Favorite books?

[kemeigen]

So since there is a new thread for Twilight, just thought I see what other books people really love or are reading right now.

For me, I'd say A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving is my favorite book but Lamb by Christopher Moore is a close second.

Right now I just finished Fool also by Christopher Moore (if you're unfamiliar you should totally read him, he's awesome!) and started What the Dickens? by Gregory Maguire (he of Wicked fame).

I love audiobooks too and listen to them almost exclusively when I'm driving. I can practically recite all the Harry Potter books.

[MtnnMama048]

Steven King has always been my favorite....his books way out do the movies.

[Nanuk]

When I get into actual literature, I really enjoy American writers like Twain, Steinbeck, Hemingway, and London, and I've got a thing for Dickens and Doyle too. But usually it's non-fiction history.

[Leprechaun]

A couple of my favs (fun reading) ... Clancy's 'Without Remorse' and 'Red October', Grishom's 'The Firm', Dan Brown's 'DaVinci Code', DeMille's 'General's Daughter' and 'Plum Island' and 'Lion's Game' and 'Up Country'.

As far as real literature ... I've alway's liked Steinbeck's 'Grapes of Wrath', and Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'.

[KatherineA]

I came across a good read at Borders the other day - Mistress of the Art of Death by Arianna Franklin. It was so good, I bought the sequel, which usually disappoint, but this one did not - the Serpent's Tale. These are historical fiction, but with a twist that they are also murder mysteries, like Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose (a classic). I hope she doesn't burn out like Grisham and start cranking out trash every other month or so.

[newyacker]

For fun I'm hooked on the Alex Cross series by James Patterson. On the flip side, I just finished Boom, by Tom Brokaw, Deer Hunting With Jesus, by Joe Bageant, and Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich.

I'm almost done with Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore...note to self, hurry up, it's Sidhe's. I also need to finally start The 12-Step Bush Recovery Program, by Gene Stone.

Good thing Spring Break is right around the corner, maybe I'll catch up.

[Jenniffer]

Favorites from the last few years: March, The Red Tent, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Other Boelyn Girl, Love in the Time of Cholera...to name a few

[JiveTurkey]

I thought you didn't like Love in the Time of Cholera! Was the second time a charm?

[Jenniffer]

I thought you didn't like Love in the Time of Cholera! Was the second time a charm?

2nd time was def. the charm. Not so with the Elizabeth book :\

[KatherineA]

I loved Love in the time of Cholera and 100 Years of Solitude.

[Jenniffer]

Oh and A Thousand Splendid Suns. Liked it much more than Kite Runner

[MountainMoon22]

I just finished Fool by Christopher Moore, it's a retelling of King Lear from the point of view of the Fool, it's really good, very funny.

I also finished Solstice Moon by Patricia McKillip, it's kind of a witchy story, mystery/fantasy, and I've also been reading Charles deLint, he writes sort of urban fairy tales.

[pamperedchef]

Love James Patterson, Janet Evanovich, Stephen King, Jodi Piccoult. Those are my favs. Anything by them, I'll read.

[Starbuck]

I forget what it's like to read for enjoyment anymore. I've recently taken up some new age, religious type books, when I'm not studying for my stupid exam.

[June]

Up until a couple of weeks ago, I hadn't had the time to read anything. My sister always passes on the books that she likes and I'll read them as I have time. I most recently finished Crazy Love: A Novel, by David Lozell Martin. I finished it in 2 days, it was good.

I really love Billie Letts, "Honk and Holler Opening Soon" and "Where the Heart Is" (the baby in the Wal Mart book!)

My all-time favorites are the Outlander books by Diana Gabaldon. I'm waiting for the new book to come out...hopefully this year!

[moe]

I just finished, "Loving Frank", by Nancy Horan. This is an enthralling story about the love affair of two eccentric, intelligent characters, Frank Lloyd Wright & Mamah Borthwick Chaney, a truly unique and unforgettable story. This was a great read and now I'm looking for something else, some of the suggestions on this thread look interesting, thanks..

[katybelle]

I loved the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. I think they are on number 14 or 15 now (they all have #'s in their title). They make me laugh.
I read all kinds of genres, love mysteries. If I enjoy a particular author I will go to the used book stores and explore what else they have written.
Every spring since I was a teen, I read a book written by a through hiker of the Appalachian Trail. It's great to read how their journey progresses and the impact it has on them. Every writer has a different story to tell.

Katybelle

[Wormdoc]

The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett and the two by Umberto Eco (Foucault's Pendulum and The Name of the Rose)

As a child I loved, and still do, A Wrinkle in Time, Black Beauty, and Island of the Blue Dolphins.

Classics, I love Shakespeare's tragedies and Dante's Inferno and the Decameron

[newyacker]

::Side Note::

The Blue Ridge Hospice in P.Ville has a tremendous used book room! I think the most I've ever paid for a hardback is $4.00, and paperbacks are a buck most of the time! All gently used.

[RockCity]

I really enjoyed reading the trilogy by Newt Gingrich, Gettysburg, Grant comes east and Never call retreat. Very interesting twist on history.