notta101 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 for the kids at heart, read the chronicles of narnia, seven books all in all, light reading and very easy to understand! wala nga lang masyadong suspense or twist sa story. Quote Link to comment
punkus Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 ok nga yung "life of pi"..... Quote Link to comment
preacher Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Here are the top 50 books (No, I don't know why there are only 46 on the list... ) from www.whatshouldireadnext.com. 1. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown2. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger3. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams4. The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald5. To k*ll a Mockingbird - Harper Lee6. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger7. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman (even though I hate his "criticisms" of C.S. Lewis)8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter 6) - J.K. Rowling9. Life of Pi - Yann Martel10. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story - George Orwell11. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller12. The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien13. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon14. Lord of the Flies - William Golding15. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen16. 1984 - George Orwell17. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) - J.K. Rowling18. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez19. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden20. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini21. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold22. Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut23. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown24. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk25. Neuromancer - William Gibson26. Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson27. The Secret History - Donna Tartt28. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess29. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte30. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley31. American Gods - Neil Gaiman32. Ender's Game (The Ender Saga) - Orson Scott Card33. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson34. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving35. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis36. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides37. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell38. The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien39. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte40. Good Omens - Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman41. Atonement - Ian McEwan42. The Shadow Of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon43. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway44. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood45. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath46. Dune - Frank Herbert Quote Link to comment
Great One Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I Kissed Dating Goodbye... Forgot who the author is.... Quote Link to comment
notta101 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 preacher, ano source and basis nung top 50 books? siguro di kasama sa qualification bible kasi yung pa rin and most read, printed, circulated and translated book e. i also wonder na di kasama yung little pince, das kapital, the prince, etc. Quote Link to comment
philos Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I Kissed Dating Goodbye... Forgot who the author is....<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Joshua Harris... along with such books as Boy Meets Girl and Not Even a Hint... kkaka-guilty mga books nya hehe Quote Link to comment
preacher Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 preacher, ano source and basis nung top 50 books? siguro di kasama sa qualification bible kasi yung pa rin and most read, printed, circulated and translated book e. i also wonder na di kasama yung little pince, das kapital, the prince, etc.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dude, we're talking about novels lang naman eh. And I don't think anyone has suggested in this thread to read the bible after reading Eco or Harris, among other things ... Anyway, I got the list from www.whattoreadnext.com. Like I said, there's supposed to be 50 pero 46 lang yung nakalagay dun sa site, so go figure. OT. Try nyo rin mga Dean Koontz books, literal na psychological thriller like False Memory. Quote Link to comment
Nekromantik Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 The Serial Killer Files : The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers by Harold Schechter The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Companion by Stefan Jaworzyn Quote Link to comment
transcience Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 wala lang by bud tomas it's a collection of essays. but i like reading this guy. Quote Link to comment
Headroom Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Quote Link to comment
preacher Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas The Templar Revelations (forgot who the authors are) King Solomon's Mines by Haggar Manila, my Manila by Nick Joaquin Quote Link to comment
BlackWizard Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 I dont know if this would count but I suggest the Graphic Novels featured in the Heavy Metal Adult Illustrated Fantasy magazine... Quote Link to comment
yobag Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 LES MISERABLES by Victor Hugo Quote Link to comment
Riot6 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 My suggestions: All time favorites are any book by William Gibson (ie., Neuromancer, Count Zero, Burning Chrone, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow's Parties). Site: William Gibson The site has other links. Other books I recommend: "State of Fear" by Michael Crichton. Actually the book's story telling, compared to the others he's done, is just okay and maybe even sub-par. However, for those interested in the "Global Warming Crisis" it is a very thought provoking book. He has got a big bibliography appendix to list where he got his information. It's really interesting. "Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner Just a fun book to read about statistical studies of thing like "what does Sumo wrestling have in common with teaching?" The "Twisted" series by Jessica Zafra I like her sarcastic look on her life. My type of humor. "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden and "Geisha: A Life" by Mineko Iwasaki the book should be read as a pair since Mineko Iwasaki was Arthur Golden's inspiration for his fictional work. Quote Link to comment
zaizai01 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Books by Paulo Coehlo, Neil Gaiman, Bob Ong, and Alan Moore. Graphic novels are also great to read as well.... Of course, there's always the mainstream hits like Harry Potter and.. well, Mills and Boons romance stories... Quote Link to comment
alien_philosophies Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I'm a certified bookworm! I used to work at PAGEONE na FULLY-BOOKED na ngayon. I was assigned at the children's section and it felt like I was inside a treasure chest! Quote Link to comment
alien_philosophies Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I'l give you the lists of My Fave Children's Book first Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen MahFalling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah actually same story sya pero mas complete yun falling leaves. It's an authobiography of the author and a certified tear-jerker book. Quote Link to comment
alien_philosophies Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein It's a short illustrated book but the story is superb! It talks about the circle who's finding it's missing piece. Quote Link to comment
alien_philosophies Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Touching story about the relationship of the boy and the tree. Quote Link to comment
alien_philosophies Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Guess How Much I Love You by Sam Mcbratney and Anita Jeram Quote Link to comment
yakoub Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 The Final Diagnosis by Arthur Hailey Quote Link to comment
alien_philosophies Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Love You Foreverby Robert Munsch Famous line: " I'll love you forever I'll like you for always As long as I'm living My baby you'll be" Quote Link to comment
sam spade Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I know this may be old books that i would suggest but they are trully worth finding.... If you want to get some insight as to how a muslims mind works and their culture...try the novel...The Haj Recent contraversy over the Tom Brown novel should not really be as contravertial as they now make it to be...there have been books that have dealt with religious facts (as we know them and tweeked them into fairy tales to make them more interesting....such as the 12 book series of The Children of the Lion....taking off from the bible's story of Able and Cain...Cain slew Able out of jealousy...God banished Cain as punishment but before he was banished he was given a birthmark on his lower back (formed RED LION's PAW)...to warn everyone not to hurt him and his descendants less they wish to feel the wrath of God...and God gave him a skill to survive...being the best blacksmith (remember in those days there were too many fighting amongst nations and clans)...get how it fits in??? This is the story of cain's descendants.... Best for me from john Grisham is still A Time to k*ll though they murdered it miserably when they made it into a movie Tom Clancy's best book for me is still RED STORM RISING....though never made into a movie (i guess the budget would have been horendous if they did. For the girlie stuff...which I read way back when sometimes I don't have any other better to read...my most memorable would still be P.S. I Love You....any women out there remember this....sequeled with To Love Again Ofcourse and there are the classics....best in my list would still be The Little Prince...on human nature and diversity....The Prophet....guide to life Quote Link to comment
alien_philosophies Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stoneby JK Rowling or Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoneby JK Rowling The contents are the same even the adults version, sa publishing company lang nag-iba coz the Sorcerer's Stone was published by Scholastic and Philosopher's Stone was published by Bloomsbury. I like Scholastic's copy better coz every chapter there's an illustration. Quote Link to comment
alien_philosophies Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 The Runawaysby Ruth Thomas A story of two unwanted, unpopular, ugly and mean children who find each other's comfort. Winner of The Guardian Children's Fiction Award 1988 Quote Link to comment
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