whats your fav book?

[metagirl]

fav book?

[Solitaire]

i dont have a fave book i like any :-)

[St Germain]

"Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole, it's hilarious and well written. "The Bridge" by Ian Banks. "Money" by Martin Amis.

[metagirl]

thank you all for your recommendations. well appreciated.

[quizzywig]

My favourite book is My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell, it was read t our class in junior school many years ago and I remembered bits of it very well. I read it myself some 10 years later and enjoyed it all over again. I have since read it many times. I recommend it as a gentle funny book.

[goldenboy]

a scanner darkly by philip k dick  or walking on glass by iain banks

[goldenboy]

my girlfriend says billy and girl by deborah levy

[lindapinda]

A book i've read loads of times,as it is so easy to pick up,is 84 Charing Cross Road,by Helene Hanff.I always find something different in it,and as an american metagirl,you might find it interesting,if you haven't already read it.

[jocasta]

The Secret History by Donna Tartt - Fantastic book, you will wish you had never finished it..

[m moran]

I dont just have one book i have a lot of books that are my favourite .
But i have a favourite auther her name is Mary higgins clarke she is an american and her books ar all fictional .
the are brilliant .the type of book you wont put down any other fans out thre let me know.

[Otrere]

At the minute, mine is a set of three books - a true story by Dave Pelzer .... A Child Called It, The Lost Boy and A Man Named Dave. The true story of the worst case of child abuse ever recorded in California... its a truly inspiring trilogy.

[Dreddnaught]

I have so many favourites that I'd be here typing all day, but the one that sticks in my mind recently, where I've re-read it and realised just how much of a corker it is, is -

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester.

I know it aint Shakespear, but by God I love that book !

[dothawkes]

History of the World in 10half Chapters - Julian Barnes, recent classic i think you'll find.

[carlinchris]

Woman in white by Wilkie Collins, a good friend of Dickens and was more recently taken on by Andrew Lloyd Webber as a musical.  Great book and the original murder mystery! 

[Dark Angel]

(1) Catcher in the Rye - J D Salinger  (2) Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (3) The Rainmaker - John Grisham (4) Funny Boy - Shyam Selvadurai (5)  God of Small Things - Arundathi Roy  

[charliep88]

has any one read" the return of the man who never was?"  or catcher in the  whole wheat,,,how about gone with ed wynn?the da vinci cotex?

[Ray The Grey]

I'd recommend for more modern -

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - humour+, a different viewpoint, cleverly constructed & written

Yellow Dog -Martin Amis - tough, real - not nice to read but mentally beneficial

The Stars Tennis Balls - Stephen Fry - clever/witty/dark humour

Dead Famous - Ben Elton - dark humour/spurious

One of the Nick Hornby books - people growing up

One of the Inspector Morse books- Colin Dexter - traditional setting/intellectual police whodunnits

Most books by Kingsley Amis/Graham Green/John Fowles - a bit older, I know

Absolutely anything by George Orwell/Conrad - obviously.

I generally prefer the classics mself, but these all bear up very well.

I am going through a second Steinbeck phase personally and I am reading some of his less well known books and they are all excellent - definitely the best American author so far (closely followed by Fitzgerald and James) & and only surpassed in the 20th century by Orwell.