Greatest thing you've ever read?

hmmm...I've enjoyed a lot of books.

Crime and Punishment

Steel My Soldiers' Hearts

The Killer Angels

The Kite Runner

Johnny Got His Gun

AWOL on the Appalachian Trail

The Age of Reason

The Chronicles of Narnia

I've enoyed them all and many, many more.

It appears 1984 and Animal Farm are the popular choices here... Those are two of mine...

Two others I've enjoyed are...

Fahrenheit 451.

And.

The Prophet.

I've just recently been getting into reading, though.

"candide" by Voltaire, the version I'm talking about is in french thoDrCoCoPiMp

I've always been interested in Voltaire, are there many good translations in the US?

Good Night Mr. Tom

Easy to recommend to anyone because it has an excellent message and is a relatively easy read.

The Golden Compass Trilogypspdseagle

you mean the "His Dark Materials" trilogy..I know they changed some things for the US book release but I thought they kept the trilogy name the same..perhaps I'm mistaken..

anyways..well, I think, when I was younger, the things that cought my attention and really pulled me in the most were:

Harry Potter(followed them till the end last summer)
Bridge to Terabithia
Chronicles of Narnia
and His Dark Materials trilogy

and I dunno, there's something about being a kid and having a book completely enthrall and grasp you for the first time. And then, aging into your teens and watching them become movies, so it reminds you of how excited you were when you first read it..

for the more 'mature" books, definitely One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest..I adore that book.

This.

im 14 its not like i dont know what is wrong from right and i know what a vagina is alejolie

There are so many. . . .

The Chronicles of Narnia got me into reading,

Left Behind and Left Behind: The Kids is the largest series I've ever read (13-17 books in the adult series, 40 in the younger series).

Pendragon is an awesome series.

The Odyssey has captivated me ever since I was little.

The Great Divorce has inspired me to write a long short story.

And so many others.

[QUOTE="pspdseagle"]The Golden Compass TrilogyHybridPhoenix

you mean the "His Dark Materials" trilogy..I know they changed some things for the US book release but I thought they kept the trilogy name the same..perhaps I'm mistaken..

It's the same name here.

How have they changed the book in America?

lord of the rings was great

the alex cross series by james patterson

has anyone been able to finish war and peace, i was only able to go about 100 pages before giving up

The Great Gatsby

The Prince

A Brief History of Time

Flatland

[QUOTE="DrCoCoPiMp"]"candide" by Voltaire, the version I'm talking about is in french thoqubert27

I've always been interested in Voltaire, are there many good translations in the US?

I don't know I'm canadian and my first language is french so :S I always try to take a book on his original version sorry lol but be sure to be pick it up if you like philosophy texts and critics on abuse on religion

Typhoon Rips through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead

CRIME AND PUNISHMENTMythofSisyphus

Also

The man who was thursday

1984

Beowulf

Cronicles of Narnia

Pickwick papers

The tears of artamon triology by Sarah Ash

The kingdoms of thorn and bone by Greg Keyes

Anthony Burgess' 'A Clockwork Orange', without a doubt.

The Walrus and the Carpenter, or more specifically, this quote:

"A loaf of bread," the Walrus said,
"Is what we chiefly need"
Lewis Carroll

The greatest thing I ever read was a letter from the IRS informing me they made a mistake and I in fact did not owe them $8,000 dollars and that they took care of everything. Besides that there was...

Dance, Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami

Love and Garbage by Ivan Klima

Anything by Robert E. Howard.

Palm of Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata

Anything by Dorothy Parker

Dune by Frank Herbert (but nothing else)

Latro of the Mist by Gene Wolfe

A Song of Fire and Ice books by George R.R. Martin

Sphere

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Eragon

Harry Potter

Sphere

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Eragon

Harry Potter

lild1425

The greatest thing i've ever read was Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. But if were not counting graphic novels, it would be 1984. What do you guys think?rockon1215

oh i loved 1984. my favourites are:

1984, george orwell

tamar, mal peet

honourable mentions:

the fellowship of the ring, j r r tolkien

of mice and men, john steinback

king solomons mines, h rider haggard

The greatest thing I ever read was a letter from the IRS informing me they made a mistake and I in fact did not owe them $8,000 dollars and that they took care of everything. Besides that there was...

Dance, Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami

Love and Garbage by Ivan Klima

Anything by Robert E. Howard.

Palm of Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata

Anything by Dorothy Parker

Dune by Frank Herbert (but nothing else)

Latro of the Mist by Gene Wolfe

A Song of Fire and Ice books by George R.R. Martin

Lord_Daemon

Rendevous with Rama by the recently-deceased Phillip K. Dick.

RIP