Hi,I was woundring what kind of books you all read, and the names. Right now im reading a hard book, man its hard. It's the Cat In The Hat. Im stuck on a word........ just kidding the book im readings is an action, adventure. It's called ERAGON.

Fantasy of course. Normally epic, right now I am reading a book called Duncton Quest. Very similiar to Watership Down, except with moles instead of rabbits.

I also really love Horror and biographies of gangsters. My favourite books so far are:

The Lord of the Rings
Charnel House
The Catcher in the Rye

This Duncton quest is turning out to be pretty excellent as well.

Lots of no-brain books, detective fiction, fantasy fiction (Terry Pratchett type) and a few more challenging novels. I have managed most books by Henry James; my favourite is The Ambassadors but it is a difficult read. Has anyone actually read The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse? It's one of the few books I can't even get started with.

To be frank, I loathe literature that's been only written so the author can make his enormously important point about some vastly important problem. In the first place, I read literature to be entertained - if the author is able to make some point somewhere in the middle of an entertaining read, that's ok (think in terms of Russel's "Educating Rita" or Dürrenmatt's "Physiker"), but if the book keeps going on and on with the only apparent target of being deep, thoughtful literature... blarg (I'm thinking about Lenz' "Deutschstunde" in particular in this case because we had to read that book within 4 weeks before school was over for all the time ).

Apart from that, it's mostly fantasy that I'm reading (some books repeatedly ^^): Tolkien, Pratchett and the likes.

I love Douglas Adams, although that isn't fantasy

My friend told me about a book called DragonFlight he says its relly cool so every body should check it out.

I also love fantasy, my favorites are usually in the Forgotten Realms or DragonLance series. I hate the crap they try to make you read in school. I've read DragonFlight, the first in the Dragon Riders of Pern Trilogy. I read it a while back but from what I can remember it was pretty good.

I love the forgotten realms and I am currently reading them. I also likeThe halo books.


I hated Lord of the flies...

I like the halo books too i just started reading it pretty cool

Sci Fi Novels, the only thing that can grab my imagination and let me run with it. Mostly AvP(Aliens Vs. Predator, and no, not the movie, it sucked) and Resident Evil books(not the Movies either, though they were both great). I have lately been reading old(early 1800's) History, Science and Mathematic books, but I dont know why. I am thinking about picking up a Grisham book sometime soon, just cause his movies are awesome.

I got away from Fantasy books a couple years ago. Right now I am finishing of The Plague by Albert Camus.

If you want to try something more challenging then your standard fantasy novel I recommend The Outsider (also called The Stranger) by Albert Camus. It is short, about 150 pages, and very interesting. It is a story with depth but is very engaging so even if you don't read too deep into it is still an engaging story.

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i like reading history on the third reich

Last few books I've read, or am reading:

"Why Not Me?" By Al Franken
"Bleepity-bloo, and the blar-diggity-do-grah" by an author whose books are -FORBIDDEN- from being discussed or even properly named on these forums.
"The Photographer's Handbook" by John Hedgecoe
"The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe" by Douglas Adams

And many comic books that I've bummed from my friends who, unlike me, read such things during childhood. I missed out, big time.

the Duncton wood book by William Harwood i think thats his second name its the only book that has nearly braught me to tears it was a fantastic read its a shame i couldn get on with the other books he did.
i also read David Eddings books the Belgariad and Malorian they were good but elenium and tamuli i thought was the belgariad and malorian re wrote i also read Althalus done by david eddings and his wife leigh but again it was very simular to the belgariad.
i cant get along with pratchet his gramma is as bad as my own, e c tub wrote some good books but i cant remember the names of them.
i enjoyed the lens men books all of them.
and i read a little pearler called empirion i cant remember the aurthor for that one but damn it was a good read, if you read empirion listen to all about eve at the same time the music as stark simularitys to the book though niether have any afiliation to the other.
i read most of the dune books aurthor frank herburt excuse poor gramma but after paul goes of into the desert i stopped reading them he was my hero in them books so i was highly distraught when he went of into his desert to die.
They are the books that stood out more in my mind than any other and the aurthors made a big impact in my life, if that makes any sence.
if you read these books i hope you enjoy them as much i did.

The Dune books were fantastic reads. I think the first three were the best and maybe even the only ones worth reading. I havn't read too much of his sons books that take place in the Dune universe so I am not in a great position to talk on the subject. If I had to recommend some fantasy or sci-fi novel I think Dune, Children of Dune and Dune Messiah would be close to the top of that recommendation list. At the top would be Tolkien for those above the age of 10, those under 10 I would recommend C.S Lewis simply because the novels are shorter and would require less time to read.

Besides C.S. Lewis, Frank Herbert, and Tolkien I don't think one needs to read anything else to get the essentials of Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Maybe Arthur Douglas and maybe the 3 DragonLance books for a reference to modern fantasy novels (Dragons of Autumn Flame, Dragons of Winter Something, Dragons of Spring Something). I personally have found that once you have read these essentials most other novels simlpy seem to be mimicing, although not entirily true.

Robert Jordan and David Eddings series' are interesting and light readings but I find they often have to flush their world out with unneccessary details to mask what I can only guess is lack of creativity or lack of writing skill. I suspect if they had stronger character development the novels would not need to be so long (specifically Jordan). Anyway back to work with me....I could talk about literature all day, this is a dangerous thread for me

one dy soon i hope my book gets a review on here they should keep this thread here for ever books can be discussed over tea and crumpets all day.

While I enjoy them, I am more than likely in the minority. They seem to be more on a space opera level. I am fascinated with the Sardaukar and the Emperor in general however, so I picked up House Corrino.

I think the biggest downfall for many of the fans was the injection of some light comedy into the prequels. (The baron gets an etiquette advisor in House Corrino, with predictable results.)

I felt The Butlerian Jihaad was a superior book, I especially loved the "Titans", humans who had shed their bodies and opted to have their brains kept alive in gigantic crablike machines. They would purge entire human populations using biological and chemical weaponry.

I'm not much of a book person, but i did just order fight club on book, because it's the only thing i would read!

I have to agree. I've read all twelve Dune books and they were all great.