Favorite Books

Not necessarily your absolute all-time favorite or anything. Sometimes that can be hard to pin down. But, if you had to name a book that really moved you...a book you consider a work of inspired creative genius...what would it be?

Here's one of my picks:

"Hunger", by Knut Hamsun

http://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Novel-Knut-Hamsun/dp/0374525285

Originally posted by rbmorris
Not necessarily your absolute all-time favorite or anything. Sometimes that can be hard to pin down. But, if you had to name a book that really moved you...a book you consider a work of inspired creative genius...what would it be?

Here's one of my picks:

"Hunger", by Knut Hamsun

http://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Novel-Knut-Hamsun/dp/0374525285

Replay http://tinyurl.com/3cbhtn

Off to see if I can fall asleep without anything major happening 😕

"Hopscotch" by Julio Cortazar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopscotch_%28Julio_Cort%C3%A1zar_novel%29

"The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study Of Human Nature," by William James.

The entire book is online at Google books. A fascinating read no matter what your outlook on life is.

"Man's Search For Meaning," by Viktor Frankl.

Written by a psychologist who survived Auschwitz. Engrossing read.

1984 - a classic, but never fails to move me.

Animal Farm
Atlas Shrugged
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Sirens of Titan

I'd rather have a red hot poker stuck up my arse than have to read Atlas shrugged...

Anywho...

Catch 22
Lord of the Rings
Foucault's pendulum
The ragged trousered philanthropists
Trinity (Leon Uris)
The search for Robbie Howett (obviously).

🙂

Time & Again..Jack Finney
Replay..Ken Grimwood ( Wow! )
Anything written by James Clavel
The 39 Steps..John Buchan

Shantaram!
http://www.amazon.com/Shantaram-Novel-Gregory-David-Roberts/dp/0312330537/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206985667&sr=1-2

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if this is a man and the truce by primo levi
august by knut hamsun
the lord of the rings by jrr tolkien
the hitchhikers guide by douglas adams
the sharks by jens bjørneboe

Originally posted by Ragnorak
Shantaram!
http://www.amazon.com/Shantaram-Novel-Gregory-David-Roberts/dp/0312330537/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206985667&sr=1-2

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Shantaram was excellent.
Johnny Depp is going to star in the movie.

Originally posted by rbmorris
Here's one of my picks:

"Hunger", by Knut Hamsun

I haven't read the book, but the film is excellent, too.

One of my current favourites:

"Beretninger om beskyttelse" (Tales of Protection) by Erik Fosnes Hansen

Originally posted by Seitse
"Hopscotch" by Julio Cortazar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopscotch_%28Julio_Cort%C3%A1zar_novel%29

I like hopscotch, too!

Oh, you mean the book... That actually sounds very interesting. I'll put it on my "to read" list.

Hyperion by Dan Simmons