She hates chick-lit or romance stuff, anything that's 100% about relationships, she prefers a theme, or something that makes you think. She likes anything to do with time travel, the future etc. Her favourite books recently have been "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro and "The Time Traveller's Wife" bu Audrey Niffenegger so something along those lines would be perfect. I've been looking for ages, but can't find anything. Any suggestions?
2006-10-18 02:49:41 · 37 answers · asked by - 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Has she read 'Lightening' - by Dean R Koontz
a very good mix of thriller and time travel
The discworld series, by terry pratchett is good, thought provoking and funny. it also has a couple of time travel themed books in the series.... 'Night Watch' and 'the thief of time'
2006-10-18 02:54:04 · answer #1 · answered by Vinni and beer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If she loves Ishiguro as much as I do she has excellent taste!
How about Kawabata?
Tales to hold in the palm of your hand.
Or Mishima?
The Thirst for love?
I don't know if she just likes the fact that Ishiguro is Japanese or just his talent? These are a few other Japanese writers who are just as excellent but very different. The Remains of the day is one of my favorite pieces of literature.
I also hear that the new book out about Edie Sedgwick called Factorygirl is supposed to be awesome? I have not read it yet though.
I don't know how cool your mom is, but running with scissors was really interesting to say the least. My eyes were glued to the page for its uniqueness and utter and complete strangeness!
2006-10-18 03:06:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recommended Authors: Terry Pratchett/ humor,fantasy
Robert Heinlen/sci-fi
2006-10-18 02:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by Mo the treehugger! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-19 22:35:42 · answer #4 · answered by montesi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about 'A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian' by Marina Lewycka. My mum liked it anyway! Otherwise how about another Kazuo Ishiguro book, if she hasn't read them all already.
2006-10-18 09:40:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.baen.com/author_list.asp(this is a science fiction publishing site .
Try this site(http://www.best-book-clubs.com/?source=yahoo)
click on science fiction. it brings up a great selection. MACABRE
by Laurell K. Hamilton ARMAGEDDON'S CHILDREN
by Terry Brooks AERIE
by Mercedes Lackey
[1] Between Worlds
edited by Robert Silverberg
[2] The Dragon's Son
by Margaret Weis
[3] The Taking
by Dean Koontz
[4] Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
2006-10-18 02:59:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Elliot was a female writer who wrote less chickish novels.
But, if you want something with abit more bite, 'The Hand Maidens Tale' is set in the future, and there's always George Orwells '1984' which was based in the future, has a heroine, and is very thought provoking, especially in the current gobvernment climate.
2006-10-18 02:53:48 · answer #7 · answered by SteveUK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she's into time travel there's a really good book by Michael Crichton called TimeLine...
A good series of the future would the the Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov...
2006-10-18 02:53:19 · answer #8 · answered by Andy FF1,2,CrTr,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time -- novel written by Mark Haddon
Any book by David Sedaris. These are true short-stories about his own life and the life of his somewhat disfunctional family. They are engaging, funny, and bittersweet. Not for the faint of heart or those offended by adult language or the truth.
2006-10-18 02:56:51 · answer #9 · answered by annabellesilby 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
THE WASP FACTORY
Frank, no ordinary sixteen-year-old, lives with his father outside a remote Scottish village. Their life is, to say the least, unconventional. Frank's mother abandoned them years ago: his elder brother Eric is confined to a psychiatric hospital; and his father measures out his eccentricities on an imperial scale. Frank has turned to strange acts of violence to vent his frustrations. In the bizarre daily rituals there is some solace. But when news comes of Eric's escape from the hospital Frank has to prepare the ground for his brother's inevitable return - an event that explodes the mysteries of the past and changes Frank utterly.
Iain Banks' celebrated first novel is a work of extraordinary originality, imagination and horrifying compulsion: horrifying, because it enters a mind whose realities are not our own, whose values of life and death are alien to our society; and compulsive, because the humour and compassion of that mind reach out to us all.
'A Gothic horror story of quite exceptional quality … macabre, bizarre and … quite impossible to put down' Financial Times
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2006-10-18 03:05:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