Favourite book?

[MaryamB]

Has any of you read a book and got really touched by it?

If so, what is it?

I am just curious to see what people like to read

I have to say one of my all time favourites is "Can you keep a secret?" by Sophie Kinsella. Although its fiction, its hilarious!

Any of you out there who either have a favourite book or ever been touched by one????

[Bishup]

Right now I'm reading Perfume by Patrick Süskind. Le parfum in french it tunrs out to be one of the best books I've ever read.

Edited April 16, 2010 by Bishup

[Guest saturday]

For something that isn't all that deep: The Devil Wears Prada

And for something deeper, I don't really know, but maybe the Third Heaven Conspiracy.

[Stereoisomer]

OMG ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BOOKS!?!??!

(lol sorry, im a literature fanatic hehe)

If i have to pick my favourite book (seeing that favourite is a superlative and all), I will definitely choose....

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

I have no idea why so many people detest it.. we studied it in english A1 and I loved it so much!! It is so deep and philosophical

I also love Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. I love her style of writing.

[Green]

I guess it depends

In terms of "entertaining" books, I would choose Physics of the impossible by Michio Kaku.

However a book I've been "touched" by is Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, by Roddy Doyle. I had to study this book for English, and while the rest of my class found it ridiculous or boring, I found it extremely fascinating. I think it's mainly the author's ability to write from a child's perspective so convincingly.

[Caustica]

1984 by George Orwell (dystopian addict here ) but East of Eden by John Steinbeck comes a close second. Both are utterly brilliant, as are Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman and Island by Aldous Huxley. Ahhh, I can't choose!

[Sandwich]

I agree with Bishup and Caustica on Perfume and East of Eden, they're two of my favourites too. My very favourite book, however (or at least the book which most affected me, if that's what we're using as a measure!), is The Magus by John Fowles. It's says a ridiculous amount about human nature and how our minds work and I honestly think it's an underrated work of complete genius. It asks so many (valid) questions and says so much about our assumptions -- all in an indirect way, of course. It's up to the reader what you get out of it, IMO. It will, however, give you a violent wish to go and live on a greek island

[MaryamB]

Interesting, I think imma have to go check out these books

[Mahuta ♥]

I have been deeply touched by more than one booked and I have a lot of favorite of books.

The ones I got really touched by:

1- My sister's keeper: I cried for DAYS about that book.

2- No Mercy: same.

3-Girls of Riyadh: AMAZING BOOK.

4- No one listen

MY favorite:

1- a) Princess b) Daughters of Arabia c)Desert Royal series of 3 books written originally by a saudi princess (King Fahd's niece)

2-DA VINCI CODE

3-No one listen

4-To Kill a Mockingbird

[Grumps]

Fun book: Spellsinger (the first three books of the series released together)- by Alan Dean Foster

Serious book: Hyperion - Dan Simmons

Enders Game by Orson Scott Card deserves a shout out too.

All fiction.

[FutureIB]

Hands down, The Da Vinci Code is the best book of all times, but I was also very gripped by Khaled Hosseini's 2 books which are A thousand Splendid Suns (addressed women's rights hugely) and The Kite Runner.

Khaled Hosseini has this amazing ability in integrating his passion towards his native country and his love of writing fictional storied.

[Summer Glau]

The Secret Garden. I know it's more of a children's book, but it's still my favourite story ever.

[Tsubaki]

I love Albert Camus' L'Étranger. I had to read it for English, but it was the first book I'd read in a long time that I particularly enjoyed. I'm reading La Peste now, and it is also quite good.