Pretty self explanitory.... mine would be.... The Foundation Trilogy... (the one i read had all three in the same binding).

6/14/2006 7:53:07 PM

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

I have a ridiculous number of favorites, but this one wins out every time.

6/14/2006 7:54:59 PM

as a huge wrestling fan, "Heartbreak and Triumph" by Shawn Michaels was pretty much the most entertaining book i've read. he's been one of my role models for years, so i really enjoyed it.

if graphic novels count, i also count "Kingdom Come." Now, it has its critics, but the first time I read it, I couldn't put it down.

and finally, The Book of Revelations is one of my favorites. I know, I know, "stupid brainwashed christian pushes views on message board" but the imagery and interpretations of that book make it a truly thought-provoking read.

6/14/2006 7:56:38 PM

nah its cool... i liked the old testament alot... and im not even religious... (well some parts are boring )

6/14/2006 7:59:13 PM

"Gladiator" - Philip Wylie

oh man i loves me some Kingdom Come

6/14/2006 8:03:13 PM

How are you going to say Foundation but omit Foundation's Edge and Foundation and Earth?

My standard answers are Local Anaesthetic or The Sirens of Titan. But I don't really know.

6/14/2006 8:09:41 PM

lol... because i said favorite BOOK... singular... but yeah... i cheated kinda too... so through those in with mine fav.

6/14/2006 8:18:21 PM

Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise

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6/14/2006 8:55:12 PM

Slaughter House 5 by Kurt Vonnegut

6/14/2006 9:19:29 PM

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban or Da Vinci Code...bet books ever.

6/14/2006 9:22:03 PM

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban or Da Vinci Code...best books ever.

6/14/2006 9:22:29 PM

Please stop posting. Or at least learn how to edit.

6/14/2006 10:03:39 PM

lol...

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6/14/2006 10:04:53 PM

You know, you can delete those extra brackets each time. It saves space.

6/14/2006 10:08:32 PM

i didnt know that... but would that post have had as much character if i had deleted the brackets?.... Life's all about character in my opinion...

6/14/2006 10:13:24 PM

Dune

6/14/2006 10:55:46 PM

The Thrawn Trilogy

6/14/2006 10:58:47 PM

Still Life with Woodpecker


or Villa Incognito

both by Tom Robbins

6/14/2006 11:04:11 PM

anything by orson scott card. but especially the ender's game series.

6/14/2006 11:52:17 PM

the crimson petal and the white by michel faber

6/15/2006 12:03:00 AM

great gatsby

carter beats the devil

6/15/2006 12:19:52 AM

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein probably spoke the most strongly to me of any book I've read.

6/15/2006 12:21:04 AM

sphere.....

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6/15/2006 12:23:29 AM

Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby
The Increasingly Inaccurately-named Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy - Douglas Adams
Any Faulkner or Twain
etc.

6/15/2006 12:35:58 AM

i still like catcher in the rye and the hobbit after all these years

6/15/2006 12:37:15 AM

are you 13?

6/15/2006 12:39:10 AM

How the fuck are you going to say The Hobbit is your favorite book of all time? It's at best the opening monologue to the late show that is The Lord of the Rings.

6/15/2006 12:39:20 AM

it's his favorite book, not yours, so don't hate.

6/15/2006 2:29:21 AM

i like the hobbit and lord of the rings series

my mother has a really really old hard back cover of the hobbit and really old paperback editions of the lotr series

and i love them all

6/15/2006 2:42:26 AM

maybe moby dick

idk thats my first guess

6/15/2006 3:07:00 AM

Just one? That's impossible:

Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Catch-22, Cat's Cradle, and Poor Things (by Alasdair Gray).

6/15/2006 5:35:30 AM

^^your fav book is moby dick? dear lord

6/15/2006 5:53:43 AM

A Canticle for Leibowitz

6/15/2006 6:39:08 AM

No singular favorite, but Gargantua and Pantagruel is pretty kick ass.

6/15/2006 8:39:50 AM

Airframe/Timeline from Michael Crichton.

I really liked the odyssey(sp?) too. and you can stick the poem/book argument right up your ass.

6/15/2006 8:56:01 AM

timeline was pretty good....

6/15/2006 9:00:35 AM

Quote :

"anything by orson scott card. but especially the ender's game series."

agreed

6/15/2006 9:08:01 AM

First Lady by Michael Malone or Honeymoon by James Patterson... but I'm getting sucked into this Anderson Cooper one and that just might replace both of these

6/15/2006 9:56:36 AM

a heartbreaking work of staggering genius by dave eggers and the catcher in the rye by jd salinger

6/15/2006 10:01:18 AM

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote is at the top of a very long list

6/15/2006 10:12:09 AM

^ Kavalier and Clay is amazing. I've been meaning to read some of his other books.

6/15/2006 9:37:39 PM

Moby Dick as-well. ...dear lord, I know.

6/15/2006 9:58:30 PM

James Joyce. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

6/15/2006 10:01:51 PM

The Hero and the Crown

6/15/2006 10:29:08 PM

no im not 13. they are just "classics" that i still like after all these years. are they the BEST books ive ever read? probably not. i read a lot. however these are books that mean something to me outside of the book itself. ill explain more after this quote..

Quote :

"How the fuck are you going to say The Hobbit is your favorite book of all time? It's at best the opening monologue to the late show that is The Lord of the Rings."

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is some of my favorite reading ever, as well as other fantasy stories such as the wheel of time series etc. The reason i love The Hobbit (and read it usually once a year) is because this book opened me up to the world of fantasy. Because of this book i became interested in a genre of writing and games that was a big part of my reading/movies/games growing up. (altho i blame the hobbit indirectly for my obession with WoW >.< And because of this, The Hobbit remains a book that i can read over and over and still enjoy.

its kind of like the same concept as the reason why so many ppl's favorite album by a band is one of their earliest, or the first they heard by the band. its like that with so many bands i listen to. that album made the impression and while it may not be the best, its always enjoyable and kind of special to you.

good books ive read within the past year:

The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky
The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut

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6/15/2006 10:40:24 PM

The Prince of Tides

but its very hard to choose just one

6/15/2006 10:41:54 PM

Quote :

"^^your fav book is moby dick? dear lord"

its one of the most perfect novels ever

6/15/2006 10:53:13 PM

My American lit professor loves Moby Dick. I haven't read it.

My fave used to be The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King, but I'm not sure what my favorite is now. I do love Little Women. A Wizard of Earthsea is another fave.

6/15/2006 11:00:13 PM

i hope you aren't serious josh

6/15/2006 11:00:16 PM

call me ishmael

6/15/2006 11:02:55 PM