Books, Books, Books

[Nanfeishen]

I am a keen reader/collector of books, and i was wondering what do you all read?
I generally read across the spectrum, and have a bad habit of buying all the books of author's that i enjoy, from Asimov, to Clancy, to Raymond E. Feist to Louis L'Amour, to books of movies.
I am always looking for new and interesting books to read, so would be keen to get some new suggestions.
List of my favourite 10 books of alltime (so far ), not in order of preferance

1. Lord of The Rings -J.R.R.Tolkien
2. Magician -Raymond E. Feist
3. Fingerprints of the Gods -Graham Hancock
4. Red Storm Rising -Tom Clancy
5. Tao of Pooh -Benjamin Hoff
6. Acid Alex -Al Lovejoy
7. Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee -Dee Brown
8. A Short History of Nearly Everything -Bill Bryson
9. The Importance of Living -Lin Yutang
10. How To Be Idle -Tom Hodgkinson

[Boodles]

i dont read much. Just r.branson, d.trump type books. Wanted to buy steve waugh's book when it was released, but never got around to it.

Dont think i ever read a book at school. I hated reading.

[Random717]

things I've read recently:
Closing Time - Joseph Heller
The Folly; and The Exploded View - Ivan Vladislavic
Stranger Than Fiction - Chuck Palahniuk
and of course The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins

I used to read 2-3 books a week through most of school, that dwindled to 1 a year during varsity, now I'm on my 5th book in the past month so slowly getting back into the groove.. and I got a pile of branson and trump books lying around, just can't get the motivation to read them

[bdt]

Just so you know, there was a call for suggested fantasy reading that got to be pretty comprehensive - but it would be good flesh out the other categories too...

[Cara]

Top 10 list:
Lord of the Rings also by far my favourite book,
Portrait of a Lady (Henry James),
I Robot (Asimov),
Left Hand of Darkness (Le Guin),
The Magus (John Fowles),
Nick Hornby's 'About a Boy'
Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
Fever (Robin Cook)
Gone with the Wind
Dune (Frank Herbert)

[Aphrael]

Currently reading a Terry Brooks and "Trojan Odyssey" by Clive Cussler.

The 2nd has got me totally confused, as to who Pitt is, in the other novels, because there's a Pitt Snr and Jnr. Hopefully by the time I get to the end of it, the clouds will clear....

[dominic]

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

www.freakonomics.com

[Datura]

I collect Terry Pratchett Discworld series hard covers but read alot of Southern African military literature. I recently read a fantastic fantasy trilogy by Robin Hobbs called "The Live Ship Traders"... a brilliant read and I highly recommend it.

[geekchick]

I also have most of Terry Pratchet,s books- his disc world series as well as the other and his childrens books- that is realy very good and rather for adults.
I am also completing The wheel of time - Robert Jordan at the moment and obviously have all the Harry Potters asx it is the same gendre.
My top 10 would be:
Lord of the ring (Tolkien)
A hat full of sky ( Pratchett)
Wee Free Men (Pratchett)
The blue nowhere (Jeffrey Deaver)
Wuthering Heights( Emily Bronte)
A brief history of time ( Stephen Hawkins)
Great Expectations (Charles ****ens)
Earthsea trilogy (Ursula Guin)
To ride a silver broomstick (Silverravenwolf)
Aleister Crowleys Biography

[chiskop]

The Magus? that used to be one of my favourites, nice. And I really enjoyed Freakonomics too.

Currently reading:

Against the Day - Thomas Pynchon (fiction)
I didn't do it for you - Michaela Wrong (non-fiction)

I used to read loads, 10 books a week, but then at some stage I had to get a job .

Now I read very little fiction, but still enjoy a reasonable amount of non-fiction. And my daughter insists on being read at least three books every night, so I'm really into the Winnie the Witch canon.

edit: Charles ****ens

[spiderz]

Anne McCarthy - very good series "Dragon riders of pern"

[Datura]

Earthsea trilogy (Ursula Guin)

Brilliant. I read this a few years ago and have been looking for it ever since to read again. Loved it!!!!!

[Aphrael]

Anne McCarthy - very good series "Dragon riders of pern"

You mean Anne McCaffrey ... also by same author - Damia and all follow-ups.

[Cara]

Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials series also excellent.

Plus CS Lewis's Ransom trilogy

[Datura]

My Top 10

Mort - Terry Pratchett
Live Ship Traders - Robbin Hobb
Lord Of The Rings - Tolkien
Acid Alex - Alex Lovejoy
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach
The World According to Garp - John Irving
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
The Acid House - Irvine Welsh
The Legend of the Selous Scouts - Ron Reid-Daly
No One Here Gets Out Alive - Jerry Hopkins,Danny Sugerman