Edit, I hit the wrong button.

Anyway, What are some books you've read,and you think they are so good, life can't possibly be complete without sitting down on your couch for 6 hours at a time reading the book until it's finished?

For me, that's Blood Meridian By Cormac McCarthy and Brave New World By Aldous Huxley.

I did a search and found nothing, apologies in advance.

"House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski

Second Angel by Philip Kerr is one of my all time favourites, and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is pretty awesome.

Books by Scott Westerfeld and Chris Wooding are fun.

"His Dark Materials" Trilogy. Beautiful. Fantastical. Romantic. Sacreligous. Whats not to love? You will go to hell though, it has to be said.

sirsolo:
Second Angel by Philip Kerr is one of my all time favourites, and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is pretty awesome.

Books by Scott Westerfeld and Chris Wooding are fun.

The Book Thief is great, I forgot that one. Even better is I Am the Messenger.

The Book Thief. Such a good book.

I don't really have any must-read-before-you-die kinds of books in mind... I mean, I've read a lot of books that made me cry, spaz out, get angry, w/e, but must-read?

I dunno... I think I'd rather go sky diving.

1984
Slaughterhouse 5 (also anything by Kurt Vonnegut is superb)

"The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb. The only book to make me cry. His previous book "I Know This Much is True" is also beautiful.

The Name of the Wind is supposed to be ridiculously good, so I'll read that eventually.

House of the dead by Dostoyevsky (Spell check, it's 3 am and i'm not going to be arsed to do it myself. You know who I'm talking about anyway)

I like this question, though it is worth noting that most people don't read more than what they find on the "whats popular" bookshelf and the local fiction section, none of which could be called "good" by literary standards, entertainment standards maybe.

Anywho, a worthy read is Frederik Pohls Gateway, a gleaming gem in the dark swamp of science fiction. Deals with psychology, human response to death, and is refreshingly original.

1984 by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Edit: Add Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury to the list.
That's my list.

Mr.Switchblade:
I like this question, though it is worth noting that most people don't read more than what they find on the "whats popular" bookshelf and the local fiction section, none of which could be called "good" by literary standards, entertainment standards maybe.

Anywho, a worthy read is Frederik Pohls Gateway, a gleaming gem in the dark swamp of science fiction. Deals with psychology, human response to death, and is refreshingly original.

Yes, it is. I read that recently.

Neuromancer by William Gibson AND THEN
Snowcrash by Neal Stephenson

IN THAT ORDER.

Hmm.. books that are must reads..

Vellum and Ink by Hal Duncan are fascinating, and here soon I will probably need to re-read them again..

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams is of a course something all should read.

Waiting for the Galactic Bus and The Snake Oil Wars by Parke Godwin are also good one.

Venus on the Half Shell by Killgore Trout is another book everyone should read at some point.

Finally, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.

Course, for myself I have already read all of those books.. but ones I know I need to read still include Don Quixote, Dracula, Frankenstein, Wind in the Willows, and quite a few other classics. For me there really is no one book that must be read, just a never ending collection of worlds and ideas to experience.

Anything by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, really. They're an amazing author duo.

Noon: 22nd Century, Roadside Picnic (especially fans of STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl), Hard to be a God.

It's great. Definitely the best sci-fi authors I've read. And maybe the best authors in general that I've read.

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Gulliver's Travels

Enders Game
The Gunslinger

Zankabo:
Course, for myself I have already read all of those books.. but ones I know I need to read still include Don Quixote, Dracula, Frankenstein, Wind in the Willows, and quite a few other classics. For me there really is no one book that must be read, just a never ending collection of worlds and ideas to experience.

Yes, definitely read that, it's one of my favorite books.

Macbeth and King Lear by William Shakspeare are a good read (provided you have the patience/intelligence to translate).

I also found that many short stories and short novels are often better than their larger counterparts.

The Rifle - Gary Paulson
To See the Invisible Man - Robert Silverburg
The Langoliers - Stephen King

Plus everyone should be required to read at least one Stephen King novel/short story in their life.

Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews

Candide by Volaire
Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
1984 by George Orwell

Only Lord of the Flies if you don't overanalyze the story for the symbolism.

Earthly Powers, Anthony Burgess.

Any book that starts with the line: " It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me."

Is worth a look.

Atlas Shrugged, if only to say I read the whole damned thing.

"Dune" by Franklin Herbert. One of the best books I have ever read.

I thought that "The Anarchist Cookbook" was an interesting read. It's not a great novel or anything, but it is an interesting point of view. Even more so since it was writen in protest of the vietnam war so your getting a point of veiw from the 1970's. I would recomend something eles but I don't read many (good) books.

the monopoly guy:
Atlas Shrugged, if only to say I read the whole damned thing.

On an offnote, and somewhat ontopic, but mostly not

Such is the nature of reading Ayn Rand.

Sandman by neil gaiman

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, by Robert Tressell and A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson.

American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis.
I sigh when I read other books.

How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Its meant to be used in the workplace for employers to get the most out of employees, but it contains many subtle tricks that one can use to manipulate people into doing things for you without them realizing it, and at the same time making them think you've done something for them.

Then again, I wouldn't want everyone in the world to read it, as they would realise I'm using the technique.

A must read i think is the Eragon series by Chris Palamoni.... i mat have spelled his last name wrong lol.

Good omens.

Yeah, yeah. I know, it doesn't really hold up to the standard of the other books here (perhaps).

It is a very good book though, and while there are many amazing books mentioned in this thread, a book such as Good omens is needed to show that there is more to books than just serious thought. It doesn't have to be deep and thought-provoking all the time (while Good omens IS, it illustrates the point), and can be just a fun, relaxing activity, even for people who aren't bookworms.