IronGiant: Your Favorite Book?

NakedSnake 10.13.14	The entire Harry Potter series is the pinnacle of all literature. Fact.
Polyethylene 10.13.14	A Clockwork Orange prob
ComeToDaddy 10.13.14	What sort of books do you enjoy? Currently reading Midnight's Children and it's spectacular, but a difficult read. A Clockwork Orange and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime are probs my favorites
titanslayer 10.13.14	Maybe Eragon, that series is kinda nostalgic for me
InbredJed 10.13.14	MOBY DICK
InbredJed 10.13.14	also, what Arcade said.
Departures 10.13.14	Fifth Business
MOJ 10.13.14	Aghora: At the Left Hand of God is the first book in the Aghora trilogy. Written almost entirely in Vimalananda's own words, it presents events from his life, tenets of his philosophy, and highlights from his spiritual practices. Designed partly to shock and partly to comfort, but wholly as an offering to his Beloved, Aghora is as clear a picture as possible of a man who w ...more
wwf 10.13.14	House of Leaves and Catch 22 are tied right now Reading Moby Dick now, really loving it so far.
Halfman 10.13.14	If I know nothing about the type of shit Aghora is about, will it go way over my head?
MOJ 10.13.14	Nevertheless yes and no
MOJ 10.13.14	Just read it, a great book and a worthwhile read
Alastor 10.13.14	I really enjoy the books of Paul Auster (Mr. Vertigo, City Of Glass, Moonpalace) but in general I prefer short stories/novellas. One of the greatest I can think of is "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Tolstoy.
wwf 10.13.14	I really recommend House of Leaves btw. If any of you need convincing that paperback books can still have potency in the digital age House of Leaves is all you need I've never really experienced anything so balanced and perfectly executed before
Pajolero 10.13.14	Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.
Aids 10.13.14	I just read A Prayer For Owen Meany and fuck me running what a book. I wouldn't have thought a book whose main theme is faith would appeal to me but it's definitely one of the best, most rewarding, incredibly well written novel I've ever read. An amazing story, Christain or not. Highly recommended. I also suggest some Atwood if you haven't read her yet, she's easily my favourite author. Check out Oryk and Crake for a post-apocalyptic, suspense filled story (which has two excellent sequels), The Blind Assassin for some historical fiction that is unbelievably rich and gripping, or Surfacing for a quick, easy (and standard) read. You can hardly go wrong with any of her books. last rec. The lead singer and lyricist of The Mountain Goats, John Darnielle, just released his debut novel and it's sooooo good (also a quick read, I destroyed it in 25 hrs). It's called Wolf In White Van and I feel like most if not all sputnik users could get something from that one. just picked up House of Leaves. Looks strange, sitting on it for a while until I'm ready to tackle something of its magnitude.
wwf 10.13.14	'thats the one that spins right' Yeah that's the one where there's multiple stories being told simultaneously through the annotations. It gets pretty insane
Aids 10.13.14	my favourite book might still be 1984 because I'm a basic bitch
Aids 10.13.14	here's a part from Wolf In White Van so good that I had to write it down: Sean at sixteen thought 'Rexecutioner's Dream' was the greatest thing he'd ever heard, something so strange and different it seemed like a message from another realm. It had cover art, but the art was glued onto the inner sleeve of a standard-issue blank cassette; the spine was hand lettered. It was the product of someone's hard work, a vision brought into the world of real things. A dream disguised in a crude, plain package. So great. Excellent writing throughout. The book is a real trip.
zakalwe 10.13.14	Lord of the Flies - A depiction of innocence lost, the breakdown of society, the constructs of mankind, politics and what's important all through the eyes of kids running amok on an island. Loads of irony and one of the greatest endings of all time. Catch 22 - The absolute insanity of war and beaurocracy as seen through the eyes of one of the greatest anti heroes ever.
