This might sound like a cliche but the Godfather is, and will remain, one of the best books I have ever read.I am probably the only person on the face of the earth who has read the book before watching the movie but I must say that if you have only watched the movie than you should read the book because, although the movie for once is as good as the book, the movie leaves out many things you wouldn't want to miss. What made me want to read the book was watching The Last Don on TV and the next day I went to check out The Godfather from the library, and I couldn't put it down from the moment I came home. Now I'm reading The Last Don and loving it, because Marion Puzo is a born-authentic-storyteller and in Mafia stories NO ONE CAN COMPARE I don't think this book will get a bad review now or 20 years from now but if such a person exists then he is a FOOL!!!