Who/what are your favourites?

Who/what are your favourites?

Comic Books - Amazing Spiderman (Serious)
Real Books - I am more into non-fiction for my reading habits and am a fan of Stephen Ambrose's works on WWII (despite the two passages he plagiarized).

Been reading up on some Zinn lately although sometimes I feel he goes a little too far over the top with a couple of things.

Albert Vigoleis Thelen - "Die Insel des zweiten Gesichts" (not available in English, but my favourite book ever)
Thomas Mann - "Zauberberg" (The Magic Mountain)
Helmut Krausser - "Melodien" (another brilliant German author not yet translated into English)

And almost everything by John Irving, T.C. Boyle and Hans Fallada.

I'm not into poetry.

Anything by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Stephen King, Edgar A. Poe, James Patterson, Ken Follet, Phyllis Pellman Good, Legs McNeil, ...etc.

Being able to just read is awesome.

Books written especially about bands, Mark Coopers' Liverpool Explodes; Chris Adams' Turquoise Days; The Velvet Underground Story: All Yesterdays Parties; etc. John Lydon's No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs, etc....

Song books too...

I WILL say j k Rowling and you (whoever you are) can scoff all you want. I think the books are wonderful.
I mostly read thrillers or mystery books nothing too taxing. When I was much younger it was Stephen King.

I WILL say j k Rowling and you (whoever you are) can scoff all you want. I think the books are wonderful.
I mostly read thrillers or mystery books nothing too taxing. When I was much younger it was Stephen King.

Hey... I am serious when I say this.... I have never read one of her books nor seen one of the movies. However I cannot shun them as I know of quite a few educated and simply "smart" individuals that have read her work. "50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong" and all.

Of course this is coming from someone who once a month marches down to his comic book store to pick up the latest issue of Amazing Spidey to keep up the set.

Irvine Welsh, Ian Banks, Dennis Potter and Victor Frankle.

Robert Burns & Wilfred Owen.

Irvine Welsh, Ian Banks, Dennis Potter and Victor Frankle.

Robert Burns & Wilfred Owen.

I love the crow road that was one of my fav books for a long time.

That should have been Iain Banks. The books are on the shelf and i couldn't be arsed walking 5 feet...:)

It's an amazing book. I just finished Whit and it isn't his best but he's a great author and comes across as a great guy.

The Adrian Mole books still make me chuckle.....

That should have been Iain Banks. The books are on the shelf and i couldn't be arsed walking 5 feet...:)

It's an amazing book. I just finished Whit and it isn't his best but he's a great author and comes across as a great guy.

I have only read "The Wasp Factory" of his, but it was a brilliant book, I am hoping to buy some more of his stuff soon.

I have only read "The Wasp Factory" of his, but it was a brilliant book, I am hoping to buy some more of his stuff soon.

Oh make sure the first one you get is the crow road its brilliant.

Oh make sure the first one you get is the crow road its brilliant.

I will certainly get that one first after your recommendation m'dear :)

Yup....You can't go wrong with Banks.

The Stand by Stephen King is excellent (along with a lot of his early books)
Mr. Nice by Howard Marks is highly recommended
Stuart: A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters
Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son by Gordon Burn is probably the best book on the Yorkshire Ripper ever written
10 Rillington Place by Ludovic Kennedy
Morrissey and Marr: The Severed Alliance is a must-read
Deviant by Harold Schechter (the real story of Ed Gein)
Heavier Than Heaven by Charles R. Cross (excellent life story of Kurt Cobain)
A Simple Plan by Scott Smith (outstanding thriller)

Can I be boring and say The hobbit by Tolkein. I loved that book as a child. My sister used to read it to me in bed.

My favourite books have to be:

"Junk" > Melvin Burgess
"The Catcher in the Rye" > J.D Salinger

Other than those, one of my other favourite authors would have to be Allan Sillitoe, and in general I enjoy English post-War novels about working class heroes :)

Poetry wise, I am rather into modern poets, particularly Tony Harrison, Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage. Phillip Larkin is also a bit of alright.

I read pretty much anything but the authors I keep coming back to & would buy anything they have are:

Fay Weldon, Poppy Z Brite, Stephen Fry, Lily Brett, Martin Amis & Germaine Greer.

I also love to read 'music books' and love 'Rip It Up & Start Again' by Simon Reynolds and 'The Sex Revolts' are favourites that I read over & over (and both mention Moz/Smiths). I also keep Nick Kent's collection of articles next to the bed to dip into.

