[Seoman]

Nobody has mentioned the dark tower series by Stephen King. It has a 'twist' at the end.

[DyNast]

Nobody has mentioned the dark tower series by Stephen King. It has a 'twist' at the end.
You recommend it? is it a horror book? I hope it's not too sick :blink:

[grimms]

Anything by Sidney Sheldon.

[neriasis]

The books Of John Grisham is good

[Actatoi]

1984.

[smokey]

age of reason. sartre
crime and punishment. dostoyevsky

[wrongun92]

Such a long Journey
by Rohinton Mistry

[stoi]

I love Stephen King but the scariest book ive ever read is

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

i got so involved in it i had to put it down for 3 months, and ive never had to do that with any book, it was like i was him doing the stuff, scary shit (picked it back up again and it was nothing though lol)

Best Book has to be Lord of the Rings not much of a twist though, but definately worth reading.

others

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy, suprisingly very good and i read it before any of the games (or at least just after the 1st game anyway)

anythng by Stephen King, the dark tower books im reading now are quite good, havnt finished them yet though.

Rats and Domain as well are very good by James Herbert.

[fisherman]

Best book I ever read was the biography of Barney Curly.

For those that don't know who he is, well he was a horse racing owner, trainer, he was also a bookie and then professional gambler.

He made millions from pulling the wool over the bookies eyes with different scams!!! But they were all legit so it wasn't illegal.

The man is just a genius...

A really excellent book :)

[wrongun92]

Actually some other that come to mind are : To Kill a MOcking Bird, Animal Farm.

Lol these are the book that I had to read in high school

[H3llR1s3r]

well , i love dan brown (not in a gay way :lol: )

[orfik]

1984, Clockwork Orange, Unbearable Lightness of Being.

[Septimus]

The red and the black - Steandhal

[king2008]

death note

[The Flying Cow]

I'd have to say the book that I've most enjoyed reading recently was George Orwell's 1984. But I have read other very impressive shite. Stuff like Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" and any of Jorge Luis Borges' short stories.

[antiglitz]

My pick is The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis.

[EMZ]

Lord of The Rings, i think :)

[deepak1uw]

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

[firewolf]

The count of monte christo by alexander dumas is a very good book to read.

[MadIrish]

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller.

Captures the complete absurdity of war (and life) absolutey perfectly.. and its utterly hilarious to boot. Not necessarily the "best" book I've ever read, but certainly my favourite.

[kyind]

oracle book :P

[IdolEyes787]

The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

[The Flying Cow]

That book is a bit whiney Idol IMO. I thought it was the bible when I read it, but growing older and looking back, it's a bit of an overly sour social commentary.

I also thoroughly enjoyed reading The Trial by Franz Kafka. Great book.

-Sherman

[Axoric]

havent read much books, but liked Digital Fortress (Dan Brown)

[DeadManWalkin]

War & Peace -Leo Tolstoy

[73051598]

Herman hesse "damian"

[McBride]

Persuader by Lee Child

[namtuoc8x]

Mind maps

[bry_187]

Bourne series of books by Robert Ludlum... probably book #1. After Bourne, perhaps then Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton :)

[dr jones]

lord of the ring series :)

[parah]

George Orwell's 1984 and Dan Simmons' Hyperion..

[brotherdoobie]

The ones I haven't read yet.


-bd :happy:

[Vast D. Mage]

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

[musicsavesus]

Too hard to pick the very best because there are so many,but one of my favorites thus far is "The Executioners Song" by Norman Mailer. It's long (1000+ pages) and it took me a while but it's an awesome book.

[hoomy]

David Gemmel - Last sword of power

[tantra69]

Robert Anton Wilson - Illuminati

[Cantankerous]

Kill Me if You Can By Caryl Chessman

[ralphyboy098]

Angels & Demons, promptly read all of Dan Brown books after it was so good

For an honorable mention, I just finished the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer and was impressed, I'd recommend them to anyone.

[talatala]

Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. I only finished this and his The Da Vinci Code book.

