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Post by: Åš†å®æ£ Škÿw@£kér on January 20, 2005, 11:44:51 PM
Mine is a series of books: Young Jedi Knights Series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Lord Of the Rings. And my favorite once of a life time book is Eragon!
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Post by: Shieldmaiden of Rohan on January 21, 2005, 04:40:59 PM
Lord of the rings (obviously) and the robert langdon series of books by dan brown-angels and demons and the da vinci code
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Post by: Pippy on January 22, 2005, 03:48:26 AM
I cannot decide a favourite book as all of the books written by David Gemmell are so amazing. I love all of his books above all other author's
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Post by: Isiong on January 22, 2005, 05:06:22 AM
That, is like such a difficult question!! Probably 'something dangerous' by Penny Vincenzi, this book restored my faith in literature at a testing time and I do adore it a lot!!
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Post by: Cuthien, Wolf-maiden on January 22, 2005, 10:51:16 PM
LOTR and Eragon.  No question.   :D
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Post by: Snowdrift on January 24, 2005, 03:43:21 AM
Well i really like the Animal of Farthing wood (is a big part of my childhood!)

however Eragon and LOTR is in there too
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Post by: väikepäike on February 01, 2005, 12:51:15 AM
LOTR of course...
and Fjodor Dostojevsky's "Crime and Punishment"
Saul Bellow's "Herzog"
Oscar Wilde's "The Portrait of Dorian Gray"
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Post by: ::Paper-Clip:: on February 01, 2005, 01:16:59 AM
[color=8b1a1a]I've always wanted to read The Portrait of Dorian Grey ::)

My favouraite is definitely and with no question of a doubt, The Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell.
They the best Arthurian Books ever, without using too much woopiedoo magic, it uses the threat of magic instead and that is very much more satisfying! Also, it's the only book able to make me phsyically cry, 5 times! :o
Only downside is that now I can't watch or read any other Arthurian books or films, cos Cornwell's version leaves them all standing!
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Post by: Anarya on February 01, 2005, 04:05:08 AM
I love Dorian Grey!  :)

Mine...oooh well Lord of the Rings is there, Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, Candide, Perfume, Pride and Prejudice, the brothers Karamazov etc...so many!
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Post by: Lady of the Night on February 01, 2005, 04:33:18 PM
Lord of the Rings..
The Kite Rider..
Harry Potter...
 That's about it .. :P
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Post by: Jezebel on February 03, 2005, 08:42:43 AM
Ummm, I have a few favourites...

Lord of the Rings (of course, but not top of my list...)
Talking in Whispers by James...something :-\ (Can't remember his last name...whats the betting I'll remember it when I hit the post button?)
Of Mice and Men by that bloke...

:D
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Post by: Shieldmaiden of Rohan on February 03, 2005, 10:58:29 PM
i have just read the Five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom is is soooooo great and sooooooo sad so that's now on my list
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Post by: Pippy on February 05, 2005, 01:43:57 AM
Ive decided what Gemmell book be ma fave. It has to be "Quest for lost heroes" the way Finn dies is totally a tear-jerker  :'( :'( :'(
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Post by: Vori on February 05, 2005, 03:58:59 PM
My fave book is Dean Koontz's 'The Face', it stands on an amazingly thin thread of fiction and non fiction, its a must read for anyone  :D
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Post by: Buffy on February 14, 2005, 08:18:17 PM
Birdsong - Sebastian Faulkes. so moving and brilliant!
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Post by: Cuthien, Wolf-maiden on February 20, 2005, 06:47:59 AM
Band of Brothers is another personal favorite...
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Post by: Dodo on February 24, 2005, 12:31:34 AM
Book-wise...

- To Kill a Mockingbird (just amazing)
- Pride & Prejudice
- Da Vinci Code
- LotR trilogy
- HP series
- David Edding's books - any of them
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Post by: Cateh on February 26, 2005, 01:22:23 AM
Harry Potter
A Series Of Unfortunate Events
A Child Called it

:)
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Post by: Becky on March 11, 2005, 03:43:08 PM
my fave books are:
*The Moonshae Trilogy{forgotten realms}
*Wuthering Heights
*The Lord Of The Rings

 :8o
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Post by: Humiliated on March 14, 2005, 06:15:57 PM
Lord of the Rings..
The Kite Rider..
Harry Potter...
 That's about it .. :P

Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling.
Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling.
There And Back Again - Sean Astin.
Fellowship of the Ring - J R R Tolkien  :P
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Post by: Aquinnah on March 16, 2005, 06:56:22 PM
it would have to be the the first Artemis fowl book purely because of the character of Artemis makes a very interesting antagonist.................then again Nothern lights is so incredible well written and thought provoking.............oh i dont know  :wacko:
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Post by: *~GoLdBeRrY~* on March 23, 2005, 11:11:10 PM
Lord of the Rings
Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials Trilogy
Anything by Stephen King

Well.....i cant just pick one!  :8o
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Post by: Sadako on March 31, 2005, 11:01:15 PM
Favourite books? That's easy:

The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares
The Second Summer of The Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Ring by Koji Suzuki
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Post by: Isiong on April 01, 2005, 08:28:39 PM
I am sure 'pride and prejudice' by Jane Austen has to be one of my favourites. Harry Potter ofcourse, 'angela's ashes', 'about a boy', 'noughts and crosses' and 'lirael' are other favourites  :D
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Post by: Gollum on April 15, 2005, 09:47:01 PM
The Lord Of The Rings of course

but also The Colditz Story. I really enjoyed that book as the plans the POWs came up with were so finely planned.
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Post by: Follower of Sadness on April 16, 2005, 02:17:07 AM
My favorite book has to be the book I"m reading,  "The Orale Betrayed,"  it's so good I just can't put it down sometimes.  :laugh:
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Post by: Humiliated on April 16, 2005, 03:24:09 AM
I'm reading Sean Astin's book.. So enthrawling.
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Post by: Pippy on April 16, 2005, 06:25:06 PM
It's hard to decide between Quest for lost heroes by David Gemmell and the Rover's cripple by Adele Lorienne. Both books are so amazingly written. Quest for lost heroes has tear-jerking qualities and such amazingly made characters. Where-as The Rover's Cripple has the most lovely main character. Falen who is a cripple. But he over-comes his disabilities and becomes a hero. It just so heart-warming. Ill make a list of my fave books :laugh:

1). Quest for Lost heroes ~  David Gemmell
2). The Rover's Cripple ~ Adele Lorienne
3). Winter Warriors ~ David Gemmell
4). Legend of deathwalker ~ David Gemmell
5). Druss the Legend ~  David Gemmell
6). The legend of Luke ~ Brian Jaques
7). Dark Prince ~ David Gemmell
8 ). Mossflower ~ Brian Jaques
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Post by: Manein on April 16, 2005, 09:11:54 PM
Naturally The Lord of the Rings, all of Harry Potter :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:, Paulo Coelio, Dostoevsky.............
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Post by: Follower of Sadness on May 13, 2005, 08:02:48 AM
Since I've finished it, i found out...IT WAS THE BEST BOOK I'VE EVER READ ;D.  I fully encouage others to read it.  I hope I find the second one soon :P.
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Post by: Vevian on May 13, 2005, 11:13:33 AM
I have so many favorites that I tend to go with favorite Authors, tends to shorten the list a little.

C.S. Lewis
Tolkien
L.M. Montgomery
Zahn
Jane Austin
James Herriot
Agathe Christe

 
Then there are a few book's that I can't remember the author's name such as

The Perilous Gard
The Thief
Talking With Dragons Series
The Redwall Series (though they tend to get a bit repetitive)
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Post by: coffee10 on May 14, 2005, 02:03:39 AM
I like loads of different books. Of course the Lord of the Rings ones are my favourite, but I also like 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' books etc. :)
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Post by: Sadriendra on May 14, 2005, 09:52:12 PM
My favourites would be: The Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice, and Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
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Post by: Jøesmø on June 08, 2005, 01:06:53 AM
Rainbow Six by Thomas H Clancy Jr... Tom Clancy for short...
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Post by: dante on June 08, 2005, 01:12:43 AM
favourite book

of mice and men-john stienbeck.

then again

to kill a mockingbird-harper lee comes a close second.
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Post by: andonewhitetree on June 13, 2005, 06:09:08 PM
The entire discworld series are my favourite books ever.  Terry Pratchett is just a genius writer, so clever and very witty.  I love the characters he creates and the randomness of his books.
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Post by: josher the hobbit on June 13, 2005, 09:13:12 PM
Fire and Hemlock, Diana Wynne Jones

