Oh dear me! This will be difficult:

Fiction
Don't judge me for this, I was a fan well before the hype and movies, but The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion, by we all know who...

I would list a few more, but I've just slammed my hand in the door running back from our library trying to decide which ones might possibly hold a 'Best' title and now my finger is the size of an elephant's leg, so uh...
I'll be away until the swelling goes down...
Owwwy, owwy, owwy, ouch!!!
Cheers...
Matt who now appears as a Tolkien obsessive...

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Edit: A marginal improvement, but I'm still not typing with the damned finger... Anyway, to finish this post...

Fiction:
English:
Tolkien's works
"Maus" I & II (Art Spiegelman)
(Apologies for the mispelt name)

French:
"Djinn" (Alain Robbe-Grillet)
"Le Gone Du Chaâba" (Azouz Begag)

Non Fiction:
WAAAAAAYYYY TO HARD TO CHOOSE!!!

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My favorite books (for now):
"Love Story" and "Doctors" - Erich Segal
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
"Jane Eyre" - Charlotte Brönte
"David Copperfield" - Dickens
"Lord of the Rings", "The Hobbit" - Tolkein


--------Sanya--------

Stella Splendens
December 22, 1985-March 27, 2003
Rest In Peace
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..lost time is gone forever

None of us has mentioned Jane Austen!
Is this some sort of sacriledge? Did we just forget her? Why?
Shame on us!

Get Curious!

Asa,

Thats wierd... was cleaning up my cupboard today, looking for a numerology book by Cheiro... and there comes out my schooltime book ---> an abridged version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It didn't take me long to get embroiled in the exploits of the Darcy's, Bingley's and the Bennet sisters.

For me its more of "period" book than a "classic", because, its so easy to go back in time with it.

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A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.
-- Italo Calvino (1923-1985)

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much love, light and laughter,
ananya.

*~Come play with my children feel the peace and Scatter some joy.~*
~*Blowing out someone else's candle doesn't make your's burn any brighter.*~

I must change my list:

The Fountainhead-Ayn Rand
A Separate Peace-John Knowles
The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Respectable Prostitute-Sartre

-Kari.
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Stella Splendens
December 22, 1985-March 27, 2003
RIP

One book! That’s just about impossible, let’s see if I can narrow it down to the top ten:

Call of the Wild – Jack London
War & Peace – Tolstoy
Anything Shakespeare
Lord of the Ring – Tolkien
Jane Ayre – Charlote Bronte
Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchel
Voyager – Diana Gabaldon (Actually like the whole series, but this is the best)
The Bourne Series – Robert Ludlum
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Moby Dick – Henry Melville
Cudjo – Stephen King
The Lost World – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sonnets from the Portuguese – Elizabeth Browning

And,….. see, I’ve already gone over ten and haven’t even began, there’s just too many, one however, does seem to always top my list, it might not be the best book ever, but since I first read it I’ve been fascinated by it:

Papillon by Henri Charriere

"Do all things with love." Og Mandino

That I've read?

Tolstoy - Anna Karenina

The Mists Of Avalon - I forgot the author's name - Marion something? A very rich and haunting epic of the reign of King Arthur.

Off the top of my head, some good books I've read recently.


-Memoirs of A Geisha
-I Was A Teenage Fairy
-Speak
-Deja Dead
-The Lovely Bones
-His Dark Materials (yep, all three books)
-The Butterfly Tattoo (or The White Mercedes)
-Blood And Gold
-Interview With A Vampire
-Chocolat (This was the only book I've ever read which make me felt like worshipping chocolate.)

I know that I am going to get bashed for this, but I cannot honestly say that I enjoyed Lord of the Rings. Maybe it is because I am impatient? There is a lot of digressions in odd spots. It's one thing to read about brave Aragorn fighting his way through a host of orcs; it's another to read about brave Aragorn cooling his barking dogs and reciting twelve pages of dense poetry ten seconds later.

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"Maybe pride wasn’t always a flaw, when it gave you the strength to sacrifice what you loved."

Someone earlier mentioned Catherine, Called Birdy but didn't remember the author- it's by Karen Cushman. And the author of The Mists of Avalon is Marion Zimmer Bradley.

As for my favorites....
All of the Heralds of Valdemar series, esp. The Last Herald-Mage trilogy:
Magic's Pawn
Magic's Promise
Magic's Price
Very, very, very good books, by Mercedes Lackey. My name on here comes from that series.

Also, am currently reading The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, and it is quite good.

~Darkfire

To add to the list:
Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged"
- the first of which I've read (and loved) and the latter of which I'm in the process of finishing (and loving!).


