What are your favorites of these books?

Question

Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

War and Peace by Leo Tolsoy

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolsoy

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Doestevksy

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

The Stranger by Albert Camus

Counte of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

Can you tell me what you thought of some of these if you read them?

Answer 1

My favorites are Atlas Shrugged, The Stranger, and Great Expectations, though they're all great reads. I liked Atlas Shrugged a little better than the Fountainhead just because it had more of an epic feel to it, though I found it much easier to relate to the male architect protagonist of Fountainhead than the rich heiress of Atlas Shrugged. East of Eden and Farewell to Arms are good, just not my favorites of Steinbeck and Hemingway, while Great Expectations is probably my favorite Dickens work. The Stranger is terrific and an essential in existentialist thought, and Counte of Monte Cristo may be my favorite 19th century adventure story by a European author.  

Answer 2

Farewell to Arms, beautifully written, full of tension and intesity, a all-reound lovely story.

Answer 3

I haven't read or heard about any of those, except Crime and Punishment, which is supposedly a must-read.  

Answer 4

I haven't read these books yet, but I am planning on reading a few of them such as Crime and Punishment, East of Eden and Farewell to Arms.  I just started to read The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley (it's a pretty good read!).

Just an FYI...you can go to PagebyPageBooks.com and find most of them listed by the author or title in their entirety for FREE and I think there is also an audiobook version available on the website which is either computer or human-voice read.

Answer 5

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - one of the greatest books ever. The style of writing is amazing, I could read it in like a day. Also the base for the most wonderful ballet play ever =]

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky - I'm in love with the author, although this one goes after the idiot and the brothers karamazov for me. But still, a masterpiece. I strongly recommend this one.

The Stranger by Albert Camus - I still cannot decide whether I love existentialism or not. This author inspired one of the best Lithuanian novels, therefore I respect him. But I had the hardest time of my life them comparing it with the Faust by Goethe. On the other hand, the more I like the books, the less I can say about it. Give it a try.

Answer 6

Crime and Punishment is my favorite book of all time, though it is followed closely by East of Eden.