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I'm posting a few novel related threads in urge to lure out discussion about books here at EoFF, something I think it lacks.
Personally I've always been a lover for Fantasy. Now since I used the term genre generally, we can go even further on classifying books if you would like. My favorite books are probably Adult High Fantasy. I still enjoy reading Young Adult Fantasy, Science Fiction, and other various fiction novels.
Mystery/suspense. Usually medical mystery. I do have a soft spot for some Drama novels like Les Miserables and Angela's Ashes.
Fantasy is definitley my favourite. I pretty much agree with what you said, so yeah. I'm also really fond of historical fiction, or regular old drama. Mystery is pretty good too. Martha Grimes is an awesome mystery writer.
But I'll read absolutely anything by Patricia A. McKillip, no matter what genre it is.
I like 20th (and i guess 21st now too) century literature, authors like James Joyce, Thomas Pynchon, William Faulkner, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kurt Vonnegut, Jay McInerney, and JD Salinger.
I like the classics. Mostly 19th/early 20th century, and some older.
Yes. I love fantasy that is a little light on the "fantastic" elements. I don't like fireballs flying out of nowhere, or magic without consequence. I much prefer charactor development over the wow factor.Quote:
Originally Posted by CloudDragon
Some horror on the side is always nice.
Fantasy & horror.
I like my fantasy like Harry Potter, but I also love murder mystery novels by Colin Dexter (Inspector Morse) or Murder, She Wrote.
I tend to be very ecclectic. Ive read the classics, such as dickens, Fitzgerald, hemingway, Shakesphere, Tolstoy, Ect. and as well as reading manga and chinese graphic novels, Id like to track down translated copies of Wong Du Lu's Crane - Iron Pentology, in which the film Crouching tiger, Hidden Dragon was based on the fourth book in the series. I read modern comics such as Maus, Some batman, spiderman tales, I got into X-men for a while and loved Clairemonts tales back during his initial run. His Wolverine mini series with Logan first meeting Mariko and getting the crap beat out of him initially by the non-mutant Shingan was one of the best comic tales Ive ever read. I also study texts, manuels, and form studies of martial arts, mostly having to do with swordsmanship, jiu jitsu and Tai Chi Chuan. Ive studied several translations of Sun Tzu's: The Art of War as well as read over the philosophy of Bushido Which was the code of conduct and morals embraced by the samurai, and is still embraced in spirit in the japanese culture to this day.
As for fiction novels, I tend to prefer Sci Fi and Fantasy. Ive kept up on all the star wars novels, Through the high's (timothy Zhan, Stackpole, New Jedi Order) and lows (Kevin J anderson). And also liked the Shadow War Trilogy which was a continuation of the Fantasy Film Willow from the eighties, and involved Elora Danon embracing her fate as the savior of the world. The novels involving marvels superhero's is also a mixed bag, with some good (Hulk: What Savage Beast, Diane Duanes Spider Man/Venom Trilogy) and some not so good (Mutant Empire).
Fantasy ftw!
I love fantasy :) and its kinda the only books i read (i dont read many books).
I like Fantasy, Horror, Romantic Horror, and Graphic<--not in this order. ;)
I really don't read books but if i do they're all comic books.
Picture books!
I have a very mixed taste. I can't figure out which genre most of these books would fall under.
Zazoo
The Color of Water
Memoirs of a Geisha (I'm only half done with it, and I'm already in love with this book)
The Notebook
To Kill a Mockingbird
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
The Bean Tree
I suppose it'd be a mixture of romance and classics. I have a soft spot southern novels.
The more genre predictable books I like:
Harry Potter Series
Artemis Fowl Series
Princess Diaries Series
Ella Enchanted
The Seventh Tower Series
Pop Princess
Those would be fantasy/romance/comedy mostly.
I havn't read many books.
'Old Magic' and 'The Dark' by Marianne Curley are my favourites books and they are a Horror/Romance.
Fantasy are my favourite type.
Ohh, I loved those books! It's been a long time since I've read them, but they were incredibly unique. I really want to get my hands on Garth Nix's Abhorsen Trilogy and see how it compares.Quote:
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Fantasy or sci-fi.
Wait, does manga count?
Manga.
Manga isn't a genre.
I like the kind of books where it's just troubled dudes hanging out and drinking and narrating. Like Hemingway and Salinger and, uh, Chbosky.
And then there's Kurt, who's in a genre of his own.
I often go more by authors than by a specific genre, but most of what I read is sci-fi because I'm a Star Wars nerd. I've read very little "regular" fantasy, but I'll probably read more when I have some time and have exhausted some of my favorite authors. Also, the few John Grisham books I've read have all been well written and interesting. I don't know how you'd really categorize his novels.
I read it all, but Fantasy (any variation) is where it's at. I don't remember a book report from 1st grade to Jr. High - or whenever we stopped doing those things - that wasn't based on a Fantasy novel. The Dark Tower is probably my favorite series of the bunch.
Anything good, to put it to basics...
I like pretty much everything.
High fantasy, generally.
Hey my post disappared where did it go.:(