Book Lovers and Students of Literature--Favorite Books?

Well I was reading long before it was cool and I've got loads of books that I love, but I'm not sure that I would consider many of them underrated or unknown. Most of them have their own loyal fan-bases on their own. Big example, The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle... one of my favorites of all time, but it's been an international bestseller for decades and has a large fan-base. Some of my other favorites are The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (both obviously not unknown), The Unicorn Chronicles by Bruce Coville, The Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggon, the Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker, and the Oracles of Fire by Bryan Davis.

My all-time favorite book (I even left a copy each for my two children) is John Steinbeck's 'Grapes of Wrath' set in the Salinas Valley in California. I have a favorite paragraph or twoin the first eight pages of the book where the description is so stark and real that I have read it over and over again. The day is sweltering, hot as burnt stone, and a turtle, vividly described is trying to cross the hot gravel road. At least two hundred words dealt with the description of the turtle with the hooded eyes and the reptilian claws - how it slowly pulls itself up a hill and spotting a van coming down the road. The wheel of the van hits the turtle and it flips over... the turtle struggles with his claws in the air trying to turn over and finding its feet. The movie with Henry Fonda was great, but nothing like the book.I have read the book at least three times.

I'm not sure it's that rare, probably not, but I love John Fowles's The Collector. Interesting and unique theme (may be shocking or gruesome to the others and a great choice of social problem which isn't overused in literature-won't tell what it is, it might kill the joke for some), excellent characterisation, good plot, makes me think. What else do I need? Oh, and I love Victoria Hislop's The Island. It's a Greek family story in the early 20th century and about Spinalonga, an island which was made an island for people who suffered from lepers. Really nice based-on-history book with a heartfelt fiction plot.

i‘m from china,all i want to say is about the book 'the city and the city" ,its almost famous and mysterious book in china.

The elders will be very proud of our generations since reading books are still one of the hobbies kids enjoy. As much as you want to be in and have something that is viral, sometimes it is also nice that you have one book that are still yet to be famous. And then you would look back in the past and say “hey, I’ve read that before”.

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I really really love reading books. But i tend to favor fiction more than non-fiction. I like Tom Clancy's Op center, it is kind of sci-fi. I also love the Left Behind series by Jerry Jenkins, it is a 12 book series based on the book of revelation by the bible. It is gorgeously written, the emotions of the charactes are so real that you could almost feel what they feel and also thought provoking series. Another on my list are Catherine Coulter's FBI series, action packed thriller with twists and turns. Julia Quinn's books are a must read too for romance buffs like me,her books are my feel good books, I always end up laughing with her scenes. For those who like vampire-themed novels, I recommend lynsay sands' argeneau series,you will end up laughing with the characters' antics. As for people who like fantasy and myths I recommend Rick Riordan's books. I know that the Percy Jackson series are best sellers but it really is a good series :)

I have tons of favourite books but ones that are unknown? I read mostly best sellers but a few that I like that I did not get off the best sellers lists are The Wife Tree by Dorothy Speaks and Sputnik Diner by Richard Maddocks. Both of them are novels that I quite enjoyed.