I also read books about art & I re-read 'Shock of the New' by Robert Hughes a fair bit....I also like books on Warhol.

Madame Bovary (Flaubert) is probably my favourite book ever written.

The only non-fiction authors to whom I've turned repeatedly since leaving college are Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy, and (stifle that laff) J.K. Rowling. My favorite book of all time is Tess of the D'Urbervilles.

I don't read much poetry these days, other than Shakespeare, Homer, and Vergil, and the latter two very, very infrequently.

My vote for best non-fiction writer is Shelby Foote. His 3000-page The Civil War kept me from losing my mind during the six months that I spent sleeping on the couch after the twins were born. Each chapter is practically a self-contained narrative; in fact, the "Stars in Their Courses" chapter (about Gettysburg) is sold separately as its own book.

My vote for best non-fiction writer is Shelby Foote. His 3000-page The Civil War kept me from losing my mind during the six months that I spent sleeping on the couch after the twins were born. Each chapter is practically a self-contained narrative; in fact, the "Stars in Their Courses" chapter (about Gettysburg) is sold separately as its own book.

I will check it out... I am more focused on events after 1890 and Constitutional Law. Admittedly I need to brush up on my civil war.

The Collector by John Fowles is my fave book. I've read a lot of his books and they are all good. Nabokov, Kafka, Wilde and the Bornte sisters are some more great writers.

Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage

I love both of them, great modern poets :)

Favourite poets,william wordsworth,alexander pushkin

Irvine Welsh, Ian Banks, Dennis Potter and Victor Frankle.

Robert Burns & Wilfred Owen.

Ah, Wilfred Owen.

I had such an Owen fixation years ago that my professor used to send me cards with Owen's image on them, and sign them "Uncle Wilf." I was considering "Was it for this the clay grew tall?" as a tagline, since it is always in my thoughts.

It's sad to see that "Dulce et Decorum Est" has been continuously in the news these last few years, but at least the man hasn't been forgotten, even if his message has.

@ Anaesthesine. I just discovered Owen a few months ago and i'm really glad i did. War is such a tricky event to put into words but he does it so perfectly.

I forgot to mention Beyond Belief (The moors murderers) by Emlyn Williams. Just finished it again.

And 'An Evil Cradling' by Brian Keenan.

They just ruined Spiderman WTF?!?!

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=141208

Just picked up my copies today. Worst company decision ever.

I`m impressed with how "high brow" all you lot are.

My favourite books are Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.

I love historical novels and my favourite is called The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Penman.

My all time favourite book is The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.I read it at school and re read it recently.It is brilliant.

I`m impressed with how "high brow" all you lot are.

My favourite books are Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.

I love historical novels and my favourite is called The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Penman.

My all time favourite book is The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.I read it at school and re read it recently.It is brilliant.

I have never heard of "The Yearling", I will check it out :)

Most of my favourites are Hungarian, so you probably don't know them. But still, you can check them out, and some of their books have been translated into English, they might be worth a try. Miklós Vámos is contemporary and so is Magda Szabó, though she has just passed away recently, at the age of 90.

But I also like Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa a lot (I even worked for the latter as an interpreter :cool:). And also Boris Vian and Kurt Vonnegut, both RIP. :(

Most of my favourites are Hungarian, so you probably don't know them. But still, you can check them out, and some of their books have been translated into English, they might be worth a try. Miklós Vámos is contemporary and so is Magda Szabó, though she has just passed away recently, at the age of 90.

But I also like Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa a lot (I even worked for the latter as an interpreter :cool:). And also Boris Vian and Kurt Vonnegut, both RIP. :(

Gabriel García Márquez is my favourite writer and Love In The Time Of Cholera his masterpiece in my opinion. Only wish I could read him in the original Spanish! :)

My favourite books are Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.


Both of thouse books are amazing. I love Wuthering heights, it was the first proper book i read and it made me interested in literature. I'm drinking my coffee out of a "Wuthering Heights" mug right now;)

Gabriel García Márquez is my favourite writer and Love In The Time Of Cholera his masterpiece in my opinion. Only wish I could read him in the original Spanish! :)

I think that's his best. :) Or maybe Onehundred years of solitude, but that's really difficult to read.:o
My Spanish is quite good but telling you the truth, it's tough to read him in original. :o

I think that's his best. :) Or maybe Onehundred years of solitude, but that's really difficult to read.:o
My Spanish is quite good but telling you the truth, it's tough to read him in original. :o

Hmmm....I tried to write my thesis on that one! I recently read the first part of his autobiography and he kept making jokes in Spanish that just weren't funny in translation. Definately worth a read though.

