Kenny Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 What is your fav book of ALL TIME? Please post here! Mine would probably be Northern Lights By Phillip Pullman. Quote
Guest Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Hmm. I swither between two. I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb and Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. I think I'd go for GWTW as the Lamb book has a bit of a Hollywood ending. It's tied up too neatly and I prefer ambiguous endings. However, I was drawn to it because of its subject matter - mental illness and the search for one's blood family, both subjects close to my heart. But GWTW just gets the no.1 spot for its ambiguous ending. Let's not mention those awful sequels... Quote
Inver Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Have a few probably and after each really good read I think....'yeh that is one of my favourites now', but can't say I have one particular favourite. Something I read years ago and then maybe try and read now, I would not necessarily like now, as I find my taste in books has changed slightly. For a long while it was 'The Shell Seekers' - Rosamunde Pilcher. I really enjoyed it first time round, and have probably read it twice since then, so does that count. Chocolat - Joanne Harris is another firm favourite though. Quote
Echo Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Top 5 favorites would probably be: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Shirley by Charlotte Bronte Bohemian Manifesto by Laren Stover The Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Quote
Heather Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 I don't really have an all time favorite book more like favorite authors. Quote
shadow Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 I don't just have one favorite book but several. Here's couple... Amazonia - James Rollins The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling The Lucifer Code - Michael Cordy Quote
~V~ Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 I can't believe there isn't already a thread for this, but I've looked and gone back as far as I care and can't see one so good call Kenny. My favourite book is 'Mr God this is Anna' by Fynn. Link, as it's quite obscure Quote
Nox Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 That's generaly because we all have favorite books writen in our profile, but this is good to. Mine would be The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud, if I had to pick just one of those I would go with the last one "Ptolemy's Gate". Quote
z10 Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 like some of you, i think it's impossible to name one book above others even to name a collection would be difficult as it changes with the more books i read for now, some of my favorites:- the brothers karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky dangerous liaisons - Choderlos De Laclos on the road - Jack Kerouac the fountainhead - Ayn Rand Quote
Kylie Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee There are several other books I've given 10/10 to, and I count them all as my favourites, but the two above stand just a little bit higher in my regard. Quote
Janet Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Totally impossible to pick just one! Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier The Book Thief - Markus Zusak The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini But there are others too! Quote
~V~ Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Totally impossible to pick just one! Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier The Book Thief - Markus Zusak The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini But there are others too! I bet you could if you had a gun to your head Quote
Fae Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Lord of the Rings - Tolkien When Marnie Was There - Joan G Robinson Quote
The Library Nook Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 I really can't decide, is that bad of me:( Quote
Michelle Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Well there was this thread, but it is quite old. As for me, there's no way I could choose just one! Quote
Purple Poppy Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 There is no way I could choose just one, and it would take me all night to compile a list, but two of my long time favourites are Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons - and A traveller in Time - Alison Utterly, both of which have stood the test of time. Pp Quote
Lilywhite Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier Wonderful book. Quote
bookwormery Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. You'll be lucky to find a more vivid description of the natural world. Quote
Mia Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Perhaps Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, or The Wrong Boy by Willy Russell. It would probably in reality be a Pratchett book, but how can I choose just one?! Quote
Kell Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 I'm hard pushed to pick a single favourite, but there are several that I return to time and time again: - The Stand by Stephen King (uncut edition) - The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis (with the exception of the 3rd book, A Horse and His Boy) - Ronie, The Robber's Daghter by Astrid Lindgren THere are others I reread too, such as most of the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. Quote
Freewheeling Andy Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Probably The Master And Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov although it might be If This Is A Man by Primo Levi The Bridge Over The Drina by Ivo Andric Scoop by Evelyn Waugh At-Swim-Two-Bird by Flann O'Brien The Good Soldier Schweijk by Jaroslav Hasek Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Quote
JudyB Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Normally I'm really bad at choosing just one thing - partly because my tastes change - but one book that I read at school at 16 and fell in love with and enjoyed equally so during my 30's is Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy it has everything - beautiful poetic prose while capturing the human condition. Quote
shehed Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 -Gone with the wind by Margret Mitchell -The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer Quote
Janet Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 I bet you could if you had a gun to your head True - I'd probably change my mind after without telling the gunman though! -Gone with the wind by Margret Mitchell-The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer Welcome to the forum. Prospero (I believe) has GWTW as one of her favourites. Quote
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