top 3 favs please?

[SelevanM]

George R.R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire Series
The first book of the series is "A Game of Thrones". By far the best fantasy series books I have ever read.

[Kareas]

Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

The Plague - Albert Camus

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey

Anthem - Ayn Rand

Yeah i broke the rules, top 3 is too small a number >.<

[Showtime]

Originally Posted by Kareas

The Plague - Albert Camus

You liked that book?
No offense it just put me too sleep =P
I bet it would have been better had it been written for English rather than translated from French but thats just my opinion

[Kareas]

While i read it i felt the same way as you, it was boring. But once i finished the book I was like "wow that was actually a really good book". And yeah maybe reading it in English would of helped.

[Mortae]

I really liked:
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon

I also second the recommendation of the Song of Fire and Ice series by George RR Martin.

[Malum]

1) Ender's game
2) Thief Lord
3) The Series of Unfortunate Events, all 14 (My dad read them to me when I was 10-11)

[Annyah]

1) Anything Dean Koontz (Lightning and By The Light Of The Moon are my top two of his)

2) The DaVinci Code (Kicks the movie's butt, definitely a must read)

3) The Great Gatsby- I know it's a "classic" and thus automatically seems boring, but it's an awesome book. For a little more insight, hop online and find a bio of F. Scott Fitzgerald; it puts the context of the book into perspective.


And it's not one of my absolute favorites, but for a quick rainy morning read, try The Giver by Lois Lowry.

[Celtic/Warzilla]

"I also second the recommendation of the Song of Fire and Ice series by George RR Martin"....great series, but shit can he wait any longer to release the last book. Ive rad the 1st 4 3 times......dammit , i got to know how it ends....

[hoboman]

In no particular order since I can't really bring myself to say I like one of these books over the other.


Homeland (and the rest of the Drizzt books...yea, I know.......stop looking at me like that...I like his books, sue me :P )

Catch-22 (funniest book I have ever read)

The Silmarillion

[Tuf]

Fantasy: George RR Martin Ice and Fire series, The Black Company, by Glen Cook (you will not be disappointed), Steven Erikson's 'Malazan' series.

War/military: American Soldier, General Tommy Franks, Imperial Grunts, Robert Kaplan, Chosen Soldier, Dick Couch

Current events: Mythis, Lies and Downright Stupidity, John Stossel, Freedomnomics, John Lott