I have a few that I love but my fave is

The life of Pi by Yann Martel

3) A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)

2) LOTR: Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)

1) Roots (Alex Haley)

Unbearable lightness of being--Kundera

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Good choice forum team.

My fav book is probably 'the da vinci code' by dan brown

that looks like a horrible book of death.

PostGradForum team, you guys must enjoy going to the Mash House by devonshire green?

My favourite book ever is Testament of Youth by Vera Britten, have to read it atleast once a year.

The Life of Pi is a top book, as is the LOTR (The Silmarillion is also amgood read, bit heavy going at times but explains a lot so worth the effort). An old favourite is To Kill a Mocking Bird.

I can't pick a fave book its too hard.

I just thought of a really good book for people who are currently feeling down about their PhD and life in general:

The fifth mountain by Paulo Coelho

Its a really inspiring book and makes you look at things in a different perspective.

I've always wanted to read Mein Kampf, just as an insight into a social period and delusioned mind, but I'm to embarrased to order it from the library in case people think I sympathise with Nazism. Also it might freak me out having it on my bedside table!

Yeah, books can be really powerful things. There are some that I'm too scared to buy/read. I really enjoyed reading J.L. Carr's 'A Month in the Country', or (the only book I've read twice - for pleasure, not study) Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy).

Just wondering, do people generally stick to one genre or do they like different types of books?

Personally, I read lit fiction (booker prize winners etc), sci fi, Harry Potter, women's fiction (for some light relief) and a big fave is books based in foreign countries or historical or both (fiction).

I read anything and everything but the author has to come recommended through someone I know and share interests with. For instance someone told me about Bill Bryson and I then went out and bought one book after the other.