Favorite Book?

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Originally Posted by Redneck

The (Inaccurately Named) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy by Douglas Adams

Maybe it is just because I'm not enough of a geek to understand that book but I thought it was one of the worst books I have ever read. I couldn't go on to finish it.

When I was younger (Middle School I think) I read a book called Don't Look Behind You. It was about the witness protection program and it was really good. Apparently some other people though it was good too because they went on to make a movie out of it.

For books they make you read in school, Catcher in the Rye and Rebecca weren't bad. I didn't like The Great Gatsby at all.

And of course the book Code Name Ginger was really good (how can anyone disagree?), but I didn't get too far in it (I don't spend much time reading books anymore). I just never really finished reading it. I really liked the part about where Dean Kamen flew across the country to install (or was it fix?) some lighting equipment for a show and he worked for so long and hard that he fell asleep under the stage. He woke up when the show was starting and found the lights to be working perfectly.

[KyleGilbert45]

Besides reading text that has been required for classes [and that hasn't happened in almost 4 years], I'd have to say one of my favorite books is John Hersey's "Hiroshima" . I almost never, ok never read books for pure entertainment purposes but for some reason this book caught my attention and once I started I couldn't stop. I ended up reading it two or three times. It's quite possibly the graphic and disturbing details that kept me from putting it down, but this also means it really not meant for a younger audience or anyone with a really weak stomach. Other than Hiroshima, I can't really think of any other book I truly enjoyed.

I'm more of a magazine guy...and even then I only read about 1/2 the articles.

[mechanicalbrain]

anything by Terry Pratchet

[Eldarion]

Anything by Tolkien or C.S. Lewis, LOTR especially!

[Aburame Shino]

I don't read many books, but I'd have to say my favorite is Super System 2 by Doyle Brunson. There's just so much information in that book it's hard to get it all into your head.

[june_2008]

East of Eden by John Steinbeck!

[FFnut]

Nuklear Age by Brian Clevinger, but the Ender series is really close. I've already gone through Ender's Game, Speaker For The Dead, and Xenocide, so I guess Children Of The Mind would be next.

In Popular Literature class we are reading No Easy Answers. Its a book combined of short stories about teenage life. Its pretty good book for teenagers.

-Court-

[KelliV]

There is a tie of three here.

All-time favorite : Dr. Seuss's ABC's

High School favorites:
Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
and
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

[akedomakona]

i cant believe no one has mentioned Robert Jordan - the wheel of time series, best series EVER