Whats your favorite book?

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For me it is very hard to say. Its probably easier to name favorite authors. Such as: Robert Jordan, Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, John Steinbeck, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Susan Cooper, Wayne Grudem, Francis Shaefer, Lewis Sperry Chafer, St. Augustine, and so many more...

If I had to name a book, I would probably have to say, Starman Jones by Robert Heinlein. It is one of his first novels and one of the greatest science fiction books of all time.

Whats yours?
 
I love fiction and fantasy author like Charles Dickens, C.S Lewis, Hans Christian Andersen, Arthur Conan Doyle, JM Barie, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Suzanne Collins! Astrid Lingrend
I love manga too like Nami Akimoto, Natsumi Ando, Rumiko Takahashi, Natsuki Takaya! Nooks Takeuchi, Arina Tanemura, Osamu Tezuka,
For spiritual book, I love author like Joyce Meyer, Max Lucado, Gary Chapman, Charles Swindoll, Joel Osteen
I love reading so reading their book series :D
 
when i think of favourite book, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen immediately comes to mind. I read that book more than 5 times. i really dont know why i like it so much. maybe because if subtle romance? and i love the way they speak. PG wodehouse is also a really good author. He's hilarious. (he's also English..maybe i just like english authors)
 
Hard question. I enjoy a lot of non-fiction and fiction.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is my current favorite. It's richly imaginative as the scenario it envisions is nigh impossible, but what it has to say is golden. The Savage will be a character I will always relate to.

It goes pretty far in beating the overrated 1984.

Anything by Dostoevsky ranks in the favorite column. The man was a genius.

In the world of scifi Dan Simmons, Orson Scott Card, and Frank Herbert stand on top.
 
Hmmm, depends whether I want a "deep" book or just something light that doesn't require thinking.

I am currently reading Oliver Twist , and I love it.

I think my favorites so far are
The Secret garden (Frances H Burnett)
Lord of the Rings (Tolkien)
Mio my Mio and the Lionheart Brothers (Astrid Lindgren)
 
MY FAVORITE BOOK IS A CHILD CALLED IT, I READ THAT BOOK IN ONE DAY
 
I cant really pick one but favorites would be Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and Stephen King. If I had to pick one with a gun to my head it would be The Long Walk by Stephen King
 
oh my, there's so many to pick from , The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Kite Runner , Animal Farm, A Series of Unfortunate Events and Fortunate Son are a few of my favorites, oh and the Chocolate War
 
After the Bible of course. It would be Dante's Paradiso ... third book in the series that starts with the Inferno, Purgatorio, and finally Paradiso.

Few people read it (most stop at the Inferno - Dante's description of Hell).

People on earth are where they want to be. (Please do not doubt me on this, I have lots of evidence for it.) I choose to look at each day as Another Day in Paradise, which is where I want to be.
 
Jullianna said:
Pride and Prejudice :)
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There is a new book that I really want to read detailing the "philosophy" of Jane Austen. It takes the bulk of her work and pairs it down into fundamental principles and observations.

It's called the The Jane Austen Guide to a Happily Ever After.

You can read a great interview with the author here:

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It seems like a good starting point for beginners like myself. If I see the big picture first, all the little courtly minutia will take care of itself.

That's really what I could stand about Pride and Prejudice. It was like reading Dostoevsky without the cuttingly deep insight on what is fundamentally wrong with the world beyond a mere lack of sense, intense psychology, dark suspense, musings on spirituality or philosophy, occasional ironic humor, or brilliant use of symbolism. In other words, it was like reading Dostoevsky without what made him an outstanding writer.

No Jane, you will never be one of my favorites, but I'll be hornswaggled if I don't figure out what makes you worth reading.
 
I forgot: The curious incident of the dog in the night (Mark Haddon)
 
I have to say that Watership Down is my favorite hands down, though JRR Tolkien's books are a close second.
 
I am more geared towards Joyce Meyer, Karen Kingsbury, Terri Blackstock, Robin Jones Gunn, and Beverly Lewis.
 
I just purchased the Historical Atlas of Judaism by Dr. Ian Barnes and Josephine Bacon, Bible Prophecy by Mark Hitchcock (which from the first chapter I just read I'm kind of disappointed), and two non-academic books... Both in a sci-fi series by Anne McCaffrey.
 
I basically read mostly fantasy. My favorite authors would be Bryan Davis, Wayne Thomas Batson, Karen Hancock, and Sharon Hinck.
My favorite series is definitely the Binding of the Blade series by L.B. Graham. That's one series I can read a hundred times and still enjoy it.
 
Ritter said:
There is a new book that I really want to read detailing the "philosophy" of Jane Austen. It takes the bulk of her work and pairs it down into fundamental principles and observations.

It's called the The Jane Austen Guide to a Happily Ever After.

You can read a great interview with the author here:

It

It seems like a good starting point for beginners like myself. If I see the big picture first, all the little courtly minutia will take care of itself.

That's really what I could stand about Pride and Prejudice. It was like reading Dostoevsky without the cuttingly deep insight on what is fundamentally wrong with the world beyond a mere lack of sense, intense psychology, dark suspense, musings on spirituality or philosophy, occasional ironic humor, or brilliant use of symbolism. In other words, it was like reading Dostoevsky without what made him an outstanding writer.

No Jane, you will never be one of my favorites, but I'll be hornswaggled if I don't figure out what makes you worth reading.
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"Why am I going there now? Am I capable of that? Is that serious? It is not serious at all. It's simply a fantasy to amuse myself; a plaything! Yes, maybe it is a plaything."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
 
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