The one book everyone should read?!?

m16shane
m16shane Posts: 393 Member
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What is it?

Truthfully I'm not a book worm at all. I tend to get board when I read unless its a amazing book. So I'm looking for a great book that I can read, especially if its a classic. What should it be? BTW I'm a guy so no "Fifty Shades of Grey" haha
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  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    I just came here because I want to see how many people say 50 Shades of Grey....
  • fallonrhea
    fallonrhea Posts: 388 Member
    Lord of the Rings. Definitely. My fiancé hates to read but he loves lord of the rings.

    He's recently really into the series "a song of ice and fire" which is also extremely good. This one has a ton of characters and it a little overwhelming the first couple chapters but it's totally worth it and ends up being easy to follow - I promise! It's also an HBO series that is very well done (and has lots of boobs if youre into that sort of thing haha)

    Edit: "game of thrones" which many people are suggesting is the first book of a song of ice and fire :)
  • jac1967123
    jac1967123 Posts: 32 Member
    The girl with a dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson is very gripping a thriller :-)
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
    Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
  • shelbyfrootcake
    shelbyfrootcake Posts: 965 Member
    A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away - Christopher Brookmyre.

    Funny, coarse, intriguing and an overall bloody good read. My favourite book.
  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
    The girl with a dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson is very gripping a thriller :-)

    If you aren't an avid reader, this won't work for you....took me over 150 pages to get into it....it's like the with ALL 3 of those.

    A Game of Thrones, fantastic.
    Enders Game (the sci-fi book for people who don't like sci-fi)
    Lord of the Rings Trilogy (a must)

    And for some seriously well done post-apocalyptic 80's throwback (can you get all the 80's references in this book?) Ready Player One by Earnest Cline. Toppled Enders Game as my favorite all time book.
  • fenrirGrey
    fenrirGrey Posts: 110 Member
    Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

    ^^THIS!
  • kit8806
    kit8806 Posts: 222 Member
    I'm a book worm, I love reading. Right now I'm reading "The Mortal Insturments" series and "Infernal Devices" series. They are YA books. I like Stephen King books if you are into his type writing.

    I'm curious to see what everyone else recommends! Almost done with the book I'm on and could use another good read! :)
  • SydneyBristowe
    SydneyBristowe Posts: 44
    I just came here because I want to see how many people say 50 Shades of Grey....

    I'm very afraid that someone might genuinely suggest it :/

    I second The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    If you like off the wall humour then Mort by Terry Pratchett is a great read
  • fallonrhea
    fallonrhea Posts: 388 Member
    Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

    Soooo good :)
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    Anything by Dr Suess.
  • shanster23
    shanster23 Posts: 144 Member
    Harry Potter!
    It's my obsession. It's been my favourite ever since I first read it over 10 years ago. Although I'm aware that the simple writing style makes it not for everybody.
  • daffodilsoup
    daffodilsoup Posts: 1,972 Member
    The Lord of the Flies.
  • fallonrhea
    fallonrhea Posts: 388 Member
    I just came here because I want to see how many people say 50 Shades of Grey....

    I'm very afraid that someone might genuinely suggest it :/

    I second The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    If you like off the wall humour then Mort by Terry Pratchett is a great read

    Mort is awesome. I love terry pratchett. Good omens is ridiculously great as well. Again - off the wall humor kind of thing.
  • KALMdown
    KALMdown Posts: 211 Member
    Atlas Shrugged
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Only one??? Goodness!

    Well, since you're a man, I'd say Moby Dlck because men seem to really love that book, but I didn't like it.

    As for what I would recommend, my absolute favorites that are not gender specific would probably be either Les Miserables or the Harry Potter series. There are seven books in HP, but it's really one continuous story, so it's more like one really long book (and so, so awesome).

    The Book Thief is a really good piece of historical fiction, and very powerful.

    Oy. I have a BA in English literature and when I didn't have a full-time job, I used to read three or four novels a week, so you're asking the impossible from me! Check out my goodreads.com page if you want a whole list!
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    I just came here because I want to see how many people say 50 Shades of Grey....

    I'm very afraid that someone might genuinely suggest it :/

    I second The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    If you like off the wall humour then Mort by Terry Pratchett is a great read

    I'm afraid of that too :/
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Harry Potter!
    It's my obsession. It's been my favourite ever since I first read it over 10 years ago. Although I'm aware that the simple writing style makes it not for everybody.

