I just finished "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque - a tough, but fantastic read. Everyone should read this.

Another of my favorites is "1984".

Please give me some more recommendations!

I'm reading this now, and it's fantastic. It may be a bit geeky for some, but I love it. A nonfiction book that reads like fiction. It's exciting.

FROM THE PUBLISHER
"The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history - the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness." "At the very center of this story is John Wilkes Booth, America's notorious villain. A Confederate sympathizer and a member of a celebrated acting family, Booth threw away his fame and wealth for a chance to avenge the South's defeat. For almost two weeks, he confounded the manhunters, slipping away from their every move and denying them the justice they sought." Based on rare archival materials, obscure trial transcripts, and Lincoln's own blood relics, Manhunt is a fully documented work, but it is also a fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters, this is history as you've never read it before.

FROM THE CRITICS
Publishers Weekly
In the early days of April 1865, with the bloody war to preserve the union finished, Swanson tells us, Abraham Lincoln was "jubilant." Elsewhere in Washington, the other player in the coming drama of the president's assassination was miserable. Hearing Lincoln's April 10 victory speech, famed actor and Confederate die-hard John Wilkes Booth turned to a friend and remarked with seething hatred, "That means nigger citizenship. Now, by God, I'll put him through." On April 14, Booth did just that. With great power, passion and at a thrilling, breakneck pace, Swanson (Lincoln's Assassins: Their Trial and Execution) conjures up an exhausted yet jubilant nation ruptured by grief, stunned by tragedy and hell-bent on revenge. For 12 days, assisted by family and some women smitten by his legendary physical beauty, Booth relied on smarts, stealth and luck to elude the best detectives, military officers and local police the federal government could muster. Taking the reader into the action, the story is shot through with breathless, vivid, even gory detail. With a deft, probing style and no small amount of swagger, Swanson, a member of the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, has crafted pure narrative pleasure, sure to satisfy the casual reader and Civil War aficionado alike. 11 b&w photos not seen by PW. (Feb. 7) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The best book I ever read. Read it three times.

roanmairin said:

I've read 3 Ken Follett books -

'Jackdaws'. It was pretty good.
'Hornet Flight' - really liked it
'Eye of the Needle' - fantastic!

I'm pretty big on WW2 fiction.

Rudy said:

None of his other books are like Pillars. It really is an amazing read. Made me weep like a school girl.

The Box Car Children!!!

The Box Car Children!!!

Damage by Josephine Hart
Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
Shopgirl by Steve Martin

Almost anything by Ira Levin (Paticularly Rosemary's Baby and Boys From Brazil)

the movie sucked, but the book is one of my all-time favorites!

Provocations -- The Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard

and for black history month . . .

Carter Woodson -- The Miseducation of the Negro

the ciderhouse rules - john irving
the hours - michael cunningham
the color purple - alice walker

the unintentionally "the" themed list of cborgman according to his all time favorite books.

The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver

IrresistibleB1tch said:

I liked both the book and film. The book was better, but I enjoyed both.

RipHer2Shreds said:

cool! have you read any other Roth books? i loved Portnoy's Complaint - classic!

IrresistibleB1tch said:

I have not. Portnoy's Complaint has been recommended to me more than once. The problem is that I've got a backlog of 5 books that others have loaned me, one for more than a year now. I put the Swanson book mentioned above - I book I bought on my own last week - before all of them.

RipHer2Shreds said:

read P's Complaint when you're tired of all that seriousness...

RipHer2Shreds said:

I will read this. Thx.