Best Book You've Ever Read

well, being a man of few books read, this is an easy question to answer.

my favorite book that i have ever read has to be 'a child called it' it is an autobiography that depicts a past of childhood abuse, and although it was very upsetting to read, it was hellishly written, and as i was reading it, i could feel the pain in the letters, the words used and way it was written made me feel like i was the child it was happening to, and it was an aweful history.

but in all honesty for the writer to be able to re-visit the memories and put them into words, it took great bravery and inner strength, something i don't think i could personally do.
 
Easy. The Giver. IT gave me such an appreciation for the world around me and to think outside the box. I was recommended it many times and finally checked it out of the school library. I'm very glad i decided to read it. Excellent book worth your time.
 
Raymond E. Feist

Faerie Tale.

Not what you think, extradimensional travel, Northern European Folk Lore, seduction, kidnapping, compacts, magi, adolescent psychiatric ward, bodily possession by an imp...and all in modern New York.

Kirba- A review excerpt from Amazon.com

" It is a dark, often chilling fantasy that recaptures the very real fear that people felt in a time when fairies might just be real, and hadn’t yet been dressed in pink chiffon and reduced to butterfly size."

Also, Richard Prestons-The Hot Zone. Stephen King said its the scariest thing he has ever read because its nonfiction.

From The Back Cover: "The dramatic and chilling story of an Ebola virus outbreak in a suburban Washington, D.C. laboratory, with descriptions of frightening historical epidemics of rare and lethal viruses. More hair-raising than anything Hollywood could think of, because it's all true."

Fave quote: "...Creation is fighting back against the concrete dead liver spots on the surface of the planet..."
 
I think the best book that I have ever read was " For One More Day" of MItch Albom. Based on a true story, it elaborates the essence and inportance of mothers no Earth. I almost cried when I read it on the way to HongKong.
 
The best book of mine is Memoirs of a Geisha. Enaugh said.

The author has such a great imagination of events that could happen in real life and his descriptions are so realistic, it seems you are really transported to Japan in the 1930s. You can smell, taste, touch and see. It's an amazing book. The movie was good as well. They both inspired me to write my new book.
 
I'm not sure, I've read so many.
Maybe 'The Outsiders"?
The Percy Jackson series was excellent also.
I liked the Harry Potter books, but they definitely are not the best books I've read.
 
Anna Karenina.
A far better love story than Romeo and Juliet. Far better characters too. Splendid use of irony too. And Tolstoy's opinion's of the 'Europisation' of Russia at the time. As well as the differences between speech and reality.
 
My fav book is artemis fowl:the time parodox. it is so far the last book in its series and the best one in my opinion. The autor really knows how to capture readers with her descriptions of characters and actions taking place. i wont spoil this wonderful book for you guys, but arty has gone through time changes and what not and this book is filled with so many twists that keep you glued to it. i could not stop reading it once i picked it up. the series is about a boy genius named artemis fowl who uses his wits to due many things( some illegal) but he has toned down in recent books. he also interacts with many beings other than humans which will attract people that like fantasy books as well
 
I can't pick a favorite book. But, I'd have to say my all time favorite series is Dragonlance. Every book is a masterpiece, including the ones with different authors, the ones that branch off. I can't think of anything other to say than that they are extremely amazing books, and that if you get the chance you should read them.
 
Cormac Mccarthy's The Road is excellent.
Extremely bleak though, but I love it.
The movie is coming out in October and I'd advise
you read it before seeing the movie.
(If you plan on seeing it that is.)
 
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I actually have several books I have read recently that I really can't decided between.


Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche (Philosophy)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

And of course I have to mention this...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
 
If the Lord of the Rings is counted as one book, then I'd have to go with that. It's flogging a dead horse to say that Tolkien's descriptions are incredibly vivid and the depth of the world that he created is unmatched in my opinion. It certainly set a high standard for its genre, which has yet to be matched. (Although Stephen King's The Dark Tower is very close).

If not that, then I'd go with Wolves of the Calla - the fifth book in the Dark Tower series. It fills in a lot of blanks that King had left while posing as many questions. It ends with a pretty good cliffhanger too, although not as good as at the end of Waste Lands.
 
EDIT: Ack, I'm sorry. I'll try not to "spam" again.

My favourite books are:
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - This book has a very special place in my heart because it helped me recover from depression. The narration is very witty, there's something tragicomic about the story and it's easy to identify yourself with Holden.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy - This is definitely not a book that you can relax with - it's about a man and his son travelling in a post-apocalyptic America. It's very dark, sad and at times even frightening. It's extremely powerful though, and I love how the relationship between a father and his son is portrayed.
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - I've never been much of a LotR fan (go ahead and shoot me) but there's something nostalgic about Bilbo's story. Can't put my finger on it, so moving on.
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut - An interesting combination of science-fiction and anti-war propaganda. It's about time travel and it's set in WWII and... I don't know where to begin because it confused me so much. But I liked it. Expect the line "So it goes..." to appear whenever something bad happens.
Misery by Stephen King - A frightening story about a famous author who becomes "kidnapped" by a crazy fangirl. It's not that long (you can finish it in a day or two if you're a fast reader) but it's exciting while it lasts and effective. Also notable for making me afraid of axes.
 
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My answer is a cliche. But here it goes.
The three volumes that make up The Lord of the Rings are the best books I've read so far. It feels so grand. The cities, the woods and the battles become real in my head. I love imagining them. The inclusion of poems and songs makes it even more amazing : Middle-earth feels real.
 
East by Edith Pattou

It had everything I loved. Well written romance, adventure, A strong heroine, and well developed characters. The story was epic and it the same time like a fairy tale. The book also got me into fantasy. As well making me rediscover my love of fairy tales.
 
I really love Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, it's even better than the movie and insanely well written. It's full of sciencey stuff that you don't have to be a genius to understand and it has dinosaurs. 'Nuff said.
 
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet. (the apocalypse has never been funnier.)

Deadlines by Greg Bear. (to summarize with a lyric from Weird Al: And the telephone company, has a brand new service that lets you talk to the dead!)

Ring, Spiral, Loop, and Birthday by Koji Suzuki. (The movies are horror. The books are psycho-thriller-SCIENCE!.)

Dracula by Bram Stoker. (Vampires aside, I've always liked stories told through journal entries.)
 
The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. (12 books in all)

The characters were really well-developed, the plot was amazing to the point where I couldn't put a single one of the books down until I finished(and they were pretty long too) and these are one of the rare books that my favorite character is a villain(at one point).

Nothing that I have read to date even comes close to Sword of Truth. I'm a big fan of long series with intricate plots and strong, noble characters so it's no wonder this was such a good fit for me.

On a side note, before I read Sword of Truth, my favorite book was Stardust by Neil Gaiman.
 
I have to say the 'Mortal Engines' series has always been a personal favourite. Even though it's written for a slightly younger audience than myself (although not when I first read it) I still find the story compelling.
 
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