Favorite books

[tsshaver1]

Anne Rice is a genre writer. Interview With the Vampire was great, but her subsequent output was mediocre at best. Lestate was ok, but she is a one note writer with nothing more to say. Has any one here read her pornographic " Beauty"  series? lots of bondage  and explicit  homosexual and bisexual fantasy sex ?

[tsshaver1]

Call of the Wild - Jack London
Cather in the Rye - JD Salinger
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemmony Snickett

Thats cool my friend there are not about Vegas or Blackjack and that sounds mature to me

I'm pretty much a 26 year old 250lbs 10 years old

[BigJeffrey]

The Vampire Chronicles did get a bit repetitive as they went along.  Rice's talent, however, is beyond question.  She simply fell into the same trap that befalls many artists.  She continued to beat a dead horse, most likely at the behest of her editors and publishers who wanted a cut of movie rights.  This new series seems promising, and very heartfelt given Rice's recent return to the church.  Looking forward to the next book.  Successfully sustaining the story over several books will be the challenge.

I have not read any of her erotica, nor do I care to.  Reading about or watching the sexual exploits of other people isn't nearly as much fun as......well, I'll stop now to avoid self incrimination.

[tsshaver1]

Perhaps you are right but she lost me forever with the Queen of the Damned.

[Scott]

I love fiction cuz you can get lost in them very easily.  John Grisham is the man - I have all of his books.  I also enjoy reading James Patterson, David Baldacci, & Vince Flynn.  Thanks ChallengeMe for the online library link... might get around to doing that someday.  I have tons of books.

[SlyGI]

Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington
Culture Matters, How Values Shape Human Progress by Lawrence Harrison and Samuel Huntington

Both non-fiction and amazing.

[Bald_freak]

SO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM.

   Breakfast of Champions-Kurt Vonnegut
   Never Where and Good Omens-Neil Gaiman
   Brave New world and After a many Summer Dies the Swan- Aldous Huxley
   The Prophet and Satan(a short story)- Khalil Gibran
   1984-George Orwell
    Long Hard Road out of Hell-Marilyn Manson
    The Screw Tape Letters-C.S. Lewis
    The Damnation Game-Clive Barker
AND COUNTLESS MORE.

[shakf]

My personal 2 favourites that I have read in the past year is:-

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini.

[JDog]

Very hard to choose. either

Always Running(Luis J.Rodriguez)

or

As I Lay Dying(William Faulkner)

although I am a fan of most of C.S Lewis' work specifically The Screwtape Letters.

A brilliant book told in the prospective of an older,experienced demon(Screw Tape) writing to a younger demon(his nephew Wormwood) on the trappings of mankind and how to tempt,ruin and corrupt the human race(The Patient)

[SLYinKC]

although I am a fan of most of C.S Lewis' work specifically The Screwtape Letters.

A brilliant book told in the prospective of an older,experienced demon(Screw Tape) writing to a younger demon(his nephew Wormwood) on the trappings of mankind and how to tempt,ruin and corrupt the human race(The Patient)

I really like C.S. Lewis.  He is a great author and an extremely brilliant man.  My kids love his "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe"

[JDog]

although I am a fan of most of C.S Lewis' work specifically The Screwtape Letters.

A brilliant book told in the prospective of an older,experienced demon(Screw Tape) writing to a younger demon(his nephew Wormwood) on the trappings of mankind and how to tempt,ruin and corrupt the human race(The Patient)

I really like C.S. Lewis.  He is a great author and an extremely brilliant man.  My kids love his "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe"

SlyInKc, I remember reading his L,W.W series in the early 90's in junior high. I believe these books sparked my imagination and made it what it is today.

[Paul]

My personal 2 favourites that I have read in the past year is:-

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini.

Thought Kiterunner was outstanding shakf, one of the best I've read in a while
and big C.S. Lewis fan here also SlyinKC...though it's been years since I last read him and have yet to see the movie.   Currently reading two of the four novels by Ed Rutherford.  Princes of Ireland and Rebels of Ireland.  Both have been really enjoyable.

[shakf]

My personal 2 favourites that I have read in the past year is:-

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini.

Thought Kiterunner was outstanding shakf, one of the best I've read in a while
and big C.S. Lewis fan here also SlyinKC...though it's been years since I last read him and have yet to see the movie.   Currently reading two of the four novels by Ed Rutherford.  Princes of Ireland and Rebels of Ireland.  Both have been really enjoyable.

Read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by the same author" that is also brilliant.

[tomgallagher]

Currently, anything by James Patterson.

[WannaBePadre]

I agree ... so many to choose from ...

Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
Amber series, by Roger Zelazny
Circle Trilogy, by Ted Dekker
Sword of Truth series, by Terry Goodkind