which book

[enidblyton]

would you consider was the best read only one book please with answers

[saxy_jag]

Without a doubt, Great Expectations. It's a mystery, a thriller, a romance, an adventure and a social comment all in one, and it changed my life.

[drchasuble]

War & Peace. Wonderful, beautiful, romantic epic. When I finally read it I kicked myself for not having read it sooner.

[Senga 2]

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. It's not just a love story but a social comment on India/Pakistan in the 1940's. Beautifully written, poetic.

[fee-is-me]

Magician by Raymond E Feist.

Amazingly well written and absolutely thrilling.

[spudqueen]

Pride and Prejudice

[warpig1]

catch 22, Funny and though provoking, incredibly intelligently written so much so that you really have to think about what is being said to understand it.

[derekpara]

The Worm Forgives the Plough by John Stewart Collis.
He was a poet among ecologists. Here he describes his life and work in the countryside during WW2, and studies farm life and nature in minute detail in an illuminating and fascinating way.

[crete]

docherty william mc ilvanney

[feebee]

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell.

[chakka35]

The best non-fiction book ever written has only just been published: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

[saxy_jag]

That looks good, Chakka. I've just reserved it.

[mightywease]

"Earthly Powers" by Anthony Burgess - made me realise the beauty, power and seductiveness of language

[glenis]

anything written by you !!! i love the lands at the top of the faraway tree ,all the famous five books ans secret seven and as for the island of adventure well what can i say??

[Ray The Grey]

Tough question - A Streetcar Named Desire. Incredibly intense, fervid, believable madness and much more. Stunningly simply written

[OFortuna]

I Claudius by Robert Graves as I have read and re-read it so many times since I was 11, having immediately bought it when the BBC showed the first episode and I was completely hooked. :D