What are your top 5 favorite book franchises?
If you don't have 5 favorites, then just list however many you have.
Here are mine:
1. Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling (No series has been able to capture me like Harry Potter has)
2. Alex Rider series - Anthony Horowitz (Just a great action series)
2. Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini (I'm currently reading Eragon and I love it.)
4. A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket (I forgot his real name. >_>)
5. The Power of Five series - Anthony Horowitz (These aren't as good as the first four, but I still like the series)
I know it may seem foolish to put a series on the list, of which I haven't even finished the first book, but so far I think it's a great book.
Oh and if you're going to discuss a book/series, please be courteous and use spoilers when necessary.
With the time commitment school and other stuff is becoming, I don't have much time to just read for fun, but the one series I'm at least trying to read is the Ender's Game Trilogy; it's pretty good sci-fi that's not TOO complex. Check it out.
I'm also reading Catch 22 (cuz I like the band >.>). Unfortunate Events, I'm also on the last book and am slowly getting through it.
Quote from: Level_9_Chao on October 12, 2008, 09:18:19 PM
With the time commitment school and other stuff is becoming, I don't have much time to just read for fun
I know how you feel.
I didn't read one book for fun all of last year.
This year, I've made it a goal of mine to read whenever I had the time.
1. Clive Cussler's writing (Dirk Pitt series)
2. Pendragon (the last book comes out Marchish! :O)
3. Alastair Reynolds' Revalation Space (or whatever you'd call the series of books)
4. James Rollins' adventure novels (no series name)
5. Harry Pottah (didn't like the first few, loved 4 5 6 7)
Harry Potter
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Fear Street
1. The Hitchhiker "Trilogy" - Douglas Adams (very yes)
2. The Commonwealth Saga - Peter F. Hamilton (best serious sci-fi books I've ever read, such depth @.@)
3. The Tripod Trilogy - John Christopher, Tim Hildebrandt (I loved these so much...like War of the Worlds if the Martians knew what they were doing)
4. Harry Potter I guess D:
5. does the two John Hodgman books count? The second one comes out next week :O
Quote from: Zovistograt on October 17, 2008, 04:16:59 PM
1. The Hitchhiker "Trilogy" - Douglas Adams (very yes)
I've heard of them, but I'm not really familiar with them.
What's so special about the books? (I hope that didn't sound rude. :P)
Quote from: Java_Java on October 18, 2008, 10:54:14 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on October 17, 2008, 04:16:59 PM
1. The Hitchhiker "Trilogy" - Douglas Adams (very yes)
I've heard of them, but I'm not really familiar with them.
What's so special about the books? (I hope that didn't sound rude. :P)
They are regarded as the best 5-part trilogy of absurdist sci-fi humor.
Douglas Adams had and still has a huge cult following (he died in 2001).
They are a must read. Definitely.
I've only read the first Hitchhiker book, and I loved it. I still need to read the rest.
The movie was pretty awesome too.
Quote from: Mystic on October 19, 2008, 03:25:09 PM
I've only read the first Hitchhiker book, and I loved it. I still need to read the rest.
The movie was pretty awesome too.
I have never seen the movie and pretend it doesn't exist because I feel that it would ruin the books for me.
They were that good D:
1. Inheritance (that's Eragon...)
2. Artemis Fowl
3. Series of Unfortunate Evens
4. Harry Potter
5. uh... Redwall?
Quote from: Zovistograt on October 20, 2008, 02:20:16 PM
I have never seen the movie and pretend it doesn't exist because I feel that it would ruin the books for me.
Good idea; you're really not missing anything.
In the order I remembered them:
1. The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy "Trilogy" by Douglas Adams
2. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
3. Avalon series by Rachel Roberts (it's trying to become a franchise, does that count?) Edit: I can't count.
4. Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini
5. Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
6. A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
the HHGTTG movie was ass.
The movie rocked.
Quote from: Mystic on October 26, 2008, 11:21:01 AM
The movie rocked.
only if you're nerdy enough to have read the books, but have never actually read them.
Quote from: Jono2 on October 26, 2008, 11:09:52 PM
Quote from: Mystic on October 26, 2008, 11:21:01 AM
The movie rocked.
only if you're nerdy enough to have read the books, but have never actually read them.
I read it.
1. Sherlock Holmes- Masterpieces, enough said
2. Harry Potter- Disliked the last 2, but ah well thy were okay (Between my number 1 choice and my number 2 choice... that gap is astronomical)
3. Redwall- eh...
4. Eragon- Pretty cool... but that's about it