Three Favourite Books

polarsjewel
polarsjewel Posts: 1,725 Member
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I LOVE to read and go through books like they're nothing. No matter what I am reading, I always read the same 3 books every year.

1. The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
2. The Good Earth, by Pearl Buckley
3. Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden

So what books do you keep re-reading. I'm always look for new things to read.

*Note - Anything 50 Shades does not qualigy as a book!! Kidding...maybe
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  • Discogirl15
    Discogirl15 Posts: 102
    1 Lord of the rings by JRR Tolkien (love, love, love!!!:love: Yes, I am open about being a total nerd)
    2. Hunger games trilogy by Suzanne Collins(I know, it's a bad obsession...:wink: )
    3.Narnia books by CS Lewis (once again... the inner geek in me loves classics and books that make you think:tongue: )
  • SabrinaJL
    SabrinaJL Posts: 1,579 Member
    1. The Stand by Stephen King
    2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    3. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

    I read a lot too. On Goodreads, I have 1051 books on my read shelf and 192 on my to-read shelf.
  • polarsjewel
    polarsjewel Posts: 1,725 Member
    I should probably read LOTR
    I loved the first Hunger Games, but Setting Fire and Mockingjay were so dark!
    I should probably read the Narnia books, I never have!
  • LadyIvysMom
    LadyIvysMom Posts: 391 Member
    American Gods - Neil Gaiman
    Sandman (the whole series) - Neil Gaiman
    Lamb - Christopher Moore
  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,412 Member
    Christine - Stephen King
    No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy
    The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead - Max Brooks
  • MENichols5
    MENichols5 Posts: 176 Member
    1. Harry Potter series...hands DOWN!
    2. Water for Elephants
    3. tie between Pillars of the Earth and Game of Thrones series (can't stop reading GOT, on the 4th book, but some things that happen reallyyyyy infuriate me! I'll leave it at that for those of you who want to read it)
  • SabrinaJL
    SabrinaJL Posts: 1,579 Member
    Lamb - Christopher Moore

    I LOVE Christopher Moore so much. My daughter and I read A Dirty Job together and there were parts we had to stop because we were laughing so hard we were crying and couldn't breathe.
  • pavingnewpaths
    pavingnewpaths Posts: 367 Member
    I reread quite a few books, even if they aren't my favorite. I don't actually have a favorite book because choosing one makes me feel as though i'm favoring one of my own children, haha.

    Three books I tend to reread though, to answer your question:
    1. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk.
    2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger.
    3. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut.
  • mirandamayhem
    mirandamayhem Posts: 772
    Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen
    Eating in the light of the moon- Anita Johnson
    and I'm afraid I don't have a third really, unless it's another Jane Austen!
  • mirandamayhem
    mirandamayhem Posts: 772
    I reread quite a few books, even if they aren't my favorite. I don't actually have a favorite book because choosing one makes me feel as though i'm favoring one of my own children, haha.

    Three books I tend to reread though, to answer your question:

    2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger.
    Have you shot anyone recently, or had concerning thoughts about a celebrity? :wink:
    That is the oddest book I read at school, should read it again, I just remember thinking "What?"!
  • taylor5877
    taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
    Casarett and Doull's Toxicology

    ATSDR Toxicological Profile For Arsenic

    A Wrinkle In Time
  • samlankford
    samlankford Posts: 334
    hahahaha LOVE christopher moore books, have read them all.. people look at me like I am crazy since I have tears streaming down my face from laughing so hard when I was reading some parts.. think he just came out with another book, will have to head to the store to look for it
  • pittskaa
    pittskaa Posts: 319 Member
    1. Memoirs of a Geisha
    2. Diary of Anne Frank
    3. ANY HARRY POTTER BOOK
  • Dancerten
    Dancerten Posts: 237 Member
    Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
    Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
    His Dark Materials trilogy - Phillip Pullman

    And any of D!ck Francis' books, love them all! (MFP bleeps out his first name if I spell it correctly:grumble: )
  • nmwhitney12
    nmwhitney12 Posts: 239 Member
    1. To Kill a Mockingbird
    2. Any Harry Potter Book but my FAV out of the entire series is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban :)
    3. Pride and Prejudice. I LOVE Jane Austen.
  • MSeel1984
    MSeel1984 Posts: 2,297 Member
    1 Lord of the rings by JRR Tolkien (love, love, love!!!:love: Yes, I am open about being a total nerd)
    2. Hunger games trilogy by Suzanne Collins(I know, it's a bad obsession...:wink: )
    3.Narnia books by CS Lewis (once again... the inner geek in me loves classics and books that make you think:tongue: )

    This, except take out the Chronicles of Narnia (good, but not my top 3) and substitute "Game of Thrones".

