Your Fave Books

[black_hart]

Noticed some people discussing books in the movies thread so thought I'd start one for books.

Some of my favorites

Tess Of The D'Ubervilles-Thomas Hardy
Wuthering Heights-Emily Bronte (all time fave)
Anything by Agatha Christie but especially up to late 40's
Killer See Killer Do-Jonathan Wolfe

[Warwick]

To Kill a Mockingbird
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Lord of the Flies
Adrian Mole diaries

[Grimreepah]

Wuthering Heights-Emily Bronte (all time fave)

Why is it your favourite? It would have to be one of the most depressing books ever written.

[black_hart]

Don't find it depressing myself. Yes it is dark but that appeals to me. No love story comes close to that of Heathcliffe and Cathy.

[Grimreepah]

Well for me, I'll choose:

1984
Catch 22
The Power of One
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Clear and Present Danger.

[black_hart]

Well for me, I'll choose:


The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn


Always wanted to read these two but haven't as yet.

[TheBrownDog]

Well for me, I'll choose:

1984
Catch 22
The Power of One
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Clear and Present Danger.


A man after my own heart.

I was going to list the bolded books before I even saw your post!

Also...

Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
The Road to Serfdom - Friedrich Hayek
Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
Enders Game - Orson Scott Card
The Stand - Stephen King
The Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela
Bill Hicks: Agent of Evolution - Kevin Booth

And anything by Edgar Allan Poe and HP Lovecraft.

[Ashli]

Aurgh the power of one is so sad!

Lol can the latest cosmo and cleo count in thes section???

[Chasing the Dream]

Anything by Michael Connelly is worth a read, especially if you like crime novels, however The Poet the best Connelly novel by far.

[The Flying Belgian]

Most anything Douglas Adams ever wrote, especially Last Chance To See
Absolute Power - Michael Baldacci
The Great Train Robbery - Michael Crichton
Different Seasons - Stephen King
The Footy Club: Inside the Brisbane Bears - Ross Fitzgerald

and

Fundamentals of Remote Sensing and Airphoto Interpretation - Avery & Berlin

[Chasing the Dream]

I also quite enjoyed "Ethol the Aardvark goes Quantity Surveying":thumbsu:

[danielcanberra]

Desert island list

- (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743273567/qid=1124099174/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-8019078-6556934?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)The Great Gatsby (F Scott Fitzgerald) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743273567/qid=1124099174/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-8019078-6556934?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
- Zadig (Voltaire) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140441263/qid=1124099281/sr=8-3/ref=pd_bbs_3/102-8019078-6556934?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679751521/qid=1124099435/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-8019078-6556934)
- Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/067976402X/qid=1124099491/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-8019078-6556934)
- The Surgeon of Crowthorne (Simon Winchester) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/058243565X/qid=1124099554/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-8019078-6556934)
- The Parrot's Theorem (Denis Guedj) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312303025/qid=1124099642/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-8019078-6556934)
- The Last Samurai (Helen DeWitt) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786887001/qid=1124099705/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-8019078-6556934)

[John]

Tolkien and Frank Herbert from my youth. I tend to read non fiction nowadays. Mostly history or topical.