Yeah, The Odyssey, the regular poem, and the novel. I meant the novel.

snooorlaaaaaax!

That was ok, not that great. A bit slow in the middle.

Yet another book I must finish, and another author I gotta read more of. The Trial really has deep personal significance for me, actually. Since it deals with the feelings of judgment and being judged, as someone who has trouble handling such feelings I find The Trial to be a great cathartic read. Although for some reason I didn't finish it. But I'm going to, now that it's been mentioned here.

Ohhhhhhh.

Echoing what Saaga said earlier: A Thousand Splendid Suns and Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini are both very, very nice books.

It seems to me you've got a choice to make between sleeping and reading. I face that same choice daily. My eyes are somewhere around my knees, but it's worth it!

MiWi-- report back! See anything you haven't read yet? Which book titles and authors from this thread are catching your interest so far?

A wonderful book by a Canadian, Klee Wyck by Emily Carr. It is short and I wasn't able to put it down, read it right through. It is about her experiences with native indian tribes of Canada, during the early 1900s. Amazing stuff.

I like anything but James Thurber, but I'm a weirdo who doesn't take life seriously.

I've only read The Kite Runner so far, but I have to agree, very good book. I have bought A Thousand Splendid Suns, which is waiting for me to have less study to do.

Another high impact book, which was a very good read was 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' by Lionel Shriver, about a fictional school massacre. Very well written, won the Orange Prize for fiction over here.

I've read many of the books that everyone has posted here, so I'm going to try to not duplicate anything.

Books you'll find in the YA section. Don't let that fool you, these books are excellent:
The Little Prince Antoine De Saint-Exupery
The Giver Lois Lowery - It's actually the first in a trilogy. Read this one, skip the rest. They make the first book lose meaning.
Holes Louis Sachar
Number the Stars - Lois Lowery
Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Patterson
Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor

Fantasy
The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke
The Thief of Always Clive Barker

Trilogies/Series:
Abarat Clive Barker
Erigon, Eldest, Brisingr Christopher Paolini
Inkheart, Inspell, Inkdeath - Cornelia Funke
Chronicles of Narnia Series C. S. Lewis
Twilight Series Stephenie Meyer

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Adult books and Classics:
Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden
Flowers For Algernon Daniel Keyes
Don Quixote The Ingenious Hidalgo De LA Mancha -Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
Pearl - John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon
Gods Go Begging Alfredo Vea
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Sherman Alexie
Reservation Blues Sherman Alexie

Non Fiction:

Marley & Me Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog - John Grogan
Blues People LeRoi Jones

Fantasy:
20000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Seres - Douglas Adams

This is kind of the short list. I tried to leave out everything that was said before. This list doesn't include books I've forgoten, books that are plays
(Shakespeare is just better on film), and children's books (I don't know if there are actually many parents here, if there are, I'll be happy to make
a list for those too). Yes I read a lot. I hope you enjoy these books!

http://hearth.vestalflame.info/bookshelf/

All of the books I own.

I'm another who would suggest the Discworld series, and right now I'm rereading the Tir Alainn trilogy by Anne Bishop. I love all the works I've found of her's, but I think the use of Fae in this series is perfect for Lusternia.

Fania. I will say this once.

The inheritance Cycle (the Eragon books) are not good. I love them to death, but they're cliche as hell. Basically, they're the equivilent of deep fried twinkies for literature. Terrible for you, but you enjoy it anyway. (I'm still waiting for the last book >_> )

I'm currently ploughing (and re-ploughing) my way through Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. He's such an excellent writer of both sci-fi and historical novels, and they're always packed with philosophical/economical/moral/historical discussion that really draws you in.

@Fania: Ooohh greatgreat book selection. I love the giver and especially Laure Halse Quixote, Flowers for Algernon are both wonderful books. Twilight is crap though, why do you put it with all those other great ones . There's also a book called The Wringer which left a big impression on me when I read it when I was younger.

Flowers for Algernon is AWESOME. It made me cry.

Anyone read the Mistborn trilogy or Elantris?