Best Books of All Time

[Kerouactivist]

I'ts been awhile since we have had a good book thread....

Catcher In the Rye
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Joyce James: Ulysses
Sun also rises
Brave New World
1984

In no particular order

 

[diskop]

Catch 22 was always one of my favorites.

 

[Whitecloak]

there are so many

LOTR, fountainhead, Rama, Sentinel, Foundation, all classics etc etc etc etc etc

 

[SpongeBob]

Breakfast of Champions is my favorite book.

 

[quirky]

slaughterhouse five
grapes of wrath
song of solomon

theres 50% of the books ive read in my lifetime haha. i should start reading more often. I have a copy of catch22 on my desk, i think i'll go read that rite now =]

 

[quirky]

1984 was pritty good but i felt that it went into too much detail. the book could have been shortened by 2/3 w/o losng any of the core contents

 

[Wallydraigle]

Don't forget The Dune Chronicles

 

[Legendary]

Originally posted by: quirky
1984 was pritty good but i felt that it went into too much detail. the book could have been shortened by 2/3 w/o losng any of the core contents

I thought the details were what made is scarier. Also with more details, there's more to compare with any point in time.

 

[Evadman]

Clockwork Orange
1984
anything my Anne McAffrey
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintance

 

[csyberblue]

Catcher in the Rye is such a great book, I agree with the topic create in that this is one of the best books of all time.

Bill O'Reilly's book seen

here is one of my favorite books as well.

 

[dartworth]

Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

 

[Dudd]

Originally posted by: Legendary

Originally posted by: quirky
1984 was pritty good but i felt that it went into too much detail. the book could have been shortened by 2/3 w/o losng any of the core contents

I thought the details were what made is scarier. Also with more details, there's more to compare with any point in time.

One detail that definately could have been shortened was the excerpt from Goldstien's book. That must have taken me about and hour or two to read 25 pages. I'd start a page, read a few sentences, wander off, and then start over again.

 

[mithrandir2001]

Yes, we all love Catcher in the Rye

 

[bizmark]

I'm reading Anna Karenina right now, it's pretty damn good, I'm about 2/3 of the way through. It's gripped me pretty well.

Last time that happened was with The Brothers Karamazov.

Funny, 'cause I didn't finish Crime and Punishment nor War and Peace. I guess even the best authors are hit-or-miss with me.... or maybe I've got undiagnosed ADHD

Also really good is Augustine's Confessions. And Wuthering Heights.

 

[quirky]

Originally posted by: Dudd

Originally posted by: Legendary

Originally posted by: quirky
1984 was pritty good but i felt that it went into too much detail. the book could have been shortened by 2/3 w/o losng any of the core contents

I thought the details were what made is scarier. Also with more details, there's more to compare with any point in time.

One detail that definately could have been shortened was the excerpt from Goldstien's book. That must have taken me about and hour or two to read 25 pages. I'd start a page, read a few sentences, wander off, and then start over again.

LOL thats what I mean. some parts of the book dragged on and I'd just stop reading for the day at the end of the chapter. maybe i just read too slow?

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Catch-22 is my favorite

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: csyberblue
Catcher in the Rye is such a great book, I agree with the topic create in that this is one of the best books of all time.

i have to totally dissagree. we read this book in HS and it totally sucked. iactually read it again 2 years later and thought it sucked again. Holden is a winy lil b!tch who needs a good kick in the nuts because life sucks and ned better get used to it. /rant

anyway
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. i liked them all
LOTR + The Hobbot
To Kill A Mockingbird
Stranger in a strange land
Dune series
The 2001 books by Clark
anything by Dean Koontz

 

[SuperCyrix]

I'm glade nobody mentioned Paradise Lost because if they did I would know they are full of sh*t

I don't read that much but I have great memories of
Superfudge from long ago.

 

[pg22]

Cather in the Rye. Bar none.

 

[quirky]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1

Originally posted by: csyberblue
Catcher in the Rye is such a great book, I agree with the topic create in that this is one of the best books of all time.

i have to totally dissagree. we read this book in HS and it totally sucked. iactually read it again 2 years later and thought it sucked again. Holden is a winy lil b!tch who needs a good kick in the nuts because life sucks and ned better get used to it. /rant

anyway
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. i liked them all
LOTR + The Hobbot
To Kill A Mockingbird
Stranger in a strange land
Dune series
The 2001 books by Clark
anything by Dean Koontz

i think the reason why its so popular is because almost everyone can relate to Holden. Personally, I wouldnt put it in my top 10 list.

 

[NoReMoRsE]

Greatest Book Series of All Time:

2001, 2010, 2061, 3001
By Arthur C. Clarke

-= The Undisputed Champion =-

 

[NeoMadHatter]

The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand

 

[RalphWiggum]

I thought Catcher In The Rye was a great book. Just like quirky mentioned, a lot of people can relate to it. Assassins, internet forum posters, etc...

I am a big Stephen King fan though, and I always recommend Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. The movie is great, and I think the book is better. Right after that, The Green Mile is also great. Not his typical horror, but interesting reading.

And, Tom Clancy's Without Remorse is also another good book. You don't even really need to read the other ones in his series.

 

[StevenYoo]

I really enjoyed A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens. Lots of action for a Dickens novel.

 

[nyeturo989]

Enders Game. The only book i ever ride twice

Harry P. series...