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[Peter Parka]

Lord of the rings by JRR Tolkien, a book I can just read over and over. Couldn't put it down the first time I read it and got through all 3 volumes in a week!

 

[juggler]

Bugger!! Peter wrote my post first!!!!:jk

Lord of the Rings rules!!!

This is how much I enjoy this book, I have two copies. One is a L.E. Illustrated Hardback. The other is the one I read!:willy_nilly:

 

[MikeMarx]

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley because of it's prophetic and haunting view of a future in which a world that's overrun by globalism and instant gratification. You swear that he had a crystal ball when he wrote the book.

 

[livvy7678]

The Summer Garden

I enjoyed this book as it explained alot of some of the reasons due to what had happened in the other 2 books before it. It is also a very inspiring tale which would be great for people who have trouble in their relationships

 

[Elle]

Who stole my cheese by Ilene Hochberg

Oh wow, I remember this to be a very powerful one.

I should reread it sometime.

I can't think of a favorite right now...

 

[skyblue]

Lord of the rings by JRR Tolkien, a book I can just read over and over. Couldn't put it down the first time I read it and got through all 3 volumes in a week!

awesome choice.......i thought i did well with a month

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

Crime and Punishment

Catcher In The Rye

1984

Animal Farm

The Power Of A Praying Husband

And basically anything by Tim Dorsey, Carl Hiassen and when I finally get published, my book will move to the top of the list hehe

 

[Sparkey Duck]

^ 1984 is one of my favourites too.

However my favourite book is a somewhat little know novel called The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson Mccullers (1940).

It's not the most optimistic book in the world, but it's language and harsh reality of telling the world as it is, is beautiful. A contrapuntal structure and an amazing control of prose. A must read for those who love reading or writing.

 

[Doveshit]

Everyone seems to be going with fiction, so I'll stick to fiction:

Thus Spake Zarathustra by Nietzche. It tears down all the hollow structures of humanity and leaves just the rich foundation, ready to be cultivated by the individual. I tend to like books that are both piercing and liberating, and that book is the perfect mix.

Crime and Punishment is my second choice. It questions the ability of the individual to take responsibility for his/her personal freedom once it's been claimed. It also just happens to be the book that made me a reader.

 

[Carthage]

Tolstoy's War and Peace. Finished it just before Christmas of last year. FANTASTIC!

 

[darkcgi]

The Bible.
I have not read much of it at all.
Never really put to much effort. Big deal right.
Well the first chp to me was the coolest thing i have ever read

 

[Carthage]

When I get my editing privileges, I'm going to change my post. I hadn't thought of the Bible.

 

[Doveshit]

Why, because it's one of the few books that's longer than War and Peace? j/k

It's funny. I've never felt ambitious enough to read War and Peace (even though I love Tolstoy's short works,) but I've read The Bible twice.:humm:

 

[Carthage]

No, mostly because I'm an extremely religious Person. Blind Faith all the way, man!

 

[All Else Failed]

The IceWind Dale Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore

Very good series.



I'm going to say Lord of the rings, and the books before it in the series, which are the Silmarillion and the Hobbit.

 

[All Else Failed]

Everyone seems to be going with fiction, so I'll stick to fiction:

Thus Spake Zarathustra by Nietzche. It tears down all the hollow structures of humanity and leaves just the rich foundation, ready to be cultivated by the individual. I tend to like books that are both piercing and liberating, and that book is the perfect mix.

Crime and Punishment is my second choice. It questions the ability of the individual to take responsibility for his/her personal freedom once it's been claimed. It also just happens to be the book that made me a reader.

Mmm, definitely agree.

 

[Reaper]

'Witcher' probably. Although the book I've read the most times is Paragraph 22. I'm reading it every year- since about six or seven years.

IceWind Dale Trilogy was good.
LOTR was good too, when I've read it for the first time, when I was a child. But when I've read it about two years ago, it was boring.

 

[boombala]

Why, because it's one of the few books that's longer than War and Peace? j/k

It's funny. I've never felt ambitious enough to read War and Peace (even though I love Tolstoy's short works,) but I've read The Bible twice.:humm:

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Dove:

Have you read Tolstoy's "Three Hermits" One of my all time favorite short stories.

 

[Doveshit]

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Dove:

Have you read Tolstoy's "Three Hermits" One of my all time favorite short stories.

No. I'll give it a peek though. Thanks.

 

[boombala]

There are so many great ones that its impossible for me to chose just one. Who knows, I may not have read the BEST book yet.

The books I've enjoyed the most and keep going back to reread passages are Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" and Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure" They are both a study in the rawness of human nature.