FAVORITE BOOK THREAD

Since I cannot keep a track of all the great books that you ladies recommend, I wanted to start a thread for all the great books to be in one place

Let me get the ball a rolling and recommend my favorite author of all times Mary Higgins Clarke, I do not even have to write a title, any book by her is awesome, I have read every single one :EMO9:

Keep the thread going and add your own favorites. Please do not forget Title and author

My favorites:

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel -- Rebecca Wells
Harry Potter (All of them, read in order!) -- J. K. Rowling

Janice Dickenson's No life guard on duty
Four Blondes Candace Bushnell
Valley of the dolls and Shadow of the dolls (jaqueline Susan)

Here are some of my best finds:
The Red Tent (one of my all-time favorites)
Girl with Pearl Earring (great read, not too heavy but very, very interesting)
Memoir of a Geisha (Wow. Talk about learning about a world none of us knows about. You really get into this different way of life and its impact on women)
The Lovely Bones (sad, but what a great read!)

There is also a great book called The Friendship Cake that I really, really enjoyed reading. I even gave it to Claud as a gift. It is all about what bonds friends have and how we help one other thru the hard times.

I love books that do not end the way you want them to or think they 'should'. I don't read a lot of romance novels. Occasionaly I read a 'Lifetime' movie or 'Oprah' book. 'The Pact' was pretty interesting and I finished it in a few days.

But my ALL TIME favorite is Gulliver's Travels.

Tuesdays With Morrie
Sad, but what a quick, important book everyone should read. Although it's about death, it's more about living than anything else... if that makes any sense.

Ladies I am so happy you are adding your favorite books, could you please not forget to add the author as well Thanks

My GF works at the library and when I ask her to reserve me a book she always gives me such a hard time, when I do not have the author.

Keep em coming

I'm a non-stop reader. It's my biggest addiction. Here's my list...

Kiss My Tiara
by Susan Jane Gilman

Two Truths and a Lie
by Katrina Kittle

Perfect Match
by Jodi Picoult

On the Verge
by Ariella Papa

A Perfect Arrangement
by Suzanne Berne

Plain Truth
by Jodi Picoult

Steady Eddie
by T. Glen Coughlin

Girl Talk
by Julianna Baggott

The Lies That Bind
by Edward Deangelo

Strange Fits of Passion
by Anita Shreve

A Lesson Before Dying
by Ernest J. Gaines

White Oleander
by Janet Fitch

Black and Blue
by Anna Quindlen

Disturbing the Peace
by Nancy Newman

Good in Bed
by Jennifer Weiner

Confessions of an Ex-Girlfriend
by Lynda Curnyn

See Jane Date
by Melissa Senate

Best Friends
by Martha Moody

The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides

Happy Reading!

I love to read, always have and always will, especially on the subway in to work!! Although I am not a Harlequin person (can't stand them), I am the romance-suspense-lawyery-type queen! I think I'm going to start checking out some 'real' books and not my sappy novels!!!

Do you own all those books?? I thought I was bad, but I seem to have competition. I read the Good in Bed book. Can we say book exchange??


I love James Patterson
John Grisham
Terry McMillan
Eric Jermone Dickey
Anything by E Lynn Harris

I love to read and the best place is indeed the subway. I even read while walking in the street

Yes, I own those books, and many, many more! Those are just my 'Off the top of my head' favorites.

I LOVE james Patterson too. I have to say I also LOVE Danielle Steele too. I like a romance novel every now and again

I love Jodi Piccoult and Wally Lamb - all Jodi Piccoult books especially Keeping Faith. She's Come Undone and I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb were terrific. The Harry Potter series is great. And I can't think of anything else right now. I haven't read since the summer ... I can recommend some Horrible Text books!

I read a lot of Science Fiction / Fantasy stuff -- so if anyone else is into these books let me know & I'll swap book lists...

As far as straight fiction, try The Beach House by James Patterson & Peter DeJonge. It's set in Montauk. It's a great 'train read' for my fellow LIRR commuters!

Another good book is The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus. An insider's look at the lfe of a nanny to the ultra-rich -- read it before they turn it into a terrible movie!

Idon't know if anyone else might be interested, but there's a great, short book about how women can get ahead in the workplace called Play Like a Man, Win like a Woman. It really is an awesome book that made a lot of points that struck home. It's a must-read for any women working in a corporate enviornment.

I just picked up 4 of these books from the library. Thanks for the suggestions! Keep 'em coming

I second Memoirs of a Geisha...although it is a recent book...I think it has definitely taken my top fave book spot...(and imagine it was written by a Dutch man!!)

but I have to disagree with the lovely bones...just read it for my book club at work and i absolutely HATED IT!!!

I have always loved the Stand by S King (although Im not a huge King fan) as well...love the battle of good and evil...