top ten books of all time.

I've limited myself to a single book per author*...

Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Bicentenial Man - Issac Asimov
Espedair Street - Iain Banks
The Algebraist - Iain M Banks (*okay I cheated with the only one per author - but he does write sci-fi under a slightly different name!)
Mars - Ben Bova
Dune - Frank Herbert
Magic Cottage - James Herbert
The Stand - Stephen King
Partisans - Alistair MacLean
Nightwatch - Terry Pratchett (Knew there had to be one of those in there!)

That's how it stands at this moment in time - who knows what I'll read tomorrow?

In a random order:

Dune - Frank Herbert
Enders game (or the entire ender saga) - Orson Scott Card
Foundation trilogy - Isaac Asimov
I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
1984 - George Orwell
Focault's s sling? (don't now how it is called in English in dutch its "de slinger van Focault") - Umberto Eco
In the name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
De/the Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
Thud? (we're on a Discworld forum afterall) - I just can't remember the author of that book...
and one of my favorites when i was little: "Meester van de Zwarte molen (Krabat)" its children-fantasy by Otfried Preussler

mmm, this makes 2 SciFi readers. I wonder how many people dont read scifi

The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
The Solitaire Mystery - Jostein Gaarder
The Dark Is Rising - Susan Cooper
... and seven pratchett books (Or rather, I cant think of anything else that should displace him off the top of my head)

Mr Scrub

Oh my! I had forgotten about those - have you read the full set? (I would have chosen Silver on the Tree as my favourite of that series, with The Dark is Rising as a close second)

they aren't ten but....

1.)star wars Mace and the army of the clones - Jude Watson
2.)Kreuzfeuer
3.)harry potter 1+3 - J. K. Rowling
4.)the night wacht - Terry Pratchett

Wizz

in random order

nightwatch -
thud! -
Chronicler of the Winds - Henning Mankell
The Hobbit - J.R.R.Tolkien
Schlafes Bruder - Robert Schneider (translated 'the brother of sleep')
Fermat's Last Theorem - Simon Singh
and
WHERE IS MY COW? -

phew,10 eh?

hmmm...

not in any specific order

sword of truth-terry goodkind

wheel of time(except book 8-ssooo boring) by robert jordan

[belgariad
mallorean
elenium
tamuli] all by david eddings

farseer trilogy,liveship traders trilogy
by robin hobb

amtrak wars by patrick tilley

obviously the books,well all the ones i've read so far.

the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.
great book by mark haddon,a must read

will get back to you if there are more

I only let myself read the series once a year, over christmas... otherwise I'd probably have read them about 80-100 times

MS

Interesting. I like reading and discussing books. Here's my list, in no particular order (except for what sprang to mind first):

A Clockwork Orange - by Anthony Burgess
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - by Douglas Adams
Cryptonomicon - by Neal Stephenson
Cloud Atlas - by David Mitchell
Starfarers - by Poul Anderson
True History of the Kelly Gang - by Peter Carey
The Unconsoled - Kazuo Ishiguro
Time's Arrow - by Martin Amis
Oh, Play that thing! - by Roddy Doyle
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - by Susanna Clarke
Das Glasperlenspiel - by Hermann Hesse
Thud! - by Terry Pratchett
and any book by Salman Rushdie

Rushdie and Mitchell should probably be on top of the list.
All books that made a serious enough impression that I can still vividly remember "scenes", and certainly "atmosphere" and style. Or message.
And a lot of Bookers in there, or at least shortlisters or previous winners. No surprise, not to me anyway. The Booker Prize is still the greatest achievement anyone can get in literature[ *], and if any particular book has been on the shortlist it is certain to be the best you can get.

Indeed! The story is great, and the book gives a very good idea how people with ASS (Autism Spectrum Syndrome) think and feel. I work with people with ASS, and this book had some insights even I didn't know.

[ *] According to me. And yes I still call it The Booker Prize. No man can force me to call it anything else .

right
time to contribute
these aint in order
1.inheritance books, eagon and eldest by christopher paolini
these are the best books ever! except...
2.all the p terrys ive read
3.the terrible trins by dick king smith, iloved it when i was small
4. lemony snikets a series of unfortunte events, depressing, sobre,
and easy reads(2 days max)
5.mortal engines etc.
6.daren shans saga (cirque du freak...)
7.the fire within and icefire by chris d'lacey
8.jonothan strouids bartimaeus trilogy
9.alex rider books(ignore the film)
10.hitch hikers guide to the galaxy
these are my faves of all time and ive probably forgotten a few
+++Hex rules+++

Darren shan is cool! i have got all the books that he has done

i dont really have a top ten but i like
pTerry, darren shan and james patterson the most

Angua

hey i saw a lot of you guys mentioned enders game,

a while ago i asked for reccomendations for a newbie reader and what books would be good for me and enders game was the final decision, anyway it is in the post and should arrive soon but i found out there are loads of enders game books and they all look gr8 so check them out on this link below
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender%27s_Game_Series

they realy luk good

okay Ladies and Gentelman, I proudly present MY list: *tada*

1. The Lord of the Rings (3 books as u know) by J. R. R. Tolkien
2. Death Gate Cycle (7 books) by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
3. Harry Potter (6, but the last is in work...) by J. K. Rowling
4. Every pT I've read (round about 25) of cours by (Sir ) Terry Pratchett
5. Dragonvarld ( 3 books but she is writing more) by Margaret Weis
6. Forgotten Realms (about 50 books) by R. A. Salvatore
7. The Hobbit also by J. R. R. Tolkien
8. Dragonstone (and all the other books) by Dennis L. McKiernan
9. Every Hohlbein I've read (about 7) by Wolfgang (and sometimes Heike) Hohlbein
10. Eragon (2 books but the third will come 2008) by Christopher Paolini

...now u all know I'm just reading fantasy... *blush*

PS: Pinky how could u?!? What a shock for me!!! You like "Schlafes Bruder"?!?!? AAAAARRRGGGHHHH!!! My eyes!...
Okay... I'll forgive u, because of pT and The Hobbit... but just one time!! Beware!

Oooooh - I forgot about the Dark Elf trilogies! I think I've read all the Drizzt Do'Urden books about a dozen times each!

Choosing just 10 books would be really hard!

some of my favourite books/series are:

Mortal Engines by Phillip Reeve
Discworld series by TP (obviously)
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Belgariad by David Eddings
Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan
Some random children's book about vampire rats and a garlic loving guinea pig that I cannot find in order to reread.

Artemis fowel rules!

what about Robin Hobbs books?

look down the list sgt l,you will note i have added robin hobb to my list

bah! i don't actually read things, i just post opinions and wait.

how was wheel of time?

starts off well,but book 8 really sucks,is getting better again now it's around book 11/12

That book is a bit .......lacking, dont you think

i don't know,i've never read it