[ostracizado]

The river's God - Wilbur Smith
Kyoto - Yasunari Kawabata
All the Names - Jose Saramago
The Last Samurai - Helen DeWitt

.... and quite a lot of others ......

[Popov]

I don't know actually. But I guess it is some Michael Moore book,

[clocker]

Although I can't say it's the best book- at least from a purely technical standpoint- when I think back on all the books I've read (and I read a lot), the one that had the greatest impact was Red Dragon by Thomas Harris.

An anecdote...
I had just finished the book when, riding the subway one day, I spotted a woman across the aisle reading it.
Suddenly, her eyes went round, she shuddered and put the tome down.
I leaned over and said:
"He just bit off Lound's lips, didn't he?"

She just nodded and gave me a sick grin.
And started reading again.

It's that kind of book.

[Peanut]

The Kama Sutra Book,

[no_bother]

In Cold Blood-Truman Capote

[h0r1a]

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

[Robert24]

The Da vinci Code by Dan Brown

[Notch]

pfffffffff too long ago but I will go with The Kite Runner

[MaxOverlord]

Tough question...maybe Dante's Inferno...I understand it's book 1 of a trilogy but none the less.

[pone44]

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

Similar to the Art of War-The 48 laws of Power.

All great books!

I also enjoyed The Lord Of the Rings and The Silmarillion-Book of lost tales by JRR Tolkien....

:book:

[rbeach]

His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman, hands down by miles.

[yavuz991]

I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire by P.N Elrod

[StrawDog17]

My 3 favorite books...(buy them NOW!!!)

Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk
The Beach - Alex Garland
House of Leaves - Mark Danielewski

[caribbean]

hound of the baskerville

[pakhe]

lord of the rings

[yuckfou]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GK1HPVOC --> Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett, it's really funny XD

[LubTheStaringCat]

I've read a lot of great books, but the ones mentioned below are a great read.

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

[Ahmed047]

Death does not come twice novel by Nabil Farouk (Egyptian witter)
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

[fstalk]

Herman hesse - Damian

I've read three times.

[tazz32_rulez]

The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand :)

[senegal]

Papillon

[iceman0113]

Good Omens

[pone44]

"The Lord of the Rings" & "The Simarillion" by J.R.R. Tolkien

"The Prince" By Nicco Makaveli

"The 48 Laws of Power" By Robert Green

[copacabana]

Great expectations by Charles Dickens and The trial by Franz Kafka.

[yoco]

The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolkien

[Silviu13]

700 miles on Amazon by Jules Verne

[bornwithnoname]

The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand :)

That was a unique book. I have to say I have never read anything else like it.

[Charger]

I dont read many books. But of those I have read. The Kite Runner - really was exceptional book.

[receivedB5]

hi!, that's true http://sourceradix.com/m/f277.html

[Markociv1]

The Dark Tower by Stephen King

[Archive]

The Wardstone Cronics

[guaranteeman]

Lord of The Rings.

[indyinlove]

Neil Gaiman ' The Graveyard Book'

[cinephilia]

Tabacaria - Fernando Pessoa

[brento]

count of monte cristo and great gatsby

[CifrOoZ]

Great Expectations

[romlott]

Dune (the first one)

[Byzantium]

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

[Dlove]

der vorleser

[technodrome]

Leonardo's Machines..

[ake999]

TYTYTY


:pinch:

[Badnews]

Probably The Lord of The Rings considering the time when it was written.Just imagine during the war Tolkien drew a world of elves,orcs and another world.Brilliant.

[Sprall]

Knights of the Black and White - Jack Whyte

[n00bz0r]

LOTR Amazing stuff <3

[net.Gh0st]

The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

[Styrch9]

It's a toss up for me between Paper Trail by Barbara Snow Gilbert, Demonata: Lord Loss by Darren Shan, or The Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill(Son of Stephen King)

[n00bz0r]

Had read "The clash of civilizations and creation of new world order" by Sam P Huntington some time back
Was suggested by a friend to read a book which was rather practical and logical in its approach - "Guns Germs And Steel" by Jared Diamond
It was definitely interesting, and is certainly recommended to those who have read the one mentioned at the top.

