What is your favorite book of the last two decades? Me, "The Orchid Thief:"

[applegrove]

by Susan Orlean. The author struggles to make an article on orchids interesting, then succeeds by digging into the personalities behind the obsession. I think I read it in one sitting. Fascinating!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orchid_Thief

[nolabear]

1. I'm not sure but I too loved The Orchid Thief.

I don't think I can pick one. But that book fascinated me and I actually bought a number of species of orchids and kept them well in an atrium I had in my bathroom at the time. I could see how they could become a passion. Now I'm back among the average folk who can't keep them well. But they are sexy, no doubt about it.

[REP]

3. Orchids are easy - as long as you get species suited to your conditions

But I only have about 200.

[whistler162]

2. It is between

Heinlein's Have Space Suit Will Travel
Elizabeth Moon's Sheepfarmer's Daughter
or
Sharyn McCrumbs Bimbo's of the Death Sun.

[stanwyck]

4. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

and I also like his latest book, Freedom.

[hyphenate]

5. The Dresden Files

I copped out--it's a series. But also Harry Potter. Now that Potter is finished, I can concentrate on the Dresden books.

[XemaSab]

6. The Secret History

In dunno if it's been 20 years, but it's a rockin' book.