Favourite Books of All Time

[Manatuner]

Sophie's World, a truly intriguing  philosophical story with twist and turns abound.

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown, actually got the book courtesy of my teacher clearing out her book stock. The lesbian theme may put off many readers, but the story is very well done.

[mx32000]

I have so many favorites it's hard to choose

School of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari- 4 kids with extreme phobias get sent to a crazy summer camp to cure their fears.

Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart- A strange plague overcomes the village Ku-fu, and Number Ten Ox and Master Li (who has a "slight flaw in his character") try to find a cure.

No Talking by Andrew Clements- This is a great book, even though it's kind of short. Some 5th graders have a contest to see whether the boys or the girls can go without talking the best.

[TheAccuso]

No doubt, "The pirate's dilemma" By Matt Mason.

[mypetmachine]

A lot of good stuff mentioned.  My recommendations:


Anything by John Varley.  Why he isn't far more well known and popular with dozens of film adaptations of his novels is beyond me.  Good, "hard" sci-fi.  Not necessarily kids stuff - lots of frank discussion of some uncomfortable topics.  The series of Red Thunder, Red Lightning, and Rolling Thunder are his homage to Robert Heinlein, and probably a good place to start.


To Kill a Mockingbird - it's one of those books that always gets assigned in school - each of the 3 years that I spent teaching English I assigned it to at least some of my classes.  And I always loved reading it every time.


Mark Twain is always good.  I don't think a lot of people realize just how subversive he is.  I can't even imagine how disappointed he would be with the US today.


Clive Barker is someone that more people should pay attention to.  I think a lot of people dismiss him as just a horror writer, but he actually is more a fantasy writer than a horror writer (though there is some terrifying scenes in the fantasy novels).  I recently read Imajica (published in 2 volumes).  It is an amazing feat of world building and storytelling.  Again, not kid friendly.  However, the book The Thief of Always is an equally wonderful story that is totally appropriate for the 9 year-old and up crowd.  I read it a few years ago and regretted that I hadn't read it sooner because I would have loved it so much when I was young.

[SaltForYrWounds]

Lamb by Christopher Moore
Everyone knows how the Bible leaves out Jesus's life from 12-30. Well, this book fills in that gap. It's a fictional comedy told through the eyes of Jesus's fictional best friend, Biff. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll read it until it is engraved in your mind. It's probably the funniest book I've ever read.

Oh god, I love Christopher Moore.  A Dirty Job is one of my most favorite books ever.  Haven't read Lamb yet, but I highly recommend anything he writes.

[freemod1espilon]

My favorite would have to be House of the Scorpion Its a very interesting book and it kinda brings up the possible problem of human clones in the future any ways its based in a few areas but it starts in a strip of land in between mexico and america ( both of which are becoming weaker) the strip of land traffics illegal narcotics and is home to the oldest man alive and so many problems happen when he makes a clone named Matt

[jumpingbeans]

Don't think anyone's mentionewd these, but I'm really liking the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series. This is basically a full-out war throughout the world (and more) fought only, more or less, by 'Immortals' (not the Elements creature) in hopes of universal domination. I really like Sci/Fi+Fantasy books, including favorites like The Hunger Games and Harry Potter (favorite Potter Was PoA). Also, another series was The Maze Runner series, a series where a group of teenage boys end up in a maze, surrounded by deadly creatures, and must survive, against all odds.

[Annele]

I am a genius of unspeakable evil and I want to be your class president

It really changed my views on life.

[IJuggler]

The books I can think of that most fit into this would be Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Both made an impact on how I think, more than any other books.

[IHaz999Int]

My favorite book series is the dragon keeper trilogy by carol wilkinson.

Dragon Keeper
Garden of the Purple Dragon
Dragonmoon

Its a fantasy novel about a slave girl who saves the last imperial dragon from her master lan.
Togheter with the dragon she escapes from her master.
They travel together around the world while protecting the dragon stone (which is a dragon egg).
Im not gonna say much more since it would spoil the story if somebody ever intends to read it.

[Father Tios]

Have read over 500 books so it's hard to recall all of them.

But some outstanding ones that I still remember:

Da Vinci Code. (Propably my all time favorite.. for now ;P)

I recall Holes being a good book when I read it for school 4 years ago

Right now I keep reading a lot of Sven Hassel's books (I've read his books trought many times & still like reading them again and again).

As a kid I used to spend A LOT of time reading K. A. Applegate's  Animorphs & Everworld series.

Then again, I've read a lot of books written by Margaret Weis/Tracy Hickman.

[Aphrael]

Right now I really like The Belgaraid and The Malloreon by David Eddings. But all fantasy will do for me.