[Slixx]

Hav'nt read too many books but The Godfather seems to be my alltime favourite! Books by Dan Brown interest me a lot too :)

[john02]

The Celestine Prophecies.

[mbucari1]

Ira Levin - This Perfect Day

As I was reading it I was thinking it was an amazing sci-fi book with some strong real-world parallels. But as I reflected on it afterwards, I started to realize that this was more than an sci-fi book and more than exaggerated speculation on the future of government. It was a genius insight into humanity, the world and everyday relationships. Levin wrote what seemed to be a revised 1984, but the subject matter goes well beyond mind control and manipulation. It covers government (most obviously), corporations, peoples and individuals. Its metaphors are versatile yet specific and I am still discovering new ones.

This book never made it big, but I would rank it as the best book I've ever read and one of the most underrated books of all time.

[Seriost]

The absolute best books!!:
Anne Rice - The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned.
Stephen King - The Dark Tower series and The Green Mile, Signal. (All of his novels are good too!)

[pnb_2976]

I think The Lord Of The Rings is the best of the best :x !

[r_black]

Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin


Edit: Also Harry Potter 3, 4, 5

[koliop]

män som hatar kvinnor

[hackdevil]

harry potter.

[kopunsuki]

The Great Gatsby

[zHinigami]

House of leaves.

By far the best book I have ever read. For the first time in my life I was actually ... Scared, of a book.

[zillionandnine]

The Dark Tower - Stephen King ... amazing & epic!

I'm also a big fan of the Harry Potter books but I wouldn't say they are the best books ever... just they're great for your imagination and JK Rowling builds a really fantastic world in them.

[darkside87]

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

[SelfMadeMMAn]

Inside Delta Force by Eric L. Haney

[Qlix]

Oh this is a hard one.
I would actually say the da vinci code I think.... I loved that book from the first to the last page.

[vegasx]

Dante's Inferno. Masterpiece.

[gourryx]

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

[sw388]

goosebumps

[harshytkage]

The lord of the rings - J.R.R. Tolkien, unmatched genius brilliance whatchamacallit! just pure incredishit!

[chiquiloco]

the Secret

[tantra69]

The Illuminatus! Trilogy

[tranceholic]

The Wheel Of Time

[andrea_angelo]

I read not too much books, but one book which i like very much is "The New Testament".

[juantreb]

the Secret

this is an good book.

my best book us Fausto (von Goethe)

[saminasri]

I loved recently : the perfume - story of a murderer
it's Patrcik Zuskend's , a movie based on this marvelous novel same name was made in 2006

[trball]

the Harry Potter series

[CountNewfie]

Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings

[jimmyg123]

I like James Patterson, every book I read of his was really good. He is one of my favorite authors. Pick up one of his novels you wont regret it.

[peat moss]

A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins .

[smyrna]

Such a long Journey
by Rohinton Mistry

[_Surfer_]

Steppen Wolf (Hermann Hesse)

[poi9]

The stand

[jimmyg123]

I cant really pick the best book I ever read, but one of the best books i read recently is Angels And Demons, by Dan Brown. It was an amazing book.

[jorje]

Lord of The Rings

[mandreke02]

The Celestine Prophecies.

[soulreaper]

From what i've read so far,it's The kite runner by Khaled Hosseini.

[Carnios]

Most fun books would have to be Harry Potter as a kid. Best... uhh. Ender's Game.

[category6]

how to give any women orgasms LOL

[fedora]

the book i had read "don't be sad"

[tytaras]

All Robin Sharma books..

[a8hp6]

For me it's not a single book, its a series.
The Five Ancestors. I still need to read the 2 latest books. :(

[FreeCandy]

Harry poter ftw!

[phauk]

Frankie Boyle - My Shit Life So Far (funny biography)
&
A Child Called It (real good book - everyone should read that)

[hoodevil]

he Lost Symbol - Dan Brown

[Vero]

The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.

