What is the best book you have read and a book challenge... ( Archived) (31)

Here is a challenge how many on here can read eight books in the next month....

What are the best book/s you have ever read and would you recommend them to all of us on the forums.

I do appreciate that when books go out into print the same book can be different slightly from country to country..

I know books are more heavily censored in the USA.

Have any of you written a short story you would like to share?

I just finish reading two of John Grisham's books: Playing for Pizza and The Appeal. Both were interesting, but really different. Playing for Pizza is a "man's" book and The Appeal will make you mad. If I had to recommend one of them it would be The Appeal.

Sorry, but I don't read enough to handle 8 books in one month.

Twilight for one

and just recently I read Dare to Love based on the movie Fireproof...If only it had been around when I was still Married

good books I have read, of late. last one was silent prey, by john stanford. thought it was a good read, though I will say if you are going to read it it's in a series so start at the beginning. I generaly read about 3-4 books a week, depending on time, have for many years, will have to think on this one. I come up blank on the best of all. will get back to you soon though, with an answer.

"The Legend Of Bagger Vance" by Steven Pressfield

It's only 253 pages, so a short read but a great read!

The Luxury of Time by Mike and Jane Tomlinson....Jane was a 26 year old mother of three when she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer...she then finds it has spread to her lungs and bones and is given six months to live in 2000 but she decides not to wait for death but fight she takes on extreme challenges which include marathons, 2,500 mile bike rides and in the process raises millions for the cancer charities until cancer finally claims her life...
One of the most inspiring stories I've ever read, one amazing lady.


Only A Mother Could Love Him by Ben Polis how he lived with and triumphed over ADHD....this boy attends over six different schools, attends over 3,000 hours of detention and drove his entire family into counselling....this is his truimphant story and how he desperately wanted to be, 'normal.'

"The Shack" by William Paul Young. Story of a man who spends a weekend with god after losing his daughter.

"Arctic Drift" Clive Cussler. Another Dirk Pitt adventure.

"The Dreaming Void" Peter F. Hamilton. 1st of a new sci fi trilogy by the author.

"Fatal Revenant" Stephen R. Donaldson. Book 2 of Donaldsons latest trilogy.

8 books in a month is a piece of cake!

Just finished this..........

A Thousand Splendid Suns........Khaled Hosseini.....

His follow up to The Kite Runner......(If you haven't read it go now and buy it)

Anyway basically a story about two women growing up in Afghanistan against a backdrop of Political Upheavel, War and eventual take over by the Taliban............I found it very insightful as to how women are treated there.......A love story, a story of friendship and how the human spirit endures......

I found it brilliant......

Read Manchild In The Promised Land by Claude Brown. A good book for learning street smarts.