Hmmm....I tried to write my thesis on that one! I recently read the first part of his autobiography and he kept making jokes in Spanish that just weren't funny in translation. Definately worth a read though.


Thesis on One hundred years of solitude? Wow! And what did you write it on in the end?

Thesis on One hundred years of solitude? Wow! And what did you write it on in the end?

Er, that. And Isabel Allende's 'House of the Spirits'. I always take on more than I can handle!

Er, that. And Isabel Allende's 'House of the Spirits'. I always take on more than I can handle!


I love House of spirits. Though when I first read it I was thinking "mmm, I guess we've seen this before...". But it's a very good book. I read Hija de la Fortuna by Allende and I started Inés del Alma Mía, but I decided to drop this latter for some time. :o

I'm reading Patricia Highsmith, who wrote the Ripley books- not those, though, some of her other novels. I just finished The Price of Salt, which is a great story about falling in love with the one you're not supposed to fall in love with.

Also just read two by John Fowles: The French Lieutenant's Woman, and The Collector. Both quite good.

I am also working my way through a collection of Roald Dahl stories, not the ones meant for kids. He's dark and twisted- a lot like Patricia Highsmith.

I have a big stack of stuff to read next. I've gone a book buying spree lately.

NRITH, I didn't realize you liked Tess... I should re-read that.

I think my favorite book overall is Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser.

NRITH, I didn't realize you liked Tess... I should re-read that.

Not like, love. And Jude. And Casterbridge...

Not like, love. And Jude. And Casterbridge...

Hardy was/is a genius! I've read them all, more than once. Truly tragic, heart-rending stuff. Jude the Obscure.....oh dear...:(

I'll read almost anything from a novel to a comic book to the back of a cereal box, but some of my favorites are anything by Irvine Welsh or James Patterson, the Harry Potter books, Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", John Fowles' "The Magus", Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead", Eugene O'Neill's "Iceman Cometh" and Malachy McCourt's "A Monk Swimming".

My favorite is probably

Little Man, What Now? by Hans Fallada.

I believe the name is familiar with something else.

i'm gonna bump this month old thread just tos ay that my favourite authors are

thomas pynchon
robert anton wilson
philip k dick
denis johnson
james joyce
graham greene
jerzy kosinski
michael chabon
hp lovecraft

i really want to talk about some of these writers with fellow moz fans but i'ma bout ta go ta sleep. i look forward to seeing this thread with no new responses when i'ma wake tomorra.

Novels

Anything by Graham Greene - The Man Within, the End of the Affair and Brighton Rock being particular favourites.
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights
Thomas De Quincey - Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Hraper Lee - To Kill A Mocking bird
Robert Louis Stevenson - Kidnapped, Treasure Island(a favourite from childhood)
Jean Paul Satre - Nausea
Albert Camus - The Stranger
Carson McCullers - The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Walker Hamilton - All the Little Animals
Alexander Trocchi - Young Adam
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations

Poets

Charles Baudelaire
William Blake
Lord Byron
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Emily Dickinson
Thomas Hardy
John Keats
Giacomo Leopardi
John Milton
Arthur Rimbaud
Siegfried Sassoon
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Dylan Thomas
Paul Verlaine
Oscar Wilde
William Wordsworth

Also just read two by John Fowles: The French Lieutenant's Woman, and The Collector. Both quite good.

:D I simply adore both of thouse books. Although you can't beat "The Collector". I love the fact that it's written from both the both of their points of view.

the only authors that i consistently read are Agatha Christie and L.M. Montgomery (author of the Anne Of Green Gables series :o). i used to read Jane Austen alot, too.

My vote for best non-fiction writer is Shelby Foote. His 3000-page The Civil War kept me from losing my mind during the six months that I spent sleeping on the couch after the twins were born.

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My Favourite book is Fahrenhett 451 by Ray Bradbury.


:sweet: It has been in my top three for as long as I can remember! :)


But I also like Kurt Vonnegut, RIP. :(

I love Vonnegut. He is from my hometown...we used to go to his family's hardware store. :)

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Confused because I suffered from major brain loss, or because I read The Civil War?

Confused because I suffered from major brain loss, or because I read The Civil War?


