What are your favorite fiction books?

Discussion in 'Fiction' started by MissEmma, Jan 9, 2010.

  1. MissEmma

    MissEmma Member

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    I would like to hear this from others. Top 10 maybe? More, less, whatever.

    I will post my list as soon as I can organize my brain properly.. haha
     
  2. MissEmma

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    Well no one else has done this yet, but I'm going to try...
    (not exactly in this order...)
    Psyche in a Dress
    Dangerous Angels
    A Thousand Splendid Suns
    Water for Elephants
    The Red Tent
    The Secret Life of Bees
    White Oleander


    Ok... I can only think of 7 right now...
     
  3. ice-nine

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    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (though not strictly Fictional) by Hunter S. Thompson
    Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
    Vurt by Jeff Noon
    Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
    Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
    The Bourne Trilogy by Robert Ludlum
    The Scarpetta Series by Patricia Cornwell
    The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
    The Liar by Stephen Fry
     
  4. teskosuicide

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    My most favourite one ever is Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Keuhnert. I definitly recommend it to ANYONE who loves reading. It's the best book I've ever read.
     
  5. The Imaginary Being

    The Imaginary Being PAIN IN ASS Lifetime Supporter

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    Every single Terry Pratchett novel :D

    Bit of a fan here :D

    But the classics are great. I enjoyed Ulysses, To Kill a Mockingbird, War and Peace and David Cooperfield all quite a bit.

    I need to read again soon, having a dry spell :(
     
  6. SweetBlasphemy

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    Watership Down
     
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  7. DancerAnnie

    DancerAnnie Resident Beach Bum

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    I'm definitely not a big fan of fiction, but my favorite lately is The Time Traveler's Wife.
     
  8. MissEmma

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    Ahhhh I have never read the book but I saw the cartoon when I was like 5. I just remember the scene where there are a bunch of happy little bunnies going through their little tunnels and then construction workers come in and basically fill the holes and kill the bunnies. It was pretty heart breaking as a five year old.
     
  9. MissEmma

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    Thank you all for posting! Its fun to hear!
     
  10. YouFreeMe

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    Almost all of them, I think.
     
  11. SweetBlasphemy

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    Yeah, it's definitely a (sorta) disturbing movie for a kid to watch. The book has more heart wrenching scenes.. but I lose it every time at the end of the movie when the Black Rabbit of Inle comes for Hazel...

    Also from Richard Adams.. The Plague Dogs. Fucking brilliant.
     
  12. MissEmma

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    I recently read Animal Dreams and The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver and absolutely loved them both. Animal Dreams was really easy to relate to.
     
  13. Sparkling_Willow

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    I love the classics the best! To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, Animal Farm. But, my ultimate favorites have got to be 1984 and A Clockwork Orange, I'm crazy about them! I'm also a huge fan of Stephen King, anything by him is a favorite of mine!
     
  14. gardener

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    I read a lot of fluff. Mostly meaningless mysteries for fun. But fiction that I reread:

    Anything Steinbeck

    "Human Being" by Christopher Morley

    And I am in the process of reading the last Harry Potter book. Have to admit I thoroughly enjoy them. And with the last movies about to come out, have to refresh my memory.
     
  15. imaginaryordinary

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    My personal bible would have to beee
    You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers
    I encourage all avid readers to pick it up. Absolutely amazing!

    ♥//IO
     
  16. Sethvir

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    I have a fair few favourite books.
    Pretty much everything ever written by: Douglas Adams, Tom Holt, Raymond E. Feist, Janny Wurts and Brian & Frank Herbert.
    Then there's 1984 by George Orwell (of course), Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, Island, and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield.
    There are probably some I've forgotten, but those will do for now...
     
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    stranger in a strange land

    cats cradle

    in watermelon sugar
     
  18. Meliai

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    -The Road by Cormac Mccarthy. I think this book is absolutely flawless
    -The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver-I read this right after high school, two years after 9/11 and not long after we invaded Iraq when american patriotism was at its high...I give this book a lot of credit for shaping my worldview.
    -Animal Farm
    -The Jungle Book by Kipling
    -Candide by Voltaire
    -Where the Red Fern Grows and the Little House on the Prairie series are my favorite young adult books.
    -On the Road
    -Catcher in the Rye
    -The Lord of the Rings...my all time favorite book. Its got everything...adventure, fantasy, romance, horror, mystery. in addition to a classic battle of good vs evil, a condemnation of industrialization, and commentary on the world's racial relations. ah i love it

    I could go on, but i'll stop. talking books to me is like talking dirty to most people :)
     
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    I just read The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown and Breaking Dawn (Twilight Series) and they are both amazing. High recommended
     
  20. surreal_charm

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    okay so here it goes:

    1. If Tomorrow Comes - Sidney Sheldon
    2.Tell me Your Dreams - Sidney Sheldon
    3. Master of the Game - Sidney Sheldon
    4. The Sicillian - Mario Puzo
    5. Omerta - Mario Puzo
    6. Watchmen - Alan Moore
    7. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
    8. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
    9. 2 States - Chetan Bhagat
    10. 3 Mistakes of My Life - Chetan Bhagat
    11. 1 night @ The Call Center - Chetan Bhagat

    listed 11.. i'm quite a fan of Sheldon, Puzo and Bhagat. So...that's my list of fav. fiction books.
     

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