Definitely my Favourite book, it really engrosses me and it's so cute, it would cheer me up if I was ever down...
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Post by: Elenwe on June 14, 2005, 05:02:23 AM
LOTR (obviously)
The Wrong Boy - Willy Russell. I'd really be interested to know if anyone else has read and enjoyed this book!
Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis (particularly The Silver Chair)
Pet Semetary - Steven King
Discworld Series - Terry Pratchett (what andone said ;)) oh especially the witches as Granny Weatherwax is my Idol :D
The Invitation - Catherine Cookson...yeah well I was about 12 and had raging hormones ok! :[ Great book though ;)
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Post by: Unebriwen on August 12, 2005, 10:11:18 AM
Now my favourite book at the moment is Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince! It just rocks my socks :D

My favourite part being anything with Voldemort and Nagini - also the whole Draco thing... and the death of Dumbledore.. I know, I'm horrid, but hey I'm a Death Eater at heart.
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Post by: Lady*Elentári on August 12, 2005, 08:22:57 PM
ooo i just read Eragon not to long ago actually!!..i cant believe the author is only in his twenties. It pays to have connections then eh?! (his parents were in the biz)

I enjoyed the book very much (since I LOVE LOVE LOOOOOOOOOOOVE anything to do with dragons) and it was well written. I just thought many things were extremely simliar to the LOTR books from names to the locations of the mountain ranges etc.

but i still cant wait for the next one to come out...It says in my book that it should be out around this month. 

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Post by: Rwar on October 29, 2005, 12:15:54 AM
My favourite book's are;
Pride & Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility - I love those books, I love all Jane Austin books, I adore them. And they are timeless, she is by far one of my favourite author's.

Harry Potter - Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix & Half Blood Prince - These books, just get me lost in imagination. They're truly great books. And J.K is a brilliant author.
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Post by: Arch Enemy on October 29, 2005, 12:17:53 AM
My favourite has to be Tight College Girls :D :police:
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Post by: Lúthien Elanessë on November 24, 2005, 04:17:19 AM
... at the reply above. :8o Anyway! I don't know if I mentioned this in the topic, but my favorite books are A Series of Unfortunate Events, Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings. :)
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Post by: leafi on January 10, 2006, 06:24:48 PM
LOTR is my all time favourite but a few others ive fallen i love with are terry goodkinds wizards first rule series of books
and of course harry potter!!!!
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Post by: Blaen on April 20, 2006, 01:21:06 AM
First and foremost it would have to be A Brave New World by Alduous Huxley. After that it would be he Dune novels followed closely by the LOTR. The reason I choose the new Dune novels over LOTR is because I feel their alot deeper, not just simple good versus evil. After all nothing is as simple as that.
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Post by: chaos_in_middle_earth on June 10, 2006, 03:37:48 AM
The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon

Outlander
(also titled Cross Stitch)

Dragonfly in Amber

Voyager

Drums of Autumn

The Fiery Cross

A Breath of Snow and Ashes
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Post by: Ħoney In The Sunshine on October 22, 2006, 05:47:48 PM
I don't think I could pick one favourite out of my favourite authors, once I find an author I like I usually get all their books: Stephen King, Ann e Rice, Patricia Cornwell, Dean Koontz, James Patterson, Mary Janice Davidson...
I really enjoyed The Hobbit.
But my all time favourite is Memoirs of a Geisha, I read it long before it became a movie, and I am still extremely peed off at the girl I lent it to who never returned it to me. One of these days I will buy another copy of it, just coz I like it that much...
The movie, by the way is very well done. But it has been a long time since I read the book...and I only saw the movie a couple of weeks ago...
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Post by: Mortange. on October 24, 2006, 04:02:11 AM
I'm reading 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' by Milan Kundera right now, and it's amazing!

It will be one of my favourite books when I finish reading it.

I don't know if I could pick one book as a favourite. Perhaps 'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll. But I really like Sylvia Plath's novel 'The Bell Jar' and 'Prozac Nation' by Elizabeth Wurtzel...heehee 'Girl, Interrupted' by Susanna Kaysen is also ace. I like 'Hamlet' by Mr. Shakespeare too...

Gah...im terrible at picking favourites! I like too many books!
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Post by: Berlewen on September 20, 2007, 07:09:42 PM
LoTR
Harry Potter
Dragon Riders of Pern (especially Dragonsong, which the Dragonlady herself signed for me! :D )
Jane Eyre
Anything by Christina Jones (chicklit)
The Wardstone Chronicles by Joe Delaney
The Tudor series by Phillippa Gregory

I can't choose just one!  That would be like asking me to choose which was my favourite bar of chocolate....it can't be done!  LOL