Best Book You've Ever Read?

Otherland 1-4, by Tad Williams.

The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson.

But what genre are you all about?

y the last man is the best

stephen king - phone

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.

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

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

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

The Alchemist recently read like it.

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

for me... peterpan.

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

Perhaps Improbable by Adam Fawer.

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)

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Originally Posted by Rip The Jacker

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

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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.

Here are a few suggestions:

Dune
Shantaram
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
The Odyssey

the dante club---by mathew pearl

Decidedly: His Master's Voice by Stanislaw Lem.

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

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

The I Ching

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O'Toole.

Time Travellers wife... a really nice book

Tolstoy's War and Peace probably.

The Alchemist by 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.

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Originally Posted by iTK98

The Alchemist by 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.

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

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

Fight Club & Choke - Chuck Palahniuk
Shogun - James Clavell

Blood of Angels - by Michael Marshal

Tropic of Venus by Uri Adelman

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

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Originally Posted by Seoman

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

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You recommend it? is it a horror book? I hope it's not too sick :blink:

Anything by Sidney Sheldon.

The books Of John Grisham is good

1984.

age of reason. sartre
crime and punishment. dostoyevsky

Such a long Journey
by Rohinton Mistry

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.

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 :)

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

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

1984, Clockwork Orange, Unbearable Lightness of Being.

The red and the black - Steandhal

death note