Favorite Books

Facebook! · Postby **jean-luc** » 2008.11.16 (00:59)

State your favorite books and why you like them. I'll start:

> Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson - Excellent book covers the colonization of mars from both a scientific and moral standpoint.
> Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein - Great story. Movie sucked, though...
> Business at the Speed of Light by Bill Gates - somewhat outdated now (it was released in 1995) but contains great advice and thoughts on the future when it comes to technology and it's integration in to business.
> Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami - I'm actually just reading this right now, but it's absolutely fantastic. I look forward to reading Murakami's Wind-Up Bird Chronicles
> Imperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke - I'm not really sure why I liked this so much, but I did.

http://nmaps.net/user/astheoceansblue · Postby **a happy song** » 2008.11.16 (01:09)

You're in for a real treat with 'Wind up Bird..". It's a little relentless, but brilliantly so. Hardboiled would make my list too (see my profile on the left). I'll update when I have more time.

http://nmaps.net/user/rikaninja · Postby **Rikaninja** » 2008.11.16 (01:27)

I like the Artemis Fowl series.

BOOO YAAA 100TH POST!

http://nmaps.net/user/rennaT · Postby **Tanner** » 2008.11.16 (02:31)

Neuromancer by William Gibson - Dude invented cyberpunk on a typewriter. A typewriter!
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - Yeah, yeah. I know.
Dune by Frank Herbert - Am I not the Kwisatch Haderach?
On The Road by Jack Kerouac - "There are nights when I think that Sal Paradise was right. Boys and girls in America. They have such a hard time together."
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell - Social Psychology, like, totally makes sense, guys!

I'm almost certainly going to be adding to this list. Who can ever remember everything they've enjoyed reading?

Postby **Why Me** » 2008.11.16 (02:41)

Brisingr - Christopher Paolini.

Also:

Eragon - Christopher Paolini
Eldest - Christopher Paolini

Postby **t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư** » 2008.11.16 (10:57)

Transmetropolitan

I feel I can't adequately explain why until you start reading, and by that point I wouldn't have anything to explain.

http://nmaps.net/user/lord_day · Postby **lord_day** » 2008.11.16 (12:29)

The most enjoyable book I have read was Catch 22.

http://nmaps.net/user/TribulatioN · Postby **TribulatioN** » 2008.11.16 (17:37)

Dan Brown

The DaVinci code
Angels and Demons

John Grisham

The Runaway Jury
The Chamber
The King of Torts
The Chamber

DJ MacHale

The Pendragon Series

Those top my list.

http://nmaps.net/user/RadiumFalcon · Postby **Radium** » 2008.11.16 (18:55)

Anything by Michael Crichton, who unfortunately passed away 12 days ago. Some of my favorites from him are Next, Jurassic Park, and Sphere.

Currently I'm reading Robin Cook's medical thrillers which have inspired me to become a doctor :D

http://nmaps.net/user/Sockmonkey · Postby **Sockmonkey** » 2008.11.16 (19:10)

I used to love the Artemis Fowl series, but now I think my favorite author is Ben Elton. The first book I read was "The Other Eden". I think my immature side was attracted to it.

http://nmaps.net/user/turtles · Postby **Turtle** » 2008.11.16 (19:15)

1984 was particularily enjoyable to me.
Although I've enjoyed a great abundance of books.

Postby **Starcross64** » 2008.11.16 (20:26)

My favorite book series is Pendragon. It's absolutely fantastic. I also like Gordon Korman books, (Schooled, Son of Interflux), and the Madame Curley series with "The Named", "The Dark", and "The Key".

THough right now, I am reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a Trilogy in Four Parts. So far it's pretty awesome.

http://nmaps.net/user/condog_111 · Postby **Condog** » 2008.11.16 (22:51)

Starcross64 wrote:THough right now, I am reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a Trilogy in Four Parts. So far it's pretty awesome.

If you like it now, wait til you find out it's a trilogy of five!

His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. Hands down my all time favourite book series. Fantastic writing, and the ending phenominal.

http://nmaps.net/user/Eiturlyf · Postby **Eiturlyf** » 2008.11.18 (19:43)

Agatha Christie's Cards on the Table.
Eragon series.

