Best book you have read.

[HolyKnight]

Hello everyone. Im sure there must be readers on this place so the question is: What are the books that have most impacted you in your life? Also, a good book you can recommend?

If this has been asked before, therefore I apologize for this.

This are the books I can recommend to you:

The Professor: By John M*******g Katzenbach (You must read this)

The Terror: By Dan Simmons (Polar Bears who suck souls, Eskimos beliefes and giant ships)

Hp Lovecraft Collections

Silent Hill 2 Novelization (Pyramid Head)

Divine Comedy

Green, Red, White and Black: By Ted Dekker

Mexica: By Norman Spinard

Apocalypse Daugther: By Patrick Graham (Got this one in spanish so I just translate the name of it)

Twilight of the Narco Blood (A book made by a friend of mine who is a writter, it is awsome but due to lack of money and interest, he kinda stop on the project, yet I might get a digital copy if you´re interesting and if this guy lets me)

The Strain: By Guillermo Del Toro

Black Soldier: By me

Neomagical Wars: By Me.

Fear of the Flesh (Part one): Idea by Wes Woodfin and written by me basing on his scripts (unfinished, this guy lost interest on, didn´t send more of it)

Mayan Testament: Steve Alten

The Gospel of the Children Fidencio.

And a book about a Prostitute who manages to sleep whit The Pope and cause some serious shit. I forgot the name but it´s damn awsome.

What book can you recommend?

[Amethyst]

The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls by Emilie Autumn

All right, so I'm slightly biased, but still. #fav

[Deleted User]

Ive never been into books all thay much, but my favorite ive read has to be "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

Ive also been meaning to read Atlas shrugged for a while now.

Edited June 12, 2014 by McMc

[Chevaleresse]

The Wheel of Time saga; it's too long to simply be called a series.

[Ojama Yellow]

The Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus series of Rick Riordan. Dunno why I like them so much, but I guess it's the genre. If you like Greek/Roman mythology, you should really try these. If you're more an Egyptian mythology lover, Rick Riordan also made The Kane Chronicles, which covers that. I'm such a mythology fanboy lol.

[Gaunt]

The "A Song of Ice and Fire" saga is the best fantasy i ever came across and i recommend it as must read (if you like the genre of course),

"General Pank" is a close second but the only language it came out in is Russian (i think) so if you understand the language or if you find it in English give it a try, it's a great fantasy comedy.

And (of course ) the "Gaunt's Ghosts" series, one of my favorite in the Warhammer 40K universe, if you like science fiction this is for you.

[Felicity]

The dictionary.

Seriously though, if you like Snark, magic/secret society(ish) shiz and a good amount of action, try the Dresden Files.

#HarryxMurphy FTW

[Notus]

I agree with Gaunt, A Song of Ice and Fire is just amazing.

In the Scy-Fi genre, Orson Scott Card's Ender series (Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, etc), and Isaac Asimov's "I Robot".

[HolyKnight]

The "A Song of Ice and Fire" saga is the best fantasy i ever came across and i recommend it as must read (if you like the genre of course),

"General Pank" is a close second but the only language it came out in is Russian (i think) so if you understand the language or if you find it in English give it a try, it's a great fantasy comedy.

And (of course ) the "Gaunt's Ghosts" series, one of my favorite in the Warhammer 40K universe, if you like science fiction this is for you.

Never watched and or read Games of Thrones, but some people already recommend it and not only for the Porn of it (GoT tv series have a lot of porn, don´t know if the books have it as well) And yes I understand Russian so im gonna search General Pank

The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls by Emilie Autumn

All right, so I'm slightly biased, but still. #fav

Psychological Thriller? Must read. If you like that genre, Ame, then read The Professor, you´re gonna love it.

The Wheel of Time saga; it's too long to simply be called a series.

What´s about it? It´s good?

I agree with Gaunt, A Song of Ice and Fire is just amazing.

In the Scy-Fi genre, Orson Scott Card's Ender series (Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, etc), and Isaac Asimov's "I Robot".

Issac Asimov is one of the 3 Kings of science fiction and I personally liked more The Gods Themelves, but when I read the preview of the Ender´s Game it seems interesting already to me.

