What is on the bedside table: Favourite books

[Yossarian]

Well we have everything else so how about a thread for fine literature.

For those of you who don't have me on ignore What are yall reading?

Just finished A Man In Full by Tom Wolfe again, great book.

Reading PostWar by Tony Judt atm.

What are peoples all time favourite books?

[Minor_Threat]

Im re-reading 1984 - George Orwell
also re-reading Scar Tissue - Anthony Keidis autobiography. (All time favourite!)

[henno]

Im re-reading 1984 - George Orwell

Creepy. I am doing the same. (I am going through a stage of re-reading the "classics" I read back in school.)

I have also started reading "The God Delusion" for my non-fiction fix. I am not a huge fan of most fiction.

[markTHEblake]

On the Bedside: Case for a Creator - Lee Strobel.

Favourite all time books are the series of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Left Behind, and many of Jack Higgins earlier books from the WWII era.

I'd be partial to some Biggles if I had the time though.

Might also be a good time to pick up The Dawkins Delusion.

[Yossarian]

Loved biggles as a kid, still do.
Good to see this could spark a religion debate

[henno]

Might also be a good time to pick up The Dawkins Delusion.

I'll probably read that too!

[oldmannoodles]

I often return to my favourites - J.P. Donleavy, Saroyan, Steinbeck, Bukowski, Kerouac, Henry Miller, Hemingway.

All U.S. authors from roughly a 40 year period around mid last century - a golden period of literature.

[Yossarian]

I have read a bit of Steinback and Hemmingway but never really got into it.
Maybe now I am a little older and wiser?
Love my James Elroy atm as well.

[oldmannoodles]

Depends on whether you prefer "plot based" or "character based" novels. While Elroy is a brilliant plot based writer, the authors I listed are generally character focused.

[henno]

On The Road - Jack Kerouac

Great book.

[Yossarian]

Would you call Tom Wolfe or Robertson Davies character based? Different writers I know but they both seem to focus on character development more than a plot?

[AndyP]

Well we have everything else so how about a thread for fine literature.

I'm not a fine literature buff, but there was an old book thread. It rarely got posted in though.

I'm reading Feist's latest, and just finished Michael J Fox's second book. I almost exclusively read fantasy books.

[paulyboy]

I read a book once.....nearly finished it too

[Yossarian]

If worst comes to worst we can reduce this thread to a discussion about porn magazines

[henno]

I only get them for the articles.

[goughy]

Fav books, Hitchhikers Guide of course. Lord of the Rings is a given. Then Leon Uris' 'Trinity' and Ken Follett's 'The Pillars of the Earth'. Also was a fan of the Clive Cussler 'Dirk Pitt' novels, Wilbur Smith's novels, in particular 'A time to Die'. Also Robert Ludlum's books.

On the bedside table - would be a Men's Health mag, and a few different Triathlon mags.

[Johnny Canuck]

Well we have everything else so how about a thread for fine literature.

For those of you who don't have me on ignore What are yall reading?

Just finished A Man In Full by Tom Wolfe again, great book.

Reading PostWar by Tony Judt atm.

What are peoples all time favourite books?

Never read Tom Wolfe, but have always wanted to. What would you recommend?

Favourite all time books are the series of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Left Behind, and many of Jack Higgins earlier books from the WWII era.

The Eagle has Landed was a fantastic read.

On The Road - Jack Kerouac

Great book.

I was going to put this as was of my favorites. I have been looking to pick up another copy for a re-read as I have lost mine.

Also loved:

The Rum Diary and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson

Papillon - Henri Charriere - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

The Brotherhood of the Rose - David Morrell

The Green Mile - Stephen King - movie is terrible compared to the book

Want to read Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

[Yossarian]

A Man in Full is Wolfe's best book IMO.
Bonfire of the Vanities is good to.
Also if you are in to Ken Kesey, whose books are amazing as well, read The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test. Great book about Kesey, acid, psychedelia ect.

[dc68]

I'm reading Feist's latest

What it P?
Loved the Riftwar series.

[AndyP]

What it P?
Loved the Riftwar series.

Rides a Dread Legion. He is still churning out the series in the world of Midkemia. The books are starting to be a little hit and miss, but this one seems fine so far.

[dc68]

Ok cool might check it out.

[oldmannoodles]

Also if you are in to Ken Kesey, whose books are amazing as well, read The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test. Great book about Kesey, acid, psychedelia ect.

A brilliant documentation of when the Beats met the hippies. Great read.

"Acid Test" and "Fear and Loathing" always make me want to get properly messy.

[razaar]

What it P?
Loved the Riftwar series.

Enjoyed the first book of the series, but prefer David Gemmell; his Drenai and The Reganti Series are outstanding.

[Yossarian]

Love Hunter S Thompson, the way he uses language is amazing. Paints such a good picture in ones head.

[AndyP]

Ok cool might check it out.

It follows on from the series before which follows on from the series before, etc, so you might have to read a few books depending on where you were up to.