The Name of The Rose by Umberto Eco Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco Dune by Frank Herbert And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Dracula by Bram Stoker The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers -BlkBks
Richard Bach Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/richardbac149566.html#Wpo7hcbDaKAJ1SV0.99 This quote hangs over my computer desk written in calligraphy by my artistic daughter and given to me as a gift several years ago. I think it comes from the book One. I also read Johnathon Livingston Seagull, perhaps more. Too long ago, I forget the titles.
Several of my favorites are already listed above. One that surprised me in recent years is "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein. I am so not into competitive car racing but the book is written from the point of view of the dog looking back on his life. It is happy, sad but mostly hopeful. I loved it.
^^Oftentimes the best writing, in my opinion, gets you into something you've never had an interest in before. That's why I love Ian Frazier from the New Yorker - he can make any subject interesting.
In no particular order: 1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson 2. The Stand, Stephen King 3. Salem's Lot, Stephen King 4. The Man Who Folded Himself, David Gerrold 5. Lightning, Dean R. Koontz 6. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Douglas Adams 7. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson 8. Where Do We Go From Here?, Isaac Asimov (a collection of short stories, edited by Asimov) 9. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein 10. Contact, Carl Sagan Honorable mention goes to Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. It is the first book I can remember reading.
The only fiction I read is my girlfriend's Terry Pratchett. My library is mostly nonfiction. http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=androidlove&collection=-1&shelf=shelf&sort=tags&collection=-1
the angry clam (eric quisling) my so called reality (francis dipietero) star wars:I Jedi star wars:specter of the past star wars:vision of the future star wars:vector prime star wars:star by star star warsutbound flight star wars:allegiance a wrinkle in time (Madeleine L' Engle)
lots to choose from. i will say i read quicksand by steve toltz recently and that was really good albeit depressing
You might also ask "What are your favourite novels?' That's what we call 'fiction books' here in the G-7, although technically fiction books may also be compendia of short stories Non-fiction books is a standard term, however.
I never made it through that one. However, in the non-fiction sweepstakes, War of the World by Niall Ferguson fills in many of the blind spots in one's education
Cormac McCarthy is a rara avis alright, and On the Road was one of THE books back in the university 60s. Catcher in the Rye I hardly remember though I better recall A Perfect Day for Bananafish - I have Animal Farm in my bedroom where there are about 38 books in the pile. Perhaps someone will invent a book dispenser so that when you finish one, the next one drops down
Catcher in the Rye Most Kurt Vonnegut books Most James Lee Burke novels A Soldier of the Great War The Great Santini Losing Julia Sometimes a Great Notion A Confederacy of Dunces The Naked and the Dead Crime and Punishment Lonesome Dove Ball Four Instant Replay North Dallas Forty The Things They Carried Catch-22