[Sutoratosu]

"The Eyes of God" by John Marco

this thing had me trapped in the story... it's an incredibly well written Epic fantasy, without all the kinda cliche stuff you'd often find like dragons (Or magic for that matter) instead of focusing on some central conflict or huge magic-related catasophre/ apocalypse as most fantasy genre books does, this one actually gives a lot more attention to focusing on the actual journey and Character's choices, and how the Characters change over the years as the results of these(It's the first book in a quadrilogy, the whole plot of the series takes place through several wars and over the course of about twenty years.) This thing is part of the reason I got interested in writing in the first place.

another one is the "Ender's Game" science fiction Series (There's like 17 books all together) by Orson Scott Card. the guy has invented an entire universe in his stories that's so expansive it rivals "Star wars", not to mention it's well written. again, one of the reasons I got interested in writing in the first place.

Edited June 12, 2014 by Stratos

[HolyKnight]

"The Eyes of God" by John Marco

this thing had me trapped in the story... it's an incredibly well written Epic fantasy, without all the kinda cliche stuff you'd often find like dragons (Or magic for that matter) instead of focusing on some central conflict or huge magic-related catasophre/ apocalypse as most fantasy genre books does, this one actually gives a lot more attention to focusing on the actual journey and Character's choices, and how the Characters change over the years as the results of these(It's the first book in a quadrilogy, the whole plot of the series takes place through several wars and over the course of about twenty years.) This thing is part of the reason I got interested in writing in the first place.

That sounds amazing

[Tempest]

My two favorite series as the moment:

Eragon (Inheritor) - Christopher Paolini

Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer

I may add more later as I think of them.

[PerfectMafia]

"The Last Centurion" by John Ringo..."June 6th, 1944: The Voices of D-Day" by Gerald Astor, and "Guadalcanal Diaries" by Richard Tregaskis. I love history & Astor/Tregaskis wrote great books....Ringo just wrote a great story I can't put down whenever I pick it up.

[Etesian]

House of Leaves was the greatest thing I've ever read. It's a truly...unique book.

[Regin]

The whole Warriors series, by Erin Hunter.

[Felicity]

My two favorite series as the moment:

Eragon (Inheritor) - Christopher Paolini

Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer

I may add more later as I think of them.

Oh wow, i haven't thought of Artemis Fowl in quite a while. Last one i read was the one with atlantis and the crazy mentor guy.

[Tempest]

I think the last one is after that. I know there's an 8th one but I can't remember if it's the last.

[Simon]

Ranger's Apprentice was a series I liked, and I feel you Bibs, read both of those series, but I haven't read the second book of the Kane Chronicles cuz I'm lazeh.

Also remembered I read that book Mc xD I felt kinda of sad when I read the book, but idunno about the movie.

Edited June 12, 2014 by ~Derpy Simon

[Cepheus]

I'm no big reader... if I read a novel then it has something to do with games

- Star Wars: The Old Republic (Revan, Vengeance)

- StarCraft (II) (Heaven's Devils, Devils Due, Ghost: Nova ... I still need a few more but I don't have time >.<)

- Warctaft (Day of the Dragon, The last Guardian, Thrall, War of the Ancients-Trilogy)

and something not related to games:

Walter Moers - Zamonien Novels (German Writer, I don't know if there are translated versions, but I'll try to give a translated title...)

- Die 13 1/2 Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär (The 13 1/2 lifes of Capt'n Bluebear)

- Ensel & Krete

- Rumo und die Wunder im Dunkeln (Rumo and the wonders in the dark)

- Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher (The City of dreaming books)

- Der Schrecksenmeister (... this one is hard to translate but it is close to the "Scare-Lord")

[Yash]

Ceph you should read the assassins creed series.. they are pretty good.. also my favourite book which i'm surprised nobody has mentioned is The Godfather.. In fact most of Mario Puzo's books are good..

Would also recommend these authors and series:

Dan Brown

The Century trilogy by Ken Follet

[HolyKnight]

Finish reading The Asylum, Dresden Files, Percy Jackson first 2 books (Lightning thief and sea monsters) The Eyes of God, House of Leaves, the whole freaking A song of Ice and Fire saga (was about to put the South Park pun in here) and The Magician. Must said that you guys have an amazing taste in literature, and now to read the rest of the books.