    What? I'm not a nerd or anything :(
  • headoverhills
    headoverhills Posts: 70
    Fall of Giants - Ken Follett
    Wonder Boys - Michael Chabon
    Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
    The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood

    I could go on and on, couldn't stop at three.... :)
  • neurochamp
    neurochamp Posts: 261 Member
    1. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
    2. The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
    3. The first 4 books of the Vampire Chronicles (Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, and The Tale of the Body Thief) by Anne Rice
  • aliceg94
    aliceg94 Posts: 61 Member
    One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, A Clockwork Orange and Fight Club :smile:
  • chocl8girl
    chocl8girl Posts: 1,968 Member
    1. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

    2. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

    3. The Moon Under Her Feet by Clysta Kinstler
  • Elf_Princess1210
    Elf_Princess1210 Posts: 895 Member
    1. The bonesetter's daughter
    2. Memoirs of a geisha
    3. A thousand splendid suns
  • missmayeb
    missmayeb Posts: 182 Member
    Maybe I am weird but I haven't re-read a book yet. I only started reading avidly when I was 23 so I am trying to get through quite a bit.

    My favorite hands down is Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn Series, then these in no particular order The Watchers by Dean Koontz, ALL of the Harry Potter books, The Signs of the Zodiac series by Vicki Pettersson and Stephanie Meyer's The Host. (I liked the Twilight series but HATE the movies).
  • maremare312
    maremare312 Posts: 1,143 Member
    My top faves/must re-read every year or so:

    1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
    2. The Stand by Stephen King
    3. Pieces for the Left Hand by J. Robert Lennon.

    The third is a book of quirky super short stories that is just amazing!

    For series, I do also re-read the Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, and most series by my favorite author, Mercedes Lackey (Heralds of Valdemar, Dragon Jousters, Obsidian Trilogy)
  • headoverhills
    headoverhills Posts: 70
    Loved, loved, loved The Count of Monte Cristo! Also The Three Musketeers, Bragelonne Vicomte, anything by Dumas, in fact. Read them all in my teenage years, time to re-read them again.:love:
  • saamantha
    saamantha Posts: 74
    Only 3? Uggghh.
    1. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
    2. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
    3. The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield

    (... The Birth House by Ami McKay, The History of Love by Nicole Krauss, The Red Tent by Anita Diamant)

    I love books.
  • Missklara
    Missklara Posts: 282 Member
    1. Harry potter! (cannot help it, it's my childhood =))
    2. "sputnik sweetheart", "kafka on the shore" and "norvegian wood" from Haruki Murakami (best writer ever! Well... at least if your mind is little twisted) :D
    3. Oh i don't know, there are soooo many great books! "crime and punishment" or "legend of drizzt do'urden"
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    The Great Gatsby
    In Her Shoes
    The Jungle

    My tastes in books is all over the place. I love Goodreads but only have a portion of the books I've read on there (ie the ones I actually still own). And almost every book on my to read is waiting on my kindle or on my book shelf.

    Currently I am reading 11/22/63. Enjoying it immensly. Not sure if it will become a re-read yet. Depends how it develops/ends.
  • Leigh_b
    Leigh_b Posts: 576 Member
    Fall of Giants - Ken Follett
    Wonder Boys - Michael Chabon
    Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
    The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood

    I could go on and on, couldn't stop at three.... :)

    I LOVE Fall of Giants - definitely on my list.

    Also:

    Harry Potter - the series
    The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
    The Timetravelers Wife - Audrey Niffeneger
    Great Expectations - Charles ****ens
    Watership Down - Richard Adams
  • wilkyway
    wilkyway Posts: 151
    Oh dear this is a hard one...

    1. His Dark Material by P.Pullman
    2. Eat.Pray.Love
    3. Memoires of a Geisha

    I can't really say I have a top three...also love the LOTR trilogy, Watership Down, Skinny *****, Thrive.......
  • esolmom
    esolmom Posts: 17
    Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
    Cod - Marc Kurlansky
    A Brief History of the Senses - Diane Ackermann

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