wwf 10.13.14	I might check out Wolf In White Van. Seems pretty interesting
Aids 10.13.14	if Goodreads had half star ratings it'd get a 4.5 but it doesn't and it's not quiiiiiite a 5 star book so it got 4. but it's a really, really strong 4. it needed to be longer, and easily could have been.
wwf 10.13.14	goodreads really needs half star ratings
ffs 10.13.14	goosebumps
Aids 10.13.14	ok I'm almost done but here's another quote I wrote down. For anyone whose parents ~~just don't get it~~~ I pictured my parents: how they looked at me now that my hair was long, how they looked at each other a lot when they were talking to me. How obvious it seemed to me that somewhere along the line our paths had forked, and now we were on different tracks looking at each other across a distance that would soon be infinite. oof
Aids 10.13.14	ffs sighting woooooooooooo
zakalwe 10.13.14	House of Leaves is total fuckin twaddle.
Winesburgohio 10.13.14	The Recognitions or The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles I can never decide i reread a couple of angus thongs and full frontal snogging series on a plane though and it was bliss
Winesburgohio 10.13.14	OH anyone here read The Pale King? I'm about 100 pages in and it's depiction of neuroticism/thought processes/anxiety gives me solace and discomfort simultaneously BUT maybe i'm reading it from too personal a lens, i'd love to hear ppls thoughts :3
mike197 10.13.14	I'll also put in House of Leaves, more people need to read that. One of the greatest works of fiction I've read.
bach 10.13.14	green eggs and ham
TomTomTomato 10.13.14	1Q84 pretty long and somewhat slow, but beautifully written. lots of people find it repetitive but i enjoyed every chapter of it
Greem 10.13.14	The Castle
VisionsFromTheDarkSide 10.13.14	Don't know about my favourite as I don't read that much but Insomnia by Stephen King stands out for sure. Recently read American Psycho which was very good as well
NorthernSkylark 10.13.14	Mrs Dalloway - i have a soft spot for her writing, but it could just as well have been To The Lighthouse. what a lark!
Yotimi 10.13.14	Wayside school is falling down
RVAHC13 10.13.14	From my childhood? Henry and Ribsy From my Adulthood? probably The Kite Runner
IronGiant 10.13.14	house of leaves it is. thanks guys
TalonsOfFire 10.13.14	Pet Sematary by Stephen King is pretty amazing, one of the most original, underrated, and influential horror books I've ever read.
Calc 10.13.14	The Raw Shark Texts
Tunaboy45 10.13.14	Trainspotting really does it for me. I like an inspector calls too even if it's more of a play.
KrazyKris 10.13.14	just read 'Pet Sematary', think it's rather overrated. From those I've read by King 'The Last Walk' is so much better and 'The Dome' is pretty much on par too. Since I don't know what you're looking for thematically, I don't really know what to recommend, but those are my favs: David Peace - Tokyo Year Zero (Thriller playing in post-WWII Tokio, brilliant atmosphere) Jonathan Coe - The Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim (some humorous road movie-type thing, about some pretty depressed guy that drives through the UK and gets kind of nuts looking at his fucked up life) Sebastian Fitzek - The Eye Collector / The Soul-Breaker (both damn perfect psycho thriller) Thomas Glavinic - Carl Haffner's Love Of The Draw / Night Work (a brilliantly written chess novel & a 'last guy on earth'-story that is all about finding out why the guy in it is alone on the planet)
RVAHC13 10.13.14	I also enjoyed Trainspotting very much, the movie was also pretty good. Requiem for a Dream was also a good book about addiction
Calc 10.13.14	Also A Greater Monster by David David Katzman way too fucking weird and abstract for me but hey..
Tunaboy45 10.13.14	I need to read Requiem For a Dream.
Ichangedmynametojeff 10.13.14	1984 or The Maze Runner. Call me a mainstreamer.
calgarydude12 10.13.14	American Psycho. The way Ellis writes is captivating. He is the only author that I can sit down and read a hundred pages with ease. And the ambiguity of the plot adds a layer of complexity
EyesWideShut 10.13.14	Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski..
