Would have to be the Fountain Head by Ayn Rand.

How about you guys?

Possibly "The Outsiders".

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

That's one of the few books I've really got into and enjoyed.

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

That's one of the few books I've really got into and enjoyed.
That book is amazing, I read it in grade nine, quite a bit ago. But, I remembered my eyes were glued to the desk!

Yeah man, I read it in grade 9, too. Good stuff, I was hooked from the first page.

Also, Dracula by Bram Stoker's pretty good. Kind of a dissapointing ending, though.

I heard something about Ayn Rand...

Did anyone read anthem? I read it and thought it was quite an interesting book!

I hated anthem! ^

I love The Outsiders.

Also a book called Fat Kid Rules the World by KL Going was great in my opinion as well.

J pod
by Douglas coupland

Can't stop won't stop: a history of the hip-hop generation
by Jeff chang

The autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm x

Probably the Ender's Game series. The entire series is amazing. Definitely WAAAY up there on my list.

Possibly "The Outsiders".

definately, im actually in detention right now for not writing a book report on it, and as you can see...im still not doing it

Recently, I would have to say Fight Club by chuck palahniuk.

Recently, I would have to say Fight Club by chuck palahniuk.
Same here, I just finished it about a week ago, have to say, I really liked it. I want to pick up invisible monsters by him

Cirque du Freake 1-12: Darren shan
Demonata: Darren shan
The mutt: Rodney mullen

i really good book i just read is called twisted

here it is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted_%28novel%29

"Silence of the lambs"

Also, "Scar Tissue" co-written by Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chile Peppers was a fantastic read.

Of Mice And Men.

Of Mice And Men.

Very good book, It's funny how peoples favourite books are the ones they make you read in High School. Shows how much people on this site read! XP

Walden
Grapes of Wrath
Jane Eyre
Beowulf
Canterbury Tales

Hatchet Series by Gary Paulsen
Also the Francis Tucket series by Gary Paulsen

Walden
Grapes of Wrath
Jane Eyre
Beowulf
Canterbury Tales
I've read all of those for my English class except for Walden. I thought the Grapes of Wrath was really good. Canterbury Tales was alright.

We've been reading many of the English plays about all of the kings. Henry II, HenryIV, The Lion in Winter. We're reading Hamlet right now which is really good.

One of my favorites is Tuesday's With Morrie by Mitch Albom. It's a good, short read that I've read once a year for the past three or four years.

Another is The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. I had to read this junior year in high school and honestly wasn't too fond of it. Then I read it again my first year of college and loved it. I think I can relate more now to Holden than I could back in my high school days.

I'm also a fan of Vonnegut and I've read at least four of his, but it's hard to pick a favorite and I don't think I'll be able to decide until I've reread them all over the next few years.

I'm also LOVING the book I'm reading now but it's not a typical book that would become ones favorite over time. Pretty much just a collection of interviews with Terence McKenna, some say the almighty source for knowledge and speculations on topics like consciousness and psychedelics, called The Archaic Revival.

dude Of mice and men is one of my favorites



frankenstien?
the time machine?
paranoid?

lol sorry i dont know the authors


trainman by densha otaku

oh and this book called kaffier boy by mark mathabane with is about south africa and how they used to have the apartheid system.

I heard something about Ayn Rand...

Did anyone read anthem? I read it and thought it was quite an interesting book!

Anthem was great, but a tad bit boring in my opinion.


Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Give a Boy a Gun
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Klosterman
Killing Yourself to Live - Chuck Klosterman
Slaughterhouse Five
The Catcher in the Rye

A LOT of good books I've read this year.

the littlest hitler. ya i know the book is crazy and random.

Brave New World
The Outsiders
1984 (didn't finish yet, and I think it was called 1984. Forgot the year >.<)
The Bourne series (1-3, not 4 or 5)
The whole Harry Potter series

Im not a big reader..

Harry Potter, is it JK Rowling? I forgets her name lol.

Rangers Apprentice - John Flanagan.

Possibly "The Outsiders".

I read that in 7th grade and it still stands as one of my favorites. Check out Hinton's other works, too, as they all somehow relate to The Outsiders. The movies weren't half bad, either. The problem with seeing them is they lack the continuity.

Possibly "The Outsiders".
Yup, the only book that I liked :)

I read that in 7th grade and it still stands as one of my favorites. Check out Hinton's other works, too, as they all somehow relate to The Outsiders. The movies weren't half bad, either. The problem with seeing them is they lack the continuity.

