A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
Damn, I remember reading that when I was 11 or 12. I couldn't tell you one thing about the book now, but I'm pretty sure I enjoyed it.
Vidal an incredible writer. I don't know how many of his sentences I've had to stop and think, "Not even on my best day and with a 100 point increase in IQ would I ever be able to write that sentence." I think he has more perfect sentences than any other writer. I enjoy his novels, though they always seem to be lacking something... usually a strong ending... that keeps me from putting them at the top of my list... though they wouldn't be far down, especially the two you mentioned and "Burr."
Ulysses - James Joyce Moby Dick - Herman Melville Catch 22 - Joseph Heller Brave New World - Aldous Huxley The Sun Also Rises - Hemingway
I won't bother naming books that were already named, though I'll put another vote in for Catch 22 -- and since it didn't get much love yet, I, Claudius. I also couldn't possibly say what is the best book. But, some notables that haven't been mentioned: Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Lolita by Nabokov. Actually, just about anything by Nabokov is probably up there. I'm so impressed that as a Russian, he's a better writer in English than 99% of American and English writers and a better writer in French than 99% of French writers, not to mention better than 99% of Russian writers too (probably, though I can't read Russian). His prose is excellent.
Harry Potter The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Indian in the Cubboard Chip Tyrant Roger and Ebert Movie Review guide
my favorite books are The Witching Hour by Anne Rice and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. loved 1984...Brothers Karamazov...and anything Dickens wrote. i'm reading Hard Times right now....fantastic book so far.
Anne Rice's whole Mayfair Witches Trilogy is amazing work. I also like the way her new vampire chronicle books include the characters from the Mayfair witches.
This may be sacrilegious to Lonesome Dove lovers, but Comanche Moon of the same series was even better IMO. I read it again two weeks ago and it's a great book. If you like Lonesome Dove, I highly suggest reading Comanche Moon. Captain Inish Scull has to be my favorite character of any book that I've ever read. I've been on a Harry Potter kick lately and I've found that series to be very entertaining.
Man. They had this book at the MD Anderson Library place. I was reading it, and giggling like a little school girl. Some old due started talking to me, and I thought he wanted to talk about basketball which is cool and what not. He was talking about that barbecue joint in Alabama.
i agree...but the first one..The Witching Hour...man, I think that book is just absolutely amazing. she captures a place and her characters so well you can see it so clearly in your mind.
im suprised so many people have mentioned George rr martins fire and ice series. ive read the first one and thought it was really good and plan on reading some more in the series. but im suprised that more people have said robert jordan, terry brooks, or terry goodkind. all those series have quite a following also.
