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[jules]

When I had time to read I use to read almost everything, except non fiction. I enjoy romance, scifi, mystery, thrillers, action, horror. Now so little time , So much to do..I still read but not like i used to..
My favorite writers would include,

Tom clancy

Stephen King

Anne McCaffrey

Mary Stewart

JoannA LindseY

John Grisham

James Patterson

JR Tolkien

L.Ron Hubbard

David Pryer

Brian Greene

Melanie Rawn

Tad Williams

Janny Wurtz

Tracy Chevalier

Robert Ludlum

Terry Pratchett

Kathy Reichs

Penny Vincenzi

George Orwell

Yuko Mishima


What about you guys?

[apollyon]

Archie and jughead comics
Tin Tin comics ("blistering barnacles")
Enid Blyton
Robert Ludlum
James Michener
Playboy magazine (seriously some very fine articles are written, atleast it used to be, besides the obvious pics.)

AYN Rand
Jerry Pournelle (Byte Magazine)

i know what u r going to read, (vital)Statistics, ReDefinition of curves and slopes in 3D environment etc...

Ayn Rand....
Oh man Don't you think Pavan that her novels are a bit boring
Fountainhead yaa was a good one but never liked any other.
My favs
TinTin (I really like this)
THE HARDY BOYS(My all time fav read each and every hardy boy ever released. Have 70 with myself )
Alistair Macleen (Ultimate Just brilliant)
Desmond Bagley
Tom Clancey
Forgot the author name but his book The eagle has landed was super.read all his books
Michael Palin(MY fav author, Around the world was super. pole to pole and now pacifica are brilliant. He's now in the Himalayas so another book coming soon.)
Like all war and detective novels.... but good ones are hard to find.

The worst among the lot sidney sheldon..... terrible

Good to see people with reading habits.

Any fans of "The Sword of Truth Series" by Terry Goodkind.?

Object Oriented Programming with C++ By E. Balagurusamy

Programming with C++ By Bjarne Stroutsoup (Inventor of C++)

Exodus, A God in Ruins, Promised Land,

[apollyon]

I like carl sagan,Stephen hawkins

Grisham, PG Wodehouse,Mario Puzo, losta other. cant remember now..

2 lazy to type a list right now....but i definitely hate authers like dale carnegie n ppl

i have not read 'we the living' maybe i will read it now.
Btw i forgot to add James Herriot to the list. the most wonderful stories from Yorkshire

ghost reckon? spliner cell(takin of games)?
what r books,

Danielle steel, fredrick forsyth and sidney sheldon are some of my favs, but JK Rowling is for kids (no offence)

of frederick forsythe, the jackal, and shephard are good. Rowling is ok, but not original. She portrays characters well though.

i just saw the book "The Fountainhead" in my school library.what genre is it?what's it bout?perhaps fountainhead would like to answer that?

Agatha Cristie .. Nikkie French .. Grisham .. Stephen Case ..

Ahh... Douglas Adams enters my list ...

hawkins, allen toffler

asimov tolkien and clarke

Isaac Asimov,
Carl Sagan
Stephen Hawking,
Arthur Conan Doyle
Agatha Christie
Eric Van Lustbader

Louis L'Amour.
JKR, Dan Brown,Agatha Christie,Jeffrey Archer(loved as the crow flies)

sidney sheldon...herald robins...douglas kennedy...sandra brown and chase

[pavan]

i like Ayn Rand very much..boy what a writer she is...her master pieces "The Fountainhead " and "Atlas Shrugged" r simply awesome and superb....John Galt the ideal person and Howard Roarke the young architect r depicted in a tone that is beyond my imagination..

i do like

Mario Puzo for his "The Family " and "The God Father"
JRTolkien for "The lord of the rings"
JKRowling for her Harry potter series
Robert Bach for his seagull
and some other writers like

Stephen R.covey for his acclaimed masterpiece of personality enhancement "The seven habits of highly effective people"
Anthony Robbins for his "Awaken the Giant with in" & "unlimited power"
Robert Schuller for "tough times never last....."
Norman vincent Peale for all his books
Dale carnegie for all his books

[apollyon]

jack higgins aka john patterson wrote the eagle has landed...n ayn rand is amongst the best authers ever...her "we the living" is one of the best books i have read...

[jules]

Originally posted by darshan@Mar 9 2004, 11:30 PM
Object Oriented Programming with C++ By E. Balagurusamy

Programming with C++ By Bjarne Stroutsoup (Inventor of C++)

I'm goin' to buy them. Thanx for the info darshan.

[SunMysore]

Me like Sidney Sheldon

J R R Tolkein

J K Rowling

Leon Uris

Mario Puzo

Robin Cook

Jeffrey Archer

[bottle]

Originally posted by jules@Feb 27 2004, 01:11 PM
Good to see people with reading habits.

Any fans of "The Sword of Truth Series" by Terry Goodkind.?

no but i enjoyed the shannara series by terry brooks.. i m a sucker for a good fantasy story

[Narrator]

I've always been a big fan of the fantasy genre. Terry Goodkind, He is the master of character development, and can make you feel as if you are a part of the story.

Wizard's First Rule
Stone of Tears
Blood of the Fold
Temple of the Winds
Soul of the Fire

All Amazing books. I suggest every fantasy lover to read them.!

[ujjwal]

Sattire and comedy - Wodehouse, Jerome K Jerome
Books - Importance of being earnest, Three men on a boat, Blandings, Wooster series

Realistic- Little Prince (Antoine De Saint Exupery)

Agatha Christie

Some more .......

[Maniac]

Wodehouse is prety good.so is Agatha Christie.plays are pretty appealing too.like Oscar Wilde's:Importance of being Earnest.Douglas Adams absolutely rules though.

[Fountainhead]

Ayn Rand is da BEST. And i really loved The Fountainhead and The Atlas Shrugged! U guyz hafta check out these books.

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D.Salinger is a real good read. We can learn a lot from that book.

Hot Zone by Richard Preston is a medical Thriller(True Story)

The Firm, The Partner, etc by John Grisham r fantastic!

[ujjwal]

Forgot to mention Pickwick papers. Haven't read it fully though.

[Radon]

JRR Tolkien
Robin Cook
JK Rowling(somewhat)
Mario Puzo
Thomas Harris
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and the list goes on and on and on....

[vinais]

My fav book is ICON (Fredrick Forsyth)

Other Fav authous include:

Robert ludlum
Alistair maclean
Mario Puzo


I also like fantasy novels.

the shannara series
the drow (drizzt) books by R. A. Salvatore