What kind of kind of books do you read?
 

Oh, well, in the middle of the hot summer, what's better than a few lame threads on "What Do You Like"s. So what kind of books do you read or like, if at all?

-Spirrow

I read a diverse range.

At the moment I am reading The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

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Well, I read a lot of different books. I enjoy reading Manga, Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Suspence, and Sci-Fi.

The most recent book I have read was "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".

I try to read as little as possible. It endangers your health after a while :D
But I believe the last book I read was a few months ago, a twin novel, Psmith, Journalist and Leave it to Psmith, by P.G. Wodehouse. Excellent comedy. My favourite author. He also wrote the Jeeves books, dunno if anyone ever read those, but they're also some of my favourites. I like more lighthearted stuff.

I don't have a fixed liking. If I come across a book in a bookstore I like then I'll buy it and read it. Sometimes I won't even like it afterwards. For example, I bought a CSI book once and didn't read more then 2 pages. Trust me the books are a lot LESS interesting then the TV Series.

I just ordered the second book of the TV Show Las Vegas from the internets and awaiting to arive it in the mail.

i like reading books by Jack Higgins or Clive Cussler,which are mostly thrillers,but if i want a good laugh i read Terry Pratchett's discworld novels.

I enjoy horror books, although I have a hard time finding ones I like. I like humor books, such as the ones written by David Sedaris and George Carlin. I've been getting into H.P Lovecraft's science fiction books.
Of course, I still enjoy many of my childhood favorites, such as the Harry Potter novels and various comic books (such as Chobits and Bobobo).

I enjoy Classic stories (Robin Hood, a 1940s book by Howard Pyle I believe), action/adventure (Harry Potter) and occasional episode guides, as well as plenty of others. But of course the last I've read was "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".:rolleyes:

Whatchoo readin fer?

Edit:
I read plenty of Sci-fi books like iRobot, and those books definately aren't worth buying. The work of Asimov just doesn't seem that impressive.

William S Burroughs, almost exclusively.

I don't really read any particular genre. I tend to enjoy horror and the macabre though. I've recently started reading H.P. Lovecraft. I guess I've acquired a taste for early fantasy/science-fiction writers like him. I also have enjoyed some contemporary fantasy like Harry Potter, the Bartimaeus Trilogy, and Wicked.

You fail. You fail beyond the recognition of possibility.

As for me, I tend to mostly read fantasy books, though not of the swords-and-sandals type. My favourite authors are Terry Pratchett and Isobelle Carmody. I also like Robert Rankin but he's been going downhill lately.

Why do all gay guys like Terry Pratchett!

Books I own:

"The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe"

American Library's "H.P. Lovecraft: Tales"

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Yeah, I'm not a big reader.

I read Fantasy and Scince Fiction novels.

“Tod und Teufel” (Death and Devil) from Frank Schaetzing, for the moment.

holy christ i read so many different types of books
but at the mo i'm reading "The Tales of Gotrek and Felix" or something like that
I have a very wide range but i mainly like fantasy books

Epic norse tales.






800 page books about wars involving gods FTW.

Looks like we got ourselves some readers.

Mucho sameo. Found quite the awesome short film for Ah Pook Is Here.

I read books with words. Seriously people, that's all you gotta say.

[/sarcasticidiot]

I actually enjoy Sci-fi books, or action, or suspense. Although I usually read any type, but those are my favorite.

Ooh, that was wonderful, ta. I've actually spent the day reclining in the garden with the cat (gorgeous weather in my part of the world today), drinking cider and re-reading some sections of Naked Lunch. I need to start reading My Education: A Book of Dreams, which I bought a few months ago.

Burroughs' last entry in his journal, written a couple of days before he died, simply read: "Love? What is it? The most natural painkiller there is. LOVE."

I love that, what a fantastic man.

I don’t read anywhere as much as I’d love to. I never seem to have both the time and the mood at the same time. I consider myself to be two books into the Dune series, three books into the Discworld series, and completely up to date with Rob Grant’s novels. Apart from that, there are a dozen novels I’d love to get familiar with, but… time and mood.

I enjoy fantasy books, I'm currently waiting for the next Ian Irvine book, The curse on the Chosen.

How can you limit yourselves??? Though i must admit i'm going thru a fantasy phase atm...just finishing Dark Heavens trilogy by Kylie Chan...not bad for a first timer author imo. Also reading Salvatore, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and working thru the works of Feist....tis a good combination!

DOUGLAS MF ADAMS.

Specifically the original five book long hitchhikers trilogy.
A million little pieces was excellent, however untrue some of the details were.

Hmmm... Let's see... What've I been reading lately? Shakespeare, Dante, Da Vinci Code...

I've been reading Stephen King almost exclusively lately. The Dark Tower series is excellent, and all the stand-alones are always entertaining.

Still need to get copies of these. Big fan of radio series. Read the first book, need to get the rest

I might get the hitchhikers series from the library one day, but who knows if I'll like it.

As I mentioned above, I enjoy reading classical literature books, history books, science books and occasionally books on robot-related things.

I've read almost everything from Lovecraft

Howard is kind of funny too :p