FAVOURITE/BEST BOOKS?? everyone please add?

put up your all time favourites or the books you just read, so that others can read and enjoy :)

here are some of mine:



The looking glass wars- you think you know the true story of Alice in wonderland? well think again.

shiver- a local boy gets killed by wolves and grace is yet again pulled into the pack by her fascination, the yellowed eyed wolf in particular, then she meets a yellow eyed boy, whose familiarity takes her breath away.

the magicians guide-a street girl gets pulled into danger when things start to go wrong around her, she's got magic, with no magician's blood how can this be possible? the troubles begin as things go wrong and people start to fight for her...

hush hush- a fallen angel ready to kill for the chance to be human and when he comes across the only person he can kill to become human, can he really kill her??

secrets of the sirens- (one of my favourites caus me and the main character share the same name) a girl gets dragged into the mythical world when she starts to snoop around, she nearly ends up dead but out comes a special gift that could save the world.

maximum ride series-they are bird kids created by scientist that are for ever on the run to get out and find their parents, however why would the people that put so much into them ever let them go? the valuable 'bird' kids or angels are constantly being chased and constantly finding new abilities.



hush hush- a fallen angel trying to turn human, will he do what ever it takes? a dragged into this problem and ends up with angels trying to kill her, all because of her new biology partner...fallen angel romance.



the forbidden game- a book i came across randomly at the airport and started to read. it led into a strange game of a powerful creature of a man trying to win her love by forceing her into a nightmare game where she has to fight with her own nightmares and even lose some of her friends?? trilogy in one book



Shiver- (one of my favourites) when a local boy is killed by wolves, Grace's small town becomes a place of fear and suspicion. but grace can't help being fascinated by the place, and by one yellow-eyed wolf in particular. there's something about him - something almost human.

then she meets a yellowed-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. (linger the second one is almost out :) /by maggie stiefvater/



the looking glass wars- (another favourite!) you think you know the true story of Alice and wonderland? well thing again. alyss is destined to become queen of wonderland... until her parents are murdered. she flee to safety in our world. years pass. and now it is time to return! (the second booking is 'seeing redd' where all the troubles start again and alyss finds romance??? /by frank beddor/



noughts and crosses- (i can't help it they are all favourites!) now this one is more of a drama romance, very gripping and you have to be able to handle it. in the world of noughts and crosses

white and black. callum is a nought and sephy is a cross. the reversed real life drama of a mixed and muddled romance that can make you feel utter confused and in despair. this book really does make you loss your breath as you see the sides of the story that you never think you would see.

(look out for the little things in this book, caus each word makes you spin, you would never guess what happens next till it's happening) /series of 4 books (i think?) /by malorie blackman/



the horse whisperer- (now only read this is your old enough, i read it when i was 13, not a great thing for a young mind) this book is not about the horse but how a one small mistake can lead to a half dead half mad horse, a 14yr old girl with only one leg, an unexpected romance and a new home... maybe even death... this book is very well written, and it truly grasps everybody's emotions and how small things can destroy you.



the magicians' guild- a trilogy. a girl from the streets starts up a fuss as she is a 'natural'. her powers and magic is so strong from inside her that it starts to burst out and cause havoc. but she is not from magician blood? her strange case brings theifs and magicians battling to find her, her magic is precious and strange her strange ability brings her enemies and friends and drags her into a strange situation, and a hint of strong romance on the side.





sorry if this is not what your looking for, thank you for letting me participate any how. these are all my opinions on the book or the back of the actual book, hope you enjoy them as much as i did :)FAVOURITE/BEST BOOKS?? everyone please add?
Robert Asprin's "Another Fine Myth" starts a fun light-hearted series that actually does a better job at explaining the mechanics of magic than most fantasy writers. Skeeve is a struggling apprentice who's master is assassinated while summoning a demon. Now, the demon (Aahz) is stuck with no magic to get home. Can Aahz teach Skeeve enough magic to stop the assassins and save the day?



"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" by John LeCarre is a cold-war tale that unfolds very neatly. Retired British spy, George Smiley is drawn back into the service when suspicious events lead to fears of a KGB mole. Can Smiley root out the traitor or traitors before it is too late?



