Read any good books lately?

Question

I just finished a book by Jodi Picoult called 'Keeping Faith'...you should read it, its very interesting.

Answer 1

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 who works as a detective.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.

Count of Montecristo by Alexander Dumas.Its about a young French sailor who was unjustly imprisoned for 14 years before he escapes and ultimately takes revenge on his enemies.The author did a great job describing the emotions of the prisoner.Disbelief,denial,self pity,madness,apathy and finally hope.

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.

The Vivero letter by Desmond Bagley.Jeremy Wheale's well-ordered life is torn apart when his brother is murdered by a mob hit man, whose bait was a family heirloom - a sixteenth-century gold tray. The trail takes Wheale from Devon to Mexico and the wild tropical rain forests of Yucatan. In dense jungle, he helps two archaeologists locate the rest of a fabled hoard of gold - treasure from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the Mayas. But his brother's enemies are on Wheale's trail, and with them are the Chicleros, a vicious band of convict mercenaries.

Landslide by Desmond Bagley.Bob Boyd wakes up in a hospital with no memory,the only surviver of an accident.He was burned badly all over and needed extensive plastic surgery which was payed by a mysterious sponser.He is told that he's a geology student with a bad history.However Bob recovers and gets on with his life.Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment.His accident and the Matterson family have more in common than he thought.

Answer 2

I've been reading "Burning Down the House: Essays on the Craft of Fiction" by Charles Baxter. It's really good if you're a writer and want some of the good confusion that leads to creativity.

Other books I've loved lately:

The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar

The Mysteries by Lisa Tuttle

Touch by Gayleen Froese

Answer 3

If you like Jodi Picoult try some of her other books--My Sister's Keeper and Picture Perfect are both great!!!!

Answer 4

i also like Jodi Piccoult.

Try reading Marian Keyes (much more lighthearted-you'll even chuckle) Her best are Watermelon, Rachels Holiday, Last Chance Saloon.

Also very good: One Thousand White Women, The Other Boleyn Girl, Glass Castle, and while it might be a few years old The Pilots Wife.

Answer 5

it is summer time and college is out so I have read dozens. I am currntly reading a series by David B. Coe at home and a series by David drake at work. They are both really good. Children of the Amiaid (coe) is certainly going to be an interesting read. I also read the wheel of time series up till now (again!!!) and the game of thrones series by George R.R. Martin (again!) There are so many books and only three short months!

Answer 6

I just read "Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia" by Jean Sasson. I am now reading "My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban - A Young Woman's Story" by Latifa (pseudonym). Both are enlightening and sad and gripping - in that they both gripped my soul.

Answer 7

I love that author, I have read My sisters keeper, Vanishing act, and Plain Truth, and The Pact. love all of these

You should read a book called "I know This Much is True" by Wally Lamb. He has another called "Shes Come Undone" which is also good.

Answer 8

Mutant Message Down Under and Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn

Answer 9

The Greatest Generation Speaks-Tom Brokaw is excellent.So are both of Sean Hannity's books.

Answer 10

"The Hours" by Michael Cunnigham
"The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
"Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
"A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
"Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
"Death of a Salesmen" by Arthur Miller
"The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

They are all AMAZING!