favourite book

[Stephanie]

Although I have a vague suspicion that our friend, Barrett, is gleaning information in his many favourite book, movie, hero threads, I admit they're entertaining and proving pretty informative; they also show a good cross-section of the interests and values of the contributors to this forum. So I would like to know:
What are your favourite non-WWI books?

Only a few of mine in no particular order:
Tales of the South Pacific, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Scarlet Letter, Titus Andronicus, Tillman's Warriors, Tale of Two Cities, Heart of Darkness, Petronius' Satyricon, Candide, all of Terhune's books, John Buchan's Hannay novels.....

[stephen]

"Million Dollar Habits," Robert Ringer.

Somewhat unpoetic, I'm afraid. But a lifechanging read... at least pour moi.

[Barrett]

Thank you Stephanie. You're a pal.
In answer to the question, however, should I replyabout MY favorite books or my FAVORITE books?
Hee.

[Stephanie]

They'd be one and the same, I think, no?

-cheers

[mike_baram]

Hoo, boy....that's a tall order.
Lessee now........
"Gates of Fire" by Steven Pressfield
"D-Day" & "Citizen Soldiers" by Stephen Ambrose
"Radical Son" by David Horowitz
"Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
"Lord of the Rings" by Tolkein (That should be on everyone's list)
"The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara
"Dune" by Frank Herbert
"Dracula" by Bram Stoker (Nefer mind za mofie, read za book.)
.......I could go on and on...I've read a hell of a lot of great books in 5+ decades, and it would be hard to narrow the list down.
I'm still waiting for the appearance of "The History of Everything" by Barrett Tillman

[Barrett]

(Blushing) Aw shucks...
"Gates of Fire": ditto.
"Fix Bayonets!" the anthology by Col. John Thomason, USMC
"The Killer Angels" by Skarra
"Bomber" by Deighton
"Starship troopers" by Heinlein (the movie sucks)
The entire "Flashman" series by Fraser
Anything by Neville Shute
Anything by P.J. O'Rourke
The Dauntless Trilogy (only 2/3 published) by Tillman

The Greatest Nonfiction Book on Any Subject: "Spearheading D-Day" by Garne.

Stephanie couldn`t you pick an easier one such as What is the meaning of life?[for the initiated it is,of course,42!].You see I have six trunks of science fiction safely in my loft!! Still a few favorites:Flight of the Mew Gull.Alex Henshaw,Lancaster Pilot.Jack Currie[all his writing in fact.]Stranger in a Strange Land,Robert Heinlien,Sigh for a Merlin.Alex Henshaw[again!]All Terry Pratchett,The Harry Potter books[superb writing!] Most of Anne McCaffrey!! the Spellsinger books,Prism[same Author] and a favorite from my childhood 101 Dalmations by Dodie Smith[my copy is a Penguin paperback and is decidedly "dog eared"!!]

[Mark_Miller]

My #1 all time favorite
Lord of the Rings - read it first when I was about 15 and have re-read it countless times since. It's a just nice place to be. I'm dreading the upcoming movie - I have my own picture in my head and that's the way i like it *

second would have to be Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey/Maturin series. Best historical fiction I've ever read. A VERY fun read

non fiction - Boorstin

And in no particular order
Thomas Wolf - the Right Stuff
Chrichton (?) - The Great Train Robbery
C.S. Forester - Hornblower series
Cornwell - Sharpe series
Heinlien, Asimov (Foundation series), Brunner, Donaldson, Jordan, Anthony, * *blah, blah, blah....
and a whole list of mindless stuff I'd rather not admit to. :

Mark

[Stephanie]

oh yeah, Hornblower and Hitchhiker's Guide.... and, and, and....!

The meaning of life lies within the question to which the answer is 42.....The mice had it right all along.

G'day All,

My all time favourite book(Non Fiction), America's Cup winning skipper John Bertrands autobiography "Born to Win"

A few others would be;

The Hobbit, "Blood and Iron" by Lex McAulay and anything by David Eddings.

Andrew.