Best book ever read

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  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
    The Count of Monte Cristo has been mentioned a few times.
    It made me think.....quite a tale......But, no!
    All the Kings Men, Robert Penn Warren
  • Erik8484
    Erik8484 Posts: 458 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    LOVED the Stand.

    But honestly the Stormlight Archive series from Sanderson wins for now (although it's actually two books... for now... but I absolutely love them).

    I'll throw in the Lightbringer series from Brent Weeks as well (4 books out out of 5 and they are awesome).

    The Way of Kings was my hands down favourite book for a long time, I read it twice back to back as soon as it came out. But didn't you find that the tone of the books changed completely in Words of Radiance? The main characters started sounding like 90s teenagers (they probably are teenagers, but they didn't sound it in the first one at least).

    Right now I'm a huge fan of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon in particular.
  • Hamsibian
    Hamsibian Posts: 1,388 Member
    The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told by Alex Haley.
  • kristikitter
    kristikitter Posts: 602 Member
    We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
    A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara
    War and Peace - Tolstoy
    The Song of Achilles - Madeleine Miller
    Flowers in the Attic - V. C. Andrews
    We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson

  • kq1981
    kq1981 Posts: 1,098 Member
    Gimsteinn1 wrote: »
    Oh there are so many but I think the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Harry Potter and the Throne of Glass series are my most favourite. I can read them again and again.
    Then the Rock Chick series are books I go and read every time I need a good laugh.

    Just about to read throne of glass series:-)
  • kq1981
    kq1981 Posts: 1,098 Member
    thesunmoonandstars wrote: »
    I can't just pick one, way to many but these are books that had made an impression.

    The Reason I Jump - Naoki Higashida
    The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo
    Too Good To Leave, Too Bad To Stay ( Probably the most influential and life changing)

    I was given too good to leave to bad to stay. Haven't cracked it yet, self help books have never been my thing but I might give it a go now:-)
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    edited March 2017
    I read a lot. So does my wife. It's one of the better habits we passed on down to our daughters. I've always got a book within reach. I go through 2 or 3 a week. Below are a couple of standouts from different genres:


    Classic -- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

    Contemporary -- Lightening by Dean Koontz

    Non-Fiction -- Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
  • browneyedgirl749
    browneyedgirl749 Posts: 4,984 Member
    OMG I have so many!! Most of them are series. But one of my all time favorites is Before I Go To Sleep. I read this book WAY before the movie came out. Books are always so much better!!

    I'm loving this thread! Give me ideas of what to buy on Amazon.
  • JHamilton6
    JHamilton6 Posts: 34 Member
    edited March 2017
    I just read Common Sense by Thomas Paine. Amazing how current a 241 year old pamplet can seem.

    Read it with current events in mind...
  • Rhody_Hoosier
    Rhody_Hoosier Posts: 688 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    fidycixer wrote: »
    All The Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy

    McCarthy is, IMO, one of the lesser known and highly underrated authors of the current era. Again, JMHO.

    if you like Cormac McCarthy,and I agree, he's amazing.... read anything of James Carlos Blake's.

    historical fiction so hard you'll chip a tooth reading it.

    @Motorsheen I just picked up three of his novels off of Amazon on your recommendation. TY.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    fidycixer wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    fidycixer wrote: »
    All The Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy

    McCarthy is, IMO, one of the lesser known and highly underrated authors of the current era. Again, JMHO.

    if you like Cormac McCarthy,and I agree, he's amazing.... read anything of James Carlos Blake's.

    historical fiction so hard you'll chip a tooth reading it.

    @Motorsheen I just picked up three of his novels off of Amazon on your recommendation. TY.

    outstanding; enjoy!
  • Badger_Girl99
    Badger_Girl99 Posts: 2,220 Member
    The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
    (The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a close second)
  • Allgaun
    Allgaun Posts: 222 Member
    Pride and Prejudice (the crown jewel of Austin)
    The complete Sherlock Holmes
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Harry Potter, (the complete series)

    For humor, I am not a big fan of angst:

    The Rosie Project
    Anything by Erma Bombeck

  • yellingkimber
    yellingkimber Posts: 229 Member
    Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling is easily one of my favorite books. It's the one I always recommend.
  • laurens47
    laurens47 Posts: 117 Member
    Currently: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    laurens47 wrote: »
    Currently: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.

    @laurens47 I just finished reading this. It was great! His Wayward Pines series was good as well.
  • strifechick
    strifechick Posts: 129 Member
    My favorite was probably The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series! But I also love to read books about serial killers and missing people/unsolved murders. I'm weird haha
  • Lbrobt
    Lbrobt Posts: 13 Member
    amymoreorless wrote: »
    laurens47 wrote: »
    Currently: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.

    @laurens47 I just finished reading this. It was great! His Wayward Pines series was good as well.

    Me too...awesome book...looking for WWP now.
  • lokilover32
    lokilover32 Posts: 31 Member
    I love many books but def. for me its Tears of a Dragon by Bryan Davis! Such an amazing book jam-packed with emotional moments!
  • FabulousFantasticFifty
    FabulousFantasticFifty Posts: 195,832 Member
    Stephen Kings​ The Stand
    And
    John Saul's Creature
  • walkermom75
    walkermom75 Posts: 45 Member
    Valqis wrote: »
    And GO!

    Hands down the best book I have read to date is THE STAND by Stephen King.

    What about everyone else? What book rocks your socks off?

    One of my favorites too
  • bosko1827
    bosko1827 Posts: 2 Member
    did not finish The Stand first time, but have read it many times since then. Pretty good but not an all time fav. To Kill a Mockingbird and The Catcher in the Rye were favourites of mine. I have to say that reading and studying each of them in school put me off. They were great books until the English teacher decided it was about a trek from the "wilderness" to ....BLAH BLAH BLAH. school ruined several great books for me.
  • cake91
    cake91 Posts: 46 Member
    Loving this thread and going to look up some of these books. :D. I have always enjoyed the little black dress books. Favourite one is simple irasistable. I also loved girl on the train, before i go to sleep and dear amy. There just so many i really enjoyed. And of course HARRY POTTER :D:D.
  • JeepHair77
    JeepHair77 Posts: 1,291 Member
    I'm about halfway through The Stand, thanks to this thread.
  • celuszki
    celuszki Posts: 4 Member
    That's a hard one!
    I have s many books that I fell in love with. There is 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Maximum Ride', and 'Lord of the Rings'.
    But that's just the tip of the iceberg!

  • elsie4560
    elsie4560 Posts: 95 Member
    Angel saved my life by Theresa cheung ❤️
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