best books...

[Lance201]

so there are not only movies making fun.. here are my top five books (for the moment):

1. Lord of the rings
2. Garp
3. American psycho
4. what they carry
5. sharks

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[bob-415]

books...

I'm a stephen king nut so here I go:

1)It
2)Salem's Lot
3)The Dark Half
4)Christine
5)Needful Things


bob

 

[Keiichi]

#01: The Wheel of Time (whole series)
#02: Dune (1st book)
#03: The Sword of Shanara (whole series)
#04: The Lord of the Rings (whole series)
#05: The Heritage of Shanara (whole series)

-Keiichi

 

[Catalyst]

I just bought the Lord of the Rings trilogy, never read it before, I'm in for a treat /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

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[Keiichi]

Anyone who hasn't read The Wheel of Time series should give it a look. It's considered by many to be equal to The Lord of the Rings (some would even say it's better).

-Keiichi

 

[Deathdealer]

Best Books

1. Rogue Warrior - Richard Marcinko
2. The Art of War - Sun Tzu
3. Sphere - Michael Crighton (The movie missed it's mark with this book)
4. No One Gets Out of Here Alive - Jerry Hopkins
5. Mysteries of the Unexplained - Reader's Digest Special


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[CoffeyCan]

This is way harder than movies so lets go with authors, I gaurantee that you will like the majority of authors on this list, or Ill buy the books from you /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

1. Andrew Vachss (hard boiled mystery)
2. Huberty Selby Jr. (little known American writer, amazing)
3. Thom Jones (best American short stroy writer)
4. Joes Landale (funny hardboiled mysetry)
5. Yukio Mishima (awesome 50's Japanese writer. Intense)


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[Liquid Night]

Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Papillon
Catch 22
Cryptonomicon
Eon
The Wasp Factory


I respect nothing. I will take you and you will not hear or see me for my cloak is made of Darkness.

 

[mp*lennon]

mmmmmmm

I really can't understand how someone can think that WoT is better than Lord Of The Rings. I hated the first few Wheel Of Time books. The writing wasn't anything special, the characters were kinda cliched and flat, and the plot didn't seem too impressive either. Then again, I only read about 1-2 of those books, so maybe the later ones are better.

Anyways, my TOP-5 books:

1.Eiji Yoshikawa-Musashi (the biography of the famous swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi, who wrote the "Book of five rings" about the art of swordfighting)
2.Albert Camus-The Stranger (not only is this a great book, it's filled with interesting thoughts about the human nature too)
3.JRR Tolkien-Lord Of The Rings (best fantasy book ever)
4.Tom Clancy-Red Storm Rising (I dislike most Clancy books, but this one is good. Really good infact.)
5.George Orwell-1984 (I don't think I even have to bother explaining why this book totally owns)

 

[Keiichi]

I suppose it just depends on which series you read first. I read TWoT first, which is probably why I like it more.

-Keiichi

 

[CoffeyCan]

if you like Marcinko, youd like:

Black Hawk Down by Marc Bowden
Inside the US Navy SEALs by Gary Stubbelfield
The Commandos by Doug Waller
Brave Men, Dark Waters by Orr Kelly
Combat Swimmer: Memoirs of Navy SEAL by Richard Gormley

Marcinko goes a bit over the top in Rogue Warrior, hes pure ego in that book, these others a bit more tempered and very insightful. Black Hawk Down is about the Rangers in Somalia and is singly the best and most informative book about modern warfare in existence. The Commandos deals with multiple units, but is also very well researched and informative. Enjoy
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[Galaddin]

yeah love lord of the rings and the silmarillion... can't wait for the move to come out...

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[Eliwar]

_-_

I honestly never liked Lord of the Rings... Maybe I'm just a little wierd.

What I like:

Otherland by Tad Williams (whole series)

Sword of Shanara by Terry Brooks (whole series and other related books)

Betrayel at Krondor by Raymond Feist (whole series and related books)

Enders Game by Orson Scott Card (whole Trilogy)

And

Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (whole series)


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[Lance201]

Vachss

yeah sh.. I forgot about his books, they are really great!!! And I love joseph wambaugh (don´t know if it´s written right...)

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[Mr. T]

I like a lot of Poe's stories.

Two of my favorites that are also a couple of my favorite movies are One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and A Clockwork Orange.


Mr. T

 

[Catalyst]

H.P. Lovecraft is very cool too.

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[Cunubelin]

Authors rather than titles

A bit hard to single out the titles here...
So I'll just put in some of the authors that I read.

Dale Brown (Flight of the Old Dog)
Tom Clancy (Red Storm Rising Hmm have the game for my old C-64 around here somewhere...)
Harold Coyle (The Ten Thousand)
Stephen Coonts (The Minotaur)
Stephen King (anyone need a title?)
Dean R Koontz (Watchers)
J R R Tolkien (again no titles needed)
Eiji Yoshikawa (Musashi)

And a whole bunch of others

Peace
C.

Quem Iupiter vult perdere dementat prius

(Whom Jupiter wishes to destroy, he first makes mad)

 

[Deathdealer]

Thanks CoffeeCan

Thanks for the info on the books similar to the Marcinko ones. Very helpful...I am never sure which books to choose. I am usually never sure which are accurate and are not "Hollywood-ised".
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[CoffeyCan]

NP - Youll dig any of those books, I gaurantee!
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