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When I buy a book I read it. If it is a good book, I will read it again in a few years. If it is a great book I will read it many times over the course of my life.
A great book does not have to necessarily be a classic although the classic genre have a larger percentage of great books.
Some, but not all of my favorites.
Louis L'Amour's The Walking Drum This is not a Western and his descriptions bring the 13Th Century alive.
C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower Series.
The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas.
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein.
Dune by Frank Herbert.
Shoot Him on Sight by William Colt MacDonald
Matt Helm Series by Donald Hamilton
The Corp Series by W.E.B. Griffin
Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout
The Kaahvren Romances and The Vlad Taltos Series by Steven Brust
And many many more.
Most I like because of the characters and the problems they solve. Movies are only 90 minutes long. I can savior the pleasures of a book for hour upon hour. And don't get me started on all of the interactions, by the characters of my books, that never make it into a movie. And all of the books that will never be made into a movie or were made into an uninteresting movie. I pity those who only watch movies.
Apache
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