I dont like murder mysteries or crime dramas. I like to read funny books (david sedaris) or interesting like Hunter S thompson, charles bukowski or John fante.
I gotta work tomorrow and have nothing to read.
ps. I just finished cats cradle (its fantastic!!)
2006-12-15 14:08:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Brave New World
The Handmaid's Tale
A Clockwork Orange
The Lord of The Flies
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Catcher in The Rye
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
The Old Man and The Sea
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
William Shakespeare's tragedies
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Five point someone by Chetan Bhagat
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell
Harry Potter book series by J. K Rowling
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lemony Snicket’s series of Unfortunate Events
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahaeme
Wind, Sand & Stars by Antoine De Saint - Exupery
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Overcoat, The Nose and Other Short Stories by Nikolai Gogol
Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Joe’s Boys by Louisa. Alcott
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2006-12-18 21:04:23 · answer #1 · answered by ~ ANGEL ~ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try John Irving, "The Fourth Hand" or "Son of the Circus." He writes very quirky, funny, and interesting stories that you can't stop reading. The situations his characters find themselves in are always really weird, but he somehow makes them believable; for example, "The Fourth Hand" is about a man who has his hand bitten off by a tiger. He has a hand transplant, and the hand makes him love the donor's widow obsessively. She, on the other hand, just wants visitation rights with the hand. Strange book, but very very good!
2006-12-18 12:20:19 · answer #2 · answered by Rebecca A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole. A funny book set in New Orleans.
2006-12-15 22:18:21 · answer #3 · answered by jcboyle 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If your openminded and need a good laugh I recommend "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's childhood friend. By Christopher Moore. Very Funny. Any book by him will have you laughing.
2006-12-16 02:36:42 · answer #4 · answered by ◦●ғłάωәđ●◦ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Augusten Burroughs.....
Running with Scissors
Magical Thinking
Dry
Sellevision
2006-12-16 05:06:20 · answer #5 · answered by tureeza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you know that there is a book titled Forest Gump? And it's just as funny as the movie! He does even more things, like become a chess champion and stuff. I laughed out loud many times while reading this book!
2006-12-15 22:17:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are into fantasy, irony and dark humor go for Terry Pratchett's stuff. he has a wonderful sense of humor that keeps you laughing, but it is also the "sad, but true" kind. For starters, try The Color Of Magic. If you don't like that, try The Eyre Affair byt Jasper Fforde (also fantasy). It has a dark cast, but also some pretty rediculous, plain-out funny, weird laughes. Hope it helps...
2006-12-15 22:16:52 · answer #7 · answered by Charity 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O'Toole (comedy)
Stardust by Neil Gaiman (fantasy - fairy type stuff, very good)
2006-12-15 22:35:54 · answer #8 · answered by AlaskaGirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jerry Spinelli Star, Adventures of a good soldier Schvejk, Three man in a boat and Three man on roving. Enjoy. justOne
2006-12-15 22:17:08 · answer #9 · answered by justOne 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For something interesting, go for Memoirs of A Geisha. You can even see the movie... before or after you read the book... your call.
2006-12-15 22:34:41 · answer #10 · answered by Mike S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