I am looking forward to develope novel reading hobby, for the same suggest me some famous must read novels(nonfiction/fiction/epics)
2006-11-14 18:33:08 · 35 answers · asked by nileshpandian 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Have you checked out The Da Vinci Code, Good book well unless your really into relgion. Mommyblues78
2006-11-14 18:35:50 · answer #1 · answered by mommyblues78 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fool on the Hill
Sewer Gas and Electric
Set this House in Order
all by Matt Ruff, not a real famous author but quality novels
The Stand - Stephen King (huge, but extremely readable)
Hey Nostradamus - Douglas Coupland
J Pod - Douglas Coupland (extremely funny book)
The Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy Series - Douglas Adams
Catch 22 - Joeseph Heller
Fight Club
Survivor
Choke
all by Chuck Palahniuk (personally I didn't like Choke at all, however I seem to be in a minority amongst my friends and other Palahniuk fans)
Most Tom Clancy novels are pure pulp, but rather accessible and fun to read if you like that type of story
ANY of the original James Bond books by Ian Fleming, if your familiar with the films, its interesting to see how different the character is, and the stripped down nature of the stories.
2006-11-14 21:14:18 · answer #2 · answered by daughters_a_wookie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends what you like- my personal favourites are Anna Karenina by Tolstoy which is a fantastic examination of the conscience of an unfaithful wife amongst other things, Orhan Pamuk Snow which talks about a Turkish writer returning to his home town in Turkey from Germany after several years and the changes he finds there- its amazingly poetic, Ismail Kadare Broken April about the customs of Albanian feuds and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart about how African society reacted to the coming of colonialism. They are all amazing books- but tommorrow I'd have a totally different list- Trollope, Dickens, the Bronte sisters, Thackery, Victor Hugo, Nathanniel Hawthorne, Edith Wharton, they could all be on that list as could many more. More user friendly stuff- I suppose Patrick O'Brien's novels about the English navy in the Napoleonic War or Stephen saylor's about the cases of Cicero in Rome, speaking of detective stories what about Sherlock Holmes stories of which there are many oh and the Father Brown stories by Chesterton. And for ghost stories MR James is the peak of the mountain not to mention for philosophic detectives Umberto Eco especially the Name of the Rose, for rambles through time try Italo Calvino If on a Winter's Night a traveller and there are so many more
Don't bother with Dan Brown though- badly written crap and I speak as somone that studies history.
Go get reading and get enjoying
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2006-11-14 19:23:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can start with George Orwell - Animal Farm , 1984, Coming up for Air are easy to read & very interesting.In science fiction Isaac Asimov, Horror - Stephen King, Mystery- Sydney Sheldon. There are a whole lot of James Hadely Chase novels which u get at second-hand book shops tht are full of sex , murder & mysteries- I literally grew on them.I 've heard The Hitchikers Guide thru the Galaxy is pretty interesting & I myself wud like to read it.
2006-11-14 18:49:00 · answer #4 · answered by Heista 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 09:00:46 · answer #5 · answered by konen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you belong to a public library?
If so, then grab your library card and visit your library's website or call your librarian for help. This is actually a traditional service of librarians, and it's called "Reader's Advisory." She'll ask you some questions and then guide you to good books for you!
On many public library's websites, there is a database that the library subscribes to for its users called Novelist (c). If you have a library card (free!) then you can 'sign on' through the library and access its many wonders. Here's the service's own description:
"NoveList is a comprehensive fiction database searchable by author, title, plot, and series. Browse fiction lists by genre, awards, series, author, title, etc. Read about popular titles and topics including, book talks, discussion guides, feature articles and author interviews."
2006-11-14 19:00:10 · answer #6 · answered by Sabrina N 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lost Horizon, Good-bye Mr Chips
2006-11-16 03:03:20 · answer #7 · answered by nutan_nutty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre
2006-11-14 18:37:28 · answer #8 · answered by aiai 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Nilesh
To begin with you can start reading danielle steel as these are not too big novels and ve good stories later you can switch over to Ayn and Paulo Cohelo and some real seroius writers.i ve started reading not many years back so i know how it is like.i ll definately say that this is a very good habit.it changes your life provided you read good stuff....goodluck
2006-11-14 18:47:26 · answer #9 · answered by mandeep s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A really good book/novel that I have found is,Title:Tuesdays with Morie.Author:I can't remember the authors name,but if you find it, read it!! I'm sure you will enjoy it as much as I did. Oh,but near the end make sure you have a box of tissue cause you'll need it!!
2006-11-14 18:42:43 · answer #10 · answered by Babygirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