Does anybody here have a favorite fiction novel?

Catch 22, by Joseph Heller. Hands down.

For sheer writing ability, it is hard to beat anything by Cormac McCarthy or Gene Wolfe, but other factors (like unresolved/unsatisfying plots, a problem with Wolfe especially) keep otherwise solid candidates from being the "favorite."

I'm the kind of person whose favorites when it comes to movies and books tend to be something I watched recently...

Along that vein, my favorite fiction book I've read recently is Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia.

Plot: The protagonist finds out monsters are real, the hard way: his boss is a werewolf and attacks him late at night in the office. He survives the encounter and is offered a job by MHI, the premiere private monster killing organization in the U.S.

One of the things I like most about the book is that the author, Larry Correia, is a 3 gun competitor. So all of the gun talk in the book is spot on which is great, because lately inaccurate gun details in books really screw with my suspension of disbelief.

I also enjoyed Geek Mafia which was a self published work about a group of con men and women, but would wait for a second or third edition because the editing was just awful. One chapter in the ebook was repeated in its entirety, even. It was an enjoyable, fast read though.

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Originally Posted by sandman99and9

I love the Shannara trilogy by terry brooks and have read them many times. Epic battles,great characters and some unexpected twists too. I personally think they are superior to the Lord of the rings books, Though I do enjoy them as well. I would love to see Peter Jackson do the movies for the Shannara trilogy.
S.M.

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I really enjoyed that series also.

I've read about all of the W.E.B. Griffin books. They all have been very good. I think I started reading them back around 1980.

I don't know If I can point out one piece of fiction as my favorite. I have favorite authors though.

W.E.B. Griffin, John Grisham, Steven King, Edgar Allen Poe, Louis L'Amour, Dale Brown, Mark Twain(Samuel Clemens), Tom Clancy and many others that don't come to mind right now.

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Originally Posted by Lumpy196

Killing Rommel by Steven Pressfield.

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This is a very good book along with everything else he has written.

Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead are both up there for me.

It is a tough choice but I think The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is probably my favorite followed closely by the two Rand books I mentioned.

ETA: Oh and the Dark Tower series by King. Damn there are too many books I like.

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Originally Posted by chadbag

Lord of the Rings. I read this through every 3-10 years. Have probably read it 10 times and am now reading it with my boy.


There are probably some others that I am missing at the moment but that I thought (and think) were really outstanding when I read them.

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Have you read the Shannara trilogy yet? They are fantastic !! Terry Brooks is not as long winded as Tolkien tends to be. I think you will love them. I have read them all many times and they are still great.

Sword of shannara
Elfstones of shannara ( my personal fav )
Wishsong of shannara

S.M.

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Originally Posted by sandman99and9

I love the Shannara trilogy by terry brooks and have read them many times. Epic battles,great characters and some unexpected twists too. I personally think they are superior to the Lord of the rings books, Though I do enjoy them as well. I would love to see Peter Jackson do the movies for the Shannara trilogy.

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I tried to read the first one, The Sword of Shannara when I was in High School. It was such a blatant Tolkein rip-off that I gave up in disgust. I am sure that Brooks got past that problem with the later ones and I have heard good things about them, but the first was so blatantly a rip off that I gave up on it.

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"Inherit the Stars" by James P. Hogan is good. The whole series that this kicks off is ok-good but the this first one is the best imho. (My neighbor worked with Mr. Hogan in Sales Training at DEC when I was younger before Mr. Hogan decided to quit and write full time). "Two Faces of Tomorrow" by Hogan is also interesting.

Charles Bukowski is pretty great.

I just read Post Office.

I'll probably try to find Matterhorn.

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Originally Posted by Magic_Salad0892

Has anybody here read Let Me In?

They're making it into a movie called Let the Right One In.

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It was already made into a movie, a pretty good one actually.



Starship Troopers Robert Heinlein. I've read most of his work, including his essays, but this one I reread about every year.

J.R.R. Tolkien's works. I'm not a fantasy guy really (so don't ask if I've read this or that), but this guy is a master. His books are deeply allegorical, but not preachy and have a truly engrossing world and story.

Ray Bradbury. Everything.

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Originally Posted by Redmanfms

It was already made into a movie, a pretty good one actually.

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Two movies actually:

The original Norwegian version: Let The Right One In http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/

and now the US version, Let Me In http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228987/

Which one is fiction again? :D

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Originally Posted by jklaughrey

Don't hate me but I am classic kind of guy.

The Catcher in the Rye. by J.D. Salinger

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Great book, I'm a classic kind of guy myself.

My favorite book by far is Moby Dick. Other favorites include, but are not limited to, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Grapes of Wrath.

Oh, and who could forget The Little Engine That Could? Although I believe that book was based on actual events, so I'm not sure it counts as fiction.