I spent ages wandering round Waterstones this morning and couldn't find anything that grabbed me. So, have you read a real page-turner recently? I'll give anything a go (except Dan Brown!)
2006-10-25 00:39:31 · 52 answers · asked by Hello Dave 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Aberdeen - that's Nick Hornby, great book and brilliant author. Have you read About A Boy, another of his.
2006-10-25 00:45:51 · update #1
Donna M - The last two books I bought were excellent, not novels, but I rarely have time to read these days.... I can thoroughly recommend...
The Dangerous Book for Boys.... and
How to Walk in High Heels.... both excellent!
2006-10-25 01:24:48 · answer #1 · answered by Hobnobs 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ooh there are just so many books and so little time.
Shantaram is great and if you like adventures then The Count of Monte Cristo is cool too - don't be put off by its size
The Catcher in the Rye is a classic and for very good reasons
And you can't go wrong with anything by Haruki Murakami
When I can't find something that grabs me in Waterstones I tend to head for the table where the staff in the store have recommended all the books on it - I've discovered some great stuff doing this that I wouldn't have picked up otherwise.
Happy reading
2006-10-25 00:52:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The BBC ran a polla few years decrease back and they captured the only hundred maximum customary books. seek for for "huge study good one hundred" might want to locate it. I received't reprint the entire component, in spite of the indisputable fact that the best 20 were a million. The Lord of the earrings, JRR Tolkien 2. delight and Prejudice, Jane Austen 3. His darkish substances, Philip Pullman 4. The Hitchhiker's practise guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams 5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of fireplace, JK Rowling 6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne 8. Nineteen 80-4, George Orwell 9. The Lion, the Witch and the dresser, CS Lewis 10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë 11. seize-22, Joseph Heller 12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë 13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks 14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier 15. The Catcher contained in the Rye, JD Salinger 16. The Wind contained in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame 17. large expectancies, Charles Dickens 18. Little women human beings, Louisa would Alcott 19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres 20. warfare and Peace, Leo Tolstoy a number of those would date, like 3, 5, 13 and 19, yet I wager in 50 years time the list will be quite similar. Judging by technique of your list you may want to like Jonathan unusual and Mr. Norrell by technique of Suzanna Clarke
2016-12-05 05:17:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you read Shantaram by Gregory Roberts?
It's very readable and a gripping story and largely based on the writer's own life.
Oh, and I love Sophie Kinsella as well, even though I'm a man. I would go for the Undomestic Goddess although that's not bad but the Shopoholic books are much better (really, really funny) and I liked Can you Keep a Secret?
2006-10-25 00:42:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by:-
Agatha Christie, W J Burley, Caroline Graham, Sue Grafton, Dick Francis, John Francome, James Patterson, P D James, Ruth Rendell, Miss Read, P G Wodehouse, Michael Palin
2006-10-25 01:23:06 · answer #5 · answered by k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what you're into honey. My 2 faves are To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and more recently The curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon, which i thought was fantastic. I'm currently reading his new one A spot of bother.
Do you like real life ones, The God Squad by Paddy Doyle is about the abuse he suffered at the hands of the Nuns at his industrial school. Then there's others like A boy called it and The kid, in fact there's loads like that but they're not everyones sort of thing.
2006-10-25 01:45:57 · answer #6 · answered by Georgie's Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You didn't leave a like/dislike in content, or what is your definition of brilliant. Swan Song 892pgs.(end-of-world) I didnt sleep for 3 days b/c of this damnthing. For classics doestyevsky or man, there are So many (tale of two cities). As for frank, rough all about life books(I>E> on the road) Kerouac: I like charles bukowski.(ham on rye) CASH:BY JOHNNY CASH great short read. Then Ive found ergo-feng shui to be good if you like "co-opey"(co-dependent=self help) Cold mountain Yeah like the movie Books better and #1 and nothin' like the movie. Find your passion what tears you up, or sticks in your head and hit the search engines for these containment in a book. Theology whether yours or not Ive found to be the most rewarding I'm Catholic But found a lot out of buddism books. I hope I helped Ive read 2.173 books some changed my life. But people are different they might have revalation reading "men r from ...) or why bad things happen to good people. LOL RANDYMANDYFor recent try the occult/humor/notserious cult) church of the sub-genius, or its second book c.o.subgenius 3fisted tales of bob. These tell you how to look at life on another plane referring to jhva-1 as J.R.Bob Dobbs Once you see bobs face youll realize you see it everywhere it on th sublime first cd the cleaver dad w/pipe in mouth First cd is 40 oz. freedom its a great toilet reader(laughs) ;})
2006-10-25 01:13:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Team of Rivals - The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
2006-10-25 00:47:59 · answer #8 · answered by Concerned Citizen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best book I've ever read has to be Boy's Life by Robert McKammon, absolutely brilliant. You can tell he was indeed inspired by the great Ray Bradbury. It made me cry it was so beautiful. A wonderful coming of age tale....
2006-10-25 05:46:54 · answer #9 · answered by tamara k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova published by Time Warner Books.
2006-10-25 03:17:33 · answer #10 · answered by jan annjhu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