Most Memorable Novel You've Ever Read?

Slowpoke · Post by **Slowpoke** » June 14th, 2007, 11:32 am

"The Grapes of Wrath", John Stienbeck, I read most of his books in RVN. I've also read all of Ian Fleming, Louis LaMore(sp), and Clive Cusslers books, as well as Gary Linderer and the rest of Ranger Hobbitts buddies.

GSXRanger · Post by **GSXRanger** » June 14th, 2007, 4:56 pm

I read Michael Durant's book "In the Company of Heroes" a while back. I don't know how he did it, but my Dad obtained an autographed copy of it from Mr. Durant and gave it to me for Christmas.

Wow. What a very good book. The part where he disclosed how his eye socket and jaw was REALLY broken, really put me at a loss for words. It was good to see his perspective whilst the Studs were fighting it out on the streets.

Great read!

I have had so many books that have moved me over the years. One of my favorites from my youth was "Chickenhawk" by Robert Mason. Believe it or not, I have actually met Mr. Mason... he lives near my Dad.

Slowpoke · Post by **Slowpoke** » June 14th, 2007, 5:11 pm

GSXRanger wrote:I read Michael Durant's book "In the Company of Heroes" a while back. I don't know how he did it, but my Dad obtained an autographed copy of it from Mr. Durant and gave it to me for Christmas.

Wow. What a very good book. The part where he disclosed how his eye socket and jaw was REALLY broken, really put me at a loss for words. It was good to see his perspective whilst the Studs were fighting it out on the streets.

Great read!

I have had so many books that have moved me over the years. One of my favorites from my youth was "Chickenhawk" by Robert Mason. Believe it or not, I have actually met Mr. Mason... he lives near my Dad.

I got to meat Mike Durant and talk with him for a few seconds at the last 75th RRA Reunion, he was the guest speaker at the banquet. An unbelievably hard core individual!

GSXRanger · Post by **GSXRanger** » June 14th, 2007, 5:20 pm

Slowpoke wrote: I got to meat Mike Durant and talk with him for a few seconds at the last 75th RRA Reunion, he was the guest speaker at the banquet. An unbelievably hard core individual!

RRDTm3 · Post by **RRDTm3** » June 14th, 2007, 5:24 pm

Where the red Fern grows.

DJB · Post by **DJB** » June 15th, 2007, 7:55 am

To Kill A Mockingbird

I can't quite put my finger on why, but this is my favorite book of all time. I've probably read it about 25 times

I concur, even named my dog Harper after Harper Lee. Definitely a favorite.

Other Favorites:
Cryptonomicon, and the Baroque Cycle series
, Neal Stephenson: hilarious and historical

The most Memorable...
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon: It was a chore, took me a year of off and on reading with a dictionary and readers guide by my side to get through it. It was funny, I guess, but funny like a joke that you have to look up to understand the punch line. Supposedly you have to read it at least twice to get anything out of it. No thank you once was enough.

Reading Now:
Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra :very good so far, Helps to know something about Indian(Eastern) Culture and Language but there is a Glossary that helps

RangerX · Post by **RangerX** » June 15th, 2007, 8:39 am

bustedkidney wrote: I concur, even named my dog Harper after Harper Lee. Definitely a favorite.

Funny, I have a dog named Boo Radley and one named Dill.

RetPara · Post by **RetPara** » June 16th, 2007, 7:56 pm

This whole thread looks a LOT like my bookshelves...

For further consideration I would have to recommend any by the late James Michener or Leon Uris.

Michener wrote a lot of historical fiction backed up by a LOT of research. He's mostly famous for his 'Tales of the South Pacific' based on his adventures in the Navy in WWII. He also wrote non fiction; 'Kent State' arriving on site to start the research about 48 hours after the shooting and 'Sports in America' a little dated since it was done in the 70's (?) but has still useful data on exercise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Michener

Leon Uris also wrote historical fiction on a variety of historical fiction with his most famous work being 'EXODUS'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Uris

CrashKILL · Post by **CrashKILL** » June 16th, 2007, 8:31 pm

I'm not going to limit myself to just one choice. My three selections are pretty widely known.

"Gates of Fire", "Blood Meridian" and "Once an Eagle".

Jim · Post by **Jim** » June 18th, 2007, 10:09 am

borebrush wrote:Animal Farm

Excellent choice. One of the most deceptive books of the century.

Rico · Post by **Rico** » June 18th, 2007, 10:58 am

"Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates" by Tom Robbins

Read it, you won't be sorry. It's one long fucking rant without any chapters, and it's 445 pages long!!!

I've not laughed this hard while reading a book in a very long time.

Jason113 · Post by **Jason113** » June 18th, 2007, 12:15 pm

borebrush wrote:Animal Farm

That's a damn good read.

For me, it's a tossup between:

1984 by George Orwell and Fareinheit 451 by ray Bradbury.