What book would you recommend?

Question

I read and normal finish a book and pick up another, but lately havent found anything that I can stick with, can you recommend a good book and why?

I agree ive read memoirs of a geisha twice and Fast Food Nation Ive never eaten macdonalds or the big fastfood chains since, I'll never eat American beef.

Answer 1

Adding just one more idea here: The novels of Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold, especially the first 2 in the series, Shard's of Honor, and Barrayar.

Enjoy!

Answer 2

Well until recently I didn't read really a lot. But then came "The Da Vinci Code". After that I read his other 3 books. But they are all a little far fetched. I read 2 of Jeffrey Deavers "Rune" Trilogy. But what finally thrilled me and were the Crime Fiction Novels from Patricia Cornwell. With her main character "Kay Scarpetta". She wrote 15 books featuring her so far. She wrote the first in 1990 and the last one in 2006. I read the first 5. Which were really great. A lot better than the Dan Brown stuff. But I must warn you. When you start reading them you get hooked on them. They are REAL Pageturners. Only 1 thing: I read: Predator - a Kay Scarpetta Novel. (It's from 2005 - Nr:14 - It wasn't THAT good anymore. But still better than your average book). The books have Kay Scarpetta, She is the Chief Medical Examiner of Richmond Virginia. Plus other interesting Characters like her Niece Lucy, the Profiler Benton Wesley, and the Hard Cop Pete Marino. But you should read them in Sequence because all the characters develope over time. So here are the first 3 Books: 1.) Postmortem, 2.) Body of Evidence and 3.) All that remains. But you should know after the first book if you like her style. I simply love her books. What I like about her work is that they kind of realistic stories which build up from page 1 and that they don't have any inconceivable plot twists. You have to think a little too. But during my search for a good author I stumpled upon a book called "The Conspiracy Club" from Jonathan Kellerman. It's also kinda Crime Fiction but this might be the most suspenseful book that I have ever read.
And if you lean more to the satire side you might consider something written by John Irving. If you have never read anything written by him might I suggest you start with: "The Hotel New Hampshire" or "The Wather-Method Man" (I list two books here because I am not sure if "the hotel New Hampshire" is still available.
And finally: If you haven't read it until now you definitely should read "Catch-22". This is one of the best books ever. You may contact me if you have questions.

Answer 3

I will jump on the bandwagon here and also recommend the Lord of the Rings books (and the Hobbit).
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. lewis are worth the trouble.
There's a series called The Edge Chronicles that are kinda fun. They're sorta kids books, and the 1st in the set is childish, but the rest are well done.
Everybody loves Harry Potter.
A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens is good.
Robinson Crusoe by Defoe has a dry beginning, but is good otherwise.
The Black Arrow and Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson are among my absolute favs. His short stories are good too.
Virtually anything by Ray Bradbury is fun. I suggest Dandelion Wine or The Martian Chronicles, to start.

Answer 4

My favorites are:

The Time Travelers Wife - Audrey Neffenegger
The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy - Dougals Adams
Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Certain Women - Madeline L'Engle
Lord of the Rings series - JRR Tolkein
Anything by Jane Austen


All of these have held my interest again and again.

Answer 5

Ok you'v eprobably been recommended enough reading material for years to come now but here's a few more for you to digest.

Anything by IAN RANKIN, he's a scots author who writes about a detective named rebus, not your run of themill detective stories, more to do with his social life and inability to function in society.

ONCE WERE WARRIORS and WHAT BECAME OF THE BROKEN HEARTED two excellent books about violence Maori's in modern New Zealand

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh.

Anything by CHARLES DICKENS a wonderful writer with some amazing characters.

PAULO CHOELO is an amazing writer of modern fairy tails and life affirming stories, try THE ALCHEMIST for size.

Non fiction try NO LOGO by NAIOMI KLEIN, or any of MICHAEL MOORES books,

if you like music I can recommend A PASSION FOR FASHION abouth the clash and the biography about Jim Morrison by PATRICIA KANEELY-MORRISON, sorry forgot the title of that one. Happy reading

Answer 6

I'm into fantasy adventure because it represents nothing of the world i'm constricted to live in. I like the fact that magic could actually exist and dragons and the like. Also just to see a world of someone else's creation. I keep finding myself re-reading "The Redemption of Althalus" by david and Leigh Eddings. Just give it a whirl. It has the concepts of time travel in an untamed world, multiple gods( that happen to be 2 brothers and a sister), and a really nifty look on many different subjects through a god-like entity.

Answer 7

Of Mice and Men is the best book ever!
A Million Little Pieces-James Frey
My Friend Leonard-James Frey
The Notebook-Nicolas Sparks
Kite Runner-weird author can't really spell it...
The Secret Lifes of Bees-forget the author

Answer 8

My all time favorites are Stephen King. There are very few of his books that I have read less than at least three times.
Jeffrey Deaver is also wonderful, his Lincoln Rhyme series kept me enthralled for quite a while.
Stephen R. Donaldson wrote a series that I have gone back to again & again, which is the Gap Series.

Answer 9

after i read Memoirs, i read white oleander, then the Ten People you meet in Heaven, then Suzannes diary for Nicholas(such an amazing story, unexpected ending!)the Note Book, then i read the Lovely Bones(another good one!), and now Ive started a different type of book. its called Gangsters and Good fellas, the Henry Hill story. hes the snitch that went into hiding in the movie good fellas. its great so far. you should post what book you decide to choose when you pick best answer. then it would give me an idea of what i could read next! good luck!

Answer 10

The Last Unicorn, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Narnia, and the Lord of the Rings. Those are all good long books. Except The Witch of Blackbird Pond, but it's still a good book.

H.T.H.