Books

[poguezilla]

By Books I mean novels fiction or other.

I am reading Fatal Revenant by Stephen R Donaldson.

I like to read Stephen King, James Ellroy(LA Confidential, Black Dalia)

Anyone out there read?

[Felix]

Sure! My favorite books are those wich play in the dark ages. My favorites are written by Rebbeca Gable...I don't know if there are books of her in english...well should be. And really can tell you, they are awesome!
Well my favorite is "Das lächeln der Fortuna" in english "The smile of Fortuna"

[Orion]

anyone here read "The Alienist" by Caleb Carr??? . . . and am I the only one that thinks it should be made into a movie . . . GREAT READ! . . . it was like you were there in the time period . . . and since I love studying serial killers, I loved this book! (fiction)

edit: . . . rememebr another thread about books somewhere.

[Ricardo]

I'm currently reading "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov

[Ken Kaniff]

I'm reading "The Cabinet of Curiosities" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child at the moment.

[poguezilla]

I'm reading "The Cabinet of Curiosities" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child at the moment.

I loved Still Life With Crows...that was one of their best ones.

anyone here read "The Alienist" by Caleb Carr??? . . . and am I the only one that thinks it should be made into a movie . . . GREAT READ! . . . it was like you were there in the time period . . . and since I love studying serial killers, I loved this book! (fiction)

edit: . . . rememebr another thread about books somewhere.

I have seen the book and keep meaning to pick it up....is it about Jack the Ripper?

I'm currently reading "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov

I have never read it but have always wanted to. I saw the movie version the remake anyway.

You should read Belinda by Ann Rice.

[Manu]

I'm reading Sinuhe the Egyptian by Mika Waltari.

[× blizzart]

"Congratulations - You've just met the ICF"
"Terrance Lagends" and
"Hoolifan"
are my favourites. Great books about Football-Hooliganism.

[RMJ]

I love the book called Alizée de A à Z !!!!

[Ken Kaniff]

@RMJ: I got it too, but I can't read it

[espire]

No books for me since I got my phonograph machine. It reads to you!

[AimLXJ]

By Books I mean novels fiction or other.

I am reading Fatal Revenant by Stephen R Donaldson.

I like to read Stephen King, James Ellroy(LA Confidential, Black Dalia)

Anyone out there read?

, read many of his books when I was a kid.

[maroxx]

, read many of his books when I was a kid.

in other words: his books are childish

xD

[Petsku1]

Atm reading: Eye of the needle by Ken Follett (a novel about spies, agents and double agents during World War II)

Some of my all time faves from different types novels:
detectives: Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None
biography: Kari Kallonen / Petri Sarjanen - Purppurasydän (Purpleheart)
thriller / action: John Clancy - The Rainbow Six
drama: J. D. Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye
Ernest Hemingway - Farewell To Arms
scifi: William Gibson - Neuromancer
fantasy: J. R. Tolkien - Lord Of The Rings

[mjatdublin]

A book about the evolution of Chinese furniture...a rather interesting read

[poguezilla]

, read many of his books when I was a kid.

Which author?

[Brian01]

I dont do this often (bumping old threads) but....this is the only one I found about books.

so....WAT U GUYZ REEDIN!!?!?!

I recently read "The Lone Survivor" which is a first hand account of Operation Redwing, written by the only Navy Seal to survive the mission.

Best book I ever read, a tear jerker though. But an amazing story of human strength, and the bond between Soldiers. A film adaptation is said to be in the works, if they stick to the book, it could be quite a film.



And the other was "The Last Mountain Man" which is a western story. Follows a boy named Kirby Jensen, as a grows up, and becomes the feared outlaw Smoke Jensen. Its not the most complex of reads, but it has action, humor, excitement, and sadness. Very good book.

[Jenny_HRO87]

Oh my... there's a books-thread?

I was looking for some kind of thread either how I could miss it?

The last book I read was "The book thief" by Markus Zusak - a really touching novel about a girl in Nazi-Germany... and the special on this book was the narrator - Death! But no the Death people always imagine.. a Death who doesn't like his work, who is more haunted by it... It made me cry... and became one of my favourite books...

And I also read Animal farm a while ago a really must-read in my opinion...

so here are some of favourite books (there are a lot more I like and adore but if I would write all it would be too much so here are just a few of them):

ok my No. 1 isn't hard to guess -> Harry Potter 1-7 by JK Rowling

other favourites (no ranking):

• Travel around the world in 80 days by Jules Verne
  
• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
  
• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
  
• Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) by Stefanie Zweig
  
• Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
  
• Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (better than "The Kite Runner" in my opinion)
  
• All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues) by Erich Maria Remarque
  
• Naked Among Wolves (Nackt unter Wölfen) by Bruno Apitz
  
• The Diary of a Young Girl/Anne Frank
  
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  
• 1984 by George Orwell
  
• Making history by Stephen Fry
  
• Atonement by Ian McEwan
  
• Twilight (but I have to admit I lost my enthusiasm for this saga a bit)
  
• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
  
• Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
  
• Hercule Poirot novels by Agatha Christie
  
• Frankenstein (even if I have a really lousy german translation of it )
  

[Finnishguy]

My favourite books are Torey Hayden´s, Virginia Andrews, Stephen King´s and Jack London´s books..
I think, Jack London´s Call of the Wild. It has been two movies and they are great´s

[Noxo]

I think, Jack London´s Call of the Wild. It has been two movies and they are great´s

I remember reading this as a kid, it seemed quite brutal at the time.

I have never got myself to read "classics" (such as Orwells and Frankenstein mentioned above) although I have kind of wanted to. Maybe later.

I have read many regular thrillers, such as those by Robert Ludlum, Dan Brown and John Grisham. I also read historic books and biographies, most latest being about Lauri Törni. But its likely uninteresting to anyone outside Finland.