Thank you so much for this recomendations,

Also, if anyone wants to write his own book but don´t have the enough time to do so, you can ask my help if you want.

[Beyond Birthday]

Heheh. Don't get me started on books.

Hunger games- Most people know

Percy Jackson- Pretty well known too, mentioned already

Sherlock Holmes- Words do not describe how awesome this series is, particularly for the mystery sort of lover although I guess because of it's age, it's often overlooked from younger people

Lots of Agatha Cristie's books- ^Same as above

Harry Potter-

The Giver trilogy- Really interesting dystopia of sorts, which is my favorite book type of sorts. It is about a world where people have converted to sameness. Look it up in Wikipedia because I'm too lazy right now. Very unique.

Divergent- Kind of similar to the Hunger Games
BB: Los Angeles murder cases- sort of a branch of death note but it's a novel

Flowers for Algernon- I feel as if not many people would like this one but it's about a mentally challenged person (Mentioned in the book to have an IQ of 70) having a dream to become smart, he eventually agrees to a experiment that involves brain surgery. It's written as a diary sort of and it's really interesting how it shows the gradual increase of intelligence, and the realizations of the main character as they change from (pardon not being politically correct) retardation to genius. Unfortunately, due to draw backs,it turns out that it was only temporary and the main character soon returns to how he was in the beginning. Oh, it is a sad ending but so good.

[HolyKnight]

Heheh. Don't get me started on books.

Hunger games- Most people know

Percy Jackson- Pretty well known too, mentioned already

Sherlock Holmes- Words do not describe how awesome this series is, particularly for the mystery sort of lover although I guess because of it's age, it's often overlooked from younger people

Lots of Agatha Cristie's books- ^Same as above

Harry Potter-

The Giver trilogy- Really interesting dystopia of sorts, which is my favorite book type of sorts. It is about a world where people have converted to sameness. Look it up in Wikipedia because I'm too lazy right now. Very unique.

Divergent- Kind of similar to the Hunger Games

BB: Los Angeles murder cases- sort of a branch of death note but it's a novel

Flowers for Algernon- I feel as if not many people would like this one but it's about a mentally challenged person (Mentioned in the book to have an IQ of 70) having a dream to become smart, he eventually agrees to a experiment that involves brain surgery. It's written as a diary sort of and it's really interesting how it shows the gradual increase of intelligence, and the realizations of the main character as they change from (pardon not being politically correct) retardation to genius. Unfortunately, due to draw backs,it turns out that it was only temporary and the main character soon returns to how he was in the beginning. Oh, it is a sad ending but so good.

Flowers of Algernon sounds interesting.

[Maelstrom]

You wanted to know more about the Wheel of Time saga right?

Well, if you liked the LotR trilogy... WoT is like 10 times better (like if you look at Gandalf, you can see how he doesn't have a developed magic system, as he rarely ever uses magic at all and really only serves as the wizened old man who knows much and says little- not to mention 90% of the action in the movies or the books is WALKING). There is way more to it than can really be covered in a simple summary, but let's see how many of the world's threads I can condense together here.

At the beginning of time, the Creator made the world and imprisoned the Dark Lord of death and destruction. The wheel of time is the image used to describe the cyclical flow of time, the way that the forces of light and dark continue to struggle to usher in dark and golden ages in turn. However the Dark One's real goal is to destroy all of existence and break the wheel of time, however the wheel of time always spins out one soul as champion and leader of the forces of light in the darkest hours. This man is known as the Dragon.

There is a system of magic in the world which is called the One Power or the source, but it is divided into two halves: male and female. Only a man can channel the male side of the power and females the other, but not everybody is gifted. The magic is comprised of a few basic components (fire, water, earth, wind, and spirit) that are threaded together to make a sort weave that is in essence a spell that does one thing or another. In the past age, men and women used their powers together to create a golden age of wonders. But in their study and curiosity, they accidentally bored a hole in reality into the Dark One's prison, allowing him to more strongly touch and influence the world again. Magic wielders whose allegiance were to the dark one ( who were promised power and eternal life) revealed themselves and became known as dreadlords. The rest rallied and fought back, but in disunity. While many fought back the armies of the dark one, the Dragon was only able to summon the help of other men in an attempt to seal the hole. And it worked... imperfectly. They were able to seal the dark one and a dozen of his greatest dreadlords back into his prison, but without meshing with the female half of the one power, it could only serve as a patch on the breach. Before being sealed, the dark one counterattacked, tainting the male half of the Source with his own darkness. Now, no man could channel the power without being touched by his evil. With use, it slowly turned every male channeler mad. And they broke the world with their channeling. Quite literally.