--------Sanya--------
Stella Splendens
December 22, 1985-March 27, 2003
Rest In Peace---
..lost time is gone forever

The best books that I have read are The Iliad, The Oddysesy, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

1984 by George Orwell
and
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Both are excellent classics on censorship.

Peace, Love and Soul

1984 is so confusing.

I think it is the 2nd time I'm reading it.

Freedom is peace?
Ignorance is knowledge?
Something something is Something something?

Ah, perhaps it is a book to smart of me. (Never thought I'd say that.)

The best book I've read has to be the first Harry Potter.

As Lex would say, it is an absolutely spiffin'! book.

Edit - TKAM is a great book. So is the Crysalids. And always always always, Romeo and Juliet.

¤Deep in the valley, carved on the rock, three little words, Forget Me Not.¤

That's such a hard question. The best based on what? Personal enjoyment? Knowlege gained? astistic value? format and style?

You see, I can not possiblly answer what is the best book I've read without know what to judge it on.

However, I will forget what I've learned and I will answer your simple question.

As a child, hands down no doubt Charlet's Web by E.B. White.

I enjoyed A Brave New World, it may be the only book I've read for school which I willing re-read not for school. Though I can't say it's the best. I guess I can't answer your question after all. Too much data to process.

Edit: However, the Bronte's (please pretend the mark is over the 'e') don't come close. Although I was at least able to read Wuthering Heights, I've never gotten through Jane Ayre (any of the three times it was assigned).
"There may be something in what you say, Rabbit," Eeyore said at last. "I have been neglecting you. I must move about more. I must come and go."
"That's right, Eeyore. Drop in on any of us at anytime, when you feel like it."
"Thank you Rabbit. And if anyone says in a loud voice "Bother, it's Eeyore" I can drop out again."

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I have lately read, "Number Ten" by Sue Townsend. Its about a British Prime Ministers travels, thru mean streets of Great Britain in disguise as an old lady, and comes a stage people think him to be transvestite...(why? read the book...) Its hilarious.

Last month I read books by Richard Bach The Bridge Across Forever and One[/i]and twice. It was really very gripping and enlightning. This happens to be first time that I have gone over the same book twice in a short period of time.

Another book which has caught my fancy and I have read are Many Lives Many Masters, Only Love Is Real, by the author Dr Brian Weiss and currently going thru second reading of the book Message From The Masters by the same author.


I have also found and read interesting books on Health and Nutrition What Your Doctor Doesnt Know About Nutrition May Be Killing You by Dr. Ray Strand and Cell factor by Dr Ross Walker. This for all the health buffs. They talk about how to maintain good health naturally. Helping your body fight the common diseases like heart attack, diabetes, blood pressure etc.

Giving you a links below of o Dr Ross walker and Dr. Ray Strands Website

Dr. Ross walkers Website on Health and Nutrition

Dr Ray D strands Website On Health And Nutrition


Has anyone read Celestine Prophecy- The Nine Insights and The Tenth Insightby James Redfield...?
Another inspiring book which I have found.

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There Is No Real Pleasure Without Hard Work & Pain
And Dont Be Afraid To Take Risks,
For You Are The Spirit, That's Eternal
And Can Never Be Hurt

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Hard to choose just one!! The most recent book I have read that I truly enjoyed is:

The Planet of the Blind by Stephen Kuusisto

One of the most beautifully written biographies I have ever read.

Moonie~Speaking of Stephen's...have you read King's book The Eyes of the Dragon? It is said that he wrote this book for his daughter who was not allowed to read his other, scarier books. It's one of my favorites.

"Tell em' I havent been here and Im not leavin'."~Willie Nelson
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."~Eleanor Roosevelt
"If you are going through hell,keep going."~Winston Churchhill


Just call me Gena

really? i just got the eyes of the dragon by stepen king, i haven't read it yet though.
i love stepen king.
my favorites:
envy-sandra brown
bridge to terabithia
the lord of the rings-j.r.r.tolkien
a midsummer's night dream-shakespear(wow i can't belive i put him here)
eight tales of terror(i think that's it's name) edgar allan poe
and i can't think of more right now.

up the stairs to the station where the act becomes the art of growing up.
the fever the focus the reasons that i had to beleive you weren't too hard to sell, die young and save yourself!

The Picture of Dorian Gray -Oscar Wilde
Schindler's Ark- Thomas Keneally
Principia Mathematica- Sir Isaac Newton
Stupid White men- Michael Moore


I'm an odd one..

Book - The Catcher in the Rye, by Sallinger (sp?)

Novella- The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James

Fiction sci fi - On the Edge of Darkeness, Barbara Erskine

Those are for now

oh and Great Expectations by Dickens... a good read.


***Sinister