5 favorite books of all time - Page 5

sweevo · 10-13-2010, 08:36 PM

And that was just one I found at random. I'm sure there are hundreds of different models. Probably much cheaper by now, too.

Wasabihound · 11-15-2010, 05:47 PM

Okay, I am going to treat this like a version of desert island disks (but for books)

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
A Man on the Moon - Andrew Chaikin
Wyrd Sisters - Terry Practchett
Fermat's Last Theorem - Simon Singh

Personal Honorable Mentions:

Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter series
Short History of Nearly Everything
Band of Brothers
Moneyball

Rumpelteazer · 11-15-2010, 06:45 PM

In no particular order:

- Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
- The Stand - Stephen King
- The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- V for Vendetta - Alan Moore/David Lloyd
- Notes from a Small Island - Bill Bryson

Honorable mentions:
- Notes from a Big Country/I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Bill Bryson
- It - Stephen King
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
- Seeing the Wires - Patrick Thompson
- De Zevensprong - Tonke Dragt (Dutch children's book)

Eastlondonboy · 11-18-2010, 03:28 PM

Tin Drum - Gunther Grass
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Marquez
Midnight's Children - Rushdie
On the Road - Kerouac
Savage Detectives - Bolano

357mag · 11-19-2010, 02:41 PM

OK, I'll play. Here are my all time favorites, in no particular order:

Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
The Stand - Stephen King
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
The Bible

If you leave off The Bible (to me that is a given), then I would include The Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov.

Russell Brooks · 11-20-2010, 02:24 PM

Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
John Rain series by Barry Eisler
Separation of Powers by Vince Flynn
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
Jack Daniels mystery series by JA Konrath

357mag · 11-23-2010, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATDrake
Now if only they'd make a hand-cranked version with a user-replaceable repair kit for desert island use…

Quote:

But they do...

http://dvice.com/archives/2008/04/go-amish-with-t.php

And Amazon has it for $21.35
http://www.amazon.com/Datexx-Super-B.../dp/B000M805AK

Russell Brooks · 11-23-2010, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russell Brooks

Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
John Rain series by Barry Eisler
Separation of Powers by Vince Flynn
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
Jack Daniels mystery series by JA Konrath

I should've included A Time to Kill

Tattncat · 11-30-2010, 10:50 PM

I would have to say, probably:
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The King's General by Daphne Du Maurier
Raiders of Spanish Peaks by Zane Grey
How Do I Love Thee? a biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning by an author whose name I cannot recall. and....
Perfect by Judith McNaught
and......lots more.

MrEcko · 12-01-2010, 12:02 AM

I'm still only 18 and surely haven't had the time to read as many great novels as the majority of people here. But regardless I believe this is how it stands for me:
1) The Robot/Empire/Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. My only disappointment is that Asimov wasn't able to continue the series farther.

2) The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Nothing wrong here.

3) Night in the Lonesome October by Richard Laymon. Sadly I must say that this book had a disappointing ending. Not bad by any means but it didn't turn out the way I would have liked it and also the ending felt a little rushed.

4) Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. My only complaint is that it was over too quickly for me.

5) The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I wish the author had put in more effort to flesh out the world that the protagonists traveled through and given some more back story for the world and characters. Otherwise it was just fine.

6) Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. I know it's only suppose to be top 5 but I couldn't resist. This is (For me) the definition of a plain and simple fun adventure story that anyone can enjoy.

Mortis · 12-02-2010, 08:34 AM

This seems like a safe topic to break my post cherry with.

I would have to say that there are more than 5 I couldn't (wouldn't want to) live without, but I'll give it a go.
(In no particular order)

2001 - A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke (This was the first book I read that wasn't forced on me by a parent or teacher).

Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson

Memoirs of a Space Traveller - Stanislaw Lem (Eng Trans)

Midnight at the Well of Souls - Jack L Chalker (I liked the original books, the 5 that followed were not as good, IMHO)

Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Looking at that list I have to say I'm not what you would call a literary scholar, not that I claimed to be. Sad to think also that only one of these great authors is still alive.

caleb72 · 12-03-2010, 04:01 AM

Hmmm - I think mine change with the wind, but I'll give it a go (I stretched things and made it 6):

Cryptonomicron - Neal Stephenson
Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
Skallagrig - William Horwood
Wyvern - A A Attanasio
Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay
Doomsday Book - Connie Willis

Hard to imagine I didn't put the following in there:
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevski
<anything else by China Mieville> - China Mieville
Daughter of Empire trilogy - Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts
Consider Phlebas - Iain Banks
The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
The Long Road - Stephen King
Koko - Peter Straub

Ok... I could go on forever.

marshies · 12-23-2010, 03:20 AM

1. Harry Potter Series, but if I had to pick one book, it would be the Prisoner of Azkaban

I think that's the only thing i need on an island. I love loads of other books, but somehow adult fiction just doesn't tempt me into re-reading them over and over again.

alyxie · 12-23-2010, 06:12 AM

1. Miles Vorkosigan Adventures Series by Lois McMaster Bujold
2. Deverry/Westlands Series by Katharine Kerr
3. Elenium Series David & Leigh Eddings
4. Queen's Squadron by R.M. Meluch
5. Empire Series by Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts

Most of these are paperback series I go back to ever so often so I'm not sure about their availability in ereader format and they're mostly series not individual books, sorry.