Not even the dragon was immune. In his own madness, he slew everyone he cared about. It was then that one remaining dreadlord healed his mind enough to let him see and comprehend what he had done. In his grief he channeled to himself more of the one power than his body could handle. A giant, spewing mountain formed where he had stood in his final moments.

In the years following this breaking of the world, much of the world's knowledge was lost and the women channelers took it upon themselves to kill or permanently sever the magic of any man who manifested the talent to channel the one power.

But the wheel of time continues to turn and it was foretold that the dragon would come again, and once again break the world even as he was supposed to save it from the Dark One. With the taint on the male half and the prophecy of yet another breaking, the coming of the dragon became feared and despised as the end of days.

And it is in this setting, years later, that at last the Dragon is reborn and the story truly begins (spanning 14 books) with three unassuming village boys around whom fate begins to weave.

And it doesn't touch upon a lot of things, but merely sets you up with backstory that is really only revealed bit by bit in the story.

This world is rich in nations and peoples with well thought out and developed customs, histories, and personalities that really do make Tolkien's pale in comparison.

On a side note, if Ame is still looking for inspiration for male characters/personalities, there are plenty of those in here. Not that she won't find many females to look at and enjoy. After the fall of the male channelers, the women channelers began to shape and influence the world to their own designs and does not lack at all for strong female characters.

[HolyKnight]

At the beginning of time, the Creator made the world and imprisoned the Dark Lord of death and destruction. The wheel of time is the image used to describe the cyclical flow of time, the way that the forces of light and dark continue to struggle to usher in dark and golden ages in turn. However the Dark One's real goal is to destroy all of existence and break the wheel of time, however the wheel of time always spins out one soul as champion and leader of the forces of light in the darkest hours. This man is known as the Dragon.

There is a system of magic in the world which is called the One Power or the source, but it is divided into two halves: male and female. Only a man can channel the male side of the power and females the other, but not everybody is gifted. The magic is comprised of a few basic components (fire, water, earth, wind, and spirit) that are threaded together to make a sort weave that is in essence a spell that does one thing or another. In the past age, men and women used their powers together to create a golden age of wonders. But in their study and curiosity, they accidentally bored a hole in reality into the Dark One's prison, allowing him to more strongly touch and influence the world again. Magic wielders whose allegiance were to the dark one ( who were promised power and eternal life) revealed themselves and became known as dreadlords. The rest rallied and fought back, but in disunity. While many fought back the armies of the dark one, the Dragon was only able to summon the help of other men in an attempt to seal the hole. And it worked... imperfectly. They were able to seal the dark one and a dozen of his greatest dreadlords back into his prison, but without meshing with the female half of the one power, it could only serve as a patch on the breach. Before being sealed, the dark one counterattacked, tainting the male half of the Source with his own darkness. Now, no man could channel the power without being touched by his evil. With use, it slowly turned every male channeler mad. And they broke the world with their channeling. Quite literally.

Not even the dragon was immune. In his own madness, he slew everyone he cared about. It was then that one remaining dreadlord healed his mind enough to let him see and comprehend what he had done. In his grief he channeled to himself more of the one power than his body could handle. A giant, spewing mountain formed where he had stood in his final moments.

In the years following this breaking of the world, much of the world's knowledge was lost and the women channelers took it upon themselves to kill or permanently sever the magic of any man who manifested the talent to channel the one power.

But the wheel of time continues to turn and it was foretold that the dragon would come again, and once again break the world even as he was supposed to save it from the Dark One. With the taint on the male half and the prophecy of yet another breaking, the coming of the dragon became feared and despised as the end of days.

And it is in this setting, years later, that at last the Dragon is reborn and the story truly begins (spanning 14 books) with three unassuming village boys around whom fate begins to weave.

14 books?! Holy s**t.

And yes, Im gonna read them! It seems fantastic! Thanks mate.