Books?

[The Benny (Macho)]

Yo, just wondering if anybody here reads much. I know I've spoken with Mav Shaw briefly about books but I don't remember seeing it discussed any other times. So if you read then why not post your favourite books here? Might even be able to get some book conversation going...

My favourite series include:

Terry Pratchett's Discworld Novels - Fantasy & Humour
Michael Crichton Fiction - Sci-Fi/Thriller
Clive Cussler's NUMA Files - Action/Thriller
Robin Jarvis - Very weird Fantasy
Bernard Cornwell's The Grail Quest - Historic Fiction
Matthew Reilly - Action
The Harry Potter books by JK Rowling - Fantasy
Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings - Fantasy

An individual book I'm a big fan of is 'Quest For Lost Heroes' by David Gemmel, very cool.

So come on y'all, what do you read?

[Mr. SunburnMan]

My favourite english books would have to be :

1984 - George Orwell
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand (currently reading it, I'm almost done)
LotR - Tolkien (that's a given)

And some french books most of you probably never heard of, but that are still very good!

[Gabriel013]

I do a fair amount of reading.

I don't really have any favourite books but I do like Lord of the Rings, Any books released by Games Workshop (Especially the Inquisitor books)

I also enjoy some of the older classics like The Rats, The Fog etc..

[NoEffects]

Unfortunatley I have never read a full length novel. NEVER.

Its not something i'm proud of it's just reading never seems to interest me. I read magazines a lot but I never read books.

Except for one special book by the name of Lord Of The Rings. I am reading that at the moment, This is my first full length novel and i'm enjoying it to bits.

[sparky5110]

im currently reading Tom Clancy-Rainbow Six, i have read all the Harry P books, His Dark Materials trilogy (northern lights...), The Wind on Fire trilogy and i have got the last 2 in the Borne Identity trilogy (the Borne identity film is the first one)

[Dmitry M. (Lazer)]

My favorites are...

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Macbeth by Shakespeare
Rainbow Six & The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The Pearl (I forgot who the author was and yes it's kind of considered a 6-8th grade book but hey i still liked it)

[Arnold K. (Admin)]

Books?

[mythbeliever]

Tom Clancy

Ray Bradbury

Tolkien

Theres far too many of my vavorite novels but there are some of my vavorite novelists!!

[Kefka]

I enjoy reading:
Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R. R. Martin
Sorrow, Memory, and Thorn series by Tad Williams
Most books by Michael Crichton (especially Jurassic Park 1-2, Great Train Robbery, and Timeline)
Redwall books by Brian Jacques
Harry Potter series by hmm... forgot her name, er.. not J.K. Rowling
I want to start reading:
Otherworld Series by Tad Williams
and some fantasy series by a guy who's first name is Terry and his last name is Gooding or something. It looked good.
On a strange side note, I read LOTR in seventh grade and found it quite boring, on the last book I quit reading it. I intend to read it again because I love the movies (alot) and because everyone says it is so good. I know it's good, I just have to get around to reading it.

[Rosencrantz]

I read a crap load. It kind of becomes second nature since I was an English major and had to read all day to keep up with classes. However, I also want to be a writer so it is always good to see what others are doing.

Some of the best books I've read are:

1984 (best book of all time)
Catcher in the Rye
Fareinheit 451
Watership Down
Suffer the Children
Einstein's Dreams
Fight Club

Also I think Kurt Vonnegut is one of the best writers of all time and would recommend Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse Five, Timequake, Galapagos, Cat's Cradle or The SIrens of Titan.

ALso, you an't go wrong with Harry Potter books. They are actually very enjoyable for all ages.

Finally, since i'm a nerd I like to read books on science, biology, physics and philosophy. There are always cool books writer by professors and doctors like "The Science of star Wars" or "The Philosophy of Seinfeld." They are educational and fun to read. I just finished reading "E=mc2" which is a biography of the formula. It was easy to read and still interesting.

I always have lots to read and buy 5 or 6 books at a time. It is almost a bad habbit since I always have way more books than I can read. Up next is "The Grapes of Wrath" and "The Dubliners".