Looking for Good Books?

Question

I just finished reading 1984...and I'm readin Slaughterhouse 5. I'm looking for some other books similar to these or just other good books that I can look into reading. Any help would be great

Answer 1

Have you read The Giver by Lois Lowry? You might enjoy that or some of its sequels. Or you might enjoy the Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld (Uglies, Pretties, Specials). All of those are dystopic novels (seemingly perfect utopias gone wrong)

Or you can use this site to find your next "good" book...

http://www.whichbook.net/

Answer 2

The Ugly American...it is about US embassies in a fictional country in South Asia. I loved this book.

Actually Harry Potter, I know its the oh Harry Potter but I can say I was at the end of this bandwagon and the books are quite good and an easy read with good writing.

Also check out Amazon.com...lots of people make lists of books that they recommend. I have gotten some good books from those lists as well. The New York Times also had a list about good books of the 20th century. Toni Morrison was the author of the top book. I think it was her book Paradise but I could be wrong.

Happy Reading =)

Answer 3

Time Traveler's Wife, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Everything is Illuminated, A History of Love, Kite Runner, Secret Life of Bees, Lovely Bones, Native Speaker

Answer 4

If you liked Slaughterhouse 5 I bet you'll like everything else by Vonnegut - he is fantastic. You might also try Ender's Game, or try some Joseph Conrad (The Secret Agent or Heart of Darkness are both terrific). Happy reading!

Answer 5

Let's see. . .Animal Farm, another good parable book by George Orwell, The Lottery, a short story by Shirley Jackson, which is kind of creepy, Burgemese Days by George Orwell, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kensey, yes, it wasn't just a movie, The Smile, a short story by Ray Bradbury, and some others. Hope this helps.

Answer 6

The Reasons I Won`t Be Coming - Elliot Perlman
&any Chuck Palahniuk books

Answer 7

All of Vonnehgut's books are great. And if you are looking for something a little quicker to read - King Fortis the Brave. A great book that I found impossible to put down.

Answer 8

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,fallen angels,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.

Hunter's moon,Moon's web are novels written by Cathy Clamp and C.T. Adams about a werewolf Tony Giodone who is an assassin-for-hire by profession.It is written from Tony's first person POV (point of view).Tony meets his new client, one Suzi Quentin. She wanted someone offed. Well, this is child's play to our boy...um...wolf...Tony. Only she knocks him for a loop when she tells him the name of the person she wants killed - herself!So begins the story.

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.

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.

Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum.Forget the movie.The book is the real article."The Bourne identity" is the story of a man without a past, rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by some fishermen. He is very ill, and his body has suffered the impact of many bullets. The man is taken by the fishermen to a doctor in a nearby island, who helps him to recover physically and mentally. Our protagonist doesn't remember who he is, but with the help of the doctor he finds some clues he doesn't like too much. He only knows for certain some things, for instance that his face has been altered by plastic surgery, that he knows a lot about firearms and that he carried on him a microfilm that contains the code to an account of four million dollars.

In the Swiss bank where the account is he also finds a name: Jason Bourne. But... is he Jason Bourne?. He cannot remember, and if it were for quite a few people, he won't. From the moment he leaves the island onwards, our man without a past will be followed, and attacked. He doesn't understand why, but he reacts in order to stay alive. Add to this already interesting mixture a woman he takes as a hostage, Marie, a number of assasins (including the most famous assassin in the world, Carlos), and the possibility that he is, as a matter of fact, also an assassin, and you will understand why this book is so good. The main character will be hunted all throughout the book not only by the "bad guys", but also by the "good" ones (mainly agents from the USA Government). You won't be able to stop reading this book, and you will find yourself asking aloud to nobody in particular "who on earth is this man?" and "what started this whole mess"?.
Warning:A character gets raped.

Answer 9

Brave New World and Catch-22 are good reads. You can continue reading Orwell too. He's got other awesome stuff. And Vonnegut too. Palahniuk is interesting as well...

Answer 10

If you like those kind of books, I'd suggest trying Kurt Vonnegut's works like Player Piano and such.