top 4 books of all time

[headclub]

i am just bored and curious what everyones favorite books are

mine are

4. the outsiders - SE Hinton
3. survivor - Chuck Palahniuk
2. 1984 and Animal Farm - George Orwell
1. fightclub - Chuck Palahniuk

[amysaurus]

That's five books. Just saying.

[absolutecrunk]

hahahahahahahahahahaha

[headclub]

That's five books. Just saying.


well i couldnt decide between 1984 and animal farm.

it started off with me thinking of just fightclub, 1984, survivor, and the outsiders. then i thought of animal farm.

haha

im just curious of others favorite books, because i am looking for a new book to read

[open mind]

That's five books. Just saying.

i bought 1984 and animal farm in a combined book form, so it can be thought of as one book in some instances.

it-stephen king
ishmael-daniel quinn
48 laws of power-robert greene (crazily enough him and 50 cent are collaborating on a book titled the 50th law)
homeworld-r.a. salvatore

i read alot of crap.

[headclub]

i bought 1984 and animal farm in a combined book form, so it can be thought of as one book in some instances.

it-stephen king
ishmael-daniel quinn
48 laws of power-robert greene (crazily enough him and 50 cent are collaborating on a book titled the 50th law)
homeworld-r.a. salvatore

i read alot of crap.

i work at books a million, i read and browse a lot of crap haha

its a great way to pass time

[open mind]

well i couldnt decide between 1984 and animal farm.

it started off with me thinking of just fightclub, 1984, survivor, and the outsiders. then i thought of animal farm.

haha

im just curious of others favorite books, because i am looking for a new book to read

i won't bother with reccomending established classics because well......they're classics and anyone can tell you about them.
if you like sci-fi i'd reccomend enders game books by orson scott card, if you like fantasy the legend of drizzit series by salvatore and the devery series by katherine kerr are pretty good, if you like horror salems lot, the talisman, and desperation by stephen king are quality. legal thrillers and murder mysteries are covered by grisham, and michael connolly (sp?) but if you dig murder with a slice of multi-culturalism tony hillerman has some good stuff. if you like palahniuk check out kurt vonnegut, charles bukowski, and ken kesey. since you seem to enjoy alternate views on concepts we take for granted i'd say you'll probably dig the daniel quinn ishmael trilogy (ishmael, story of b, and my ishmael).

[AsItFallsApart]

Stephen King- The Stand
Heller- Catch-22
Dante- The Divine Comedy
Sinclair- The Jungle

*honorable mention* Carlton Mellick- Electric Jesus Corpse (a surprisingly good take on the story of the Apostles... set in a post apocalyptic future setting. Bizarre yet a great read.)

[-Aaron-]

Fyodor Dostoevsky -The Brothers Karamazov
Leo Tolstoy- War and Peace
Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis
Gustave Flaubert- Sentimental Education

[cantnokdahustle]

1) The Brothers Karamazov- Dostoevsky

2) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Mark Twain

3) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead- Tom Stoppard (play)

4) The Sirens of Titan- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.


Currently reading: A Confederacy of Dunces- John Kennedy Toole

[entrepy]

At the minute probably

Shalimar The Clown - Salman Rushdie
The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak
a million little pieces - James Frey
If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things - Jon McGregor

Like to put a few series of books in there (Malazan Tale of the Fallen; The First Law) but they'd probably count as more than one book

[AShannon04]

Dave Eggers- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Audrey Niffenegger- The Time Traveler's Wife
Lois Lowry- The Giver

I can't think of any more right now. I just woke up and have read lots of books in my life, but those are some that are sticking out to me right now. I'm sure I've read "better" books, but those are the ones I really enjoyed and seemingly read at the right point in my life.

[musicfiend]

I really enjoyed I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb and Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom.

