Was thinking of this last night and thought it would be an interesting question to post here. Can't wait to see the responses. :D

I would probably recommend The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Such a wonderful book to read. Really brings the King Arthur story to life in a new way. Full of rich imagery. I read this book at least once a year. lol Just be prepared for a long book. It's about 1200 pages. ;) Just a wonderfully told fantasy novel by an amazing author. Was sad to hear of her death a couple of years ago. :(

Ooooh that's a hard one. I have a list of the 10 greatest (in my opinion) books...

I guess if it HAD to be only ONE...it would be

The Dao of Pooh

That is the one book that I buy, then read, then give away to someone who has not read it before...then buy it all over again....a never ending cycle with me..

Only one, huh? I would have to say "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles.

The Bible. :bigangel:

Great Expectations. Has all the content and breadth of other major classics but a little shorter than War and Peace :)Few can rival Dickens for plot and detail.

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"Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams

Just in case you happen to be travelling around the universe. ;)

To Kill a Mockingbird

Great Expectations.

One of my all time favorites! :thumb: That and "A Tale of Two Cities" are my favorite Dickens works. Great taste you have there, Bogie!

"The Zodiac" - by Robert Graysmith

The best true crime book ever written.

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The complete works of William Shakespear.

Some great suggestions. Just one question. What are these books about???? lol Was hopping people would tell why they chose these particular books. ;)

Some great suggestions. Just one question. What are these books about???? lol Was hopping people would tell why they chose these particular books. ;)

I thought about it, but I was just to lazy... :lol:

Here's a synopsis of "A Separate Peace" from Amazon:

Set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer, like the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world.

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams

It's a comedy about a guy named Arthur Dent who discovers his best friend is an alien and that the Earth is about to be destroyed by the Vogons to make way for a new Hyperspace Bypass. He and his friend hitch hike aboard the Vogon vessell just before it destroys the Earth. The story is about their adventures and the interesting characters they meet.

Laughs all the way through and you get to find out the answer to life the universe and everything, which is 42. The pop group Level 42 got their name based on that.

It spawned a TV series and was almost made into a movie. It may yet happen. The author wrote 4 more books in the series before he died.

Some great suggestions. Just one question. What are these books about???? lol Was hopping people would tell why they chose these particular books. ;)
The Tao of Pooh (my mistake on the first post...the follow up book is the Te of Piglett), is kind of hard to explain. It is a book that attempts to explain Taoism in a very innocent child like manner.

When I feel very overwhelmed, or just when things get to "Grown Up" I go back and read that book again.

It gives me a feeling of calm and peace and makes me smile inside and out.

It is definitely a book worth buying, and to me, one worth giving away, over and over...

Hope you check it out. The author is Benjamin Hoff. (I just got a new copy today that will probably be gone sometime this week)

here is a link for you

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0525244581/104-3324105-3172721?v=glance

interestingly on this same list is my Second Favorite Book ever...
Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Some great suggestions. Just one question. What are these books about???? lol Was hopping people would tell why they chose these particular books. ;)


I'd be shocked to discover you hadn't read or heard of Albert Camus. The Stranger is the pinnacle of his works. The book narrates a segment in the life of a man named Patrice Meursault. By doing so, he merely is extending his philosophy of Existentialism in the form of a narrative instead of essay form (as Sartre and Kierkegaard would usually do). The point of his stories are to convey the basic tenet that life is made up of inconsequential moments bearing little or no meaning to anyone else outside of the person who lives it. The idea of a single "truth" based on principles, ethics, morals, and laws is absurd, and should only be adhered to by whims, your own convictions, and accord. Everything a person does in a lifetime accumulates to the same, natural result and that realization makes existence the greatest joke of all - to become emotionally attached to your existence (and that of others), hoping for a better to-morrow is counterintuitive and gives one little preparation for the truth that all conscious existence is finite.

The Cure's "Killing An Arab" took inspiration from that book.

ISooo want to say Anne Rice's (Memnoch the Devil)

But I have to go with... Clan of the Cave Bear, reading this book is soooo vivid its like whatching a movie while you read it. GREAT series. The Earth Children Series...

Th Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe....still my fav book! Im such a kid. :D

"Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams ;)

The guy was a total genius Recky IMO, those series of books were the greatest books of that decade!!


The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe....

That's an absolute timeless classic!! pure, bottled magic! wow Lisa!


I'd go for 'Rock Confidential' I've read it many many times and I like it because it's simply The 'Musicians Bible' and I can relate to a lot of the things in it

Hard to choose! I'll have to say Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None". Major suspence right up to the final words!

This is a though one! Reckers choise came close to being mine also, but I will choose Luke Rhineharts The Dice Man

I quote: The novel was about a man who felt he’d discovered the secret of escaping human unhappiness by killing off his "self" or normal personality. He felt he could do this by systematically letting chance destroy his usual way of doing things: by creating lists of actions that might be taken, emotions that might be expressed, aspirations that might be pursued, and letting the fall of dice determine what dreams he would try to fulfill.

This book was soo funny, disturbing and eyeopening to me, that it's one of those books I can't recommend enough :thumb: He did a follow-up years later called "The search for the Dice Man" - but it didn't do as much for me as the original although it had it's moments.

I'd have to agree with Surfy, Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel. My online name is the main character in the Earth Children series.

I love this book and it is a must read.

Memnoch The Devil - Anne Rice

For a serious read:
Before Women Had Wings

For a fun read:
The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World - if that book doesn't get you in the mood to go nothing will!! :)

The easy way to stop smoking by Alan Carr

This book helps to cut through all the myths and brainwashing, that can stop people from suceeding when they try to give up smoking. He gives very precise instructions on how to go about stopping, without the need for any type of 'Nicotine patch' or gum. He doesn't dwell on the horrors or have to resort to using them, to get his message across either.
For anyone that is serious about wanting to stop smoking then this really is the book to read. :yesnod:

Imajica by Clive Barker.

Franz Kafka - The Trial

The O'Reilly Factor For Kids :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:


Seriously, I liked The Last Party by Anthony Haden-Guest

Before Women Had Wings by CONNIE MAY FOWLER, it was so moving.

Jazz... I'll have to agree with you about The Mists of Avalon. I was SOOO sad when I was finally done with it. I became "one" with the story and the characters, like they were now a part of my life.

As I was reading it, I took it with me wherever I went in case I had a few minutes to stop and read. I got SO many comments from people that saw me with the book. "LOVE that book!" "I've read that book 3 or 4 times" "AWESOME story, you'll love it"

I have the dvd of the mini-series, but it misses SOOOO much of the story and definitely Hollywood-izes it, so it gets a LOT of things wrong, just to shorten it. I understand WHY, but I wish they would have either just made an extraordinarily LOOOONG mini-series (mega-series! :lol: ) or just left it alone.

I'll update my post and say "The power Of Now" by Eckert Tolle. :)

You Can Heal Your Life ~ Louise Hay


Someone gave my mother this book when she had cancer many years ago. Thank God she is alive and well today :thumb: I read it after she did and it became one of my favorite books. I have my own copy now and have read it many times.