Favorite Books

[Random8585]

Most novels by Tom Clancy, Dean Koontz, Robert Ludlum. Red Storm Rising was a great read, the Odd Thomas series from Koontz is also great and the Bourne series is also great.

On a side note I have to say that I really enjoyed the Harry Potter series, yes I am admitting it, but I did not read the books rather I have listened to the audio books when taking long road trips. These books kept me engaged and awake.

[KCJoe]

I agree on "To Kill a Mockingbird". one of the best books I've ever read. Also a great movie. The hobbit and lord of the rings is a series that I've read more than once and enjoyed each time. Dean Koontz's "The Watchers" is a favorite because I like dogs. When i read Catcher in the Rye, I didn't get what the big deal was. Right now I'm reading Nelson DeMile. I love the character John Corey in his books.

[1963Cobra]

I like Demille but his last book with John Corey left me feeling a little disapointed. Ken Follet writes great historical fiction. The stores are great and the details are true to the time frame he is writing about. Pillars of the Earth was a great story.

[Gryphon]

Christopher Moore, although I have to go with "A Dirty Job" as his best. Heinlein, "A Stranger in a Strange Land" and "Time Enough for Love." Christopher Buckley's "Thank You for Smoking." William Kotzwinkle before the drugs fried his brain--"Jewel of the Moon," "Doctor Rat," "The Fan Man," etc. Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. J.P. Donleavy--"The Onion Eaters" & "Schultz." Colleen McCullough's Rome series. Many, many more. And, of course, Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood."

[jac01]

I'll add another vote for "Atlas Shrugged". It is like Rand had a crystal ball and saw everything that is happening now when she wrote the book in 1957. In 2008, more copies of Atlas were sold than in any other prior year, and then even more copies were sold in 2009. At over 1200 pages, it is the longest novel that I have ever read.

[CuteOldGuy]

Ted Dekker, hands down. Especially his Red, Black, White Trilogy. I loved all of Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, the Cardinal and the Kremlin being the best. Also, The Celestine Prophecy is a life changer.

[Guest052813-01]

I really enjoyed reading three of the seven Harry Potter books after my son said he enjoyed reading them. I also liked reading Mike and Mike's Rules for Sports and Life by Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic of ESPN; Fair Ball: A Fan's Case for Baseball by Bob Costas; Hail to the Chiefs by Bob Gretz; The Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf by Harvey Penick; The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf by Mark Frost (which bore little resemblence to the movie of the same name); and The Late Shift: Letterman, Leno, and the Network Battle for the Night by Bill Carter.

[topnotchmassage]

Originally Posted by Random8585

Most novels by Tom Clancy, Dean Koontz, Robert Ludlum. Red Storm Rising was a great read, the Odd Thomas series from Koontz is also great and the Bourne series is also great.

On a side note I have to say that I really enjoyed the Harry Potter series, yes I am admitting it, but I did not read the books rather I have listened to the audio books when taking long road trips. These books kept me engaged and awake.

I started reading one of the Odd Thomas books, and was really enjoying it...but with my limited reading time, I didn't get the chance to finish it before having to return it to the library
I'll have to check it out again, sometime

[topnotchmassage]

Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

Ted Dekker, hands down. Especially his Red, Black, White Trilogy. I loved all of Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, the Cardinal and the Kremlin being the best. Also, The Celestine Prophecy is a life changer.

Because you mentioned The Celestine Prophecy, I have to ask...
have you read The Road Less Travelled?

[john_galt]

I need to mention the book Swan Song by Robert McCammon (?). I have loaned my copy to not real heavy readers on the ship and they had the same reaction that I did; we couldn't put it down until we finished it! I guess others have had the same reaction since it made the New York Times top 100 of the 20th century list. It is an easy read but riveting.

[Starry69]

My favorite is the Lord of the Ring trilogy. I also like Tom Clancy novels with "Debt of Honor" being my favorite, and Dale Brown novels.

[cliffbeefcake]

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
American Gods - Neil Gaiman (all of his books and short stories are great, but this was his best)
John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee series
Robin Hobb's Farseer, Liveship Trader and Tawny Man trilogies
Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
The first four books of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series (the latest one by Brandon Sanderson was really good too).
The Watchmen - Alan Moore
The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller
A Song of Ice and Fire - George RR Martin
River God - Wilbur Smith (Also Seventh Scroll and the Courtenay novels)
The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follet
The Watchers - Dean Koontz
The Dark Tower Series - Stephen King (especially Wizard and Glass)

[topnotchmassage]

Originally Posted by cliffbeefcake

The Watchers - Dean Koontz
The Dark Tower Series - Stephen King (especially Wizard and Glass)

That's two for The Watchers...
Maybe I should check that one out, too

[Thequeen]

You guys can all laugh at me but I have always had a place for " I can't said the ant" hehehehe LOVE THAT BOOK!!!!!

I think its just more the memories from being at my grandparents house and that was the story my grandma always read to us and beleive it or not she still has the same book in the same shape as it was many years ago..... ok back to grown up books lol

[Miss_Mya]

Anything by the author Zane she is a wonderful erotic novelist