Favorite books

Ophidion
Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
edited January 17 in Chit-Chat
Hi I thought I would start a fresh post where we could share our favorite books. Be they fiction, non-fiction, inspirational etc.Here I go then in no particular order.I recommend checking out description of the books on the internet if you are interested in a good read.

Fiction-Neal Stephenson-
Snow Crash
The diamond Age
zodiac,
Katherine Dunn-
Geek Love
Chuck Palahniuk-
Fight Club
Choke,
Survivor
Invisible Monsters
Lullaby
Diary
Haunted
Snuff
Pygmy
Devil
Neil Gaiman-
Good Omens
Stardust
American Gods
Neverwhere
Smoke and Mirrors
Anansi Boys
Poppy Z. Brite-
The Crow: The Lazarus Heart
Exquisite Corpse
Lost souls
Wormwood
Greg Egan-
Quarantine
Permutation City
Distress
Diaspora
Teranesia
Schild's Ladder
Incandescence
Zendegi
Axiomatic
Our Lady of Chernobyl
Luminous
Bruce Sterling-
Crystal Express
Schismatrix Plus
I think I'll stop there as I think I've contributed enough already but looking forward to reading posts.
(Sorry about the poor grammar I get internet dyslexia)

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  • subconscious_ink
    subconscious_ink Posts: 194 Member
    Neal Stephenson-
    Snow Crash
    The diamond Age

    Chuck Palahniuk-
    Choke,
    Survivor
    Invisible Monsters

    Neil Gaiman-
    Good Omens
    Anansi Boys

    Definitely agreed with all of these :)


    Fiction:
    The Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman (Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass)
    The Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones, etc)
    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. ****
    Gun with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
    Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
    Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence

    Non-Fiction
    Shanghai by Stella Dong
    Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry and Revenge by Eleanor Herman

    This list would probably be longer if it wasn't 3:30 a.m. here. My mind is drawing a blank :ohwell:
  • kornaco
    kornaco Posts: 146 Member
    The Count of Monte Cristo
  • chocl8girl
    chocl8girl Posts: 1,968 Member
    A Song of Ice and Fire (the Game of Thrones series) - George R.R. Martin
    Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
    Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
    The Moon Under Her Feet - Clysta Kinstler
    The Red Tent - Anita Diamante
    American Gods - Neil Gaiman
    The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
    Kindred - Octavia Butler
    The Blue Sword - Robin McKinley
    The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
    When She Woke - Hillary Jordan
    1Q84 - Haruki Murakami
    The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak
    Einstein's Dreams - Alan Lightman
  • subconscious_ink
    subconscious_ink Posts: 194 Member
    Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See

    Lisa See is a good author :) Have you read her book Shanghai Girls?
    1Q84 - Haruki Murakami

    Haruki Murakami's writing is interesting. Have you read The Wind-up Bird Chronicles?
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    No I havn't read these authors but will give them a go if you think they are worthy,on a different note my favorite comic book series is the Sandman and basically most vertigo titles.
    Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See

    Lisa See is a good author :) Have you read her book Shanghai Girls?
    1Q84 - Haruki Murakami

    Haruki Murakami's writing is interesting. Have you read The Wind-up Bird Chronicles?
  • NobodyInParticular
    NobodyInParticular Posts: 352 Member
    The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
    Down These Mean Streets - Piri Thomas;
    Angels and Demons/The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown;
    The Partner/The Rainmaker - John Grisham;
    IT/The Stand/Needful Things/Under The Dome/The Shining - Stephen King;
    Hunger Games Trilogy- Suzzane Collins;
    Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
  • kms1320
    kms1320 Posts: 599 Member
    lately?

    1984
  • SabrinaJL
    SabrinaJL Posts: 1,579 Member
    The Stand-Stephen King
    Outlander series-Diana Gabaldon
    The Handmaid's Tale-Margaret Atwood
    Pillars of the Earth-ken Follet
    To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
    A Dirty Job-Christopher Moore
    The Icewind Dale trilogy-RA Salvatore (I like all the drizzt books but those are my faves)
    Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury
    The Unbalanced Earth trilogy-Jonathan Wylie
  • anels449
    anels449 Posts: 3,187 Member
    Chuck Palahniuk-
    Fight Club
    Choke,
    Survivor
    Invisible Monsters
    Lullaby
    Diary
    Haunted
    Snuff
    Pygmy
    Devil

