Best Fiction Book You've Ever Read

[nvanprooyen]

In the spirit of the thread about worst books ever read, figured I'd do the flip side of it. Keeping it to fiction for this one, probably will start another one about best business / marketing books.

I have 2 that immediately come to mind....

- The Fountainhead
- The Count of Monte Cristo

 

[JakeStratham]

Economics by Paul Samuelson. Kidding.

Hard to pick a "best" fiction book, but I'll go with The Stand by King. The big version. Pure enjoyment.

 

[Bofu2U]

The Bible

HEY-OOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Garrett]

ALL the Jack Reacher books kick major ass

 

[dchuk]

The Bible

HEY-OOOOOOOOOOOO

came here to say this, lulz.

The fountainhead is pretty epic. Catch-22 is great too.

 

[barman]

The Giver
1984

 

[Hav3n]

Contemporary Sci-Fi:

Pandora's Star by Peter F Hamilton

 

[CerIs]

The beach (ignore the film)

 

[veneficus]

Books, I've read atleast twice:
DarkTower(my favorite), Dune, HarryPotter(sorry but it is), LOTR

 

[zimok]

The only one that stands out for me is 1984.

My ratio for non-fiction:fiction would be around 50:1.

 

[nvanprooyen]

The only one that stands out for me is 1984.

My ratio for non-fiction:fiction would be around 50:1.

Maybe 20:1 for me. I need to get around to reading 1984. Always intended to, never have.

 

[RockDiesel]

The Giver

+1. definitely a favorite of mine.

 

[nvanprooyen]

The Giver sounds good, gonna snag the Kindle version of it.

 

[RockDiesel]

ALL the Jack Reacher books kick major ass

I just started in to these. About halfway through Reacher #1 (Killing Floor) right now.

Glad to hear they all kick ass.

I'm still getting used to Lee Child's style though. His short sentence style got on my nerves at first, but it's starting to grow on me.

"The front door was open. I walked in. I looked up. I looked down. I walked to my right. Then, I walked to my left. I drank lemonade. I slapped a bitch." (note: not an actual passage from the book )

So far, there've been a few killer plot turns that I didn't even see coming. Looking forward to continuing through this book, and the rest of the series. I got a lot of catching up to do.

 

[WebairMetz]

The Stand
The Dark Tower Series
LOTR

 

[cardine]

Definitely 1984

 

[tainted]

Cryptonomicon

 

[Grindstone]

lol @ 1984 being fiction...he just missed the date by 30 years or so.

 

[omgyams]

1984
The Stand

 

[LTJeremy]

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card