Favourite Book

[Robbo29]

Anybody have one? One you keep coming back to, was trying to think of mine earlier. There are a few I have read more than once, There are some I have enjoyed but would not read again. Think mine is a toss up between "Lord of the Rings", been reading since the late seventies and have lost count of the amount of times I have read it, or them.

Other one i really like is "The Mote in God's Eye" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Story of Alien contact, re-read it again not long ago and still thoroughly enjoyed it.

Honourable mention goes to "Ringolevio" by Emmett Grogan, might have been in my top two if I could find a copy to read again, brilliant story about a lad growing up in New York and his life after, brilliant story in my opinion and would highly recommend it

[Bobby Hundreds]

Lord of the rings has to be mine too. I was a kid when I read it first and it was just magical.

[neko]

I think I've bought "Watership Down' at least three or four times (usually in airports before a flight), so I'll go with that.

 

I have some great war history books that I like to re-read on occasion. There is one on Midway called 'Shattered Sword' that I read twice in six months it was so interesting. More of a Japanese perspective on the battle.

[L19red]

Perfume by Patrick Suskind

[Carvalho Diablo]

One of :

 

Filth by Irvine Welsh

 

A Prayer For Owen Meaney by John Irving

 

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

[Bjornebye]

Papillon, My Fight for Irish Freedom, Rebel Hearts The Killing Zone and Bravo Two Zero.

 

In that order.

 

Not a fan of fictional books really.

[Josef Svejk]

Shock answer:

 

[Rico1304]

The Count of Monte Cristo - incredible story.

[neko]

One of :

 

Filth by Irvine Welsh

 

A Prayer For Owen Meaney by John Irving

 

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

 

good choices - I have signed copies of both 'Filth' and 'Porno'. A friend of mine knows Irvine Welsh quite well, and knew I was a fan.

[polymerpunkah]

How to choose just one.

 

I think my favourite might be "The Irish Troubles" by J. Bowyer Bell.

 

I studied history at university, and that book was easy to read, inforrmative, and incredibly moving.

 

"The Honourable Schoolboy" by John Le Carre. All three of the trilogy are amongst my favourites, but that is his finest book, IMHO.

 

"Small Gods" by Terry Pratchett. A humanist's take on religion; I read it at least once a year.

 

 

Good call on "The Mote In God's Eye". It's so different than most science fiction--it almost requires a second or third reading just to take in every thing that's going on.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Nineteen Eighty-four - George Orwell

The Beach - Alex Garland

Altered carbon - Richard Morgan

[Flying Pig]

Owned Ragged Trousered Philanthropist for two years now but never really started it. Gonna start tomorrow as well as The Dome by Stephen King.

[Jairzinho]

Read The Kite Runner a few times. Can't think of many books I've read more than twice.

[neko]

Totally forgot 1984 - read that a few times.

 

Four legs good, two legs baaaaad.

[ChrisM]

Honourable mentions to 1984 and I Am Legend but it has to be

 

[Flying Pig]

Totally forgot 1984 - read that a few times.

 

Four legs good' date=' two legs baaaaad.[/quote']

 

Great book and accurate meaning to mans greed.

[Stickman]

One flew over the cuckoo's nest..Ken Kesey....better than the film and that's an achievement

 

I partridge.....funniest book I've read

 

Salem's lot....not a fan of Stephen King but that is a great book.

 

Kitchen Confidential.....Anthony Bourdain...brilliant book about being a chef

[A_S]

IT- Stephen King

 

1984- George Orwell

 

HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY- Douglas Adams

[Sut]

Another vote for To Kill a Mockingbird.

[Jose Jones]

I have a three way tie between One Hundred Years of Solitude, Catch22 and War & Peace. Probably read Lord of the Rings the most though.

[Robbo29]

To Kill a Mockingbird, how could i forget that? love the film as well, not that fussy on The Boo Radleys though!

[bouncebrigade]

The Damage Done. Compelling but utterly sick to think of the depravity another human being had to suffer (even a heroine trafficker).

 

I also enjoy books on the filth that is Al Qaeda, particularly Peter Bergen's ones. Find him excellent.

[Total Longo]

"Birdsong" by Sebastian Faulks. Just an incredible book, by far the most moving story i have ever read.

 

Closely followed by "The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams and "One Day in September" by Simon Reeve.

[Bjornebye]

The Damage Done. Compelling but utterly sick to think of the depravity another human being had to suffer (even a heroine trafficker).

 

I also enjoy books on the filth that is Al Qaeda, particularly Peter Bergen's ones. Find him excellent.

 

I have got the damage done, warren fellows. very good book, picked it up in hmv years ago for a couple of quid. had it read within days.

 

if you like that, read 'papillon'. 4 times longer, 10 times better.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

The road and The Stand.