Hmmm???
Ok, list a graphic novel (if you know of any) and a actual book, as in one with words, and no, picture books do not count, take that Buzz the Bunny goes Home guy!
So....
Whats your favorite?
And notice that its favorite, not best meaning that, "great" books like the Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men aren't necissarily, the best choice, sure they are good books, but some of em can be ind of borring, in my opinon of course, I'm sure there aree tons of people out there who love them.
And say the authors name also.

Mine:
Graphic Novel:The Watchmen -Alan Moore
Book: Not sure yet....

Graphic Novel: Haven't read many, I wanted to buy The Watchmen a few days ago as I'm a fan of Moore's but then I found it was ?18 which is bloody extortionate. As for my favourite, that would probably be From Hell my Alan Moore, it's scope and the picture it painted were brilliant. And there's also Superman: Red Son, it's what it would be like if Superman had crashed into the earth 8 hours later than he did and so ended up in the Ukraine as a communist. I strays dangerous near US flagwaveing but it's still pretty good.

Proper book: Don't know really, I've read lots of good books. I like 1984, A Clockwork Orange (bet you didn't see that one coming). I'm also a fan of James Clavell's I've read King Rat, which was superb, and I've in the process of reading Shogun, it's good so far and apartenly the true cleverness of the book only comes to the fore once you've made considerable progress through the book. I'll probably think of a brilliant book that I loved and forgot to put in here a bit later, but oh well, that's what I thought of at this moment. Oh, and I'm also a Discworld fan :whistle:

Oh yes, Shogun....I love that book, I just got Gai-Jin yesterday, Jappanese culture is always interesting.
The Watchmen is really good, but I don't think is worth quite that much.

Hard to say for normal book... close call between Expedition Kon-Tiki, by Thor Heyerdahl, and Nightwatch, by Terry Pratchett. As for graphic novel, I'd go with The Scorpion, by Marini-Desberg, or One Piece, by Eichiiro Oda.

I just read Michael Crichton's Prey. That's a cool book about nano-technology and it's A thriller! couldn't stop reading and spent some loooong evenings reading it!

errmm ... what's a graphic novel ? a comic ?

"graphic novel" is a term used by people who write or read comic-books but think this sounds too embarassing or not sophisticated enough ;)

Favourite books?

- A Clockwork Orange (don't care much for the movie, though)

- The Short Timers

- The first three "Hitchiker"-books

- American Psycho

- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (in this case, the film is ALSO very good :ok: )

- The Dirt

- Michael the Finn by Mika Waltari (not really sure if that's the correct english title, though)

- "Rumo und die Wunder im Dunkeln", "Die 13 1/2 Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär" & "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher" along with other Stuff by Walter Moers (including some "graphic novels" :bleh: ;) ).

There are indeed quite a few more, just too lazy to list them right now...

EDIT: as for "graphic novels"... don't really care too much for those, really... though I still kinda like the old ORIGINAL "Ninja Turtles"-stuff by Eastman/Laird... :max:

Not every comic book is a graphic novel... there's a big difference

BTW my favorites graphic novels are:

Batman: The Killing Joke and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

I never said that. But every "graphic novel" is basically just a comic book :D ;)

I enjoy Shakespeare a lot. King Lear, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet :D
Farenheit 451 (by Ray Bradbury...also Martian Chronicles by him was really cool), Heart of Darkness (by Joseph Conrad). I REALLY liked reading Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. :ok:

As for "graphic novels" or whatever you want to call them...not much of a fan :whistle:

Graphic Novel - Optic Nerve by Adrian Tomine

Literary endevour - Dreams with Sharp Teeth by Harlan Ellison