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Asked by Rianna to Craig, Flavia, Giuditta, Jack, Sheona on 10 Nov 2015.
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Jack Carlyle answered on 10 Nov 2015:
Catch 22 is my favourite book, by Joseph Heller, and I would definitely recommend it. It’s hilarious and yet very moving. Mort by Terry Pratchett is probably a close runner-up, which you should also read 🙂
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Giuditta Perversi answered on 10 Nov 2015:
My favourite book is actually a series of Urban Fantasy books from a Russian author called Sergej Luk’janenko. The first book that starts the series is called The Night Watch (no, it’s not related to Game of Thrones! 😛 ).
I would absolutely recommend it, it’s brilliant, and deep, and the psychological development of the characters is as on spot as the plot!The “His Dark Materials” trilogy from Philip Pullman comes as a close second, and it’s the most stunning use of astrophysics concept in a fantasy book that I’ve ever read in my life! Highly recommend it as well, of course!
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Flavia de Almeida Dias answered on 10 Nov 2015:
I am really not very good at picking favourites! For me books are like music, it depends a lot on the mood and the time of my life, and then what I like changes. So I will pick a few!
On the lighter mood/comical side: Any of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series (my favourites being Small Gods and The Truth), Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Fantasy books: the Kingkiller series (The Name of the Wind, The Wise Man’s Fear) by Patrick Rothfuss, The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
So on the more classical/serious side: Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy; Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham; Dream Story, by Arthur Schnitzler. They all deal with the human nature in various situations, it is fascinating.
Well I love them so I would recommend it 🙂
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