[WakingTheMisery]

Animal Farm
Ishmael
Of Mice and Men
American Hardcore

[brknhrtdbritt]

things change by partick jones

[4N6 science]

1. da vinci code- Brown
2. Andromeda strain- Crichton
3. Count of Monte Cristo- Dumas
4. Macbeth- Shakespeare

[amysaurus]

I can't choose a top five list, but I love The Great Gatsby a lot.

[brknhrtdbritt]

I can't choose a top five list, but I love The Great Gatsby a lot.
that was a good book

[Ailite]

1. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
2. Harry Potter
3. Cloud Atlas
4. Blood Meridian

[bowl of oranges]

1. A Clockwork Orange- Anthony Burgess
2. Invisible Monsters- Chuck Palahniuk
3. The Catcher in the Rye- J.D. Salinger
4. Brave New World- Aldous Huxley

[entrepy]

1. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
2. Harry Potter
3. Cloud Atlas
4. Blood Meridian

Great book, number9dream is good as well

[amysaurus]

1. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
2. Harry Potter
3. Cloud Atlas
4. Blood Meridian

Oh yes, how could I leave that out. The Harry Potter series are probably my favorite 7 books.

[SkyHeldUpByStar]

At the minute probably

Shalimar The Clown - Salman Rushdie
The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak
a million little pieces - James Frey
If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things - Jon McGregor

Like to put a few series of books in there (Malazan Tale of the Fallen; The First Law) but they'd probably count as more than one book

Loved that book. Did you know they're making a movie?

[Ailite]

Great book, number9dream is good as well
I haven't read that yet, but Cloud Atlas is incredible
Oh yes, how could I leave that out. The Harry Potter series are probably my favorite 7 books.
I think I might re-read the whole series again pretty soon

[handlikesecret]

1. Lord of the Rings
2. Harry Potter
3. Great Expectations
4. Lord of the Flies

honorable mention: To Kill a Mockingbird, Last of the Mohicans, Animal Farm, Pride and Prejudice, The Oath.

[amysaurus]

I haven't read that yet, but Cloud Atlas is incredible

I think I might re-read the whole series again pretty soon

I'm doing that right now haha

[lindZ629]

My favorites keep switching, but as of now:

You Shall Know Our Velocity
Water for Elephants
Harry Potters
The Time Traveler's Wife

edit: Forgot about Kavalier & Clay, so it's my top 5

[sjb2k1]

my favorites include:
the harry potter series
the silence of the lambs
nineteen minutes
gods and generals

i could come up with a completely different list for "classics" though

[entrepy]

Loved that book. Did you know they're making a movie?

I did not know that, thanks for the mention. Fingers crossed that it'll be even half as good as the book 'cause I'd be happy with that. If they made it perfectly, well I'd like to think it could be up there with Schindler's List

[CstSnow]

Screw it im just going with top 5( in no particular order)

1.Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
2.East of Eden
3.Treasure Island
4.The Sun also Rises
5.A Seperate Peace

wow and that was hard I really want to fit in, the Tender Bar,the Great Gatsby, and the Catcher in the Rye.

[osceola13]

1. The Long Walk by Richard Bachman aka Stephen King
2. World War Z by Max Brooks
3. Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
4. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

[bowl of oranges]

1. The Long Walk by Richard Bachman aka Stephen King
2. World War Z by Max Brooks
3. Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
4. Battle Royale by Koushun Takamithat was my least favorite from him :shrug:

[headclub]

i loved survivor. i am about to read either Rant or Invisible Monsters. planning on Choke, Lullaby, and Diary soon
i love working at books a million because we can check out books for up to 2 weeks.

[PlayNiceKids]

Rant is by far the best Chuck book in my personal opinion. Something about it just made it completely fucking awesome, but its not for everyone.

[mellzie14]

The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
Prozac Nation - Elizabeth Wurtzel
The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison

[Batman138]

that was my least favorite from him :shrug:

Even if you didn't particularly like the story of survivor, you have to at least admit it is really well written. It was a really intense and deep book, and the fact that it was backwards (and still made sense) is just amazing. Im re-reading it right now and enjoy it just as much as I did the first time. I still can't decide if I like it better then fight club though.

