I'm looking for a good book to read.
Something similar to "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, if you've read it.
Or anything interesting thats about people or places or events?
-Thanks!
2006-10-26 12:18:01 · 28 answers · asked by Jelly R 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and also Cannery Row
Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler, one of the best books ever
For whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
The sweetest dream by Doris Lessing
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
I know, I like classics.
2006-10-26 18:12:27 · answer #1 · answered by ilymic1979 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm reading "The Fatal Shore" which is a factual book all about the first transportees to Australia which is quite interesting.
If you're interested in world politics, I can highly recommend Joe Sacco's graphic novel "Palestine."
For some light history, "The Year 1000" and "Longitude" are very accessible.
Jean Sasson's "Princess" is an interesting if sensational read and I there are a couple of sequels called "Desert Royal" and "Daughters of Arabia," which I will get round to reading one day. They're about a female member of the Saudi royal family.
2006-10-27 07:36:12 · answer #2 · answered by Athene1710 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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
2006-10-26 12:25:29 · answer #3 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coming Up For Air by George Orwell
The Dogs Of War by Frederick Forsyth
2006-10-26 16:50:53 · answer #4 · answered by red ferrari 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you read The Bookseller of Kabul?
It's supposed to complement The Kite Runner quite nicely.
2006-10-28 13:24:15 · answer #5 · answered by lauriekins 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to read good literature, then I would suggest
*Halldor Laxness - Iceland's Bell
*Klaus Mann - Mephisto
*Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses
Thats my top 3 of good books, which have some background, something to think about and an interesting story with developing characters. Just check them out on http://amazon.de or so.
Hope you like them.
2006-10-26 22:33:52 · answer #6 · answered by dorotti 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm currently reading Ghost Rider - Travels on the Healing Road, by Neil Peart. An outstanding book!
2006-10-26 12:41:21 · answer #7 · answered by tnmtngirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Running with scissors by Augustyne Burrows--about an offbeat familyand a boy sent to live with her un-conventional psychiatrist and his family --the doctor resembles santa claus and the tree stays up all yr. It is apparently a true story. I haven't read it yet but it came highly recommended
2006-10-26 13:24:58 · answer #8 · answered by Karen B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dan Brown's stories are good, although to me, he isn't the greatest writer in the world. I've read all his books though (The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Digital Fortress etc) I really couldn't put them down.
1984 by George Orwell is a fantasitc book, one of my favourites.
Toni Morrison is another of my favourite authors, her books are powerful and moving.
2006-10-26 12:31:30 · answer #9 · answered by shell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
2006-10-26 12:20:24 · answer #10 · answered by Chuglon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