What are your top five favorite books?

[3nm]

can't give you my top five cos i don't really like to read.

however, my fav is the gift of valor by michael phillips. i got the book from a gold star mom, who assured me that i'd like it. man, was she right - despite the fact that i'm a little less than half way through the book. even though i knew quite a bit about cpl. dunham already, i find myself taking this book with me almost everywhere. at the same time; however, i'm having a hard time finish reading it. i tend to shed a few tears after reading a couple pages, and sometimes become emotionally drained for days.

 

[twistedlegato]

yeah i read that. too bad he didn't keep it going with the names starting with an "E" and being 6 letters. i guess it was just a rumor that he'd continue that. the next book is called "Brisingr"

I thought it was going to be called "Empire".......

Guess not.

 

[jalagl]

The top five:
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Count of Montecristo by Alexandre Dumas
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

And the "second" five:
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

 

[Pittsax]

The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde

Nice to see another Fforde reader here! If you haven't read any of the other books, I highly recommend them

 

[pachyderm]

Catch 22. I'll 2nd that...

for me it is a laugh out loud book... loved the film as well...

 

[aarathi]

My hobby is reading. I like computer related books very much. My favorite books are
Estimating Software-intensive Systems
TheEnd of Software
Encyclopedia of New Media
What Is Web Design?
Absolute Beginner‘s Guide to Creating Web Pages

 

[abijnk]

We only get 5 choices!!!

I guess I would have to say the first five Kay Scarpetta books by Patricia Cornwell.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
The Never Ending Story, by Ende (ironic, no?)
The perks of being a wallflower
Flatland
Flatterland

 

[princealfie]

120 days of sodom by marquis de sade
mormon doctrine by bruce r mcconkie
against the day by thomas pynchon
american surfaces by stephen shore
los alamos by william eggleston

 

[Surely]

In no particular order, here we go:

-Ender's Game (and the rest of the series, including the Shadow side)
-Battle Royale
-The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King (Except for 'Wizard and Glass'. I didn't care much for that one.)
-Mila 18
-Exodus
and one for good luck:
-The Stand