   Favorite novel
  This is probably a really hard question, especially for those who read a lot (like me). What is the best novel that you've read? Mine would most likely be Red Storm Rising. I'm not entirely sure, cause I can't really remember all of the novels I've read at this moment!   
  Clive Barker - WeaveworldStanislav Lem - SolarisJ.R.R. Tolkien - Silmarillion (yup)and almost Nikos Kazantzakis - The Last Temptation of Christ, but read only the first 1/3...   ;  Enders Game.The Ender & Shadow saga are brilliant in my opnion.I'm currently reading xenocide and cannot put it down.   ;  David Eddings..the Elenium seriesWhich by the way would make an awesome movie as well.   ;  Most of the novels I've read and really enjoyed come from series, including the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, The Brentford Trilogy by Robert Rankin or books featuring the Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock. If I had to pick a book that stood alone from a series I'd probably pick The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien.   ;  Outside of Narnia and Middle-Earth (which will always be my top two)...The GodfatherStarship TroopersThe Name of the Wind is my favorite recent release.  It's part one of a 3 part trilogy and will probably end up being pretty epic if the first book is any indication.  It's going to be a lot of your favorites in about a decade so if you want to jump on the train early check it out.   ;Quote:Original post by szecsStanislav Lem - SolarisSolaris is a great book. I also like Fiasco by Lem.;Quote:Original post by jwezorekQuote:Original post by szecsStanislav Lem - SolarisSolaris is a great book. I also like Fiasco by Lem.His Master's Voice   ;  I don't read a lot of fiction but I really enjoyed Rogue Warrior (Dick Marcinko & John Weisman).   ;Quote:The Thorn of Camorr is said to be an unbeatable swordsman, a master thief, a ghost that walks through walls. Half the city believes him to be a legendary champion of the poor. The other half believe him to be a foolish myth. Nobody has it quite right.Slightly built, unlucky in love, and barely competent with a sword, Locke Lamora is, much to his annoyance, the fabled Thorn. He certainly didn't invite the rumors that swirl around his exploits, which are actually confidence games of the most intricate sort. And while Locke does indeed steal from the rich (who else, pray tell, would be worth stealing from?), the poor never see a penny of it. All of Locke's gains are strictly for himself and his tight-knit band of thieves, the Gentlemen Bastards.Locke and company are con artists in an age where con artistry, as we understand it, is a new and unknown style of crime. The less attention anyone pays to them, the better! But a deadly mystery has begun to haunt the ancient city of Camorr, and a clandestine war is threatening to tear the city's underworld, the only home the Gentlemen Bastards have ever known, to bloody shreds. Caught up in a murderous game, Locke and his friends will find both their loyalty and their ingenuity tested to the breaking point as they struggle to stay alive...Lies of Locke Lamora