List your favorite novel...

[Chunkee]

I received my bachelors in English, and read a fair amount novels. One of classes was the Rise of Realism, entailing an emphasis on Henry James. I must admit, before taking the class, I was not a big fan of Henry James, however, at the end of the semester, his style of storytelling, made an impression upon me. His novella, The Pupil actually had me blubbering.

There were a few great authors that I enjoyed, Stephen Crane and his ability to personify anything and his methods of emotional imagery were astounding. Too bad he died so young.

I am thinking F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby as a favorite... I do not think I have a ever read a more graceful opening in a book.

Post your favorite novel.

jC

 

[Leper Messiah]

Probably the First Dark Tower novel.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Animal Farm

 

[nakedfrog]

Heinlein's Time Enough for Love, or maybe Number of the Beast.

 

[Schadenfroh]

The Fellowship of the Ring

 

[EvilYoda]

Count of Monte Cristo

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Atlas Shrugged

 

[mundane]

The first Vernor Vinge novel I read: A Fire Upon the Deep.
Or Stephenson's Snow Crash.
Or Richard Morgan's Altered Carbon.
Or Jeff Long's Year Zero or The Descent.

 

[Looney]

Song of Ice and Fire (the series) by GRR Martin

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
Probably the First Dark Tower novel.

really? i'd pick #2 or #3, i thought the first one was far too slow.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Candide

 

[Skunkwourk]

To Kill a Mockingbird

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: toekramp

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
Probably the First Dark Tower novel.

really? i'd pick #2 or #3, i thought the first one was far too slow.

I dunno. I like them all alot (at least the first 4, after that it was alot of WTF) but its prose was much simplier, more concise. More like hemmingway than Dickens.

 

[meltdown75]

The Hobbit

was the first Tolkien I'd ever read, and got me hooked on reading for many years.

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
Candide

wow, that has been a while since i have read that one.

jC

 

[ntdz]

The first one that came to mind was The Da Vinci Code.

 

[Baked]

It's not in English.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Ender's Game

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: Chunkee

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
Candide

wow, that has been a while since i have read that one.

jC

I love it. I've reread it probably half a dozen times.

 

[Elderly Newt]

The Stand

 

[scorpmatt]

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

 

[Finns14]

Just finished the DT series and really wasn't too big of a fan there are about 100 books I could list that are much better fantasy,sci/fi,better prose

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah

Originally posted by: toekramp

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
Probably the First Dark Tower novel.

really? i'd pick #2 or #3, i thought the first one was far too slow.

I dunno. I like them all alot (at least the first 4, after that it was alot of WTF) but its prose was much simplier, more concise. More like hemmingway than Dickens.

agreed..."it's like 19" i stopped reading the series, i couldnt get over that bs

 

[engineereeyore]

Les Miserables

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: toekramp

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah

Originally posted by: toekramp

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
Probably the First Dark Tower novel.

really? i'd pick #2 or #3, i thought the first one was far too slow.

I dunno. I like them all alot (at least the first 4, after that it was alot of WTF) but its prose was much simplier, more concise. More like hemmingway than Dickens.

agreed..."it's like 19" i stopped reading the series, i couldnt get over that bs

and then when he wrote himself into the book as Gan? WTFEGO?!