<p>i'm trying to find more books to read, so it would be cool to hear other people's favorites</p>
<p>my favorite is probably The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw.</p>
<p>It is a story of three men in WWII, a movie producer (American) a young Jewish Boy (AMerican) and ex-ski instructor turned nazi</p>
<p>it follows the lives of these men before and mostly during the war</p>
<p>it is an EXCELLENT read, and i highly recommencd it to anyone</p>
<p>my absolute favorite is Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo</p>
<p>also high up on my list:
Atlas Shrugged
Darkness at Noon
Invisible Monsters (along with all other chuck palahniuk books)
Sphere
Tuesdays with Morrie</p>
<p>o, could u please give a little bit of context for the books? thanks!</p>
<p>catch-22 (joseph heller): hilariously written about a serious subject. read if you haven't already.
discworld series (terry pratchett): parodies everything, from condoms to opera. pratchett is brilliant. i met him in 2003!
life of pi (yann martel): slow to get into, but beautifully written and very moving.
bel canto (ann patchett): well-written with an interesting premise and captivating characters. don't read the epilogue, though; it'll spoil the story.</p>
<p>&more...</p>
<p>The Corrections
White Noise
A Tale of Two Cities
A Man in Full
1984</p>
<p>All Quiet on the Western Front
Animal Farm
1984
East of Eden
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Lord of the Flies
Pride and Prejudice
Alice in Wonderland
A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy</p>
<p>The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maitenance
On the Road
Catch 22
Slaughterhouse 5
Cat's Cradle
The Sun Also Rises
Night</p>
<p>Hmm...A few of my favorites:
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
Any book by Terry Brooks</p>
<p>Lots of good books listed; Sucharita, our lists are very similar. </p>
<p>Reccommended Books, perhaps not my ultimate favorites, but they are all certainly on my list</p>
<p>note my screen name --> Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling
Anything by Jane Austen (personal fav of hers so far, Pride and Prejudice)
1984, George Orwell
To Kill a Mocking Bird (rereading that now)
The Bell Jar, Slyvia Plath</p>
<p>janeeyre -- i love the bell jar!</p>
<p>Gossip Girl novels (really hot!!!!)--Cecily von Ziegasar (spelled it wrong prolly)
The Heart of Darkness--Joseph Conrad (hard read, philosophical)
Crime and Punishment(you should know about this!!)
Summer sisters--Judy Blume (fun, cool, and very sad)</p>
<p>The Stranger :)</p>
<p>I forgot to add The Crying of Lot 49 to my list.</p>
<p>I forgot to add A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and The Phantom Tollbooth :)</p>
<p>I like anything by Irwin Shaw. Ilovetocamp, if you liked The Young Lions try Rich Man, Poor Man as well. Also a very, very good book.</p>
<p>Usna, you took my fav book, The Stranger. Camus was so brilliant, and it was truly tragic how he died. Excellent philosophical novel.</p>
<p>Catcher in the Rye! Been my favorite book for many years... Has anybody ever read the Long Walk, I believe it is a Stephen King book.</p>
<p>anything by Vonnegut
sometimes a great notion -ken kesey
cry, the beloved country-alan paton? sp?
confederacy of dunces-o'toole
life of pi
you can't go home again-thomas wolfe
their eyes were watching god-zora neale hurston (can't wait for Oprah's movie this Sun.)
this is embarassing but:
the traveling pants books, some of you may know what I am talking about and if you don't you should get your hands on them they are really light and cute</p>
<p>My favorite is To Kill a Mockingbird.</p>
<p>A newer book I really like is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. (It's about a boy with Asperger's Syndrome who tries to solve a mystery involving his neighbor's dead dog and some other stuff.)</p>
<p>yeah The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time was really cute :)</p>
<p>Another recent book I liked was The Rule of Four but then I'm biased...:p</p>