[boochy]

Everybody Poops (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyone_Poops)

[Drako90]

Angelorum

[dandyccc]

Damian

[Quarterquack]

Toss-up between: Flowers for Algernon / Atlas Shrugged - Not that I'm a sap for sad endings or objectivism, but merely because both books were really full of meaning and every time I read through either, one more time, I'd find more meanings.

[heavytrader]

spiderman series

[scooterbomb]

Gaiman's Sandman series

[sagem]

First Harry Potter book

[spekis]

"The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" was an absolute killer. At least about a year ago, when was the last time i read it

[fabio2009]

The End of Eternity (Isaac Asimov)

[j2k4]

Slouching Towards Gomorrah, by Robert Bork...

[spunyluv]

Ishmael by Dan Quinn

[Shawn84]

Easily "How to win friends and influence people".

Non-fiction.

Its an amazing book that paints a picture of the oldschool American values. The America I truly admire. Things are going to sh*t fast today. More people need to read this book.

Dale Carnegie was a very good man. This book will help anyone who reads it get more out of life.

The title sounds shallow, but the content is definitely not at all.

Highly recommended.

[Xsonvet]

hary poter

[Shawn84]

Another good book "Tuesdays with Morrie".

Also Non Fiction.

Its about a writer who sees on local tv, his college professor from many years ago. The college professor is dying with a terminal diease. Mitch (the writer) remembers how close they were, and remebers saying that they would catch up after he graduates.

So he goes to visit Morrie every tuesday until he dies, and every time he visits they have a very deep talk about life and death.

Many, many lessons can be leant from this book.

I will never forget it.

[prozkom]

spiderman series the best for me

harry potter i think :)

[hdblackcat]

Escort.

[Bostony]

the island on the bird street

[jaghardig]

Lord of the rings trilogy

[ybk1797]

The Alchemist is famous but i'd like to recommend it. I've read it more than
10 times

[dennis1986]

Book Thief by Markus ZUSAK

[Innocentman]

I read a lot of books, I wouldn't pick the best one because all of them are great.

[kik1737]

The Odyssey is my favorite

[jedinrikn]

The Glass Castle.

[smartkiller]

Lord of the rings

[arunatsu]

Annotated Alice

[huwia]

the forbidden castle

kinda nice book .. the first book of that sort i have ever read

[cinemas]

The Kite Runner

[memetrus]

There're lots of books but can say:
"Whatever you think, think the opposite" for Paul Arden

[epiGR]

Civilization and Its Discontents, by Sigmund Freud.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_and_Its_Discontents

[fenerbahce]

Harry Potter Deaathly Hallows.

[memetrus]

"why they are STUPID around you" LOL

[Pikachu]

I am not much of a book reader the best one and probably one of the books I have read is Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, 3 States wasnt bad either. :D

[nietos]

i love a french book "le parfum" of patrick suskind very good book

http://www.paperblog.fr/982483/le-parfum-patrick-suskind/

[digimon]

rich dad , poor dad

[Unthinkable]

The undercover economist ;;)

[orisuru]

the black cat

[Coco]

Sherlock Holmes - Baskerville's dog

[paniks]

watership hill

[amuro2500]

Dune by Frank Herbert

http://home.austarnet.com.au/petersykes/topscifi/lists_books_rank1.html

[HokageNaruto]

les miserables

[jiangnan]

The Time Traveler's Wife

[magicpsycho]

the world is flat, short history of the 21 century . M. Fridman

[rabie1981]

escort

[Hippo]

Stranger in a Strange Land!

[spaljevich]

The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas

[tsiparamai]

Old Man's War

Very interesting book. I usually hate most sci-fi because it tends to try to use techno-bullshit to fluff it's pages, but it kept that to a minimum.

[FatBob]

The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas

thats a really nice book

robisnons crusoe is in it

[vrich187]

The road to serfdom

F.A. Hayek

[diceman89]

Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo... No twist at the end, but still a great book.

[TheTerminator]

Harry Potter all.

[mmopt]

Shogun, James Clavell

[vigour]

The Holy Bible

[yobplay]

terry brooks

shannara stories

[mosh]

war and peace