YES! I read all five of her older books for young adults. I LOVED her back in my middle school days. Great books for young teenagers, I could totally relate to all of them. Not so much to the violence and stabbings and the being chased by the fuzz, but just their relationships overall and feuds with the Socs and whatnot.

hi, my fauvorites books are:

-1984 by George Orwell
-Pink Floyd Odyssey by Nicholas Schaffner

The Outsiders, read it for English Class. (I'm honor)

It is awesome! Good story about friendship and brothership.

Gotrek and Felix , by William King. (and later Nathan Long)

Another favorite would definitely be The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen.

Oh, man. LOVE that book. It's definitely my favorite Gary Paulsen book. It breaks away from his typical "Hatchet-y" and "The River-y" type books and delves more into science fiction and fantasy. It's amazing. Go pick it up.

Plus it's pretty short and most of you could probably read it in a day.

I Am America! (And So Can You) By Stephen Colbert.
Saboteurs by Michael Dobbs
Bush on the Couch
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

There's quite a few others I don't have on my at the moment, I'll post them when I remember - those were off the top of my head.

loved "fight club", really liked "catcher in the rye", enoyed the meaning in "animal farm, "1984" was alright
My favorite of all time is "Fear and Loathing in Las Veas" Hunter S thompson is ****in amazing
but my recent books ive liked would have to be
"pikal"
"tihkal" -cant say enough about these two shulgin is genius
"comapnero:the biography of che"
"the electric kool-aid acid tests"
"dmt:the spirit molecule"
"the history of lsd"
"hells angels"
"blow"

really liked "catcher in the rye",
Agreed.

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Toole was great.

loved "fight club", really liked "catcher in the rye", enoyed the meaning in "animal farm, "1984" was alright
My favorite of all time is "Fear and Loathing in Las Veas" Hunter S thompson is ****in amazing
but my recent books ive liked would have to be
"pikal"
"tihkal" -cant say enough about these two shulgin is genius
"comapnero:the biography of che"
"the electric kool-aid acid tests"
"dmt:the spirit molecule"
"the history of lsd"
"hells angels"
"blow"
JHH, if you're interested in drug related books, may I recommend "Doors of Perception" by Aldous Huxley. My friend picked it up the other day. He's half way through it and says that it's really good. I'm going to read it when he's finished with it. It's a compilation of essays by Huxley during a time when he was experimenting with mescaline.

The Stranger by Albert Camus- A great book (even though it is pretty short) that shows the meaninglessness of life and has many absurdist themes. It also shows the importance and effects the physical world can have on someone, and the unimportance of emotions that one man has that causes society to think he is a monster. A great read.

1984 by George Orwell- That book will blow your mind

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury- Another dystopian book that is similar to 1984

JHH, if you're interested in drug related books, may I recommend "Doors of Perception" by Aldous Huxley. My friend picked it up the other day. He's half way through it and says that it's really good. I'm going to read it when he's finished with it. It's a compilation of essays by Huxley during a time when he was experimenting with mescaline.

word ive read brave new world and part of island ill have to pick it up sometime. huxley is a pretty intresting character, he died the right way, taking LSD hours before is death. talk about the ultimate trip.

i enjoyed of mice and men. and we read the play death of a salesman which was real good

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas...forgot by who.

The Call Of Cthulu HP Lovecraft

Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, the whole trilogy,yes all 5 books. Douglas Adams was one of the best....Another great read, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, HST...

My favorite book would have to be The Dreamcatcher. By Stephen King.
I love all his books but this is my favorite so far.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston. I read it last year for summer reading and it was my favorite book ever. The guy cut his own arm off!

The Descent & Deeper by Jeff Long
Shogun & Taipan by James Clavell

Anything by Clive Barker

Animal Farm by George Orwell. Great metaphors.

my fave books would be in the following catergoryies

harry potter
goodebumps
the lemony snicket series of unfortunate events

i luv those books lol

Animal Farm by George Orwell. Great metaphors.

Great book. In a basic summary. It's a Dictatorship. The pigs rule the farm =/.

Other Books:

To Kill a Mocking Bird
MacBeth
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Moby ****
Of Mice and Men

Basically anything by Dr. Seuss.

Probably the Ender's Game series. The entire series is amazing. Definitely WAAAY up there on my list.


Definitely. I've read them all a few times, some more than a few. I got a passage from Speaker tattooed on my feet.