For all out comedy, try "Cadillac Beach" by Tim Dorsey. Serge loves everything about Florida; but now he is on a mission to find the stolen jewels from a museum heist that he believes will lead him to his grandfather's killer. But first he will have to dodge Disney World security, create an energy drink, get the "Today" show back to Miami, write a letter to the President, plot the overthrow of Castro and escape from the psychiatric hospital... Warning: This book is not recommended for younger readers due to violence, adult language, rampant drug use, sex, and just plain craziness.
My all-time favorite book is "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens.



I also like Dick Francis' books (mysteries with horses - racing, vets, breeding, etc.).FAVOURITE/BEST BOOKS?? everyone please add?
Gone with the wind and to kill a mockingbird, and harry potter.
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. It is my all time favorite book.FAVOURITE/BEST BOOKS?? everyone please add?
We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver

My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

Carrie - Stephen King

Coma - Robin Cook

Millie's Fling - Jill Mansell



Currently reading "The Pickwick Papers" by Charles Dickens and "Death Message" by Mark Billingham
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas (I know, it's sad, but it was still brilliant)

Harry Potter series (I practically grew up reading it)

The Books of Pellinor

War Horse (favourite from when I was younger)

The Da Vinci Code (isn't one of my favourites, but was a good read)

The Chronicles of Narnia (an old edition from my nan that I've loved)

Jane Eyre

Great Expectations

The Magicians' Guild ;)



Can't think of more at the mo. I like your choices ;)



xxxGood Luckxxx
Okay...

Well, a classic is Watership Down. Richard Adams just gets into the hearts of the rabbits so well and tells SUCH A WONDERFUL story!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watership_D…



Neil Gaimans's 'Neverwhere' was an absolutely AMAZING book - SO original and just SO wonderfully told.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwhere_…



Poison Study - the first book in the 'Study' trilogy by Maria V Snyder - about 6 plots going on at once, and never ANYTHING that isn't relevant!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_Stud…



And finally, I absolutely ADORED the Twilight Saga. YES I KNOW Stephanie Meyer is not a poet, she is not amazing at the actual written work, but she does tell the most WONDERFUL story!

...okay I don't really think I need a link for that!...



Hope I helped!

Me Em
I think i could not pick only one book either :)



I read the "Magicians guild" by trudi canavan and i have to say its one of my fav fantasy books



I really liked the "The Pillars of the Earth" and remember that I couldnt stop reading after I started.



Other books I would advice to read are The perk of being a wallflower, Pope Joan, The Godfather, My sisters keeper and Siddartha
Misery by Stephen King

Gypsy Crown by Kate Forsyth (i think, it's a kid book anyway, I mean 9+)

The Radleys by Matt Haig

Deltora Quest series by Emily Rodda

Just a few of my favourites!
Seriously we have the same taste lol, if you liked hush hush and shiver, try the immortals series :) but favourite book ever? got to be Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (a good one to read before you read the looking glass wars lol) the third book of that is a good one too, it's called Arch Enemy :)
house of night series

I, corriender

harry potter series

alex rider series

the picture of dorian gray

the strange case of Dr. Jekyll %26amp; Mr. Hyde

the 5 people you meet in heaven

agatha cristie books - basically all of them

the bourne identity - (haven't read the other 2 books in that series yet)

the princess diaries series - but the character of mia kinda got annoying at points.

also quite liked "the magician's guild" but couldn't read it over and over again.

vampire academy - i want to read that as most people have said it is good.



:)
If we are talking about fiction;

My longest loved books are Lewis Carroll's two Alice books. My deepest loved books are any and all of Jane Austen. But the two books that made the greatest impression on me at the time I came across them are H. G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," especially thrilling to a 12 year old living quite close to where the Martians first landed, and Jean Rhys' "Wide Sargasso Sea," the terribly poignant story of Mrs. Rochester, explaining how it was her husband's callous ill treatment that drove her mad. I had always thought Bronte's Jane Eyre was too goody-goody and I delighted in this take on her overly romanticized hero. Somewhat the same impression was created for me by Robert Graves' "Wife to Mr. Milton," about the poet's presumed ill-treatment of his first wife, from a royalist family, whom, according to Graves, he only married as an insurance policy in case the Roundheads should lose the Civil War.