The best book you've ever read?

So difficult... Any of George Orwell's novels would be up there with ease. It's quite upsetting how overshadowed his social novels have become, by his political ones, but all of them are utterly brilliant.

Something by Christopher Hitchens would be up there as well, but with a collection as rich as his, it would be difficult to choose. But I would go with Letters to a Young Contrarian or the Trial of Henry Kissinger. Or the Missionary Position, because of how deliciously provocative it is.

In Search of Schrödinger's Cat by John Gribbin was incredibly illuminating for me, and I had a thoroughly enjoyable time reading it.

Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama is also a spectacular book. I can only wish that I read it before he became president.

And how could I forget, The Republic of Fear by Samir Al-Khalil. Anybody that questions the moral case for ousting Saddam Hussein's regime from its ownership of Iraq needs to spend some time with a few chapters of this book.
 
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There are three books I have read many, many, times and would still happily pick any of them and delve into it in a quiet moment.

Lord of the Rings
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Dracula
 
Sonea Fifer said:
Easy one for me - Enders Game by Orson Scott Card :)
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Same for me - got recommended a few months back to me. I honestly think I'd have grown up different if I'd had read this as a child.

Otherwise, it'd probably be Shogun by James Clavell, which I'm really hesitant to read again just in case I don't enjoy it as much the second time round. Or The Stand by Steven King, which I've read about twenty times, love that book to bits.
 
If I was to pick just one it would probably be Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky, but that's only just ahead of To Kill a Mockingbird, and Snow Falling on Cedars.

To me, the best book is a book that captures my imagination and that I can't put down until I've finished reading. I remember staying up for hours and hours reading Crime and Punishment until I'd finally finished it, it's a brilliantly written book.
 
My favourite books are The Lord of the Rings & Harry Potter all of the books and the Millennium trilogy. (The girl with the dragon tattoo, the girl who played with fire and the girl who kicked the hornets nest)

I'd like to throw out there that I am Legend, The Curious incident of the dog in the night time are also both worth a read :)

Lots of really good books mentioned already.
 
Wonderland avenue by Danny sugarman. First time I read it was litterally cover to cover in one go and it left me kind of numb for a day or so.
 
Best changes depending what I feel like reading at the time, sometimes a classic sometimes a pulp thriller. But a few stand out

Atonement - Ian McEwan
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
No Country for old men - Cormac McCarthy
To kill a mockingbird - Harper Lee
 
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