FabSwingers.com forum: #WorldBookDay. What's your fave book?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Today's World Book Day. What are some of your favourite books?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Charlie and the chocolate factory

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

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By *lasphemousGirlWoman
over a year ago

Cambs

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The pillars of the earth by Ken follett is my all time favourite book (all of his historical fiction work is incredible).

A few other favourites include:

Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris

Oscar Wilde's the picture of Dorian Gray

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Great Gatsby. Scott Fitzgerald

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

In popular fiction anything by Peter James

All time favourite though has to be Birdsong by Sebastian Faulkes

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

Valley of the Dolls.

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By *ungleTemptressWoman
over a year ago

The Jungle

Adult book: The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

Kids book: The Lorax - Dr Seuss

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wasp Factory by Iain Banks "

My favourite author of all time. This is a cracking debut, but I don't think it's his best work. It's so hard for me to choose one of his, also his Sci Fi stuff as Iain M Banks is just as wonderful.

But I think I'm going to go with David Mitchell's Utopia Avenue as my current all time favourite novel.

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

11 22 66 stephen king

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

The Night Circus - Erin Morgernstern

American Gods - Neil Gaiman

Dracula and there should be no need for me to type out the name of the author.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Lord of the Rings

The Hobbit

The Stand

The Green Mile

Hitchhikers Guide

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

My favourite author of all time. This is a cracking debut, but I don't think it's his best work. It's so hard for me to choose one of his, also his Sci Fi stuff as Iain M Banks is just as wonderful.

But I think I'm going to go with David Mitchell's Utopia Avenue as my current all time favourite novel."

Agree on the SF, the algebraist was my favourite . Try the three body problem by cixin liu, best trilogy I’ve read but can be tough going

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By *wist my nipplesCouple
over a year ago

North East Scotland, mostly

Love crime fiction - Ian Rankin, John Grisham, Lee Child. Also historical fiction - CJ Sansom, Hilary Mantel. But my favourite book of all time is Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively.

Mrs kf x

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
over a year ago

Reading

"The Great Gatsby. Scott Fitzgerald "

Me too! In fact i haven't read it this year so i will get right on that.

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By *riar BelisseWoman
over a year ago

Bliss

James Herbert-Magic Cottage

Jilly Cooper- Polo

James Herriot series

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

too many to mention a random top ten

Kite Runner

The Book thief

Animal farm

Hitch Hikers

Harry Potter

Christmas Carol

Duncton Wood

Lord of the rings

the story of 0

of mice and men

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

oh his dark materials too

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By *n080971Man
over a year ago

Newbury

Star Island by Carl Hiassen

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

The Rats trilogy - James Herbert, first memory of a book I could visually picture and feel what was happening on the pages.

The Bone Woman - Clea Koff, autobiography of a 23 year old forensic anthropologist and her experiences in Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo as she investigates war crimes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

My favourite author of all time. This is a cracking debut, but I don't think it's his best work. It's so hard for me to choose one of his, also his Sci Fi stuff as Iain M Banks is just as wonderful.

But I think I'm going to go with David Mitchell's Utopia Avenue as my current all time favourite novel.

Agree on the SF, the algebraist was my favourite . Try the three body problem by cixin liu, best trilogy I’ve read but can be tough going "

Neal Stephenson's baroque trilogy can be a bit of a slog at times, but one of the greatest tales I've ever read. So I am very much up for this. Ta for the heads up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Robin Hobb - Farseer books

Mark Billinghams DI Thorne books

So many to choose from

Charlie Mackesy - The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse is a work of art

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The bible. I think it’s amusing.

*its a joke.

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By *ookworm258Man
over a year ago

Wythenshawe

Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and Matthew Reilly.

2 of my favourite authors

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Robin Hobb - Farseer books

Mark Billinghams DI Thorne books

So many to choose from

Charlie Mackesy - The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse is a work of art "

Intrigued by that last one, by the title alone.

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By *ljamMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Robin Hobb - Farseer books

Mark Billinghams DI Thorne books

So many to choose from

Charlie Mackesy - The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse is a work of art

Intrigued by that last one, by the title alone."