[adam289]

1. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
2. The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Sallinger
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
4. Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

[osceola13]

that was my least favorite from him :shrug:

that's cool, I'm just glad other people gave it a shot. None of my other friends read for entertainment so I have no one to talk books with.

[AtlanticRadio]

1) The Brothers Karamazov- Dostoevsky

2) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Mark Twain

3) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead- Tom Stoppard (play)

4) The Sirens of Titan- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.


Currently reading: A Confederacy of Dunces- John Kennedy Toole

One of my absolute favorites. I laughed so hard while reading that.

[headclub]

im glad to see that im not the only person on here who reads haha. like someone said 2 or 3 posts up, i have noone to talk books with unless i am at work

[notoaststereo]

You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
A Heartbreaking Work of a Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

[bowl of oranges]

that's cool, I'm just glad other people gave it a shot. None of my other friends read for entertainment so I have no one to talk books with.don't get me wrong, i still think it was a good book, but in comparison to Choke, Fight Club, and Invisible Monsters, it's not as good at all

[Brandon Allin]

http://www.tonychor.com/archive/walter.jpg

http://daddytypes.com/archive/my_fist_rave_somethingawful.jpg

http://boortz.com/images/funny/drunk_as_a_skunk.jpg

http://www.schmeg.com/FUNNY-BOOKS/learn-to-pimp.jpg

[amysaurus]

http://www.schmeg.com/FUNNY-BOOKS/learn-to-pimp.jpg

Oh my god I used to love the Berenstein Bears!

[AShannon04]

You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
A Heartbreaking Work of a Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

I absolutely love Dave Eggers, and I've recently gotten back into Stephen King after not reading anything by him for a good 4-5 years. What stories are in that anthology, and what is that Foer book about? I've never heard anything about him, but based on your other books, I feel like I might like it.

[Brandon Allin]

Oh my god I used to love the Berenstein Bears!
Stan and Jan wrote hits like there was no tomorrow.

[SockMonkeyRiot]

"Once A Runner" by John L. Parker
"God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" by Kurt Vonnegut
"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
"The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" by Douglas Adams

[hailthewarrior]

1. The Silmarillion by Tolkien
2. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
3. 1984 by Orwell
4. Survivor by Palahniuk

[notoaststereo]

I absolutely love Dave Eggers, and I've recently gotten back into Stephen King after not reading anything by him for a good 4-5 years. What stories are in that anthology, and what is that Foer book about? I've never heard anything about him, but based on your other books, I feel like I might like it.

Everything Eventual is probably my favorite short story book. It ranges over all kind of Kings work. it has 14 of the best short stories i've ever read.

ELaIC is also fantastic. its about a boy who loses his father in 911 and he find a key of his fathers in his house, and is determined to find what the key opens.

[handlikesecret]

my favorite book used to be The King's Stilts by Dr. Seuss.

[amysaurus]

Stan and Jan wrote hits like there was no tomorrow.

http://146.74.224.231/archives/messyroom.jpg

This was my favorite one

[Brandon Allin]

http://146.74.224.231/archives/messyroom.jpg

This was my favorite one
Good choice. I like that one, too. But this one was my favorite:

http://imshopping.rediff.com/books/imagechek/books/pixs/77/0679808477.jpg

[googirl8907]

http://146.74.224.231/archives/messyroom.jpg

This was my favorite one
:nod: Mine too.

[drivthru182]

My favorites keep switching, but as of now:

You Shall Know Our Velocity
Water for Elephants
Harry Potters
The Time Traveler's Wife

edit: Forgot about Kavalier & Clay, so it's my top 5

Kavalier and Clay is my favorite book. My other four are: The Great Gatsby, On The Road, and, right now, there's a tie between High Fidelity and Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs.

