Reading can be fun.

[Oscar_Wilde]

I was wondering if there was any piece-o-literature people have read that they found par-tic-u-larly striking. I'm not talking 'bout your favorite book necessarily, but one that affected you in some way.

My choice is also my favorite book(series) - Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

Nothing beats a seven book trilogy.

[sheut]

I don't know, I'm more in to writing myself... but i guess the sherlock holmes short stories always interested me. That and of course paradise lost by john milton, but that isn't one for casual readers.

[Funnyshoes]

A book that really impacted me was Crime and Punishment. Its old Russian literature like War and Peace, so its a tough read, but it is now one of my most liked books in my library. The book really makes you contemplate many issues from the definition of a crime to how far a man can go in the pursuit of progress. If there is a limit to what a man can or should do, and what does he have the right or power to do.

[daeryn]

My choice is also my favorite book(series) - Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

Very much ditto - that wonky sense of non sequitor humor has definitely made an impact on me.

If you've ever read Maus, that really gave me pause... its a two volume/four book series describing the holocaust in graphic novel form... but it painted a really dark picture that, in some ways, was more striking than photographs would have been. To me anyway.

I've enjoyed alot of other series, but... kinda hard to pin down which 'impacted' me quite as much. Though nearly everything I read adds to my vocabulary, which I'm quite thankful for - helps my writing ability.

-Daeryn

[domread]

I read ALOT. I've normally got 3 or so books on the go.

1 bedtime book
1 lunchtime at work book
1 random book

[domread]

In regard to books ive found really good.

'Question Quest' by Piers Anthony is one of my all time favourite books.

'I,Houdini - The autobiography of a self-educated Hamster' by Lynne Reid Banks is very cool (and cute)

'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz is my favourite book though. Will make you laugh, cry and cheer. Simply amazing, Dean Koontz books are consistently good.

[noob2007]

personally, i dont like to read xD

[kyo45]

A while back I just got done reading Max Brooks World War Z it a really good book.

[weineronabun7]

I would say American Psycho because it changed the way i looked at my life of consuming.

[smee]

once upon a time when i was like 7 or 8, i picked up a book at a second hand store because it had a cool hologram on the front

fast forward 7 years into the future, i actually READ the thing - ghoul by michael slade. one of the coolest and most twisted and messed up books ive ever read - its still one of my favourites, and i ended up reading the whole series of the books...

and its all thanks to it having a wicked ass cover :D

[zm01]

i only like to read doujins

[LavenderSkies]

My favorite book is "Thus spoke Zarathustra" by Friedrich Nietzsche
Hes crazy but I love em so!

[zer0]

I'd have to go with Macbeth. Read it as an assignment for school, but turned out to be really good. Tobay I didn't get to finish the movie with Ian McKellen.

[forgematara]

Kafka on the Shore by Murakami was pretty good, but I feel stupid trendy for saying it. it kind of lacks grounding though

[Autumn]

Elie Wiesel

[ral789]

Have you tried books by R. A. Salvatore or Robert Jordan. Both are amazing authors.

[metaplay]

Chuck Palahniuk has put out several really good books, Choke, Fight-Club, Survivor, Lullaby, and Rant are my favs. He's got a pretty dark and twisted sense of humor and it's pretty amusing. His reads are usually pretty quick too.

[Akira404]

I enjoy Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. But I love reading Vampire Romance Novels even though I'm a guy. Laurell K. Hamilton is a personal friend of mine and I love her Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series.

[Akira404]

By far my favorite author of all time is Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The Father of modern horror!

[Alicard]

I like anything with Drama and fantasy

[doh3rty]

my fave book is scar tissue

[llcool]

Gotta love Henry Miller. If anybody knew how to live it sure wasn't him, but it makes excellent reading