Your all time favorite books

[Beebo]

Fly fishing by J R hartley

 

[AndyRM]

Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh
Glue - Irvine Welsh
Morvern Callar - Alan Warner
Skellig - David Almond
A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil - Christopher Brookymre
Less Than Zero - Brett Easton Ellis
The F*ck Up - Arthur Nersesian
Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky
The 39 Steps - John Buchan
Blindness - Jose Saramago
The Plague - Camus (could be anything by him to be honest, Kafka too)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

Hhhmmm... This could take a while!

 

[wheresthetorch]

my all time favourite book is The Cruel Sea by Nicolas Monsarrat.

Mine too! "Snorkers - Good-oh!"

 

[Hill Wimp]

Another one here for To Kill a Mockingbird. I first read it aged 8-9 and have never really put it down. It's a story that is relevant now as it was in the time it was based and i think every child should read it.

 

[Bazzer]

For a little lighter reading than some of those mentioned::

H2G2 - Douglas Adams
Reaper Man - Terry Pratchet

 

[EltonFrog]

All time favourite books.

Three Men In A Boat - Jerome K Jerome.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. - Mark Haddon.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I used to love Biggles books, and was half tempted by recent cheap boxed sets of stories. I dare say nearly 50 years later I might be disapointed

If you are disappointed, you might try Derek Robinson's books. I read Goshawk Squadron last year, it was really good. He wrote three other WW1 RFC books, four WW2 RAF books and several others.

 

[outlash]

Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
Under the Skin - Michael Faber

 

[Nibor]

Anything by the late great Sir Terry Pratchett...everything is is a social/political commentary when you look in to it.....

My favourite is not a Disc World one it is Good Omens which he wrote with Neil Gaimen

 

[ianrauk]

One flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Papillon
The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant
Neither Here Nor There - Bill Bryson

 

[User169]

If you are disappointed, you might try Derek Robinson's books. I read Goshawk Squadron last year, it was really good. He wrote three other WW1 RFC books, four WW2 RAF books and several others.

There's also Winged Victory by VM Yeates, although I'm not sure if it's in print at the moment.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Coasting - Jonathan Raban
The Escape Artist - Matt Seaton
The Noise of Time - Julian Barnes
The Ascent of Man - Jacob Bromowski
Chaos - James Gleik
His Dark Materials - Phillip Pullman
Worlds in Collision - Immanuel Velikovsky
What goes around - Emilly Chappell

To name but a few .....

EDIT: Spike Milligan's War memoirs that made me chuckle throughout my childhood and still do today.

 

[Nibor]

One flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Papillon
The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant
Neither Here Nor There - Bill Bryson

+1 for Papillon

 

[PaulB]

Catch-22: Joseph Heller
1984: George Orwell
The Godfather: Mario Puzo
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropist: Robert Tressell
Theory of War: Joan Brady

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

If you are disappointed, you might try Derek Robinson's books. I read Goshawk Squadron last year, it was really good. He wrote three other WW1 RFC books, four WW2 RAF books and several others.

My favourite author.
Particularly enjoyed Piece of Cake and A Good Clean Fight

Also really enjoyed:

The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw (WW2)
Rendevous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (Science Fiction)
The Stand by Stephen King (Post Apocalyptic)

Graham