[Nevuk]

Currently for me... I'll probably have to do a top 5.
Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky (Why are people putting Karamazov over this? Karamazov is a book everyone should read, but it can barely be said to have a story)
Gormenghast Novels - Mervyn Peake (Yes, they count as one. I bought them in a set. If I had to narrow it done to one, the middle one)
Magic for Beginners - Kelly Link (Short story collection? who cares?)
Use of Weapons - Iain M. Banks
Grendel - John Gardner


1984 is a near miss. Barely.

[entrepy]

Currently for me... I'll probably have to do a top 5.
Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky (Why are people putting Karamazov over this? Karamazov is a book everyone should read, but it can barely be said to have a story)
Gormenghast Novels - Mervyn Peake (Yes, they count as one. I bought them in a set. If I had to narrow it done to one, the middle one)
Magic for Beginners - Kelly Link (Short story collection? who cares?)
Use of Weapons - Iain M. Banks
Grendel - John Gardner .

Good books, though I found the last one to be very strange. Apparently Peake was suffering from Parkinson's when he wrote it

[amysaurus]

Good choice. I like that one, too. But this one was my favorite:

http://imshopping.rediff.com/books/imagechek/books/pixs/77/0679808477.jpg

Ohh that one was good too.
:nod: Mine too.

:highfive:

[TJ Wells]

Catcher in the Rye
On the Road
The Great Gatsby
Sons and Lovers

[Nevuk]

Good books, though I found the last one to be very strange. Apparently Peake was suffering from Parkinson's when he wrote it
Yeah, incredibly odd books even when he wasn't almost insane. He was suffering from some debilitating illness, he barely managed to finish it, and basically couldn't edit it or even revise it. It isn't as good on sheer quality as the other two, but the ending is probably the best ever for a book. Does everything an ending should, and pulls it off perfectly.

[meeotch]

As I Lay Dying
Invisible Monsters
Thumbsucker
Where the Sidewalk Ends

[bobby runs]

for me it would be the four klosterman books

[SkyHeldUpByStar]

I did not know that, thanks for the mention. Fingers crossed that it'll be even half as good as the book 'cause I'd be happy with that. If they made it perfectly, well I'd like to think it could be up there with Schindler's List

Just noticed that you quoted me, haha. I really hope they make it right because I loved that book. I wonder who will play death?

[Neo Cassady]

http://www.tonychor.com/archive/walter.jpg

http://daddytypes.com/archive/my_fist_rave_somethingawful.jpg

http://boortz.com/images/funny/drunk_as_a_skunk.jpg

http://www.schmeg.com/FUNNY-BOOKS/learn-to-pimp.jpg

lol Walter the Farting Dog is a real book.

[entrepy]

Just noticed that you quoted me, haha. I really hope they make it right because I loved that book. I wonder who will play death?

For some reason the first name that popped into my head when I thought about that was Hugo Weaving. I don't know why

[Thriftstoresuit]

you shall know our velocity
the catcher in the rye
survivor
the hobbit

honorable mentions that would probably appear on a top 10 list include: to kill a mockingbird, sex drugs and coco puffs, 1984, and the kid stays in the picture

[Brandon Allin]

lol Walter the Farting Dog is a real book.
I know. I own it.

[SkyHeldUpByStar]

For some reason the first name that popped into my head when I thought about that was Hugo Weaving. I don't know why

Hmm...now that would be interesting.

[lilRIPsta]

A Storm of Swords- George R.R. Martin
A Game of Thrones- George R.R. Martin
Invisible Man- Ralph Ellison
Catcher in the Rye- Salinger

[SauzaGold]

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
Naked - David Sedaris
Something Happened - Joseph Heller
The Bone Orchard - D. Daniel Judson

[entrepy]

A Storm of Swords- George R.R. Martin
A Game of Thrones- George R.R. Martin

Love those books, especially A Game of Thrones. Can't wait for the next one (if it ever comes out).

