I'm just curious if you guys have a favorite book; one that really stands above all the other great books you've read?
I know I couldn't make a list of my top 5 favorites, there's just too many, but I can say without a doubt that The Brothers Karamazov is #1. It really changed my view of the world.
Share yours.
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Anonymous2009-08-11 1:31
It might be Ultravioleta. Love that book. But that's a hard question.
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Anonymous2009-08-11 4:58
Animal Farm
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Anonymous2009-08-11 12:42
1984
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Anonymous2009-08-11 13:21
Blood Meridian
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Anonymous2009-08-11 14:20
The Trial, probably.
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Anonymous2009-08-12 1:04
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph T.E. Lawrence
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Anonymous2009-08-12 19:55
As far as a favorite book (in general), "The Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allan Poe" has been my favorite book to read for 20 years.
As far as a favorite novel, I'd have to go with Jurassic Park. It was the first novel I ever read, and it's the novel I have most frequently read. I know it isn't particularly artistic, but damn if it isn't a fun book to pass the time with.
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Anonymous2009-08-13 2:33
Stephen King's IT. Fuck Yeah.
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Anonymous2009-08-13 2:59
I think my favorite book still has to be The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy... I end up re-reading it once a year or so. While I've read plenty of books that are "better" it is just a fun read.
inb4 "philistine peasant, reading worthless shit of no literary merit whatsoever", IT'S FUCKING INEVITABLE. Don't disappoint me, intellectual elite of /book/!
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Anonymous2009-08-16 1:00
I can't pick a favourite, but I did enjoy Catch 22, The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, The Old Man and The Sea(yes, it's simplistic, but it's a gripping read nonetheless, imo), Neuromancer, and Brave New World.
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Anonymous2009-08-16 1:37
Watership Down.
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Anonymous2009-08-16 6:10
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
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Anonymous2009-08-16 10:30
Kafka On The Shore
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Anonymous2009-08-16 20:06
Either Hyperion by Dan Simmons or Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I love scifi and those are the best.
>>26
It may be a children's book, but somehow it's not the worst in the thread.
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Anonymous2009-08-17 1:23
>>27
If more "adults" could read at it's level, the world would be a different place. Among other things, it's an amazing treatise on ecology and resource management, sociology, and leadership.
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I haven't read all of them, and hate to be a snob, but I admit to some disappointment when I see things like Jurassic Park, and "Stephen King's IT. Fuck Yeah" At least the fellow who listed Jurassic Park qualified it.
FYI, my contribution wasn't Watership Down. I was just praising the choice.
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Problem is you guys don't know why this is there favorite book. I could be for other reasons such as a parent gave it to them for there birthday. Or it was the first book they read and liked which got them into reading. A lot of different reasons why a book is someones favorite other then the writing.
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Anonymous2009-08-17 18:57
my fav book is twilight by Stephany Mayer. my mommy gave it to me for my birtday and it god me into reading. i would not be reading Joyce and Dostoyevsky 2day if it was not for that book
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Anonymous2009-08-17 19:46
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See now this is a troll and you can say is the worst pick on the thread.>>33
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Anonymous2009-08-17 20:13
>>34
Too bad you don't know what trolling is, you hapless nerd.
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Anonymous2009-08-18 11:55
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Opened my mind up to how people think.
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Anonymous2009-08-19 7:16
A Scanner Darkly. A lot of Philip K. Dick's stuff is awesome, but I "read" that one as an audio book and it packed a hell of a punch for me, since I have positively no experience with drug culture.
The whole ... well, I won't ruin it. It's worth your time for both the characters and the story. Read until the end.
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Anonymous2009-08-19 16:54
Probably Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett