Favorite Books

[captainofbeef]

What books do you dig?

[captainofbeef]

Any Stephen King, Eye of the Needle, Clockwork Orange, The Godfather, John Grisham books, and the Power of One.

[PTAhole]

I prefer to talk favorite authors.
Neil Gaiman
Philip K. Dick
Stephen King
Robert Jordan
Orson Scott Card
ect. ect. ect.

[mixed]

Out - A fine book by a Japanese author called Natsuo Kirino. Its about lunchbox factory workers who end up killing a man and cutting him up to get rid of him. Meanwhile the other narrative thread is about a violent gangster/casino owner who is accused of the murder and seeks revenge. I highly recommend this.

Another great book I read last year or so was Tokyo or the rape of nanking I think its known as in American and elsewhere. Its about a troubled girl who goes to tokyo in search of a tape which nobody believes exists apart from her. A video of the nanking massacre. Great kicker and lots of cool, lavish locations and plenty excitement! I may even read this again I enjoyed it so much.

Most Chuck Palahniuk books. His new one is quite good, haunted. The earlier short stories are very gruesome and gut wrenching, though they unfortunately get worse as the book progresses.

Finally a Te lonely dead. Brilliant crime thriller with fight club esque narration and plenty of gory creepy moments.

[agentknight]

George Orwell - 1984, Walter Tevis - Mockingbird, most stuff by Stephen King and Dean Koontz - The Bad Place. That's it really.

[slapshot63]

One of my favorites is Intensity by Dean Koontz. That book was nigh impossible to put down. A very good (and fast, not a short book but fast because you don't wantto put it down) read.

[captainofbeef]

I loved Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz. I thought that was great!

[PTAhole]

Watchers is the best Koontz book I've read...

[cineaste25]

Top Novels:

1. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck) (Was made into an Oscar-winning film in 1937.)
2. The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger) (This will be a film directed by Gus Van Sant.)
3. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment (James Patterson) (There are plans for this to be a movie too, though nothing is official.)
4. His Dark Materials Trilogy (Philip Pullman) (Being made into films.)
5. The Hours (Michael Cunningham) (Love the film too!)
6. The Harry Potter Books (J.K. Rowling) (The movies are okay at best though.)
7. Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones) (The movie of this is horrible, even though Miyazaki is usually a genius.)

[PTAhole]

NO! That movie is great. I like the book more, but how can you say it is horrible? Even no-substance Miyazaki has some merit.

[cineaste25]

Well, I give it * * 1/2 out of * * * *. Its okay at best. A lot of loose ends, and he butchered the book.

[adelinemorty]

The Lord of the Rings
Jerusalem Quartet - Edward Whittemore

[agentknight]

1984 is the shit.

[mixed]

I must say Dean Koontz is brilliant. I'm reading his newest book velocity which apparently isn't one of his best but its still readable.

Oh and I have a guilty confession to voice: I've never read a Stephen King book

I wil, right after this one well I have to many books to read right now so i'll see. The trouble is I'm currently a book addict. Everytime I go to a book shop I end up buying 2 or 3 books even though I have a backlog of about 10 to read.

Has anyone read the book Kung Fu Highschool? Its a really detailed well done book. It really feels like a Bruce Lee film meets fight club on paper! Its also being made into a film due next year, with a script by the book author Ryan Gattis.

[PTAhole]

That sounds amazing!! I'm gonna check it out. Thanks.

[sacrilegend]

I like(d):

The Famished Road by Ben Okri
Eva Luna; Kingdom of the Golden Dragon by Isabel Allende
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Angels and Insects by A.S. Byatt

I'd include alot more if I could remember the names.

[criterionmaster]

I loved the film Unbearable Lightness of Being, if you haven't seen it you should check it out. I haven't read the book though, which I should check out sometime.



A still from the film.

[sacrilegend]

That still seems so familiar, but I distinctly remember NOT watching the film. The book is a hard read, I should've waited to read it. It's intense! I'll watch the movie sometime, I remember that scene from the book.

[ie]

I can't recall too many books, because I've been on a movie kick for a while now, but here's a short list:

The Godfather by Mario Puzo (10/10)
Sandman: The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano (10/10)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (10/10)
The Collector by John Fowles (9/10)
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (8/10)

I can't remember any others, even though I own a good amount of books and have read through a good assortment.


I'm under the impression that the Godfather is my favorite book.

I also dislike Orwell's 1984. It is well written, but I just don't like it.

[sacrilegend]

ie said:

I can't recall too many books, because I've been on a movie kick for a while now, but here's a short list:

The Godfather by Mario Puzo (10/10)
Sandman: The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano (10/10)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (10/10)
The Collector by John Fowles (9/10)
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (8/10)

I can't remember any others, even though I own a good amount of books and have read through a good assortment.


I'm under the impression that the Godfather is my favorite book.

I also dislike Orwell's 1984. It is well written, but I just don't like it.

If I only ever recommend one book, it would be The Famished Road by Ben Okri. Get your hands on it! It's the best book I've ever (half)read.

[ie]

I've added the Famished Road to my library queue, but since I've mainly used it for free DVD rentals ;D, I may get slightly confused when I try to pick up a DVD of a movie directed by Ben Okri.

I should be fine, though, even though it will take me a while to read it.

[sacrilegend]

It would, as I usually finish books in a few hours, and I couldn't even finish four fifths of this one in two weeks. It isn't merely the length, it's just too rich and draining to try and read it in one go. Your mind needs time to deal with all the images it presents.

You had better get it!

[ie]

Oh, I don't mind long books. It'll just take me a while because school has just started up, so I don't have a lot of free time to read books, I haven't been reading books that often, I may need to read some textbooks, and I don't feel like dealing with the library while I'm in school. Also, books are easier to borrow, because I have a month to read them, but DVDs have to be returned within a week, which makes things rather difficult.

Basically, a bunch of excuses right there. I'll see what I can do, though.

[sacrilegend]

You shouldn't make so many. On top of that, I don't understand how those qualify. For such a good book, I'd happily skive off on schoolwork and spend some time in the library!

But thanx, I hope you get it.

[sacrilegend]

I cannot stress how badly everyone in the whole world needs to read Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. It is the most amazing piece of world I've ever held in my hands. It follows a man who dealt drugs and performed armed robberies and was held in an Australian prison - he escapes and finds a fake passport, and whisks himself off to India (Bombay) and this is where most of the story takes place. And it's true. He literally wrote this near one thousand page book four times, because prison officials (when he was later incarcerated again, some say in Australia, although the book mentions nothing) destroyed his first three tries. This book is so amazing. It makes you think and feel with new life inside of you and it inspires great thoughts and makes you see with new eyes. It's a sensory feast, as well. I've never read a book by someone who knew exactly how to word his thoughts and feelings so eloquently and hit exactly the right spot every time. You literally run into a new, profound, even genius, thought, in every third sentence. Wow.

[criterionmaster]

Wow, you made me want to read this book so much. You did a great job making the book sound amazing, believe me. I think I will try and pick this up; I am going to check my used book store next time I am out.

[sacrilegend]

I couldn't ever make this book sound as amazing as it really is (not out of modesty, you know that's not my style) because this book is the only thing that can rightly and fully describe itself. I feel sick to my stomach that I can't capture the beauty and lay it out in one post for you, Dan!

[BarrSnacks]

I like a lot of Orson Scott Card and Marcus Zusak.