[anamericangod]

1. American Gods
2. A Million Little Pieces
3. The Great Gatsby
4. Prozac Nation

[AShannon04]

1. American Gods
2. A Million Little Pieces
3. The Great Gatsby
4. Prozac Nation

A Million Little Pieces is awesome. I need to read that again.

[SLoT]

Bible
Cat in the Hat
Green Eggs and Ham
Ethan Frome

(none of those are serious)

[MADSTA]

1. American Gods
2. A Million Little Pieces
3. The Great Gatsby
4. Prozac Nation
Loved Prozac Nation. I have to read Gatsby over the summer for school. So far it's a little slow, does it pick up at all?

[anamericangod]

Loved Prozac Nation. I have to read Gatsby over the summer for school. So far it's a little slow, does it pick up at all?

Oh yes, to say that Gatsby picks up would be somewhat of an understatement. If I remember correctly it starts off kinda confusing almost. There's lots of names thrown around and it took me a minute to figure out who was who and what relation they had to the other characters.

Take your time with it. It is definitely a classic.

[Neo Cassady]

I really need to reread Gatsby. First time I read it was for 10th grade English and I couldn't care less about anything except finishing it.

[bung]

Top 4 is just about impossible, but I'll give it a shot.

1. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Point Counter Point could just as well be here)
2. Thousands of literary critics would scorn me, but The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
3. Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
4. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

[Love As Arson]

Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being by Milan Kundera
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
History and Class Consciousness by Georg Lukacs

[Bishop]

1. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
3. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
4. The Messiah of Morris Avenue - Tony Hendra

[-Aaron-]

Currently for me... I'll probably have to do a top 5.
Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky (Why are people putting Karamazov over this? Karamazov is a book everyone should read, but it can barely be said to have a story)


I don't know, I just liked everything about Karamazov. Crime and Punishment is an excellent book but I like Notes from the Underground more still than it even.

[MADSTA]

Oh yes, to say that Gatsby picks up would be somewhat of an understatement. If I remember correctly it starts off kinda confusing almost. There's lots of names thrown around and it took me a minute to figure out who was who and what relation they had to the other characters.

Take your time with it. It is definitely a classic.
Yeah, I'm having a little difficulty remembering who is who and who is married to who etc.
I'll take your word for it though. It better be good.

[CstSnow]

Yeah, I'm having a little difficulty remembering who is who and who is married to who etc.
I'll take your word for it though. It better be good.

It gets good, seriously really really good.

Has anyone else read the Tender Bar, its a memoir about this kid who grows up in the town that the Great Gatsby was based on, and how everything there revolves around alcohol, its pretty good.

[open mind]

It gets good, seriously really really good.

Has anyone else read the Tender Bar, its a memoir about this kid who grows up in the town that the Great Gatsby was based on, and how everything there revolves around alcohol, its pretty good.

i've read some of it, and what i've read i've liked.....got side tracked with other books though.

[CstSnow]

i've read some of it, and what i've read i've liked.....got side tracked with other books though.

Its definitely worth finishing if you ever get the chance.

[open mind]

Its definitely worth finishing if you ever get the chance.

oh i definately plan on finishing it......but i wanna finish the drizzt book i'm reading, then read rant, 1984, and no country for old men first.

[JakeOff946]

gatsby, mocking bird, a dirty job, choke

[Burnout2888]

1) The Great Gatsby
2) Fahrenheit 451
3) Mere Christianity
4) To Kill A Mockingbird

[Burnout2888]

Oh, and I'm about to start on Ender's Game.

[topher465]

1. The Bible
2. East of Eden - John Steinbeck
3. A Farewell to Arms - Earnest Hemingway
4. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
5. A Separate Peace - John Knowles

[xashkox]

top five off the top of my head, based on the books that I can read over and over

Sloppy Firsts - McCafferty
The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs - Klosterman
Blue Like Jazz - Miller
Bitter is the New Black - Lancaster

[topher465]

top five off the top of my head, based on the books that I can read over and over

Sloppy Firsts - McCafferty
The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs - Klosterman
Blue Like Jazz - Miller
Bitter is the New Black - Lancaster

Don Miller is probably the most relevant Christian author out there. How ticked am I that he didn't come through Pittsburgh on his Million Miles tour?

