Favorite non-Redwall book/author?

[Asterfall]

Oh boy, don't get me started xD
Series I enjoyed:
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
A series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Sea of Trolls Trilogy by Nancy Farmer

Stand-alone books I've enjoyed:
Hope was Here and Peeled, both by Joan Bauer
Hamlet, Shakespeare. Hehe. (I found this book very humorous)
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.

Edit: Also, Holes, by Louis Sachar. This was a fantastic book, and I also really loved the movie.

[Rosebud]

Moby D i c k is amazing, glad so many other peoples enjoyed it as well!

A Tale of Two Cities was fantastic.

The Series of Unfortunate Events was marvelous.

Artemis Fowl was an enjoyable series.

C. S. Lewis rocks.

And of course, as anyone who's anyone knows,

J. R. R. Tolkien is fantabulously amazingsauce.

[mirima]

Uhm, I'm going to have to go classic here: Lord of the Rings (Tolkien), Narnia (Lewis), and Les Miserables (Hugo).

^^; I'm a real Mizzy, I have to admit...

[Promatera]

Oooh great topic! My favorite books so far are:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

There are more books, but then the list would be too long XD

[King Benon]

Besides the Redwall Series I love sci-fi, fantasy, and historical fiction. All time Favorites

Grail Quest (3 books), Agincourt -Bernard Cornwell
The Dragon Riders of Pern (tons of books) (any/all of the books) - Anne McAffery
The Strongbow Saga (3 books so far) - Judson Roberts
Pict - Jack Dixon
Mercenaries, Warriors, Conquest -Jack Ludlow
Knight of the White Cross - George Alfred Henty
The Great Pagan Army- Vaughn Heppner

Ever since I got my Kindle for Christmas I have been inhaling literature like its going out of style. I'm probably addicted, Amazon gives VERY good suggestions...

[nikki]

My favorite book of all time is Watership Down - the contrasts between the rabbits of Watership and the rabbits of Redwall was a major inspiration for Heartsease!

I'm also very fond of the Artemis Fowl series. Recently, I've found the first book in a new steampunk series; the series is called Society of Steam, the author is Andrew P. Mayer, and the first book is The Falling Machine, and it's very promising!

Aside from that I read more manga than is probably healthy. Super into Story of Saiunkoku right now, and of course I'm super stoked about the rerelease of Sailor Moon and the US debut of Codename: Sailor V.

[T-Bone]

Hey, cool, didn't know this thread existed. ^^

Let's see....

Okay, I really enjoyed Douglas Adams' Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. (There were five books in it.) I never saw the movie, but I can say without a doubt that it didn't do the book(s) justice at all -- there are details the movie wouldn't be able to include, and it's those very details that make the books so darn funny. It's just really funny -- I'd recommend reading at least the first book. ;D

And as much as I disliked the discussion of evolution in this book, I gotta say I enjoyed Sea Wolf by Jack London. It kept my attention better than most novels that were written during the time period wherein novels were novel.

Ooh! And Terry Brooks! He's a good fantasy writer. Fantasy with dragons and magic and swords and whatnot usually isn't my style, but Brooks does it well. The Shannara series is a pretty good one, but I personally enjoyed the Magic Kingdom for Sale series a lot more, because it's more of a comedy.

Ted Dekker is a great author too, though, admittedly, I haven't read much of his work. I'm really interested in his book House.

On a more serious note... Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis is an amazing book. I haven't read Mere Christianity yet, but I really need to get around to it. C.S. Lewis' books are considered classic for a reason.

Oh, and Francis Chan. You have got to read his book Crazy Love. Especially if you're a Christian (or at least call yourself one). And I highly recommend watching the DVDs he makes. They're all really well done. You can tell God's speaking through this man.

And, of course, I cannot stress enough how important the Bible is. The inspiration, conviction, comfort, wisdom, and understanding that comes from it is endless. I know our society has painted it as a boring, outdated bundle of paper, but the more I read it, the more I realize how relevant and utterly fascinating it is. And while I often pick it up reluctantly, I always end up putting it down even more reluctantly; it's hard to put down real food once you've had a taste. --Ah, I ramble. ;D