We've discussed movies, music, etc...how about books? Fiction or non fiction, your fav.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy in 5 parts by Douglas Adams:

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe
Life, The Universe And Everything
So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
Mostly Harmless


I don't read a great deal but I like this series of books - they were even the first ones I got when I bought myself a kindle last year.

I haven't read any of his for a couple of years now but I also used to like the John Grisham books.

i enjoy reading, however i've been in a bit of non-reading rut since graduating university almost 2 years ago. i'm currently in the midst of reading the unabridged de cervantes' don quixote, but here is a list of books i could read endless times.

hell's angels - hunter s thompson
the great shark hunt - hunter s thompson
fear and loathing in las vegas - hunter s thompson
the iliad - homer
to kill a mockingbird - harper lee
hamlet - shakespeare
on the road - kerouac
heart of darkness - joseph conrad

I tend to read books about specific subjects rather than novels. Like I will read lots of darts books, books on U.F.O.'s and books of General Interest such as the Q.I. books. Also like reading biographies too.

Too many to mention.
Favourite writers are,
Neal Stephenson - Anathem, Snow Crash
Neil Gaiman - American Gods, The Graveyard Book
George R R Martin - Songs of Ice and Fire series
Frank Herbet - Dune
Robert Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land - The Moons a Harsh Mistress
Issac Asimov - Foundatin series
Tolkien- LOTR Hobbit
Raymond E Fiest- Magician
Douglas Adams
Noticing a pattern... mmm too many sci-fi/fantasy to mention
i have also read and enjoyed
James Joyce
Charles Dickens
Thomas Hardy (Ha! just kidding he sux)
John Steinbeck
Will Shakespeare
Samuel Beckett
George Bernard Shaw
John Pilger
Bill Bryson

zappaluv wrote:

Too many to mention.
Favourite writers are,
Neal Stephenson - Anathem, Snow Crash
Neil Gaiman - American Gods, The Graveyard Book
George R R Martin - Songs of Ice and Fire series
Frank Herbet - Dune
Robert Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land - The Moons a Harsh Mistress
Issac Asimov - Foundatin series
Tolkien- LOTR Hobbit
Raymond E Fiest- Magician
Douglas Adams
Noticing a pattern... mmm too many sci-fi/fantasy to mention
i have also read and enjoyed
James Joyce
Charles Dickens
Thomas Hardy (Ha! just kidding he sux)
John Steinbeck
Will Shakespeare
Samuel Beckett
George Bernard Shaw
John Pilger
Bill Bryson

Wow thats some list, my eyes tire quickly when reading, would take me for ever to get through Tolkiens books!

Tom sawyer by Mark Twain
Jack London
and many others.

I don`t read fiction books, they have never floated my boat. Some of my favourite reads so far would be A brief history in time by Stephen Hawkings and Connections 1+2 by James Burke.

Seasons of the Pearl. I wrote it.

I can't point to a single book but I can say that I am a big fan of fantasy and fiction novels. Authors that I have enjoyed reading include Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Terry Brooks. For those of you who know Terry Brooks I am aware that he is nothing like the first two authors I listed. He fits my enjoyment for fantasy where the others fiction.

SilverSaber wrote:

Tom sawyer by Mark Twain
Jack London
and many others.

Cheers Larry. We have similar taste in literature

ShadowNotes wrote:

Seasons of the Pearl. I wrote it.

I checked it out on Amazon, thats cool that you have book published!

getagrip wrote:

ShadowNotes wrote:

Seasons of the Pearl. I wrote it.

I checked it out on Amazon, thats cool that you have book published!

I saw it myself, impressive. And another book in progress?

No Colin, lost the energy. Actually SEASONS was published in 2000 and I already had finished the first, yet unpublished. Takes a great deal of patience and work. Harder than the actual writing. I've also developed SEASONS into a screenplay, but that never went anywhere either.

Thanks for asking.

