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I've read most of the books on here - loved Ayn Rand but ... David, I loved the Ragged Trousered ... so much I bought loads as Christmas presents. Also got my young teenage sons reading Magnus Mills - bizarre and quirky books with no naughties in them! I love this thread, reminds me of books I loved and had forgotten A

h e bates the darling buds of may. jenny x

The one book I read and re-read, probably once a year is Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee. I already loved the book and had almost worn out one copy when I discovered that my Greatgrandmother's sister and her family appear in a small cameo on one page! That was enough for me! By the way I have three copies, one I keep for "best" and two in various states of decrepitude.

Two Women By Martina Cole...excellant book, so is all of Martinas Books!!

I'm a prolific reader and can quite often getthrough a book a day when I'm in the mood - fortunately I'm within walking distanceof three charity shops so I can pick up cheap secondhand books. I dont really have a favourite but two books have really affected me and I would implore everyone to read them: The Secret History by Donna Tartt and The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

I have loads of favourite books but the most recent is 'The Jester' by James Patterson, from my youth my favourite was 'A Stone for Danny Fisher' by Harold Robbins. Lynda

Would have to be all of the Harry Potter books, they're brilliant. Or anything by Marian Keyes. Oh and Bridget Jones Diary and Pride & Prejudice And a book about hypnotherapy called 'The couple who became each other' Oh and so many more...

The Eyre Affair - somebody Fforde.... absolutely brilliant piece of fiction.... ;O)

Elizabeth, haven't read the book but loved the film,Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise--need i say more, Karen

To Kill a Mockingbird Pride and Prejudice A Passage to India

The color Purple

A few of my favourites are Vanity Fair, Candide, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the books by Paul Harding (aka Paul Doherty) with Brother Athelstan (The Sorrowful Mysteries etc). Lx ps I couldn't just choose one - sorry!

It's impossible to choose just one. I would endorse many of the above-mentioned books, including All Quiet on the Western Front, which I am reading now. A good companion to that would be Vera Brittain's Testament of Youth, about the same war, but by a woman on the home front. I cried buckets. As it hasn't yet been mentioned, JANE EYRE. A very modern novel for its time, about an independent woman who finds love but on her terms, after a miserable childhood. nell

All Quiet on the Western Front- so sad and harrowing in places, but you somehow can't put it down once you start to read- even when the tears start rolling!!!

My favourite book that I first read was "The Lion, Witch and The Wardrobe. Author C. S. Lewis. This magical book of three children who discover the magical land, Narnia. Helen Beswick.

On the Beach - Neville Shute. Woman In Black - Susan Hill. A good ghost story that I have read several times over the years. Maxine

I read voraciously so this is very hard - after a long think, during which I discarded probably hundreds, it's got to be Winnie the Pooh! xx Annie

Mine is Animal Farm,i read it when i was about 13 and loved it. Dave,i'd forgotten all about Kane and Abel,i loved that as well. The Ring by Danille Steel,i've read it loads of times,so sad, Karen

I have read far too many books on far too many subjects to be able to name just one favourite. At the moment I am rereading The Potatoe Factory by Bryce Courtney and am enjoying it more than the first time. Kaye (Sydney)