It’s a work of joy in the world that we currently live in.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Great Gatsby. Scott Fitzgerald

Me too! In fact i haven't read it this year so i will get right on that."

I read it every year too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Necronomicon - By H P Lovecraft

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By *ancer36Woman
over a year ago

Stirling

The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Mark Billinghams DI Thorne books

There was a time I couldn't pick between these and Peter James' Roy Grace books as my favourites but I'm not sure Thorne developed quite as well as Grace as the series' went on

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Peter James has written some great books. Starting out on the supernatural genre before moving onto the Roy Grace detective series. One is being broadcast as a drama this month.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Mark Billinghams DI Thorne books

There was a time I couldn't pick between these and Peter James' Roy Grace books as my favourites but I'm not sure Thorne developed quite as well as Grace as the series' went on"

Spooky as I did not see your post before doing mine.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The shack

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Looking for Alibrandi - Melina Marchetta

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

Matilda - Ronald Dahl

I am Pilgrim - Terry Hayes

Sheltering Rain - JoJo Moyes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just reread Nick Stone- Mr Clarinet. Great book.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Racism - Albert Memmi

Why I no longer talking to white people about race - Reni Eddo-Lodge

The autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X

The good immigrant - edited by Nilesh Shukla

White fragility - Robin DiAngelo

Civil desobedience and Walden - Henry David Thoreau

Me and white supremacy - Layla Saad

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

Neuromancer by William Gibson, I read it in the 80s and it just blew me away.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dune

I am legend

Frankenstein

So many

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By *rder66Man
over a year ago

Tatooine

Too many but I read a lot of plays, due to work.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dune

I am legend

Frankenstein

So many

I'm reading I Am Legend now actually.

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By *interfoxWoman
over a year ago

maesteg

His darkest materials Phillip paulman

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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"His darkest materials Phillip paulman "

I prefer the ones that yours were based on; His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

In no particular order;

The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger

Catch 22- Joseph Heller

1984- George Orwell

Mort- Terry Pratchett

There are others that evade me at the moment but my all time favourite that I read about once a year is Emma by Jane Austen.

I defy anyone to show me a better realised female character and I’ll die on this hill!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wasp Factory by Iain Banks "

Haven’t read that book in ages! Twas a great teenage-read.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Neuromancer by William Gibson, I read it in the 80s and it just blew me away. "

Gibson is classic cyberpunk at its best.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and The lightbringer series by Brent Weeks are some of my favourite fantasy series

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Myriad, too many!

Last one I loved was Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.

I love the Austen novels and most of the Bronte Novels too, I find myself going back to them x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’m reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Again x

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

Starter for 10 or high fidelity

Books you can read over and over again.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anything with lesbian pictures lol

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By *interfoxWoman
over a year ago

maesteg

Haha I need to remember authors of books and titles more close enough though.

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

As a child it was Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter.

As an adult the box I return to most is The mabinogion

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Moonraker

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"As a child it was Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter.

As an adult the box I return to most is The mabinogion "

Oh I loved Pollyanna

Add The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

"As a child it was Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter.

As an adult the box I return to most is The mabinogion

Oh I loved Pollyanna

Add The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett"

Loved the secret garden also

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The ones which I found most gasp causing.. when I used to read more

were by: Milan Kundera, Kurt Vonnegut, E.M. Remarque (Arch of Triumph) and Portrait of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde.

I loved Anne Shirley as a child and essay about her got me a place in my secondary school. Well partly!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lord of flies..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do androids dream of electric sheep.

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By *ljamMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Neuromancer by William Gibson, I read it in the 80s and it just blew me away.

Gibson is classic cyberpunk at its best."

Been re-reading the sprawl trilogy recently - about a third of the way through Mona Lisa Overdrive. All really excellent novels.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Any of Enid Blytons series. To this day I listen to famous five audiobooks when I have a headache and need to lie down with my eyes closed.

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By *RSTCouple
over a year ago

S. Northants

Fiction:

Along Came a Spider by James Patterson.

