Best Books You've Ever Read

Best Books You've Ever Read#7355

By catsfuzz - Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:56 am

- Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:56 am #7355

Well, I read twenty five already this school year so I will just list some of my favs.

Underland Chronicles (5 books)

Hunger Games Series (3 books)

Harry Potter Series (7 books)

39 Clues (10 books [11th came out yesterday]) (My favorite)

Warriors Series (Not sure how many, I read four when I was younger but it is still one of my favorite series)

Thats pretty much it. I am looking for more books to read becuase I finished Gregor and 39 Clues just recently. What are your favorite books? Post here!

Re: Best Books You've Ever Read#7361

By tgebbia - Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:41 am

- Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:41 am #7361

Fictional Stuff:
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
On the Road by Jack Keruoac

Non Fiction:
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku

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Re: Best Books You've Ever Read#7369

By eagleclaw6 - Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:25 am

- Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:25 am #7369

FICTION:
I generally pick favorites by author, not title:

When I was younger, William Sleator was my favorite author, and Interstellar Pig was my favorite book.
Then and now I really like Terry Pratchett. My favorite book by him was Night Watch.
Recently, I read the Uplift series. My favorites were Startide Rising and The Uplift War , which were truly epic: they covered much of the universe.

Overall, I mostly read science fiction, especially the sub-genre hard sf.

edit, I forgot about this:
NON-FICTION:

I recommend The Story of Science books by Joy Hakim. They look like textbooks, but I enjoyed them in 6th and 7th grade.
Although I don't understand about the second half of Brian Greene's books, I was especially fascinated by his first book: The Elegant Universe, which is about String Theory.

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Re: Best Books You've Ever Read#7372

By ramien123 - Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:48 am

- Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:48 am #7372

Terry Pratchett all the way. I LOVE Going Postal. It is so funny. Also, Warriors? Really? Isn't that the weird cat series?

Edit: Wait, tgeb, Mein Kampf?

Re: Best Books You've Ever Read#7376

By catsfuzz - Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:02 am

- Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:02 am #7376

ramien123 wrote:Terry Pratchett all the way. I LOVE Going Postal. It is so funny. Also, Warriors? Really? Isn't that the weird cat series?

Edit: Wait, tgeb, Mein Kampf?

Yes ramien but like I said, I liked them when I was younger. I still think that it is a great series but I havent picked one up since 5th grade.

Re: Best Books You've Ever Read#7379

By savesthedazed - Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:35 am

- Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:35 am #7379

Now this is a topic that I can get behind. Let's see... off the top of my head...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
On The Road by Jack Kerouac
A Man Without A Country by Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway

American Gospel: God, The Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation by Jon Meacham
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Tamim Ansary
Upon the Altar of The Nation: A Moral History of the American Civil War by Harry S. Stout

And things that I am in the process of reading or that are on my agenda...

Barbarians, Marauders, and Infidels: The Ways of Medieval Warfare by Antonio Santosuosso
Scotland: The Story of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson
The Seducer's Diary by Soren Kierkegaard
Notes From Underground: Selected Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Re: Best Books You've Ever Read#7380

By catsfuzz - Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:41 am

- Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:41 am #7380

Nice! Thanks guys! All these books sound great. I should try to find some in my school's library! Can't wait!

Re: Best Books You've Ever Read#7384

By Pandagames - Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:19 pm

- Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:19 pm #7384

savesthedazed wrote: The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Just finished reading this one, love it

Re: Best Books You've Ever Read#7385

By catsfuzz - Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:23 pm

- Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:23 pm #7385

Pandagames wrote:
savesthedazed wrote: The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Just finished reading this one, love it

Ernest Hemingway is a great author. When I went to Key West with my family we visited his house. It was amazing!! It had a huge garden, tons of fountains, and my favorite, CATS! Lots of them too! When I was there it was 16. They are all from the same family line and get this, most have six "toes" on each paw! It is really cool!

Re: Best Books You've Ever Read#7419

By savesthedazed - Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:29 pm

- Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:29 pm #7419

catsfuzz wrote:
Pandagames wrote:
savesthedazed wrote: The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Just finished reading this one, love it
Ernest Hemingway is a great author. When I went to Key West with my family we visited his house. It was amazing!! It had a huge garden, tons of fountains, and my favorite, CATS! Lots of them too! When I was there it was 16. They are all from the same family line and get this, most have six "toes" on each paw! It is really cool!

He is often represented as one of the greats, but I'm not terribly fond of him. I've also read A Farewell To Arms and I was not terribly impressed by it. Other trusted sources have told me that a lot of his work is similar to that, so I'm in no rush to read his other novels.

But yeah, Old Man and the Sea was great.