Favorite reads!

[doggylover]

I thought it would be fun to list favorite books so that we can all compare and come up with new ideas from other people's lists!
My favs are:

Blindness (Jose Saragamo) ALL TIME FAVORITE...MUS T READ
1984  (Orwell)
East of Eden (Steinbeck)
A Prayer for Owen Meany (Irving)
Rain of Gold (gah don't remember the author)
Blink (Goldwell)

Lessor loved, but still on the list:
Princess Bride
Grapes of Wrath
Running with scissors
The Kite Runner

I'll add more later when I'm not so tired
Ronda

[angelsmama]

Where The Red Fern Grows (not sure on author?)

Any John Grishman books

IT by Stephen King

To Kill A Mockingbird

Jane Eyre

Grendel

Does Poe count?

The Yearling

umm I'll probably think of more but for right now it is 1:20 in the morning and I can't really think lol

[doggylover]

Where The Red Fern Grows (not sure on author?)

Any John Grishman books

IT by Stephen King

To Kill A Mockingbird

Jane Eyre

Grendel

Does Poe count?

The Yearling

umm I'll probably think of more but for right now it is 1:20 in the morning and I can't really think lol

LOLOL Yeah, I think anything counts!  I've never read 'Where the Red Fern Grows' because my mom told me that it would make me sob..I avoided little women for the same reason   If you think 'Red Fern' is worth the sob-fest, let me know, and I'll read it!

Ronda
Ronda

[GR8DAME]

I tend to read in authors, so anything by:
Janet Evanovich
James Herriott
Steven King
Anne Rice
Patricia Cornwell
Tammy Hoag
I could go on, but won't. I read ALOT.
Stella

[newflvr]

What a fun idea!!

Most favorites:

Anything by James Trollope, Jane Austin.

Once and Future King by C.S. White

Taps by Willie Morris

Gospel by

Any of Richard Feynman's musings (Adventures of a Curious Character, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!", etc....just not his physics texts (not smart enough to even contemplate reading those!)

Charles Baxter's books

Alice in Wonderland

The Tipping Point

Elizabeth Von Arnim (fun one is "All the Dogs of My Life" where she tells the story of her life by her dogs)

[angelsmama]

LOLOL Yeah, I think anything counts!  I've never read 'Where the Red Fern Grows' because my mom told me that it would make me sob..I avoided little women for the same reason   If you think 'Red Fern' is worth the sob-fest, let me know, and I'll read it!

Ronda
Ronda

oh it's definately worth it! i love the book

[Karina]

Marcus Aurelius Meditations (No, really.  They're great.  Get the Maxwell Staniforth translation, very readable.)

Anything and everything by George Bernard Shaw.

[pitas]

I enjoy reading anything by

John Grisham, Robert Parker, Margaret Truman, most mysteries
     or
Mary Higgins Clark

1776 by David McCullough

The Da Vinci Code.

[chaos270]

Anything by Kyle Mills  (FBI fiction...very funny)

Kurt Vonegut (Slaughterhouse Five and various short stories)

Life in the Galloping Lane by the O'Conners (the 3day eventers)

The Great Gatsby

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

The Bell Jar

Catcher in the Rye

Tom Clancy Invisible Man and the Hunt for Red October

Street Boys by Lorenzo something (WWII book)

gah there's a ton of others that I can't remember  I'll try to remember some other good ones.

[doggylover]

Anything by Kyle Mills  (FBI fiction...very funny)

Kurt Vonegut (Slaughterhouse Five and various short stories)

Life in the Galloping Lane by the O'Conners (the 3day eventers)

The Great Gatsby

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

The Bell Jar

Catcher in the Rye

Tom Clancy Invisible Man and the Hunt for Red October

Street Boys by Lorenzo something (WWII book)

gah there's a ton of others that I can't remember  I'll try to remember some other good ones.

Based on your list, I would bet you would LOVE 'Good Omens' and 'American Gods'  by 'Crap I can't Remember the Author'...no, I really can't.  If you can't easily find them, let me know, I'll dig them out of book purgatory.
Ronda

[Kiahpyr]

Anything by Tami Hoag

"The Historian" by Elizabeth Kosova

Basically anything with vampires in it. Only the good ones, not the stupid cheesy vampire books.

I'm always up for recommendation s!

[Rachel]

I love reading and just chew through books.  I can't wait to try some of the authors/books you guys have listed.

Some of my favorites:

Dan Brown - Everything that he has written

Anne Rice

Right now I'm reading the Robert Jordon's Wheel Of Time series which I am really really enjoying.  I'm in book 9... I think I only have 2 more to go then I need to find a new author until he writes another one.

Ayn Rand

The Giver - by Lois Lowry  **All time favorite**

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden   I was very suprised by this book.  I went in not expecting much but it sucked me in. I could not put this book down. I was up until 2 am each night and finished the book  in about 3 days.  This book is fabulous!!!  I recommend it to everyone!

The list is longer but I really should get back to work 

[NoDogNow]

I read ALOT.

Me too.  A frightening amount. It scares me how much money I have tied up in books!  I'll just mention some people I haven't seen yet.

Ladies first, and I'll stick to people whose books I've read or re-read in the last month or so, just to keep it managable.

Diana Gabaldon The perfect "fat airport" author for men and women alike.  There's nothing better than Outlander.
Patricia Cornwell up to The Last Precinct.  I've given up on the latest ones.
Perri O'Shaunessy is better than Grisham by a mile.
Anne McCaffrey To he** with the vampires, she's got DRAGONS. And telepaths. And crystal singers...
Patricia Kennealy Morrison Yes, she's crazy, but the woman can write.  Just don't touch Blackmantle.
Jacqueline Carey Well, the Kushiel stuff's good.
Melanie Rawn DON'T START THE EXILES BOOKS! I've been waiting like, 8 years for the third one, and I'm convinced she's NEVER going to write it and solve the mystery
JK Rowling--YES, I'm a Potterite.  Wanna make somethin' of it?
CJ Cherryh was and IS a phenom.
Faye Kellerman can not only write a procedural, she manages to include religion and ethics!

Not to mention the hardworking women who have jumped over the wall of the romance ghetto to the mystery side of the street:  Kay Hooper, Iris Johansen, Tami Brown, Erica Spindler, Maggie Shayne, Suzanne Brockmann, Jayne Anne Krentz/Amanda Quick and of course the ultimate escapee, Ms Nora Roberts and her alter ego, JD Robb.

Now for the men:

John Sandford Lucas Davenport is the next best thing to Travis McGee--and if you don't know who Travis is, go find John D. MacDonald's books at the library NOW.
Harlan Ellison is the ultimate master of the shorter forms, fiction and non-fiction both.
Robert Ludlum is STILL the best of of the spy guys. 
Larry Niven does the best hard sci-fi in the business, no matter who his writing partner is.
Faye's husband Jonathan Kellerman is the best there is at the psycho-drama thing.

I don't recommend getting involved with Robert Jordan and his Wheel of Time series.  I passed the event horizon of that 12 years ago, was sucked into the vortex, and expect to be crushed anytime by the black hole of his plot. Certainly, I don't expect him to live long enough to actually FINISH it. 

Then again, Stephen King finished the Dark Tower, so maybe there's hope. 

[newflvr]

JK Rowling--YES, I'm a Potterite.  Wanna make somethin' of it?

Me too!!!  So I got your back, sista!!

[angelsmama]

ive seen the potter movies and just now started the books...

im reading the chamber of secrets now... muuucchhh better than the movie.. im in the middle of it now