any good books to read these days?

Question

interested in novels,,

somthing more or less like the alchemist or hundred years of solitude would be nice!!

Answer 1

I like books with great well developed charecters I can relate to.

1. The Wold According to Garp by John Irving
2. Bagombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut
3. Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
4.The Stand by Stephen King
5. Jurassic Park by Michael Cricton
6. The Language of God by Francis S. Collins
7. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
8. Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
9. Blue Beard by Kurt Vonnegut
10. Sideways by Rex Pickett

Answer 2

The ones I'm reading at the moment are:
Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter
Dragons of the Dwarven Depths by Weiss and Hickman
and Reduced Shakespeare by Martin and Tichenor

I am also listening to The Road by Cormac McCarthy

I would also strongly recommend the just published original uncut versions of Red Planet and Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein.

It really does depend on what kind of books you like. Anything by Nora Roberts is always a good read. I also like Eric Flint, S. M. Stirling, Robert A. Heinlein, Jane Austin, and Isaac Asimov.

Tell me what genre you enjoy reading and I can look over my past years reading lists and possibly come up with a few books that might interest you. I lean heavily towards SF, but in an average month I read 15 or more books. I have been keeping a list of all the books I've read for a couple of years now so have quite a few I could recommend.

Answer 3

I just finished "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett, 1989. My copy is a long--973 page--paperback novel set in the Middle Ages / Dark Ages from 1123 to 1174 A.D. I think it gives an accurate feeling of what it was like to live in England, and to a lesser degree Europe, during that period. I think that---like the movie "Titanic"---the main characters may be fictitious, but the background is detailed and true. The daily lives of a number of people are followed. Human emotions are dealt with to a great degree. I wish it was longer. What did they do after 1174? I want to live in their world some more. ---Jim

Answer 4

There are always good books to read but you didn't really say what type of book you are looking for. Do you like comedy? Romance? Suspense thrillers? Legal or psychological thrillers? Sci Fi?

I recently enjoyed a book called Haunted Rectory by Katherine Valentine, its a very mild suspense book.

I also enjoyed a book called "Goddess For Hire"
by Sonia Singh which is a comedy about an Indian girl (family from India living in US) that in her 30s discovers she is the reincarnation of a goddess (or so she's told by believers that she is).

I'm currently working on a book called "Island of Bones" by PJ Parrish which is a crime/mystery along the lines of James Patterson type books.

I also have three books waiting on my night stand for me to read as soon as I finish my current reading. There are books to be read that I am sure you will enjoy but it might take browsing the library shelves and picking up a book and reading the dust jacket. Pick up something you've not tried before, you might find that you enjoy it.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

The Messiah by Boris Starling
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Doppelganger by Marie Brennan
Headhunter by Roy Lewis

Answer 7

A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

Answer 8

Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett. Better than reading it? Get it on tape, unabridged. It is the most interesting story, and you'll regret when you get to the last box of tapes -- it's something like 15 or 16 tapes long. Exceptional.

Answer 9

I just finished "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards. It's about a doctor/father who gives away his daughter (a twin) because she has Downs. The rest of the novel follows the family (who are not aware this has happened) and how his actions affected their lives.

Answer 10

Harry Potter
King Fortis the Brave
Eragon
Chronicles of Narnia

All great books to read