Sidney Crosley Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Since we already did music and movies... I figure we can use some of the similar rules as the movies: - can include a series as one entry - graphic novels count - I suppose comics too? - no order necessary - for movies, it was suggested no documentaries. Should we do fiction only for books? I don't really care either way - I know there are definitely folks who read only non-fiction. I'll add mine shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Franny and Zooey - JD Salinger House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski Edit: Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon I carry my beat up Franny and Zooey with me whenever I go anywhere. And I own maybe 6 copies of HoL, signed and unsigned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No This Is Patrick Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton Fallen Angels - Walter Dean Myers The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien Last Of The Breed - Louis L'Amour Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy Harry Potter (series) - J.K. Rowling Storm Testament (series) - Lee Nelson Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith Inca Gold - Clive Cussler Redwall (series) - Brian Jacques Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Lots of classics, but it's impossible for me to leave them out. House of Leaves - Mark Z Danielewski Ask the Dust - John Fante The Wind-up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami Battle Royale - Koushun Takami The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Close calls: A Tale of Two Cities, The Catcher in the Rye, Robinson Crusoe, Crime & Punishment, Irrational Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Bateman Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 The Outsiders Fight Club American Psycho The Perks of Being A Wallflower Friday Night Lights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breezus Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I've read more than ten books but I wouldn't include them in my favorites list, so here's just eight in no order: A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess A Song of Ice and Fire Series - George R.R. Martin The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Scott Pilgrim - Brian Lee O'Malley Dragon Ball - Akira Toriyama The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky Autobiography - Morrissey American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Franny and Zooey - JD Salinger House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski Edit: Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon I carry my beat up Franny and Zooey with me whenever I go anywhere. And I own maybe 6 copies of HoL, signed and unsigned. I finally picked up a copy of House of Leaves because you and batman love it so much. I'll definitely do one of these. batman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Bateman Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I've read more than ten books but I wouldn't include them in my favorites list, so here's just eight in no order: A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess A Song of Ice and Fire Series - George R.R. Martin The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Scott Pilgrim - Brian Lee O'Malley Dragon Ball - Akira Toriyama The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky Autobiography - Morrissey American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis Forgot about Perks. I enjoyed it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippielauryn Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Sex & Sunsets - Tim Sandlin Rant - Chuck Palahniuk Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling The Vampire Chronicles - Anne Rice Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Patrick Suskind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Crosley Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri Ubik - Philip K Dick The World According to Garp - John Irving A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole Amsterdam - Ian McEwan Cannery Row - John Steinbeck The Pornographer's Poem - Michael Turner Fifth Business - Robertson Davies The Instructions - Adam Levin High Fidelity - Nick Hornby I discovered as I was writing the list that while I have a lot of favourite authors (Murakami, Hornby, Tom Perrotta, Jess Walter, Jonathan Tropper), I didn't quite have a favourite book by some of them. Also honourable mentions to the follow graphic novel series: Scott Pilgrim, Essex County, Watchmen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BruceWillyAintDead Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I have 3/4 of an English Literature degree. So I fucking hate books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I have 3/4 of an English Literature degree. So I fucking hate books. ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancy_raygun Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka The Stranger - Albert Camus Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad Catch-22 - Joseph Heller American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera Essex County - Jeff Lemire Black Hole - Charles Burns One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniegwilliams Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I have a writing degree, so I fucking love books. My list is filled with obvious classics, but they're classics for a reason. In no particular order... The Grapes of Wrath Catcher in the Rye Extremly Loud and incredibly Close The Complete Works of Flannery O'Connor Animal Farm The Road As I Lay Dying In Cold Blood Watchmen The Exorcist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BruceWillyAintDead Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 ok It's really weird. I like reading. I like books. Ask me to name 10 I enjoy? No fucking clue. Need 25 pages on a feminist reading of Frankenstein? Give me two adderall, a pack of cigarettes, 12 hours and I got this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Need 25 pages on a feminist reading of Frankenstein? Give me two adderall, a pack of cigarettes, 12 hours and I got this. C'mon, Bruce. You know none of us will ever need this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BruceWillyAintDead Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 C'mon, Bruce. You know none of us will ever need this. Well you see, Victor Frankenstein is trying to use science to replace women... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chkadea Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 > The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton > The Call of the Wild - Jack London > The Shining - Stephen King > Millennium Series - Stieg Larsson > Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling > The Road - Cormac McCarthy > Brave New World - Aldous Huxley > Dracula - Bram Stoker > Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer > A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini Honourable Mention: The Hatchet - Gary Paulson Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer Howl and Other Poems - Allen Ginsberg Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Vampire Chronicles - Anne Rice On The Road - Jack Kerouac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniegwilliams Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 > The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton > The Call of the Wild - Jack London > The Shining - Stephen King > Millennium Series - Stieg Larsson > Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling > The Road - Cormac McCarthy > Brave New World - Aldous Huxley > Dracula - Bram Stoker > Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer > A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini Honourable Mention: The Hatchet - Gary Paulson Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer Howl and Other Poems - Allen Ginsberg Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Vampire Chronicles - Anne Rice On The Road - Jack Kerouac So glad to see others respecting Jonathan Safran Foer's work. I have autographed copies of both EiI and ELaIC on my bookshelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 So glad to see others respecting Jonathan Safran Foer's work. I have autographed copies of both EiI and ELaIC on my bookshelves. His stuff is pretty decent, and I really liked the concept and execution behind Tree of Codes. Been way too long since weve had a new novel though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 This is tough. I'll need a little more time to fully solidify it, but it shouldn't change much from this. Dune (first 6) The Wheel of Time Battle Royale 2666 A Song of Ice and Fire Black and White Akira A Brief History of Time Kafka On the Shore Catcher in the Rye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 This is tough. I'll need a little more time to fully solidify it, but it shouldn't change much from this. Dune (first 6) The Wheel of Time Battle Royale 2666 A Song of Ice and Fire Black and White Akira A Brief History of Time Kafka On the Shore Catcher in the Rye 2666 is so, so, so fucking good. Definitely in my top 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 2666 is so, so, so fucking good. Definitely in my top 10. I was hard-pressed not to just have my top ten be just Murakami and Bolano books I don't know what happened to my copy. I think I gave it away and I'm bummed about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I was hard-pressed not to just have my top ten be just Murakami and Bolano books I don't know what happened to my copy. I think I gave it away and I'm bummed about it. Battle Royale was great too. And Catcher is in my top 10 as well, but nowhere near Franny and Zooey. Still, so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Battle Royale was great too. And Catcher is in my top 10 as well, but nowhere near Franny and Zooey. Still, so good. I like Franny and Zooey a lot too, but it's been a loooong time since I last read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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