Any suggestions on a good book to read? Not mystery or thriller..or romance. Something not too chummy..?

Question

I read The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory and liked it. I also liked genuinely liked Sea Glass by Anita Shreve...Girl with a Pearl Earring was alright.. Didn't care for Mermaid Chair all that much...

Answer 1

choke by palahniuk or Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis

Answer 2

David Eddings wrote a whole series of books that are fun to read. Start with Pawn of Prophecy and see what you think.

Mary Stewart wrote another series that is interesting. The first is The Crystal Cave.

Answer 3

Just read a book called The Memory Keeper's Daughter which was really good. About a doctor who is forced to deliver his own twins, a dighter who has Downs. He gives the child to a maid type lady and asks her to give the child away but instead she takes the child and raises it. Won't ruin the rest, but was a good book.

Answer 4

If you like religious fiction try the Left Behind series.

Answer 5

The perfum by Patrick Suskind
It's about a weird character who has special abilities with his sense of smell, and he becomes in a killer ....cause' he gets obssesed with the sensation of power that can bring the perfect scent...

It's quite good! you won't get bored.

Answer 6

Go to something like Issac Asimov or Harlan Ellison! :-)=

Answer 7

I suggest you read the "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold. you can read the review in this website http://mostlyfiction.com/contemp/sebold.htm see if you like it or not. :)

Answer 8

the millionare next door. excellent book.

Answer 9

you won't be able to thank me enough after your read SO THE WIND WON'T BLOW IT ALL AWAY by Richard Brautigan