    I'm currently in a Chuck Palahniuk class this semester and we've read Fight Club, Choke, Invisible Monsters, and Lullaby thus far. We still have have Rant, Diary, and Haunted to read and a little bit from Stranger Than Fiction. They're great books so far! :)

    To answer your question, Blood Meridian and House of Leaves.
  • JediMindfck
    JediMindfck Posts: 73 Member
    The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle :smile:
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle :smile:
    Whoa!!!! This is indeed one of the classics and very relevant to mfp members, (spoiler alert) The Very Hungry Caterpillar that goes through a metamorphosis to a beautiful butterfly. Very inspiring, well done on your choice.
  • smtillman2
    smtillman2 Posts: 756 Member
    Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
    Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
    To Kill A Mocking Bird – Harper Lee
    Great Expectations – Charles ****ens
    The Count Of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
    Dracula – Bram Stoker
    Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
    Salem's Lot, Under The Dome, The Stand, The Shining, It, Needful Things, The Green Mile, (ok just lots of King) – Stephen King
    The Hunger Games Trilogy – Suzanne Collins
    The Millennium Series – Stieg Larsson
    The Otherland Series – Tad Williams
    Atonement – Ian McEwan
  • shytrevoak
    shytrevoak Posts: 95 Member
    Jane Austen books
    Philippa Gregory books
    Hunger Games
    Old classics-
    Scarlet Letter
    Count Monte Cristo
    Huck Finn
    Tom Sawyer
    Tale of Two Cities etc
    Edgar Allen Poe
    Anything science related
    Anything witchcraft
  • sillygoosie
    sillygoosie Posts: 1,109 Member
    Life of Pi- Yann Martel
    The Book Thief- Marcus Zusak
    She's Come Undone- Wally Lamb
    Lamb- Christopher Moore
    Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
    A Separate Peace- John Knowles
    Geek Love-Katherine Dunn

    Also the Harry Potter books and anything by Stephen King
  • Reza151
    Reza151 Posts: 517 Member
    Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (all of them)
    Good Omens
    Discworld
    Lamb: The Gospel According to Christ's Childhood Friend, Biff
    Harry Potter
    A Song of Ice and Fire
    Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
    Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)
  • i_dont_want_2_be_fat_anymore
    i_dont_want_2_be_fat_anymore Posts: 171 Member
    Lamb: The Gospel According to Christ's Childhood Friend, Biff

    A friend of mine raves about this book. Says it's hilarious.

    Wheel of Time series - Robert Jordan /w Brandon Sanderson's help on the last 3
    Mass Effect / StarWars - Drew Karpyshyn
    Harry Potter - by way of Audio Book (Sorry J.K. Rowling)
    Neuromancer - William Gibson

    just to name a few...
  • toaster6
    toaster6 Posts: 703 Member
    Anything by Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Tolstoy, & Dostoyevsky.
    Maus by Art Spiegelman
    Terry Pratchett-- my favorites from him are "Weird Sisters" & "Pyramids".
    One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    Frank Miller's: Daredevil, Year One, The Dark Knight Returns
    Whedon's run on The Astonishing X-Men
    The Wind Up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami
    Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Adam Douglass
    Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol
  • the_journeyman
    the_journeyman Posts: 1,877 Member
    Most anything by Stephen King
    Most anything by Dean Koontz
    Most anything by Tom Clancy
    Most anything by W.E.B. Griffith

    JM
  • Lam75
    Lam75 Posts: 72
    A few that spring to mind...

    The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion - JRR Tolkien
    Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
    Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
    Anything by Marian Keyes
    Harry Potter series
    The Shardlake Series - CJ Sansom
    Wildwoood Chronicles - Colin Meloy
    The Picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar WIlde
  • ScottyNoHotty
    ScottyNoHotty Posts: 1,957 Member
    House of Leaves
    The Dresden Files
    The Black Company books

    Anything by Larry Correia
  • icimani
    icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
    Outlander series-Diana Gabaldon
    The Sparrow and Children of God - Mary Doria Russell
    Pope Joan - Donna Cross
    Pillars of the Earth and World Without End - Ken Follett (anything by Ken Follett)
    The Anasizi Mysteries - W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
    One Thousand White Women - Jim Fergus
  • RunWinterGarden
    RunWinterGarden Posts: 428 Member
    Current: Wool by Hugh Howey
    All time: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
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