What's Your Favorite Book?

@ashuli (1196)
India
September 20, 2015 1:14pm CST
When I was a kid, I was told that to kill boredom read a book... and since then I did try to follow this advice but many times to kill boredom instead of reading a book I listen to music, use social media and do many other things.. But I still do believe that books are the best and most loyal friend anyone can have, so I do have few of my favorites ... What's your favorite book?
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
21 Sep 15
I love to read books. I prefer to read auto biographies/biographies and self help books. The one which I like most is - 'The Magic of Thinking Big, by David J. Schwartz. I bought it and I've read it many times. My brother did not know that I've a copy of the book, he did not check it with me. He also liked the book very much and he bought a separate copy. When I saw his copy, I told him that I already had one copy and we could not stop laughing. Now a days, there are various applications on mobile phones, which allow us to read book on line. I've downloaded few books and I read it when waiting for something or at some place to pass my time.
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
21 Sep 15
@dpk262006 yeah u mean kindle :)
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
21 Sep 15
@ashuli Kindle is one of the devices to read the books in digital form. We could also download books (free of cost) through some other applications. And as I said earlier, we could read them 'off line' also.
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@RasmaSandra (74114)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Sep 15
@ashuli I love reading books. The old-fashioned kind you hold in your hands. I haven't had time to read for a long while but lately I have been picking up my favorites by authors like Stephen King and Danielle Steele.
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
21 Sep 15
I cannot say that I have only one favorite book, I have many books that I loved and that I have read several times.
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 15
@ashuli It depends which kind of literature you like. I like thriller, crime, mystery. Stephen King is one of my favorite authors.
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
23 Sep 15
@LadyDuck i like mystery and thriller. Thou I have enjoyed reading books by Clive Cussler, John Grisham, Jeffery Archer and few others too
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
22 Sep 15
@LadyDuck Is there any book in particular which you may like to suggest
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@dlr297 (5409)
• United States
21 Sep 15
My favorite Book, and one i read every day is the Holy Bible.....
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• United States
23 Sep 15
@dlr297 We are on the same page LOL. I would be lost without my Bible as I read it every morning for the most part. Well, unless I am visiting my children. I try to get some reading in but the household is so busy it usually doesn't work but that ok I am full when I go!
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
21 Sep 15
@dlr297 great choice :)
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Sep 15
Our father bought a book of fairytales for me and my sisters to read when we were still kids . It was the best book we have read in our childhood . We don't know now , where the book is . But it was tattered by our constant reading and looking at the beautiful pictures .
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
22 Sep 15
Those fairy tale books are every little girls fav... :)
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• New Delhi, India
21 Sep 15
My favourite topic! I am a voracious reader and I like books of different genres. Nowadays, I am reading two books: Khuswant Singh's book on Ranjit Singh (History) and Mukul Deva's RIP (Indian spy thriller). Both are excellent and unputdownable.
@ashuli (1196)
• India
21 Sep 15
@SHARINGPARTHA Oh thanks for the nice info, will try reading them n thriller first :)
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
22 Sep 15
@SHARINGPARTHA ok will do as advised :)
• New Delhi, India
22 Sep 15
@ashuli If you are going to read Mukul Deva, then please start from 'Lashkar' and finish the five books of 'Lashkar' series. You will be spellbound, I gurantee.
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@KingKi (19)
• China
22 Sep 15
The Road Less Traveled--my favorite book.The author is M. Scott Peck.This book is about psychology,when I am very sad,it guide me to change my mind.Correct view of yourself will help you mature.
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
22 Sep 15
@KingKi I think I have read it, but not so sure
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
22 Sep 15
Good question, I've never been a reader more of doing something. No real favourite books that I can think of.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
22 Sep 15
@ashuli Very true everyone is different.
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
22 Sep 15
@kevin1877uk guess everyone has his/her likes n dislikes
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@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
24 Sep 15
I have several favorites ... depends on how I'm feeling. If I need to feel like I'm 'accomplishing something,' the good book is Napoleon Hill's old classic Think & Grow Rich. If I feel like reading something fun, it's a book from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-series. An indoctrinated Roman Catholic, the first 'book' that pops into my head when someone asks that question is the Holy Bible (biblegateway.com). But I think I want that book to be 'secret'---like a personal letter from God to the Son.
