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What's your favourite novel of all time?

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
To Kill a Mockingbird by HArper Lee
The Adventures of Huck Finn

Many more in the list but couldn't remember the authors, post them soon.

Luis
 
I love Candide, though I wouldn't count it among my favorites.

Not much philosophy on the list because it's a "favorite novel" thread I'd presume, though there are of course many important novels by philosophers.

If we're headed to a philosophy thread, three books have been central to my reading list:

Being and Time
Totality and Infinity
Of Grammatology

Can't help the Continental influence.

Still nothing more touchstone for me than Wallace Stevens' Collected Poems, though I'm currently reminded that Louis Zukofsky's Collected Fiction always gets me writing again.

Pretty disgustingly male list, to be honest. Though I love Spivak, Arendt and Kristeva.
 
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Oh gosh I have too many to name.

Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
On The Road by Jack Kerouac
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
About A Boy by Nick Hornby
Stories We Could Tell by Tony Parsons
Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
 
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I like Robert Ludlums Pelican brief, Borne Identity and etc..
the movie versions of his novel seem different from the story in the novel
 
I'm not much of a reader; I'm much more into music.

That said, there are two items I can mention as recommendations for sci-fi fans:
  • The Well World series by Jack L. Chalker, specifically Midnight at the Well Of Souls through Twilight At The Well Of Souls. A spacefaring drifter named Nathan Brazil is mysteriously transported to an ancient artificial planet covered with hundreds of alien species, and becomes involved in a desperate plan to reset the universe.
  • Peace On Earth by Stanislaw Lem. Astronaut Igon Tichy returns from a lunar mission, with a hunch that something really bad happened that he needs to resolve. Now, if only his left brain knew what his right brain was doing...
 
my all time fav has to be 'Clan of the Cave Bear' Jean Auel - I love the descriptive of the prehistoric world and the way the characters drag you in to that life.
 
Hatchet - Gary Paulsen
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
The Giver - Lois Lowry
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
The Host - Stephenie Meyer :eek:
 
Woah, old thread.

Favorite is definitely Herbert's Dune. All 6 of his books in the series are fantastic. His son's books are a let down.

Second favorite series is definitely Martin's A Game of Thrones.
 
You have got to look these up.

Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett), This is a pretty well known book for good reason. Loved it.

City of Dreams: A Novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and Early Manhattan
You may not have seen this one but its one of the best books of all time. Set in NY form early settlers to the American Revolution. Follows a family of barbers (surgeons). You have to read this!!!

The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga by Edward Rutherfurd

My GF is a pretty brilliant PhD ee/me and reads more books than anyone I have ever seen. This and Jitterbug Perfume are her favorite books. I’m about to start on Princes
 
the hitchiker's guide to the universe - douglas admas - a trilogy of four
catcher in the rye - JD Salinger
leonardo's bycicle - Paco Ignacio Taibo II
the name of the rose - Umberto Eco
one hundred years of solitude Garcia Marquez
ender's game - orson scott card
the lord of the ring - Tolkien - all three books plus the Hobbit
drums for rancas - manuel scorza (the whole garabombo series)
 
Wow

Cryptonomicron by Neal Stephenson should be on this list. I can't believe that a group of people this engineer-heavy didn't have this classic listed.
Personally my favorite was Neuromancer - which did make the list.
 
Great Thread!

I was doing a search to see what other Mac-Geeks like me :D were reading on their iPads and came across this thread. I couldn't help myself for all the praise of Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth and World Without End so I downloaded Pillars and then World immediately after. Awesome! Thanks everyone for a great list.

Now, what to read next while Follett's Fall of Giants is priced too high?
 
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