Something else.

Postby **lookatthisisgoodatn** » 2008.11.19 (20:48)

'The Sight' and 'Fell' by David Clement-Davies.
Skulduggery Pleasant series (I forget who the author is.)
There's more, I just can't think at all right now.

http://nmaps.net/user/Naczz · Postby **NicNac14** » 2008.11.19 (20:54)

all 20 of brian Jacques.. redwall books...
oh and Artimis Fowl... Alex rider...
Brisingr
Eldest and Eragon..
All the shannara books by terry Brooks...
If you didn't notice.. but I love fantasies..
oh and Jennifer Fallon's two trilogies.. :Demon Child and Lion of Senet!!!
:D

http://nmaps.net/user/astheoceansblue · Postby **a happy song** » 2008.11.19 (21:07)

Lord Of The Flies
Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World - (or perhaps kafka on the shore, or perhaps the wind up bird..)
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
The Razor's Edge
The Hobbit

God, I don't know, I love the above but there are so many more too... I could list until it wouldn't let me :/

http://nmaps.net/user/Guitar_Hero_Matt · Postby **MattKestrel** » 2008.11.19 (21:54)

When The Wind Blows - James Patterson

Some appreiciate his writing style, others dont. I would say I do, it certainly got me going for a while.

Postby **Deathconciousness** » 2008.11.20 (01:04)

Radium wrote:Anything by Michael Crichton, who unfortunately passed away 12 days ago. Some of my favorites from him are Next, Jurassic Park, and Sphere.

Currently I'm reading Robin Cook's medical thrillers which have inspired me to become a doctor :D

hell yes, Sphere is one of my favorite two books ever. Jurassic Park was excellent as well.

Catcher in the Rye is my other favorite. I identified with the book a lot.

http://nmaps.net/user/BionicCryonic · Postby **Yoshimo** » 2008.11.22 (02:41)

WArriors. Handsdown the best series I've ever read. Most books don't suit my needs for suspende, nature, and non-magicially stuff. I'm thinking of expanding my horizons though.

Postby **Luminaflare** » 2008.11.26 (23:44)

The Dresden files by Jim Butcher - It comes off to me as a cross between fantasy and private investigator type stuff. Also I really love the main character in the book.

The zombie survival guide and World War Z by Max Brooks, both must haves for zombie fans.

The Bumper Book of Bunny Suicides by Andy Riley - Hilarious.

http://nmaps.net/user/condog_111 · Postby **Condog** » 2008.11.30 (12:28)

Just finished Desperation by Stephen King. Fantastic Horror book. Read it.

http://nmaps.net/user/jackass77 · Postby **jackass** » 2008.11.30 (13:36)

Anthony Horowits

Alex Rider
-Stormbreaker
-Point Blank
-Skeleton Key
-Eagle Strike
-Scorpia
-Ark Angle
-Snakehead

Power of 5
-Ravens Gate
-Evil Star
-Nightrise
-Necropolis
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Colin Thompson

The Floods
-Neighbours
-PlaySchool
-Home & Away
-Survivor
-Prime Suspect
-The Great Outdoors
-Topgear

http://nmaps.net/user/KinGAleX · Postby **KinGAleX** » 2008.12.01 (03:33)

Stephen King - The Dark Tower series is one of my favourites.
Second Catch-22, Wind Up Bird Chronicle, and Kafka On the Shore. Haven't finished Hard-Boiled Wonderland yet, so I can't comment definitively on it, but it's been just as enjoyable as any other Murakami.
Kafka's The Trial is fantastic. Dune is great.
Gödel, Escher and Bach, by Douglas R. Hofstadter is fantastic. Strongly recommended for any NT.
Larry McMurty's Lonesome Dove series is also one of my favourites. I may even hazard that Lonesome Dove is my favourite book ever.
Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space books are great.

http://nmaps.net/user/skyline356 · Postby **Skyling** » 2008.12.01 (04:01)

atob wrote:Lord Of The Flies

It gave me nightmares.

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