[MADSTA]

Sloppy Firsts - McCafferty
I love this book. Second Helpings as well. I want to meet Marcus Flutie so badly.

[xashkox]

I love this book. Second Helpings as well. I want to meet Marcus Flutie so badly.

Same! Did you read the rest of the books in the series? I think they went downhill after Second Helpings, but I did love the way Perfect Fifths ended.

[MADSTA]

Same! Did you read the rest of the books in the series? I think they went downhill after Second Helpings, but I did love the way Perfect Fifths ended.
I only read the third, which I can't remember much from honestly. Looks like I need to catch up. Was Perfect Fifths the last in the series?

[xashkox]

I only read the third, which I can't remember much from honestly. Looks like I need to catch up. Was Perfect Fifths the last in the series?

Yeah, there's Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, and Perfect Fifths.

[williek311]

1. American Gods
2. A Million Little Pieces
3. The Great Gatsby
4. Prozac Nation

Don't care if AMLP is streching the truth the book is still amazing. It's one I've bought multiple times and gave it away multiple times.

[Rodeo]

"On the Road" by Jack Kerouac is my favorite book of all-time.

[Colorblind!]

Don Miller is probably the most relevant Christian author out there. How ticked am I that he didn't come through Pittsburgh on his Million Miles tour?

The dude seriously rules. My dad works for a Christian publisher so I got an advanced reading copy of Million Miles, it was absolutely fantastic.
Although I love Don, you must read Shane Claiborne if you haven't already. I have lent out so many copies of his book The Irresistable Revolution and it has singlehandedly changed the lives of me and my friends.

Don't care if AMLP is streching the truth the book is still amazing. It's one I've bought multiple times and gave it away multiple times.

So glad to hear that, because I've been hearing way too much negative feedback. After reading Bright Shiny Morning and being blown away, I've been pretty anxious to read it. Anybody writing based on memory is going to stretch the truth, and if he did it a little more conciously then others, so be it. Shouldn't affect how readers percieve it or change the quality of the work.

[drewinseries]

1984
dante's inferno
paradise lost
the giver

[Wake Up]

1984
dante's inferno
paradise lost
the giver

honest question. did you read all of these in high school/middle school?

[Wake Up]

Sutree - Cormac McCarthy
Glamorama - Bret Easton Ellis
A Good Man Is Hard To Find - Flannery O' Connor
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis - Jose Saramago

[cantnokdahustle]

"Once A Runner" by John L. Parker
"God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" by Kurt Vonnegut
"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
"The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" by Douglas Adams

I never realized those were all short stories.

[drewinseries]

honest question. did you read all of these in high school/middle school?

i only read the giver in high school. the rest not in any form of education classes

[ACA]

Jurassic Park

[anamericangod]

Don't care if AMLP is streching the truth the book is still amazing. It's one I've bought multiple times and gave it away multiple times.

I agree completely. All of the drama and shit that ended up surrounding that book didn't mean a thing to me at all. It is a beautiful book. If you haven't read the sequel, My Friend Leonard, I would highly recommend doing so.

Jurassic Park

So much better than the movie, which is still awesome. Fairly different in parts as well.

[williek311]

I agree completely. All of the drama and shit that ended up surrounding that book didn't mean a thing to me at all. It is a beautiful book. If you haven't read the sequel, My Friend Leonard, I would highly recommend doing so.



So much better than the movie, which is still awesome. Fairly different in parts as well.

Bought it the day that it came out and have since given it away.

[OnLettingGo]

1. extremely loud & incredibly close
2. house of leaves
3. walden
4. catcher in the rye

but it changes periodically. a million little pieces almost makes my top 4. such a powerful story, even if it is exaggerated.

[Juturna25]

joseph conrad- heart of darkness.