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"Yours, dear Sir," was the correct answer, Emmanuelle! :)
Can't go wrong with Lord of the Rings...it will forever be a favorite for me, too!
Mine is either The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton or Wonder by R.J. Palacio
But.. but.. only the first 4 chapters of Dracula are actually good. (hides under his desk before continuing, hoping he can be heard well enough over the sound of thrown objects striking the wall) Though they are amazingly, overwhelmingly good to the point that if one is of the compulsion that one must finish any book began, I would still recommend suffering through latter chapters just for the privilege of reading the opening four.
Come to think about it, these people who question who wrote Shakespeare's* works should instead be investigating the conspiracy of who wrote the first four chapters of Dracula, because they were obviously written by a different mind than the hand-holding, love-declaring, fainting-Victorians filled pages of latter chapters.
(peeks head out from under desk... catches a duck to the face)
* I had originally typed "Shakespear", which on noting brought to mind the image of a pear working out. Just thought I'd bring the weirdness of exercising fruit into your lives on this fine fine day.
I'm not saying it should be EVERYONE'S favorite book...I totally get that the Victorian melodrama isn't everyone's cup of crab cola. It just works for me, and the suspense/creepy factor is so insanely high here...it's just fantastic. The heart wants what the heart wants, Christopher, no matter how much you shake your pear at me.
Bear in mind, though, that I'm the guy who cares so much about Saved by the Bell that I took the time to write this: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (and SBTB is unarguably one of the most horrifically produced shows of all time). So, it's fair to question my taste.
I won't throw ducks or any other fowl at you, but, would be curious: if you had to pick a single favorite book, what would it be?
I was quite obviously avoiding having to answer that very question by messing with you! Plans foiled again!
Disallowing series books complicates the question greatly, doesn't it? Though it also prevents easier answers for those of us who do not enjoy many of the classics. I can't use LotR, Hitchhiker's Guide (which would probably get my vote), Ender's Shadow, or even Dune. In newer books, it kicks out Lies of Locke Lamora, Rook, and Gods of Gotham (though, honestly, those probably wouldn't make it to the top as much as I enjoy them all). As you brought up, Harry Potter is out. As is the Dark Tower. Heck, even things like Murder on the Orient Express is out of contention.
I considered House of Leaves, but don't feel like putting ergodic lit even on the list is fair. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August is too new for me to know if it holds up. A Curse for Gracey Daylittle is top of my great books I am 100% sure no one's ever heard of (I read it in a sitting), but that's not the list we're making... and even it is supposed to be a series if Amber can ever make time to write again.
So... I'm going to go with And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, with honorable mention to both Ubik and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick.
Hitchhiker's Guide is a pretty freaking phenomenal book. I'm not saying you CAN'T pick a series book as your favorite; I just think it's hard to separate one book from others in the series when it comes to how you view it, you know?
I'll have to check out some of those others that you mentioned...
Oh yeah, and I agree. The Hitchhiker books are so intertwined for me that I'm not even sure I could positively tell you what book any particular scene was actually in (beyond major plot stuff, of course). And while I love Ender's Shadow, I doubt I would enjoy it as much without its sister book Ender's Game as a backdrop.
Disallowing series books makes for a more interesting discussion, I think, since it kicks out some huge cultural books like Harry Potter and LotRs. I like your self-imposed rule for that, if nothing else.
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"Yours, dear Sir," was the correct answer, Emmanuelle! :)Can't go wrong with Lord of the Rings...it will forever be a favorite for me, too!
Mine is either The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton or Wonder by R.J. Palacio
But.. but.. only the first 4 chapters of Dracula are actually good. (hides under his desk before continuing, hoping he can be heard well enough over the sound of thrown objects striking the wall) Though they are amazingly, overwhelmingly good to the point that if one is of the compulsion that one must finish any book began, I would still recommend suffering through latter chapters just for the privilege of reading the opening four.Come to think about it, these people who question who wrote Shakespeare's* works should instead be investigating the conspiracy of who wrote the first four chapters of Dracula, because they were obviously written by a different mind than the hand-holding, love-declaring, fainting-Victorians filled pages of latter chapters.
(peeks head out from under desk... catches a duck to the face)
* I had originally typed "Shakespear", which on noting brought to mind the image of a pear working out. Just thought I'd bring the weirdness of exercising fruit into your lives on this fine fine day.
I'm not saying it should be EVERYONE'S favorite book...I totally get that the Victorian melodrama isn't everyone's cup of crab cola. It just works for me, and the suspense/creepy factor is so insanely high here...it's just fantastic. The heart wants what the heart wants, Christopher, no matter how much you shake your pear at me. Bear in mind, though, that I'm the guy who cares so much about Saved by the Bell that I took the time to write this: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (and SBTB is unarguably one of the most horrifically produced shows of all time). So, it's fair to question my taste.
I won't throw ducks or any other fowl at you, but, would be curious: if you had to pick a single favorite book, what would it be?
I was quite obviously avoiding having to answer that very question by messing with you! Plans foiled again!Disallowing series books complicates the question greatly, doesn't it? Though it also prevents easier answers for those of us who do not enjoy many of the classics. I can't use LotR, Hitchhiker's Guide (which would probably get my vote), Ender's Shadow, or even Dune. In newer books, it kicks out Lies of Locke Lamora, Rook, and Gods of Gotham (though, honestly, those probably wouldn't make it to the top as much as I enjoy them all). As you brought up, Harry Potter is out. As is the Dark Tower. Heck, even things like Murder on the Orient Express is out of contention.
I considered House of Leaves, but don't feel like putting ergodic lit even on the list is fair. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August is too new for me to know if it holds up. A Curse for Gracey Daylittle is top of my great books I am 100% sure no one's ever heard of (I read it in a sitting), but that's not the list we're making... and even it is supposed to be a series if Amber can ever make time to write again.
So... I'm going to go with And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, with honorable mention to both Ubik and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick.
Hitchhiker's Guide is a pretty freaking phenomenal book. I'm not saying you CAN'T pick a series book as your favorite; I just think it's hard to separate one book from others in the series when it comes to how you view it, you know?I'll have to check out some of those others that you mentioned...
Oh yeah, and I agree. The Hitchhiker books are so intertwined for me that I'm not even sure I could positively tell you what book any particular scene was actually in (beyond major plot stuff, of course). And while I love Ender's Shadow, I doubt I would enjoy it as much without its sister book Ender's Game as a backdrop. Disallowing series books makes for a more interesting discussion, I think, since it kicks out some huge cultural books like Harry Potter and LotRs. I like your self-imposed rule for that, if nothing else.
As for answering your question : I would like to answer "Yours, dear Sir" but I don't own them. Not yet.
I could answer "my own!" but it seems to me that all the authors love their book like babies. So what's left?
Dragonsbane (I believed a long time it was a standalone book) from Barbara Hambly would be one... but I have to be honest, the book I read, and re-read, and re-read again: The Lord of the Ring trilogy.