I have a 5-hour flight tomorrow. What should I read on the plane?

Question

I want a novel or very interesting nonfiction book, but not a magazine. I do not read romances or fantasy. Who's read something good lately (can be recently written or not)? In a nutshell, what was it about? Thanks for any recommendations.

If I can get it at the library, even better.

My last 2 flights I read Running With Scissors and My Sister's Keeper. Liked them both.

Answer 1

Maybe you should read a book called "King of the Mild Frontier" it is about a 50 year old that writes a ill-avisied autobiography about growing up, he was born and raised in Idaho. I am reading it now and it is funny so far, it is by Cris Cructcher

Answer 2

The Relic or Reliquary by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child are both excellent books. In a nutshell The Relic is about a series of murders at the Museum of Natural History. It is not your usual whodunnit though. The murder appears to be a beast, but appearances are very deceptive. Reliquary is the follow-up to The Relic. A nonfiction book that I read as a direct result of reading Reliquary, was The Mole People about the people who live in the tunnels under New York City.

Answer 3

For a five-hour flight, I suggest Dan Brown's Angels & Demons. It blows his next work, The DaVinci Code, out of the water. His books are a lot of pages, but they move quickly. At times, he can get a little sidetracked on imagery, but it's safe to skim those parts if necessary without missing any important story developments.

Angels & Demons features the same central character, Robert Langdon, and better romantic tension between the two lead characters than DaVinci. It is similar in plot to DaVinci but set in the Vatican. Another Dan Brown book, Digital Fortress, is a nice thriller as well. I didn't care for Deception Point as much as his other three.

Answer 4

Please read, " Water For Elephants" by Sara Gruen. It is an amazing book. It doesn't read like the title it's much more than a story about circus elephants. It's about a compelling journey not only under the big top of the circus, but into the protagonists heart. This book brings that Great Depression world alive for the reader. You can smell it, taste it, and feel every word of it. It is brilliantly plotted and swept me into the world it's set in and did not let me go until the very end. I don't think it has let me go, even now.
I just read that you read my sisters keeper. I loved that book.

Answer 5

well, since you liked My Sisters Keeper- I recommend pretty much anything by Jodi Picoult. You really can't go wrong with her. I liked The Pact and Perfect Match!! STRONGLY RECOMMEND BOTH!!!!
The Pact- two teenagers have a Pact of Suicide. Only one goes thru with it and the other must live thru the pain and the questions. It's wonderful... it was also a Lifetime movie....
Perfect Match- a district attorney who prosecutes sickos for tearing families apart just learned that her son has been sexually abused. Her son stops talking so they have to figure out who done it... it's a mystery but really well written... And has you suspecting many people thruout the book.

Answer 6

I read "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant on my last flight.

It's a wonderful story told by Dinah, the only daughter of the biblical character Jacob. It's about her life and her impresssions of the people around her, mainly the four dominant women in her life: her mother Leah, and her aunts Zilpah, Bilhah and Rachel; All wives of Jacob.

Diamant keeps you captivated until the last sentence and it is a fast read, great to read on an airplane.


Dan Brown will keep you on your toes with "Angels and Demons" (and you might want to read it before the movie comes out...) I personally think it's the best Dan Brown book.

Answer 7

Some of my favorites:

** WOW I put this in before you added it into your details!

My Sisters Keeper (might make you cry, but it is SOOO good)
by Jodi Piccoult
Its about this girl who has been a donor for her sister since she was born and she decides she doesn't want to donate a kidney and sues her parents for medical emancipation. Its amazing, but it did make me cry like a baby.

OR:

White Oleander
You probably saw or heard of the movie with Michelle Pfeifer and Alison Loehman but it follows a young girl through the foster system after her mom is jailed for murder.

And

Lovely Bones
This is a little older, but it is very good. This girl dies in a horrific incident, and then you see the world from her perspective in heaven. It's somber, yet uplifting.

Answer 8

I read everything so pardon the scattered list:

1. Diary by Chuck Palnachuck (spelling??)
2. Angels & Demons
3. Survivor
4. The Bell Jar
5. 1984

These books can be found on Amazon.com. They also provide a breif synopsis.

Answer 9

Hmm. I would go with a classic. Gatsby is a semi-quick read, but seeing as almost everyone reads it at some point in their life, you've probably already read it. It really all depends on your mood. If you're pissed that you have to wake up, go through security lines, take off your shoes and not bring water on the plane, I would go with The Catcher In The Rye. It's about an angry kid who curses a lot =)

Answer 10

Any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories would be great. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is one of my favorites.

You could also try one of the many books out there by commedians (I'm partial to George Carlin's "Napalm and Silly Putty").

I've also been working through "The World of Christopher Marlowe" by David Riggs. It's quite good if you're interested in late 16th century English theatre (specifically Marlowe, of course!).