What Books have u read and enjoyed.

Im not sure if this topic has been started or not, I did do a search...but it seemed to show every topic...I dunno.

Anyways I was just curious what types of books everybody is into reading.

I myself enjoy scifi / fantasy books.

I've read the whole "Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan, Ten books in that series, with book Eleven coming out sometime soon.

Also read 5 of the 8 books of the "Sword of Truth" series by Terry Goodkind.

And, I read the Ender's series by Orson Scott Card, which began with "Ender's Game" - an awesome book btw.

Those are probably some of the better books that I've read...anybody else?

[doomdiz]

Originally Posted by Twiz-XL

And, I read the Ender's series by Orson Scott Card, which began with "Ender's Game" - an awesome book btw.

hells yeah!! I just finishe reading Ender's Shadow......

The Giants Novels (Inherit The Stars, Gentle Giants of Ganymead, Giant's Star, Entoverse) by James P. Hogan

Just finished up the Harry Potter series.......

[Player_of_Doom]

I think the Lord of the Rings books were great to read.

[Mystic]

Im not a big fan of fantasy or sci-fi although I really enjoyed asimovs foundation trilogy and arthur c clarkes 'a childhoods end'

Im more into non-fiction for my reading, mostly history type books, art books and biographys or investigative, dirt uncovering, conspiracy type things, memoirs of ex directors of the CIA, that kind of thing.

My favourite book would have to be 'the call of the wild' by Jack London or 'back to methusela' by George Bernard Shaw.

*edit* I forgot all about 'the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy' trilogy by Douglas Adams, some of the cleverest, funniest sci-fi ever written.

[Player_of_Doom]

Yeah, hitchhikers guide to the galaxy was a good book. I like reading upon non-fiction as well, anything with mysteries or suspense books is a plus for me.

[doomdiz]

I also like to read books about architecture....

And yes, Hitchhikers guide is pretty cool.

Originally Posted by Mystic

the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy' trilogy by Douglas Adams, some of the cleverest, funniest sci-fi ever written.

never heard of it...is it that good of a read?

[Aliotroph?]

I should borrow that one from ex-cute and read it.

Asimov's Foundation novels were a really good read. He expanded that trilogy into seven novels before he died.

[ultimatesaiyan605]

ive read alot, i dont wanna list them.....
also, im in the making of a short story, some of it(most probably) will remind you of something that was made by LEGO(of course, thats why i made it XD)
ill post it as soon as i can, and when i finsh it

Enders game was the only book they could get me to read and finish at school.
it would make a great movie

Asterix is also good

[doomdiz]

Originally Posted by Twiz-XL

never heard of it...is it that good of a read?

Its like off the wall sci-fi.......very funny, very absurd. With the ruler of the universe who lives in a shack and plays boardgames with his cat, and there is a maically depressed robot and stuff.

Originally Posted by Metal_Sonic

Enders game was the only book they could get me to read and finish at school.
it would make a great movie

actually Warner Brothers is in the process of making it into a movie.

More Info here...

[doomdiz]

Oh boy.....that'll be cool!!

[Player_of_Doom]

Sounds like Enders game is pretty good, I might read that some time.

[doomdiz]

please do......Its very well written

They better not screw the movie up.

[Mystic]

never heard of it...is it that good of a read?

Its a great read, very funny, in a british, whacky way. Douglas Adams was a genius and a sad loss.
Its being made into a movie, with john malkovitch. it started as a radio series on the BBC, was made into a game(text adventure) and a series of books and a television mini series, which was faithful and is a classic.

[ultimatesaiyan605]

[doomdiz]

they are making a movie out of that, too? Neato.....

[ReX]

Anybody read The Silmarillion? It's Tolkien's prelude to LOTR and The Hobbit, and explains much about the history of people like Gandalf, Sauron, Elrond, and Aragorn.

The first 50 pages or so are a tough read, but it gets terrific after that, full of intrigue and adventure and tragedy. I've probably read it about half a dozen times, and each time I read it with fresh anticipation and enthusiasm.