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.
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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.
My pick is The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis.
Lord of The Rings, i think :)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The count of monte christo by alexander dumas is a very good book to read.
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.
oracle book :P
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
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
havent read much books, but liked Digital Fortress (Dan Brown)
War & Peace -Leo Tolstoy
Herman hesse "damian"
Persuader by Lee Child
Mind maps
Bourne series of books by Robert Ludlum... probably book #1. After Bourne, perhaps then Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton :)
lord of the ring series :)
George Orwell's 1984 and Dan Simmons' Hyperion..
The ones I haven't read yet.
-bd :happy:
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
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.
David Gemmel - Last sword of power
Robert Anton Wilson - Illuminati
Kill Me if You Can By Caryl Chessman
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.
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. I only finished this and his The Da Vinci Code book.
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 ......
I don't know actually. But I guess it is some Michael Moore book,
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:
Spoiler: Show"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.
The Kama Sutra Book,
In Cold Blood-Truman Capote
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Da vinci Code by Dan Brown
pfffffffff too long ago but I will go with The Kite Runner
Tough question...maybe Dante's Inferno...I understand it's book 1 of a trilogy but none the less.
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:
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman, hands down by miles.
I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire by P.N Elrod
My 3 favorite books...(buy them NOW!!!)
Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk
The Beach - Alex Garland
House of Leaves - Mark Danielewski
hound of the baskerville
lord of the rings