Ender's Game
LOTR
Harry Potter
Twilight

Possibly "The Outsiders".

i love that book! It was for english class but that is one of the best books ever! I also love "the giver" by lois lowry, which my dad bought for me. Also junk by melvin burgess and brave new world by Alfred Huxley. Those were all for English class

Basically anything by Dr. Seuss.

Haha good one.

I liked Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. and the sequels to it i forgot the titles though. He's a good author.

i love that book! It was for english class but that is one of the best books ever! I also love "the giver" by lois lowry, which my dad bought for me. Also junk by melvin burgess and brave new world by Alfred Huxley. Those were all for English class

weird in 8th grade my school reads that book. and your 14 so you probably are in 8th grade....weird. lol

i dont read books. lol

All Gary Paulsen and Will Hobbs books
Harry Potter series
Lemony Snicket series
Where the Red Fern Grows-best book imo
Summer of the monkeys<and^ by Wilson Rawls
Watcher by Dean R. Koontz
To Kill A Mockingbird
a lot more

The Outsiders
Lemony Snicket series(The movies are awesome)
Maniac Magee
Where the Red Fern Grows
Lupita Manana

Theres more but i cant remember the titles.

Recently, I would have to say Fight Club by chuck palahniuk.

FOR SURE. Palahniuk is one of the best writers of our time. I've read just about everything he's written (i'm just finishing up Stranger than Fiction, his non-fiction book). Gotta say Fight Club was my favorite, and its wayyyy better than the movie.

I'm a big comic fan, and Warren Ellis is a brilliant writer. He just wrote his first novel called Crooked Little Vein, and its incredible.

"Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson. If you're into anything non-mainstream (like, say, skateboarding), then you have to read this book.

Anything by Henry Miller. Besides being godly himself, he's like a gateway drug into all kinds of other amazing books and writers because he talks a lot about his own path to becoming a writer. He talks a lot about sex as well, but that's another story :D

My favorite is still The Stranger. I had rented a crappy old falling apart copy from the high school when I first read it, but today I snagged it from Borders Books for 6 bucks for sale on the Summer Reading shelf. I had to buy To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and Night by Elyie Wiesel (sp?) My new honors english teacher sent out a letter saying we should buy our own books so we can take margin notes and read them before school starts. There are a few more I gotta buy, but those ones we could find.

Another one of my favorites is In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. I recommend reading that book (its non-fiction, but in novel form) and then watching the movie Capote, which is based on Capote's life and how it was destroyed by him researching for the book. Its really interesting to see the movie after reading it and seeing how he got the info he got.

I also like 1984, but doesn't everyone? lol.

I love the Harry Potter books, even though they're sort of little kidish haha.

I love The Outsiders and 19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult.

The Hitchhikers series are the best books ever written. Ever.
Douglas Adams was amazing.

Harry Potter books, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Mine is Hannibal by Theodore A. Dodge. Recommend it to anyone interested in military history.

The Great Gatsby
Heart of Darkness
The Sun Also Rises
On the Road
Grapes of Wrath
A Clockwork Orange

Has anyone else noticed that most of the great authers had an insatiable taste for alcohol?

Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Misc. Kabbalah books, The Miracle Of Mindfulness, The Chomsky Foucault debate, The Great Psychologists, Thomas J. Elpel's Primitive Living books, Masterpieces Of Biblical Art, Physics (Aristotle), Fight Club, House Of Leaves, Cathedral Forge & Waterwheel, The Baker's Boy, Walden, The Bible, 365 Tao and generally anything I read that stimulates thought.

The Client and A Clockwork Orange.

the kind you dont have to read

the mutt by mullen

It sounds lame but "the four hour work week"

Sick book about how to make money and not work. nuff said!
Merging doublepost
Agreed the hitchhikers guide books provide me with rules to live by. I drink jin and tonneeks all the time

i liked Mat Hoffman: The Ride Of My Life
and i want to read the Chopper series and the Underbelly book

Definetly To Kill a Mockingbird, The dark Tower Series by King as a whole, and 30 Years of The Beast by Paul Stenning. Epic win right there.

The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche. A History of Philosophy: With Especial Reference to the Formation and Development of its Problems and Conceptions by Wilhelm Windelband.

The Mutt: How to Skateboard and Not Kill Yourself by Rodney Mullen and Sean Mortimer.

Huck Finn by Mark Twain

Anything written by Simon Kernick...

Awesome full throttle action books.. never takes a break from action, and the books still manage to be long and interesting..