<p>Scrabble: call me an arrogant snob, but Harry Potter? I mean... please.</p>
<p>anything by john grishom, especially 'a time to kill'</p>
<p>It's hard to name a favorite fiction book, since different books appeal to different aspects of my taste, even moreso than movies. Among others, "In Dubious Battle" and "Cannery Row", both by Steinbeck, were pretty amazing reads at the time. </p>
<p>However, the most exciting book of all time is an easy one; "The Insidious Dr.Fu-Manchu". The book is more stimulating and enveloping than most action films I've watched. </p>
<p>The plot is simple; an evil super-genius Chinese doctor wants to take over the world, and the only people capable of stopping him are two brave Brits. </p>
<p>I can't believe the last film adoptation was back in the 1940's; this would seriously put any "James Bond" in the last twenty years, including CR, to shame...</p>
<p>I love the Kite Runner... although that is sort of realistic fiction, and of course Harry Potter. I enjoyed Eragon, but I thought it was extremely cliched. The Lovely Bones was alright too.</p>
<p>Does "A Million Little Pieces" count?</p>
<p>"Exodus" by Leon Uris. </p>
<p>I don't care if it's pure propoganda. I wept for about 5 hours total over the course of reading that book. It gave my life meaning. I'm not kidding, either.</p>
<p>hemingwayisdead:</p>
<p>You are not the only one; I thought I might die of grief. When the novel concluded, I wanted to begin a pilgrimage to Jerusalem even though I am an atheist.</p>
<p>A little story. Enough people on this forum raved about Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces that I went to Barnes and Noble and spent twenty-some odd dollars and bought it. I hated it. BORING. It was ridiculous enough to be stupid, but not ridiculous enough to be humorous. For a novel that is supposed to be a grand comedy, it was repetetive, languid and I say it again, boring. I never laughed, and I only smiled twice, near the end of the book. Maybe I was expecting too much, but I thought it wasn't too great.</p>
<p>I do, however, love Catch-22 and Brave New World. Very different, but enjoyable in their own ways.</p>
<p>Breakfast at Tiffany's</p>
<p>DarkrullerII, you liked A Brave New World? Let's hope you are right, because i have to read it this winterbreak and i have heard people say it wasn't good. I have read approximately 1 page and thus far, it's just swell haha</p>
<p>The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks</p>
<p>Joseph Heller's Catch-22 and Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five</p>
<p>Red Storm Rising
The Giver</p>
<p>"The Stranger" Albert Camus </p>
<p>or </p>
<p>"Clockwork Orange" Anthony Burgess</p>
<p>the time traveler's wife - audrey niffenegger
or
blindness - jose saramago</p>
<p>I really liked it. Its sorta boring in the middle, but picks up again at the end. The first 70 pages were awesome though, some of the most terrifyingly entertaining pages I've ever read.</p>
<p>Skinny Dip
By Carl Hiaasen</p>
<p>All Harry Potter books
"In the Time of the Butterflies" - Julia Alvarez</p>
<p>1984, Animal Farm - George Orwell
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garc</p>
<p>harry potter was really good, but my top spots go to Maniac Magee and Where the Red Fern Grows</p>