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
25 Sep 15
@ashuli No better time to finish than NOW! sacred-texts.com/nth/tgr/index.htm
@ashuli (1196)
• India
24 Sep 15
@mythociate oh yes ! I too have this "Napoleon Hill's" classic "Think & Grow Rich", but never finished reading it
@Jlyn10 (11966)
• Malaysia
13 Oct 15
Nothing in particular. I have a shelf full of books ... novels and spiritual books. I have a habit of buying books that I like and read them when I have some free time. Right now, I am doing my weekly Bible studies which means I haven't have time to read my other books yet. So I guess the only books that I am reading the most right now is my Bible which I use as a guide for my Bible studies.
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@Jlyn10 (11966)
• Malaysia
14 Oct 15
@ashuli Thank you.
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
13 Oct 15
must say nice choice...
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• Preston, England
22 Sep 15
I have more than one favourite - Joseph Heller's Catch 22 would probably top my list.
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
23 Sep 15
@arthurchappell will look for this book
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@YupHan (67)
• Chengdu, China
15 Oct 15
I'd love to do some reading when in free time ,the most favoriate one is ???,named asThe Story of the Stone, in English .Describing the daily life of an noble family.There are so many detail description in the book ,even more than Notre Dame de Paris .We can learn a lot about of the politics , the economy and the society of that era ,we can even learn a lot about the architectural style,the costom,the way people live everyday ,it could be an encyclopaedia of the era of Cao Xueqin,the writer.But due to the fussy detail description ,few Chinese could read the book from the start to the end ,let alone foreigners.
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@Butchcass4 (5895)
• United States
23 Sep 15
My favorite book is the Bible. I have been reading it for the past nearly 30 years and it never gets old and I always learn something new from it. God has fresh and new things for us every day.
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
23 Sep 15
@Butchcass4 Well said ! and a great choice
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
15 Oct 15
When I was in high school, I loved to read the Hardy Boys! When I was married, I read all how-to books especially about painting/drawing and photography. Now that I am junior senior, I read books on how to look young and foods that make us live long!
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
19 Oct 15
wow! very interesting style to select books as per your needs and likes
• Manila, Philippines
19 Oct 15
As of now, I don't have favorite book because I don't read books.
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@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
3 Oct 15
I agree that book is the best friend you can ever have. I love reading interesting books. But I don't have a favourite per se. Right now I'm reading "On The Trails of Genghis Khan" by Tim Cope and its amazing!
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
7 Oct 15
must say nice choice
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• Austin, Texas
24 Sep 15
Fairy tales when I was a kid and biographies when I grew up. Can't think of a specific book. But the first fairy tale I read was Cinderella and the first biography was about Sammy Davis Jr.
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
24 Sep 15
@cmoneyspinner very nice memory
@mkrnex (785)
• Bangalore, India
9 Oct 15
I liked revolution 2020 of Chethan bhagat. It is awesome!
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
9 Oct 15
oh yeah i still have to read this one
@xFiacre (12498)
• Ireland
23 Sep 15
I think if I had to choose just one it would be Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
23 Sep 15
@xFiacre ok, thanks will check it out
• Pune, India
9 Oct 15
I am a fan of Khaled Hosseini. His books have the capability to tear you to shreds and then weave your soul back together with the softness of a mother's hand. Thousand Splendid Suns, The Kite Runner. You need to read it to believe the surreal amount of emotions they bring out in you.
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
9 Oct 15
yesss i too have read a few books by Khaled Hosseini, all superb!
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Oct 15
I really like The Magus, by John Fowles. I have other favorites as well, but that was the first that came to mind.
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
15 Oct 15
nice choice...
@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
15 Oct 15
Hard to say because I love to read Steven King so I would have to say all of them.
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
15 Oct 15
must say a nice choice thou I have read only a few...
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