MOJ 10.13.14	noo
WeepingBanana 10.13.14	finnegan's wake
sonictheplumber 10.13.14	you didnt fuckin read finnegans wake come on man
WeepingBanana 10.13.14	you don't read finnegan's wake you experience it
CrackeTheSkull 10.13.14	The Dark Tower series. Tear-jerkingly good.
danielcardoso 10.13.14	Catcher In The Rye. Get it, it's amazing.
VheissuCrisis 10.13.14	Probably The Shadow of the Wind by Zafon. Though Dice Man is up there too.
DominionMM1 10.13.14	johnny got his gun
enemyofthesundevils 10.13.14	Perv-A Love Story. It's a shame at 35 I'm just now discovering Jerry Stahl!
insanedrexl1 10.13.14	The Hunchback of Notre Dame
flabbywhale 10.13.14	House of Leaves is the bomb
scottpilgrim10 10.13.14	Catcher in the Rye tbh
Dancedrewdance 10.13.14	The mysterious stranger
danielcardoso 10.13.14	Of Mice And Men
Aids 10.13.14	surprised it took so many comments for people to start saying Catcher In The Rye
TalonsOfFire 10.13.14	I need to read House of Leaves. Also some modern fantasy recs would be A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones is based on this series) and The Kingkiller Trilogy by Patrick Rothfuss
pedro70512 10.13.14	Richard Adams - Watership Down
DungeonBoy 10.13.14	50 Shades of Grey
Gameofmetal 10.13.14	All of the A song of ice and fire/game of thrones books equally
pmmets07 10.13.14	Ham on Rye [2] also The Fifty Year sword by Mark Z. Danielewski
Gameofmetal 10.13.14	I really appreciate that in my Shakespeare class we were going over the background to the war of the roses, and it's virtually interchangeable with game of thrones. Martin pretty much writes historical fantasy.
DikkoZinner 10.13.14	The Jungle
ButteryBiscuitBass 10.14.14	OvDeath - The Stand massacres The Shining by a long shot.
ButteryBiscuitBass 10.14.14	My left one is out and awaiting your tongue!
KrazyKris 10.14.14	Is The Shining as a novel that much better than the movie, cause the movie didn't blow me away?
NorthernSkylark 10.14.14	i should mention to kill a mockingbird, it was the first book i fell in love with it proves that sometimes a writer only has one story to tell, but what a story!
ButteryBiscuitBass 10.14.14	'Is The Shining as a novel that much better than the movie, cause the movie didn't blow me away?' Of course it is!
NorthernSkylark 10.14.14	the shining didn't blow you away? that's odd
Archelirion 10.14.14	Filth by Irvine Welsh or the Northern Lights trilogy by Philip Pullman, as I'm cool like that.
emester 10.14.14	Either The Shining, Slaughterhouse 5 or Lord of the Rings
KrazyKris 10.14.14	@NorthernSkylark It's a really good movie, not that brilliant as everyone says it is though. Duvall's acting is embarrassingly bad and on the whole it falls a little flat.
FruityCatOfDoom 10.15.14	@OvDeath I don't think The Shining is his best novel. I think the complete edition of The Stand is by far. The Shining is second though.
ArsMoriendi 10.15.14	Malcolm Gladwell's Outlier is pretty great. Not my favorite, but it came to mind.
Onirium 10.15.14	Well there's 1984 by Orwell, but my ultimate favorite book right now would be The Trial by Kafka. Basically it tells the story of Josef K., a bank officer who is suddenly arrested, without knowing why, and who must defend himself against a charge of which he doesn't know anything. It's an excellent novel, touching themes of existentialism and the absurdity of life. So if you want something provoking, most of Kafka's works are definitely something I'd rec you. I'd rec The World Inside, by Robert Silverberg, and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Blade Runner) by Philip K. Dick too
CrackeTheSkull 10.17.14	I second The Shining. Book is much better than the movie.
titanslayer 10.17.14	I changed my mind my favorite book has to be one of H.G. Wells books