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[elkayes]

East of Eden - John Steinbeck

I adore this novel. Such vivid characters. Spent the last 5 minutes trying to figure out how to put my feelings for this book in words and failed. But this is the first time while reading fiction that I really felt like reading something that was profoundly important to me.

 

[nitewulf]

certainly not "The Painted Bird"...i was forced to read that in high school...what a depressing pile of misery that was. it will stay with you forever, no doubt.

hard for me to pick a favorite.

slaughterhouse five/breakfast of champions - kurt vonnegut
farewell my lovely - raymond chandler
the maltese falcon - dashiell hammett
the great gatsby - f. scott fitzerald

 

[Cameron122]

Either Dune or Book of the New Sun.

 

[Fury Sense]

My favorite so far is Catch-22. The humor suits me perfectly and I really enjoyed the believability of the characters. I have yet to re-read a novel, but I expect this will be one to which I return. I'm really surprised to see it posted by only one other person so far in this thread.

 

[nitewulf]

Murder on the Orient Express because it is perfect. It's short, full of great characters, and the prose is masterful. Who done it is almost beside the point.

you know, i would have NEVER expected you to be an Agatha Christie fan. its a great book.

 

[Herne]

IT By Stephen King

Best novel i've read so far. I haven't read a ton of heavy literature but that's probably the most personal "impact" a book has had, where i forget I'm holding up a book and my mind is playing the book "movie" in my head. Parts of the book i could almost notice myself holding my breath.

When i finished it i was legit sad too. Philosophically it's not complicated but it does illustrate fear really well and confronting it.

Awesome book, very interesting. Makes the cheesy, low-budget television film ever more terrifying.

 

[nitewulf]

Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler. Amazing sci-fi from a progressive black female feminist. It's hard for me to read other sci-fi, now. The typical sci-fi writer's politics and way of writing women and people of color (or not writing them, as is often the case) is just too terrible for me to put up with.

Second fave is probably Dune.

you should try "Black Man"/"Thirteen" by Richard Morgan (and definitely read Altered Carbon because its the best sci fi novel of all time). its an interesting take. morgan's political views are usually shoved very hard down the reader's throat, but he has interesting points to make.