rfoster Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 It seems like a lot of people share my favorites list :-) Can't pick just one! All of the books in the Outlander series Harry Potter Chronicles of Narnia Lord of the Rings series Audrey Niffenegger is also looking like she'll be contributing to my alltime favorites list quite a bit, I loved both time traveler's wife and her fearful symmetry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 I love Stephanie! But I've been really disappointed in JE the last few books. She just doesn't seem to be feeling it anymore. What age range is Mixed up Files for? I can't remember, but I do remember loving that book. Since we do go to the Met occassionally, I think I'd like my 8yo to read it. He'd get a kick out of it. I understand being disappointed in the last few books. I really didn't care for the 15 one but thought the new 16 one was better although I am a Stephanie/Ranger fan and that relationship frustrates me to no end. For the Mixed Up Files, I think it depends on how well your child reads. My daughter read it when she was 7 or 8 and she loved it. My soon to be 7 year old will be reading it this year for school. It doesn't however appear on Sonlight's book list until Core 100 which is for approx grades 7-11 depending on their catalog. I think I first read it in 3rd or 4th grade. I think it just appeals to such a wide age range. If your ds is familiar with the Met, I am sure he would get a kick out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 There are a few Anne Tyler books that I love and can read over and over...The Accidental Tourist and Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant most particularly. And I think Absalom, Absalom and Delta Wedding are pretty much the best things ever, but I can't read them over and over. Especially Absalom...it wears me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 "The Lord of the Rings" became my favorite work in seventh grade, and although I've read thousands of books since then, it still is. Before that it was "The Diamond in the Window," a book I still enjoy, loved teaching, and can't believe is not better known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaMa2005 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Gone with the Wind. I read it the first time at age 9 and am still in love with it 40 years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 The Caine Mutiny is my all-time favorite. Then David Copperfield. I also love The Count of Monte Christo. It's fun to read others' responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Divine Comedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 There's just something about Jamie. ;) it's been almost 8 years since I read it. I think it's time for me to read it again! Her friend, Sara Donati, writes great books as well and weaves Jamie and Clair into her stories! Oh yes, read it again! And then make sure you've read all the sequels too! There's another one coming out at some point. I can't wait!!! I never heard of Sara Donati, I'll have to look into that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 The one book I can read anywhere, anytime in any state of caffeination is Good Omens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpence1978 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 I admit...basically all my reading for enjoyment might fall under the category of fluff. These are the ones that chronically make it onto my nightstand: All of the Harry Potter books Basically anything by Frank Peretti, but mostly This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness and Calvin and Hobbes :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Right now - the top three books that I can pick up and read and re-read and re-read again without being sick of them would probably be: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss I just read this, based on someone recommending it here and thought it was excellent. Bummed that we have to wait until next year for the next one to come out. I love Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMDG Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kebo Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 The Lymond Chronicles (all 6 of them) by Dorothy Dunnett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Wallace Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Is there a book that you've read over and over and never get tired of? What is your favorite fictional book of all-time? I think for me, it would The Thorn Birds. It's just one of those books that I've read countless times and never get tired of. My second runner-up would be Gone With the Wind. You might also like Through a Glass Darkly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Wallace Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 For a single book? Michener, The Source. But really ... there are SO many. If I could use a series, I'd go with the Change series by SM Stirling. If I could use an author, I'd go with Maeve Binchy. Have you ever read Hawaii? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in CA Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 (edited) Anything by James Thurber. I keep a collection of his humorous short stories in my nightstand. Ooh, I love Thurber, too! Esp. 'Catbird Seat,' 'Memoirs of a Drudge,' 'The Day the Dam Broke,' etc., etc. ... After that, I'm a total Anglophile. Books I've read too many times to count and which I enjoy more with each reading: A Room with a View, and all the rest of E. M. Forster's books The Nine Tailors, by Dorothy Sayers (& most of the rest of her books) Hobbit/LoTR Narnia The Wind in the Willows The Winnie-the-Pooh books Alice & Through the Looking Glass A Little Princess and The Secret Garden Pretty much anything by Gene Stratton Porter but A Girl of the Limberlost is most special because it was my grandmother's favorite as well. I've seen this recommended so many places! I must read it. I actually prefer nonfiction, but I'll stay on-topic :001_smile: Edited August 15, 2010 by Laura in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith I named my blog after it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobela Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Ooh, I love Thurber, too! Esp. 'Catbird Seat,' 'Memoirs of a Drudge,' 'The Night the Dam Broke,' etc., etc. ... After that, I'm a total Anglophile. Books I've read too many times to count and which I enjoy more with each reading: A Room with a View, and all the rest of E. M. Forster's books The Nine Tailors, by Dorothy Sayers (& most of the rest of her books) Hobbit/LoTR Narnia The Wind in the Willows The Winnie-the-Pooh books Alice & Through the Looking Glass A Little Princess and The Secret Garden I've seen this recommended so many places! I must read it. I actually prefer nonfiction, but I'll stay on-topic :001_smile: Wow, are you my double?? I also prefer nonfiction as well as what you have listed although it has been quite a long time since I have read Sayers or Forster. And, in case you are interested, my name IRL is really Laura. Are you a redhead by chance LOL?