My favorite book is definitely Watership Down by the always-phenomenal Richard Adams.

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It's easily one of the most well-written books I've ever read, with a phenomenally told story and a world that was created with the finest craftsmanship possible. Whenever a discussion is held on books I recommend it.

I really enjoyed Watership Down as well. I felt the movie was pretty well-done also, though it was a bit of a mess if you hadn't read the book first.
I just checked out Plague Dogs yesterday; so far the characters seem more generically anthropomorphic, without the complex language and culture that made Watership Down so entertaining, but we'll see how it goes.

I like Go Ask Alice. The character really annoyed me at first because she's so..ditzy it seems.
My favourite books are Impulse by Ellen Hopkins and Killing Mr Griffin by Lois Duncan.

Impulse is a really good look into how these three main characters feel, being in a mental hospital. Quite sad though at the end, and terribly confusing at parts when you have to flip to the beginning of the chapter to know who the speaker is for that section. You get used to it after a while. Love Hopkins' style, it makes reading just that little more fun.

Killing Mr Griffin surprised me just so much! I won't spoil anything for people who haven't read it yet, but that is a really great book.

I could say many more..but that list may be long. So I'll end it now. :)

For as huge of a John Irving fan as I am, I have no idea why I've never been able to get through The Hotel New Hampshire. It's not a bad book by any means, just one that's always been easy for me to put down for long periods of time every time I've hunkered down to read it. The Cider House Rules has been my favorite book for a long time now.

Really? Cider House Rules was great, but Hotel New Hampshire..I don't know, just something about it. Probably my third fave after A Widow for One Year. You should try again, it really is a great book

I'm in a library as I type this, and I've written down several peoples suggestions. Just about to go find those books.
So thank you everyone :D

I didn't see any Max Barry discussion here...phenomenal writer, and he's modern to boot!
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I'm not going to sit here and type an essay over whether or not his books are classics (in fact, I've only read 2 of them) but I enjoy him a lot and his blog is great, too.
Max Barry | he writes things
Check 'im out sometime.

I have a LOT of favourite books, but I think one my top favourites would be Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice.

That's funny you say that. Last year I picked up a few of Ian Rankin's books and loved the way he wrote.
I think Scotland has some pretty cool writers. :)

I really liked that book too, even with all the hooray regarding it's accuracy. It was extremely well written.
In this category, I have to suggesty Nikki Sixx's The Heroin Diaries.

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