    Her writing style is actually very sophisticated, especially starting in book 4. It's EASY to read, but it isn't simple. It's a very complex and well-developed story.
  • Tat2dDom0105
    Tat2dDom0105 Posts: 661
    Has anyone read The Jason Bourne books? The movies are great, but just wanted to know if the books were good as well.
  • Keto_Keith
    Keto_Keith Posts: 73
    Dragonlance Chronicles Trilogy. -Weis and Hickman
  • SherryR1971
    SherryR1971 Posts: 1,170 Member
    My recommendation is anything by John Grisham or Dean Koontz...Grisham writes legal thriller and Koontz does supernatural horror stuff...both very engaging, I can't put them down...
  • nturner612
    nturner612 Posts: 710 Member
    i am a major book worm...but 2 kids later ill read when i can what i can :) alll time fav is "Go ask Alice"
  • yowza101
    yowza101 Posts: 196 Member
    I guess you have to figure out what types of books you may like to venture into, fiction, non-fiction, bio's, self-help,sci-fi, inspirational...hmmm, then I think you can truly go from there. I would suggest going to your local library and start reading books from there and then if you truly like reading...then start buying them.

    I personally like Green Eggs and Ham....SMILE.
  • Alovett1
    Alovett1 Posts: 4 Member
    Can't wait to read Game of Thrones. I loved Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. They are pretty big, but really great books!
  • fishgutzy
    fishgutzy Posts: 2,807 Member
    The girl with a dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson is very gripping a thriller :-)

    Just finished the series. Then watched the extended Swedish film versions on Netflix with subtitles. The books were better, but the Swedish versions of the film were pretty good even if the actress playing the lead is about 5 inches taller than Lizbeth in the book. Like any movie adaptation a lot of the story gets dropped. But the essential elements remain. Many of the faces in the Swedish films are familiar. Nomi, who plays Lizbeth, was in the latest Sherlock movie and Prometheus.

    50 Shades is mommy porn if one is being generous. A pedophile pusher if one is less inclined to be generous.

    I am currently reading Point of Impact, the book upon which The Shooter was based. If you have seen the movie, or not, the book is a great read. Much better and actually quite different from the movie.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Has anyone read The Jason Bourne books? The movies are great, but just wanted to know if the books were good as well.

    I might check those out. I have only seen the last movie (I know, I live under a rock!), but the storyline was just Flowers for Algernon with a car chase.
  • kit8806
    kit8806 Posts: 222 Member
    Only one??? Goodness!

    Well, since you're a man, I'd say Moby Dlck because men seem to really love that book, but I didn't like it.

    As for what I would recommend, my absolute favorites that are not gender specific would probably be either Les Miserables or the Harry Potter series. There are seven books in HP, but it's really one continuous story, so it's more like one really long book (and so, so awesome).

    The Book Thief is a really good piece of historical fiction, and very powerful.

    Oy. I have a BA in English literature and when I didn't have a full-time job, I used to read three or four novels a week, so you're asking the impossible from me! Check out my goodreads.com page if you want a whole list!

    Harry Potter is awesome!! :)

    Also, goodreads.com is great!!! if you actually make an account, you can find books for you that will fit what you like! :)
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    Depends on what you like. I like sci-fi/Fantasy. (because I get enough reality in real life- I like to eescape reality when I read)

    Some of my favortires are:
    Dune (the main 3- I have not read the ones is son put together from pothumous material or whatever) by Frank Herbert

    The Doomsday Book (Akin to Timeline, but better) by Connie Willis

    C.S.Lewis's Space Trilogy (Out of the silent planet, Perelandra, Thatt Hideous Strength- they are quick reads, short books)

    "Stars My Destination" by Alfred Bester (another short book)

    Books by the Author Jasper Fforde

    Hobbit/LOTR

    and I still like to go back and read my Madeline Le-Engle books (sci-fi series from when I was a kid)
  • emstethem
    emstethem Posts: 263 Member
    Just for fun reading? Not fitness related....hmmm, I really loved the book --The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas...it's one of my favorite books. It is considered a literary classic. It is an AWESOME book. :) (And, I promise it's not a "chick flick" kind of book lol). I AM a book worm...couldn't LIVE without a good read. Hmmmm...my vote for worst book I've ever read...would have to be-- A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. The book became a cult classic, and later a mainstream success, and Mr. Toole posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981 (I guess I just don't get it...I absolutely HATED this book...you might read it out of curiosity and tell me what I missed...haha). Well, hope this helps...maybe tell us a little about what kind of book might interest you? Then I would be able to narrow down suggestions... :D

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