Thanks for the look-see Darren.

Like everyone else, a single book is difficult to pick. Here are some authors I really like and a series or book I particularly like.
Shelby Foote - The Civil War (American)
David McCullough - John Adams
Roy Jenkins - Churchill
Jonathan Riley-Smith - The Crusades
Stephen King - The Dark Tower Series, The Stand
William Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing
JRR Tolkein - LOTR Trilogy
Frank Herbert - The Dune Chronicles
Michael Crichton - Eaters of the Dead
Tom Clancy - Red Storm Rising
Agatha Christie - all of the Poirot stories
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes
Jaroslav Hasek - The Good Soldier Svejk

ochejockey wrote:

Like everyone else, a single book is difficult to pick. Here are some authors I really like and a series or book I particularly like.
Shelby Foote - The Civil War (American)
David McCullough - John Adams
Roy Jenkins - Churchill
Jonathan Riley-Smith - The Crusades
Stephen King - The Dark Tower Series, The Stand
William Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing
JRR Tolkein - LOTR Trilogy
Frank Herbert - The Dune Chronicles
Tom Clancy - Red Storm Rising
Agatha Christie - all of the Poirot stories
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes
Jaroslav Hasek - The Good Soldier Svejk

My favorites

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is a good book

mc1958 wrote:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy in 5 parts by Douglas Adams:

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe
Life, The Universe And Everything
So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
Mostly Harmless


I don't read a great deal but I like this series of books - they were even the first ones I got when I bought myself a kindle last year.

I haven't read any of his for a couple of years now but I also used to like the John Grisham books.

Very cool. I read the Guide back in high school many moons ago. I should get them on Kindle too and reread them. I'm sure there was a lot that I didn't get the first time around. I enjoyed the tv series many years ago too.

getagrip wrote:

I tend to read books about specific subjects rather than novels. Like I will read lots of darts books, books on U.F.O.'s and books of General Interest such as the Q.I. books. Also like reading biographies too.

I'm sure you read Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken. I don't know if you get some version of the History Channel that we get, but there is a series on there called Ancient Aliens. Its about examining ancient monuments, archaeology, writings, etc. and explaining it through alien visitation and intervention. I think it's all a bunch of rubbish, but very interesting to listen to and debate.

ochejockey wrote:

getagrip wrote:

I tend to read books about specific subjects rather than novels. Like I will read lots of darts books, books on U.F.O.'s and books of General Interest such as the Q.I. books. Also like reading biographies too.

I'm sure you read Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken. I don't know if you get some version of the History Channel that we get, but there is a series on there called Ancient Aliens. Its about examining ancient monuments, archaeology, writings, etc. and explaining it through alien visitation and intervention. I think it's all a bunch of rubbish, but very interesting to listen to and debate.

I may have seen an episode of that once, but I dont have all the Sky channels now but it sounds familiar, there is quite a few programmes along those lines and its all interesting theories, guess we will never know for sure

I'm quite a fan of autobiographies (none of that Katie Price fake celeb crap though), specifically sportsmen and crime! This one is probably my favourite ever read.....

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I'm totally illiterate I only read books like Playboy ,Hustler, Juggs.....

No actually I read alot of fiction James Patterson, Dean Koontz, John Grisham, Iris Joahanssen stuff like that.

John Grisham good author IMO

Hatrick wrote:

No actually I read alot of fiction

I like fiction too, i buy The Sun newspaper every day

I am reading Wyatt Earp at present by Casey Terfertiller I think thats how its spelled.

Anyway the book is quite thick and very interesting so far, more so than the movies that portray him.

Scottish Crime beginning with Ian Rankin and now Stuart Mcbride for the easy reading.

Found myself reading a lot about Russia this year.

Enemy at the Gates By William Craig is excellent !!!

Still reading Wyatt Earp, its a big book and I'm a slow reader lol!

Batman: The Killing Joke Graphic Novel.