Best Fiction Book Youve Ever Read

[Grace]

Most of my favs are of the horror genre'
I listed them from favorite to second favorite, etc.

Swan Song by Robert McCammon (very similar to The Stand)and my favorite.
Wolfs Hour by Robert McCammon (guys will love this one as well. Go to amazon and read the reviews).
The Stand by S. King
All the Vamp books by Anne Rice
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
Ushers Passing, Robert McCammon
Stinger, Robert McCammon
The Talisman, S. King & Peter Straub
The Black House, sequel to The talisman
Duma Key, S. King
From A Buick 8, S. King
The Witching Hour (and all spinoffs, like Lasher, Taltos, Etc) by Anne Rice
Green Darkness, Anna Seton (reincarnation)

 

[JBeukema]

Definitely one of the most important pieces of historical fiction in Western society

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[Lumpy 1]

Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Once and Future King, to start off with...

 

[code1211]

The one that grabbed me by the throat and would not let me stop reading was "The Andromeda Strain".

The one that had the most eye opening effect on me was "Atlas Shrugged".

The one that ordered my life the most was "The Prophet".

 

[Sallow]

100 years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Slaughter House Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Dune - Frank Herbert
Shantaram - Gregory David Robert
The name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson

 

[strollingbones]

100 years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Slaughter House Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Dune - Frank Herbert
Shantaram - Gregory David Robert
The name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter Thomas

have the fucking decency to get the mother fucking name right.....

 

[Dr Grump]

Nights Dawn Trilogy - Peter Hamilton
Killer Angels - Michael Shaara

 

[tigerbob]

100 years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Slaughter House Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Dune - Frank Herbert
Shantaram - Gregory David Robert
The name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter Thomas

Never understood the appeal of 100 years of solitude.

 

[strollingbones]

gone with the wind ....m...mitchell

a separate peace .... j knowles

to kill a mockingbird... harper lee

i do enjoy james lee burke's books .....

 

[chanel]

I started "100 Years.." last summer and couldn't get into it. Maybe I'll try again.

Nelson DeMille and Pat Conroy are my favorite authors but my all time favorite book was "I Know This Much is True" by Wally Lamb. Only time I ever fell in love with a fictional character. I sobbed when I finished because our relationship ended. I kid you not.

 

[Sallow]

100 years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Slaughter House Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Dune - Frank Herbert
Shantaram - Gregory David Robert
The name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter Thomas

have the fucking decency to get the mother fucking name right.....

Ack..sorry Hunter S. Thompson..will make the correction.

Still morning. Haven't had coffee yet.

 

[del]

the travels of jaimie mcpheeters-robert louis taylor

a connecticut yankee in king arthurs court-mark twain

the spy who came in from the cold john lecarre

i also like j l burke

 

[Sallow]

100 years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Slaughter House Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Dune - Frank Herbert
Shantaram - Gregory David Robert
The name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter Thomas

Never understood the appeal of 100 years of solitude.

It was beautifully written. I also love the concept of "magic" being those wonderous elements of the world that are not completely understood. That and the ridiculous things people do for love.

 

[del]

100 years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Slaughter House Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Dune - Frank Herbert
Shantaram - Gregory David Robert
The name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter Thomas

have the fucking decency to get the mother fucking name right.....

Ack..sorry Hunter S. Thompson..will make the correction.

Still morning. Haven't had coffee yet.

There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge.

 

[strollingbones]

100 years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Slaughter House Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Dune - Frank Herbert
Shantaram - Gregory David Robert
The name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter Thomas

have the fucking decency to get the mother fucking name right.....

Ack..sorry Hunter S. Thompson..will make the correction.

Still morning. Haven't had coffee yet.

we iz gonna let you live then.....

did you know he would shoot his rifle at john denver when denver would sing on his porch.....how could you not love the man?

 

[tigerbob]

100 years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Slaughter House Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Dune - Frank Herbert
Shantaram - Gregory David Robert
The name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter Thomas

Never understood the appeal of 100 years of solitude.

It was beautifully written. I also love the concept of "magic" being those wonderous elements of the world that are not completely understood. That and the ridiculous things people do for love.

I found the story impossibly difficult to follow. Gave up around page 350 on the basis that a great book should be a great read.

The language used was, I agree, sometimes beautiful, but for me that couldn't mask the fact that the story was, for want of a better word, dull.

I have the same criticism of Catcher in the Rye. By the time Holden breaks Phoebe's record I just want to slap him him and tell him to stop being such an unmitigated bore.

 

[Sallow]

have the fucking decency to get the mother fucking name right.....

Ack..sorry Hunter S. Thompson..will make the correction.

Still morning. Haven't had coffee yet.

we iz gonna let you live then.....

did you know he would shoot his rifle at john denver when denver would sing on his porch.....how could you not love the man?

I loved his appearances on Letterman..
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfoLKB0VZqg]YouTube - Hunter S. Thompson on Letterman, 11/25/88[/ame]

 

[Sallow]

Never understood the appeal of 100 years of solitude.

It was beautifully written. I also love the concept of "magic" being those wonderous elements of the world that are not completely understood. That and the ridiculous things people do for love.

I found the story impossibly difficult to follow. Gave up around page 350 on the basis that a great book should be a great read.

The language used was, I agree, sometimes beautiful, but for me that couldn't mask the fact that the story was, for want of a better word, dull.

I have the same criticism of Catcher in the Rye. By the time Holden breaks Phoebe's record I just want to slap him him and tell him to stop being such an unmitigated bore.

It's a taste thing, then. No worries. Some people like Coke..some people like Pepsi. I like Club Soda.

 

[strollingbones]

so now we need a thread on the worst book?

 

[Shogun]

have the fucking decency to get the mother fucking name right.....

Ack..sorry Hunter S. Thompson..will make the correction.

Still morning. Haven't had coffee yet.

There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge.

For a public speaking class in college I recited Bat Country, the passage that is from. Was hilarious. Also, from back when I used to rock the turntables I have a remix of Blue Oyster Cults "Burning for You" where the clip was sampled from the movie. good stuff.


I couldn't narrow down to a best, so to speak, so i'll list a few favorites.

The Stand, Stephen King
The Sirens of Titan, Vonnegut
Survivor and Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
On The Road, Kerouak
The Uplift Saga, David Brin
Dune... up to a certain point, Herbert
All of the 2001 books, Clark
Anything by Phillip Dick
Amadeus, Peter Shaffer
Amadeus script
for those who remember Frazetta, the Deathdealer series by James Silke
for pure pulp, The Light at the End by Skipp and Specter
Best epic fantasy, Malazan Books of the Fallen by Erickson