12-23-2010, 06:12 AM	#74
alyxie Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 89988 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Philippines Device: none	1. Miles Vorkosigan Adventures Series by Lois McMaster Bujold 2. Deverry/Westlands Series by Katharine Kerr 3. Elenium Series David & Leigh Eddings 4. Queen's Squadron by R.M. Meluch 5. Empire Series by Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts Most of these are paperback series I go back to ever so often so I'm not sure about their availability in ereader format and they're mostly series not individual books, sorry. Last edited by alyxie; 12-23-2010 at 07:04 AM.

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10-13-2010, 08:36 PM	#61
sweevo Groupie Posts: 197 Karma: 6848 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Sony PRS-650, Kindle Touch	And that was just one I found at random. I'm sure there are hundreds of different models. Probably much cheaper by now, too.

11-15-2010, 05:47 PM	#62
Wasabihound Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 158 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sydney Device: Kindle 3 3G and WIFI, MacBook, iPhone 3G	Okay, I am going to treat this like a version of desert island disks (but for books) To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen A Man on the Moon - Andrew Chaikin Wyrd Sisters - Terry Practchett Fermat's Last Theorem - Simon Singh Personal Honorable Mentions: Lord of the Rings Harry Potter series Short History of Nearly Everything Band of Brothers Moneyball

11-15-2010, 06:45 PM	#63
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,324 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	In no particular order: - Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien - The Stand - Stephen King - The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett - V for Vendetta - Alan Moore/David Lloyd - Notes from a Small Island - Bill Bryson Honorable mentions: - Notes from a Big Country/I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Bill Bryson - It - Stephen King - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey - Seeing the Wires - Patrick Thompson - De Zevensprong - Tonke Dragt (Dutch children's book)

11-18-2010, 03:28 PM	#64
Eastlondonboy Banned Posts: 56 Karma: 160 Join Date: May 2010 Location: London, UK Device: kindle	Tin Drum - Gunther Grass One Hundred Years of Solitude - Marquez Midnight's Children - Rushdie On the Road - Kerouac Savage Detectives - Bolano

11-19-2010, 02:41 PM	#65
357mag Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 248 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: iPad and Galaxy S5	OK, I'll play. Here are my all time favorites, in no particular order: Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger The Stand - Stephen King In Cold Blood - Truman Capote The Bible If you leave off The Bible (to me that is a given), then I would include The Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov.

11-20-2010, 02:24 PM	#66
Russell Brooks Fanatic Posts: 538 Karma: 569642 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Montreal, Quebec Device: none	Lord of the Rings by Tolkien John Rain series by Barry Eisler Separation of Powers by Vince Flynn Along Came a Spider by James Patterson Jack Daniels mystery series by JA Konrath

11-30-2010, 10:50 PM	#69
Tattncat Bookworm Posts: 673 Karma: 1029391 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Device: Nook Tablet, Samsung Galaxy Tab3, Sony PRS700, Sony PRS505	I would have to say, probably: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand The King's General by Daphne Du Maurier Raiders of Spanish Peaks by Zane Grey How Do I Love Thee? a biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning by an author whose name I cannot recall. and.... Perfect by Judith McNaught and......lots more.

12-01-2010, 12:02 AM	#70
MrEcko Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: none	I'm still only 18 and surely haven't had the time to read as many great novels as the majority of people here. But regardless I believe this is how it stands for me: 1) The Robot/Empire/Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. My only disappointment is that Asimov wasn't able to continue the series farther. 2) The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Nothing wrong here. 3) Night in the Lonesome October by Richard Laymon. Sadly I must say that this book had a disappointing ending. Not bad by any means but it didn't turn out the way I would have liked it and also the ending felt a little rushed. 4) Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. My only complaint is that it was over too quickly for me. 5) The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I wish the author had put in more effort to flesh out the world that the protagonists traveled through and given some more back story for the world and characters. Otherwise it was just fine. 6) Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. I know it's only suppose to be top 5 but I couldn't resist. This is (For me) the definition of a plain and simple fun adventure story that anyone can enjoy.

12-02-2010, 08:34 AM	#71
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	This seems like a safe topic to break my post cherry with. I would have to say that there are more than 5 I couldn't (wouldn't want to) live without, but I'll give it a go. (In no particular order) 2001 - A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke (This was the first book I read that wasn't forced on me by a parent or teacher). Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson Memoirs of a Space Traveller - Stanislaw Lem (Eng Trans) Midnight at the Well of Souls - Jack L Chalker (I liked the original books, the 5 that followed were not as good, IMHO) Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Looking at that list I have to say I'm not what you would call a literary scholar, not that I claimed to be. Sad to think also that only one of these great authors is still alive.

12-03-2010, 04:01 AM	#72
caleb72 Indie Advocate Posts: 2,863 Karma: 18794463 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Kindle	Hmmm - I think mine change with the wind, but I'll give it a go (I stretched things and made it 6): Cryptonomicron - Neal Stephenson Perdido Street Station - China Mieville Skallagrig - William Horwood Wyvern - A A Attanasio Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay Doomsday Book - Connie Willis Hard to imagine I didn't put the following in there: Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevski <anything else by China Mieville> - China Mieville Daughter of Empire trilogy - Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts Consider Phlebas - Iain Banks The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks The Long Road - Stephen King Koko - Peter Straub Ok... I could go on forever.

12-23-2010, 03:20 AM	#73
marshies Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 17926 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Sony PRS650	1. Harry Potter Series, but if I had to pick one book, it would be the Prisoner of Azkaban I think that's the only thing i need on an island. I love loads of other books, but somehow adult fiction just doesn't tempt me into re-reading them over and over again.