Confused because you made it sound as if you didn't lose your mind.
Some people may think otherwise ;)
Just kidding...that hit home.

I spent the first year sleeping on the couch, while the girls were in baby swings, or sleeping in the Guest Room with them.
I was much too tired to read anything substantial. Conan O'Brien carried me through the long nights!

Confused because you made it sound as if you didn't lose your mind.
Some people may think otherwise ;)
Just kidding...that hit home.

I most definitely lost my mind. Haven't gotten it back yet, either.

I spent the first year sleeping on the couch, while the girls were in baby swings, or sleeping in the Guest Room with them.
I was much too tired to read anything substantial. Conan O'Brien carried me through the long nights!

I tried to watch some TV, but that just made the brain damage that much worse. :D

Harper Lee
William Faulkner
Tennessee Williams
Carson McCullers
Eudora Welty
and

David Sedaris :p

The Sitwells and Shelagh Delaney I must admit.

William Faulkner
Gabriel García Márquez
Émile Zola
Balzac
Victor Hugo
William Burroughs
Bukowski

Authors:
°currently
Oscar Wilde
Thomas Mann
Edgar Allan Poe
Hermann Hesse

Books:
°currently
Das Glasperlenhaus-Hermann Hesse
Die Sphinx-Adgar Allan Poe

I read everything I can get to, haha. I am reading A Separate Peace at theee moment.

favourite author = Anneliese Frank.

and my favorite book would be a diary that she wrote. ;)
aaand Summer Of My German Soldier, The Catcher In The Rye, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The Fountainhead, The Covenant, Ethan Frome, Sala's Gift, Night, aand some other ones haha.

I have a weird fondness for Amish and World War II fiction, lmao.

Author: Hrmm, Noam Chomsky. Book: The Portable Nietzsche Poet: Well, I'd side with Nietzsche in saying that poets "float they're ideas along on the carriage of rythm because without it they could not walk" but if I MUST read poetry, it'd be a tie between Poe for content, Rimbaud for style.

One of the most brilliant, artful, and ultimately humane novelists I've ever encountered:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/images/nabokov_pic.jpg

Vladimir Nabokov

Beckett, Joyce, Orwell, Schopenhauer, John McGahern, Hardy, Dickens etc etc

Has anyone ever read book by Anais Nin? She such an underated author from the 20's. I love her. She's sooo intriguing. I must say her books sould be rated R but people shouldn't take it in a way to "get turned on by". That's why I never lend my books to my friends.. it's not a form of perversion! It's erotic art. She really puts her soul into them. She began writing a series of diaries from the age of 9 or something, until she became an old woman.

""The ideas of Anais Nin about "masculine" and "feminine" natures have influenced that part of the feminist movement known as "difference feminism." She disassociated herself late in her life from the more political forms of feminism, believing that self-knowledge through journaling was the source of personal liberation.""

i've read under a glass bell and i have a bunch of her other books, includinge the collected diaries, which i'm sure i'll read some day hwen i'm less of a drunk

At the moment my favourite author is definately Virginia Woolf. I love her!
Today I bought (from Borders) this extremely beautiful book that contains the novels Jacob's Room, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, A Room of One's Own, The Waves, Three Guineas, and Between the Acts. The covers of the book are red and the title (The Selected Works of Virginia Woolf) + the names of the novels are golden. There's also a wonderful picture of Virginia Woolf on the front cover (actually it's the same pic I have in my signature:)).

Oh my, the whole book is sooo beautiful and I love the novels so much that ever since I bought it this afternoon, I've been on goose bumps:D:D:p

I lost interest in books last year.
I however love Oscar Wilde. Maybe I've read crappy books, it could be the reason.

Oh, Dickens, I want to read Dickens.

Russell Brand. I do hope 'My Bookie Wook' is nominated for the Booker Prize this year.

Russell Brand. I do hope 'My Bookie Wook' is nominated for the Booker Prize this year.

What's that about? A biography?
I don't know much about the guy, except he likes Moz and is good-looking.

Enid Blyton or Jackie collins...one cannot decide :)

Enid Blyton or Jackie collins...one cannot decide :)
oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh, I'd go for Jilly Cooper myself

So I am currently reading.. "Wild Child" by Linda Ashcroft and it talks about life with Jim Morrisson.
It is so intriguing, captivating, I love ittt!

I just finished 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' by Jonathan Safran Foer, has anyone here read it? I cried like a child :(