Novels are expensive these days.. Just wanna make the right choices.. If you have books that you've read and they spin your head around with their greatness, please recommend them to me.. okay, any other great books are also welcome
2006-06-10 19:35:18 · 23 answers · asked by hakunamatata 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
heh.. actually i'm asking for novels, not comics.. come on everybody! answer! i really need ur help
2006-06-10 21:46:32 · update #1
"False Memory" by Dean Koontz. It's literally a roller-coaster ride of a novel, including mind-control, betrayal, brainwashing, a chilling protagonist, and a collection of innocent people struggling against a palpable evil that is intent on destroying their lives and minds. IT'S AMAZING.
2006-06-11 17:30:16 · answer #1 · answered by V.G. Grace 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Hyperion Series by Dan Simmons.Consisting of:Hyperion,The Fall Of Hyperion,Endymion and The Rise Of Endymion.
The Greatwinter Trilogy by Sean McMullen.Consisting of:Souls In The Great Machine,The Miocene Arrow and Eyes Of The Calculor.
Two great Science Fiction series that blew me away.Of course, there are many more.Way to many to fit here.
A few good S/F authors:Issac Asimov,Arthur C.Clarke,Larry Niven,Orson Scott Card,Greg Bear,David Brin's Uplift novels.
2006-06-11 19:20:17 · answer #2 · answered by timelord1962 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thrillers:
The John Sandford "Prey" series, starting with "Rules of Prey " and going to the most recent "Broken Prey" - Lucas Davenport is an interesting series character, and the series is a lot of fun. Read them in order though, Davenport goes through some changes throughout the series.
Sci-FI:
1) Stand on Zanzibar, by John Brunner - Hard to find, but it is a masterpiece of dystopian SF
2) Ilium, by Dan Simmons - Troy recast as SF; fascinating and superbly done.
3) Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein - You may love it, you may hate it, but it's the most important SF Novel of the last 50 years
4) The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman - If Tim O'Brien wrote SF, he'd have written this. Angry , moving, eloquent, it's a grunt's eye view of galactic conflict.
5) The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle - The GREAT first alien contact story
Mystery:
1) anything by Dashiell Hammet, Raymond Chandler, or P.D. James
Horror:
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons - psychic vampires and fabulous
Song of Kali by Dan Simmons - The "Heart of Darkness" of Horror novels - Harlan Ellison called it the greatest first novel ever written.
2006-06-11 03:21:43 · answer #3 · answered by Theatre Guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If u like good cop stories..I could recommend u the "In Death" Series by J.D Robb aka Nora Roberts. There are 21 books in this series so far the first Naked In Death and her most recent Memory In Death. Not a bad series even though I started in the middle and have been bouncing back and forth. James Patterson, Robin Cook, Dean R Koontz are in the thriller genre as well as mystery. Depending on ur taste, not too bad of authors.
2006-06-11 02:40:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know a couple of people have suggested "The Da Vinci Code", but seriously...don't waste your time. It's mediocre, at best. If you're looking for something, fun, and kind of a guilty pleasure, maybe check out the Diana Gabaldon "Outlander" series. I keep finding them in the romance sections of certain stores, but it's not really in that genre. There's a lot of action, some sci-fi, and a romance intertwined. But the writing is pretty funny. Diana Gabaldon has a pretty good sense of humor and irony.
2006-06-11 07:17:47 · answer #5 · answered by Bob S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are 8 books in the series beginning with stormfront. It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicago's only professional wizard.He stands between the general population who is ignorant about the supernatural world and the monsters-vampires,werewolves,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.
Another good series is the Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.The books provide an alternate take on vampires.People who are unjustly murdered call upon Artemis(Greek goddess) and she grants them a day to avenge themselves.After that they are recruited to her army to fight against evil.Be warned this series is romance based.
The door to december by Dean Koontz.A psychiatrist's daughter was kidnapped by her ex-husband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.
The mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.
2006-06-11 03:51:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The stainless steel rat. There is a whole series of these books and I found them to be great sci-fi/mystery novels.
2006-06-11 07:57:36 · answer #7 · answered by StatIdiot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Micheal Jackson
2006-06-11 02:38:11 · answer #8 · answered by ranzyupyeah 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recomend "The stars Like Dust " by Issac Assimov
Also Harry Potter series, anything by Edgar rice Burroughs,or Andre' Norton.
2006-06-11 09:37:41 · answer #9 · answered by NICK B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The author Lois Duncan writes really good books. She wrote I Know What You Did Last Summer(IT WAZ AWESOME!!!)
Also I heard Pete Wentz's Book "A Boy With A Thorn In His Side"
2006-06-11 02:42:16 · answer #10 · answered by petewentzluvr16 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