If you can recommend one, that'd be nice.
2006-11-20 23:10:08 · 8 answers · asked by Helen B 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Always. I recommend the following:
--The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
This is a story of Henry, and involuntary time traveler, and his wife Clare, who waits for Henry to return from his misadventures. The book is more "magic realism" than Sci-Fi.
--Atonement by Ian McEwan
When young Briony misinterprets her older sister's strange behavior with the cleaning lady's son, she commits a crime that haunts her for the rest of her life.
--I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story by Glen Duncan
As the devil gets the change to inhabit a human body for a short time, he gives us his view of some biblical legends. Approach this book with an open mind (and a dictionary for some of you), and you're sure to laugh.
--The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Little Susie Salmon is gruesomely murdered. In the after life, she watches her family struggle with the murder and slowly rebuild the household. This is a warm-fuzzy story.
2006-11-20 23:23:47 · answer #1 · answered by 1TrillionGrams 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given I read so much, here is a decent booklist:
Egoistic:
Chocolat – Joanne Harris (Joanne was my girlfriend)
Lost and Found – Andy Went (out of print - 2nd hand from Amazon)
Unusual Point of View:
Skepticism – Bo Fowler (main character is a supermarket trolley)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – J. Safran Foer (main character is a boy whose dad called from World Trade Centre and left an answer phone message)
Hemmingway’s Chair – Michael Palin
White Teeth – Zadie Smith
Making History – Stephen Fry
The Ringmaster’s Daughter – Jostein Gaarder
Memoirs of a Geisha – Authur Golden
Jonathon Livingston Seagull
The Beach – Alex Garland
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemmingway
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1st three books in the trilogy of 5!) – Douglas Adams
Complicity – Iain Banks
2006-11-21 07:46:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2006-11-21 11:50:27 · answer #3 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Markus Zusak's The Book Thief and his I am the Messenger. Both are wonderful!
2006-11-21 07:25:23 · answer #4 · answered by RaineeRose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Power of Now (Tolle) and The Present (Johnson) - both on the value of the present moment and the (near) futility of the past and future: readable, good food for thought!
2006-11-21 07:13:04 · answer #5 · answered by swanjarvi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the island - victoria hislop
spellbound - jane green
life swap - jane green
jemima j - jane green
vince and joy - lisa jewell
thirty something - lisa jewell
all the secret confessions books by sophie kinsella
can you keep a secret - sophie kinsella
wicked - jilly cooper
all jilly coopers books are good
the wedding gift - daneille steel
olivia joules and her overactive imagination - helen fielding
the stephanie plum books by Janet Evanovich are the best!!!
I've read all of the above over the last 6 months and enjoyed each and every one!!
2006-11-21 07:14:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on how old you are. If you are a teenager, I would reccomend you read Autumn Letters, but if you are an adult, I don't know if you would find it as interesting as a teen would.
2006-11-21 07:46:01 · answer #7 · answered by ♥iluvfoodnetwork♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Burl Barer.
2006-11-21 07:11:22 · answer #8 · answered by adoraburl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