[jonathanjong]

...classical and contemporary together, plus one book recommendation for each author. Go!

PS: Not "the top 5 novelists of all time". Your personal 5 favourite novelists.

 

[Marados]

1. John Crowley - Little, Big
2. Neil Gaiman - American Gods
3. Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
4. Neal Stephenson - Quicksilver (and the whole of the Baroque cycle)
5. Thomas Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow

 

[sachu]

In no particular order,

Alistair Mclean
George Orwell
Ayn Rand
Leon Uris
Enid Blyton


Best book ever: Battle Cry - Leon Uris
Second best book ever: HMS Ulysses - Alistair Mclean
Third : Fountainhead :Ayn Rand
Fourth: Animal Farm : George Orwell
Fifth Famous Five series : Enid Blyton (amazing fun when I just started out in grade school)

 

[Suntory_Times]

In no particular order:

1. Philip K. Dick - A Scanner Darkly
2. Phillip Pullman - The Amber Spyglass
3. Tolkien - The Lord Of The Rings
4. Neil Gaiman - American Gods
5. Scott Adams - The Dilbert Principle
and I can't not include number 6
6. John le Carré - The Constant Gardener

 

[appophylite]

Hmmm....

Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park / State Of Fear (I can't decide between these two so I make a double recommendation!)

Douglas Adams -- Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game

Carl Sagan -- Contact

Frank Herbert -- Dune

 

[Alcaudon]

Quote:

Originally Posted by appophylite /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hmmm.... Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park / State Of Fear (I can't decide between these two so I make a double recommendation!) Douglas Adams -- Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game Carl Sagan -- Contact Frank Herbert -- Dune

Mmmm glad to see another sci-fi fan here

. I must agree with the last four, and add two more

Lois McMaster Bujold - The Warrior's Apprentice

Dan Simmons - The Hyperion Cantos

 

[shubhangam]

Orwell 1984
Tolkien LOTR
Matthew Reilly - everything?
Jeffrey Archer - lot of his work
Ludlum - the matarese circle

edit: how could I forget Dan Brown.. Angels and Demons was just too good. (so was the Da Vinci Code, but it was overrated and nowhere near AnD)

 

[mark_h]

George Orwell - 1984
Saul Bellow - Humboldt's Gift
Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse-Five
William Burroughs - Cities of the Red Night

and

Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange

Sorry couldn't exclude the last one.

 

[shubhangam]

lol 1984 is on almost everyone's list

that book was a serious life-changing experience..

 

[Fallen]

This was easier when I was younger and truly loved the classics. Now my taste changes all the time, especially when it comes to "favorites". I prefer easier reading nowadays.

So right now...

Graham Greene- The End of the Affair (i've read all his books)

Vonnegut- Breakfast of Champions (ditto)

Paul Auster- Leviathan (also)

Jules Feiffer- The Man in the Ceiling

(A children's book, but an amazing one. He's mainly a cartoonist, but I still consider him one of my favorite authors.)

Brooks Hansen- The Chess Garden (this is the only book of his that I've read, so it's hard to call him a favorite author, but this one has always been on my top 3 from the moment I read it. I've bought copies for people, and I scour second had stores to make sure I always have more than one copy.)

My first three are fairly common, but I highly recommend that people look for the last two. I'll go a step further- if you read either of the two books and find that you regret your purchase, I'll buy the copies from you. It's difficult to get them here in the Philippines anyway.

 

[usc goose]

Chuck Palahniuk - Survivor
Jack London - The Call of the Wild
Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea
J.D. Salinger - Catcher in the Rye
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby

 

[Marados]

Shame on me for forgetting Kurt Vonnegut.

I highly advise Slaughterhouse 5, it's a classic of the genre.

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is great too.

 

[librarian]

dostojevskij
kafka
h c andersen
hamsun
södergran (not novellist, poet - but that doesn't matter to me)

these five came into my mind at this moment

 

[Townyj]

Terry Brooks - Shannara Series.
Raymond E.Feist - Magician.
Colin Wilson - Spider World.
Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting etc.
Terry Pratchett - Discworld Novels.

 

[limpidglitch]

George Orwell - 1984
Douglas Adams - Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy, trilogy of four
Charles Bukowski - Post office
Aleister Crowley - Moonchild
Aldous Huxley - Brave new world

(Two of the novelists mentioned are represented in my signature)