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I really couldn't name just one... Some of my favorites: Katherine by Anya Seton The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas The Eight by Katherine Neville The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Harry Potter Series J.K. Rowling The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy Annette Vallon James Tipton Little Women Louisa May Alcott To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee And, I'm sure there are many that I can't think of right now....:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Gone With The Wind - Pride and Prejudice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskool Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 The Chosen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 The only book I can think of that I've read more than once is Candide. Some of my favorites: Jane Eyre Pride and Prejudice The Source Pillars of the Earth and World Without End Rebecca The Murder of Roger Ackroyd The Stand Handmaid's Tale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Wives & Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen Any of Maeve Binchy's books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraciebytheBay Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Little Women Jane Eyre Oops, I think you only asked for one so I'll stop there.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightOwlMama Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 A few of my favorites... The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje The Secret History - Donna Tartt The Garden of Eden - Ernest Hemingway Fall on Your Knees - Ann-Marie MacDonald my favorite of all the books I read in 2009 was The Help - Kathryn Stockett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje I LOVED the movie. I don't know why I haven't read the book yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightOwlMama Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Crissy - The book is SO much better! Enjoy:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I can't remember ever reading a book more than once other than good children's literature that I have read out loud to my kids, such as the Hobbit and the Narnia series- which I also read as a child. Many of the books others have mentioned are also favourites of mine, with a place in my heart...but I still only read them once. I am like that with movies too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiobrain Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 The Baron in the Trees~ Italo Calvino One Hundred Years of Solitude~ Marquez (I read this every 2-3 years since 1987) I Claudius/ Claudius the God~ Graves (same as above except 1989) Ones that will be in the running: East of Eden Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (Tiina Nunnally's translation is better, IMO.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Oh - too many to choose from. I don't know how to rank these,,,, The Once and Future King Poisonwood Bible Harry Potter Books (guilty pleasure) 1984 Life of Pi I could go on and on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I don't reread books either...but one of my favorites was Atlas Shrugged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3littlekeets Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye is #1 and A.S. Byatt's Possession: A Romance is #2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (Tiina Nunnally's translation is better, IMO.) I haven't read this in thirty years, but you've inspired me to pull my old copy off the shelf and re-read it. I did love it the first time I read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I haven't read this in thirty years, but you've inspired me to pull my old copy off the shelf and re-read it. I did love it the first time I read it.Give the new translation a try. Reading Nunnally's notes on the errors and omissions in the original translation, as well as the deliberate choice to use old fashioned stilted prose when the original work was apparently anything but, convinced me to give hers a try. I couldn't believe how much of a page turner it was... for all 1100 of them. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I don't reread books either...but one of my favorites was Atlas Shrugged. I've always felt like a literary loser because I just could not get through that book. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (Tiina Nunnally's translation is better, IMO.) Yes, yes, and again yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarawatsonim Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel. I've read it at least once a year since I was 12. It was probably a little young to read it but I wanted to read everything then. My copy is literally falling apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in CA Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Wow, are you my double?? I also prefer nonfiction as well as what you have listed although it has been quite a long time since I have read Sayers or Forster. And, in case you are interested, my name IRL is really Laura. Are you a redhead by chance LOL?? Hi, Laura! Oh, that is too funny! Sorry, I'm not a redhead (dark brown). But you must be the sister I never had :001_smile: I'll look out for your posts from now on -- we obviously have similar tastes! ~Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Tie: LOTR and Jane Eyre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 For a single book: The Stand by Stephen King. If the Harry Potter series was considered a single body of work then it would win by a long shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Germinal by Emile Zola truly changed my life. But... Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco is the book I re-read frequently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 But... Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco is the book I re-read frequently.I know more than one person who ended up infuriated by this book, but I loved it. Of course, I'm the only one I know who, upon finishing Infinite Jest, didn't throw it across the room -- though to be fair, the sample size is two. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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