The film was appallingly bad, despite Morgan Freeman taking the lead character. To someone who isn't a fan of the book/series it's probably an OK film.

Non-Fiction:

Scar Tissue - the autobiography of Anthony Keidis (RHCP lead singer)

Battle Scars by Jason Fox. A very Frank and honest read.

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By *acDreamyMan
over a year ago

Wirral

I was recently remind about"Of human bondage".

Very good and not what you are all thinking either! X

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By *riendly older leggy wifeCouple
over a year ago

london

Where's wally

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do androids dream of electric sheep."

great choice

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

So many here too.

The colour purple

A thousand splendid suns

Kite runner

Purple Hibiscus

Things fall apart

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Than they were none by Agatha Christie

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

But my all time favourite is

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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By *loss aka Miss JonesWoman
over a year ago

south coast IOW

"The pillars of the earth by Ken follett is my all time favourite book (all of his historical fiction work is incredible).

A few other favourites include:

Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris

Oscar Wilde's the picture of Dorian Gray "

I love pillars of the earth too.

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By *loss aka Miss JonesWoman
over a year ago

south coast IOW

OMG only one. I love all books but Stephen king/dean koontz/James Herbert/ John Grisham/ Richard layman/ Harol Corbin/ Patricia Cornwall are all particular favourites.

My one can’t live without is a good hardback book.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"OMG only one. I love all books but Stephen king/dean koontz/James Herbert/ John Grisham/ Richard layman/ Harol Corbin/ Patricia Cornwall are all particular favourites.

My one can’t live without is a good hardback book. "

True story.. Stephen king rang my house!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lord of the rings trilogy

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By *loss aka Miss JonesWoman
over a year ago

south coast IOW

"OMG only one. I love all books but Stephen king/dean koontz/James Herbert/ John Grisham/ Richard layman/ Harol Corbin/ Patricia Cornwall are all particular favourites.

My one can’t live without is a good hardback book.

True story.. Stephen king rang my house!!"

You are joking right???

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"OMG only one. I love all books but Stephen king/dean koontz/James Herbert/ John Grisham/ Richard layman/ Harol Corbin/ Patricia Cornwall are all particular favourites.

My one can’t live without is a good hardback book.

True story.. Stephen king rang my house!!

You are joking right???"

Scouts honour honestly x

Was when I was a child. Was researching something x

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By *loss aka Miss JonesWoman
over a year ago

south coast IOW

"OMG only one. I love all books but Stephen king/dean koontz/James Herbert/ John Grisham/ Richard layman/ Harol Corbin/ Patricia Cornwall are all particular favourites.

My one can’t live without is a good hardback book.

True story.. Stephen king rang my house!!

You are joking right???

Scouts honour honestly x

Was when I was a child. Was researching something x"

I’m a bit jealous now xx

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By *xydadbodMan
over a year ago

Milton keynes

The gruffalo but as a child I remember the amazing stories about the wishing chair by Enid Blyton. Definitely my childhood right there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"OMG only one. I love all books but Stephen king/dean koontz/James Herbert/ John Grisham/ Richard layman/ Harol Corbin/ Patricia Cornwall are all particular favourites.

My one can’t live without is a good hardback book.

True story.. Stephen king rang my house!!

You are joking right???

Scouts honour honestly x

Was when I was a child. Was researching something x

I’m a bit jealous now xx"

Wish I could say more but it wasn’t all that from what I was told BUT... absolutely true tho x

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By *loss aka Miss JonesWoman
over a year ago

south coast IOW

"The gruffalo but as a child I remember the amazing stories about the wishing chair by Enid Blyton. Definitely my childhood right there "

Far away tree is another favourite

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Watership down

Pair of Jesus boots

#schooldays

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By *liXbigMan
over a year ago

Wellington

Too many to list...

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By *emasselMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton...

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By *olden PoleMan
over a year ago

London

1984

Brave New World...both about a dystopian totalitarian society but I wanted to read both and compare.

P’tang Yang kipperbang rather a good read.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Harper Lee - To kill a mockingbird

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