Now I know some authors will come here and shamelessly recommend their books. I simply want a list of good books to read that are enticing and enjoyable. I really liked 1984. I am starting the count of monte cristo. Anybody hear about confederacy of dunces? Anyways..just tell me some good books to read.
2006-12-19 18:13:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I'd like to recommend some classics as listed in the website below, I read some as follows:
1. 1984
2. Love in the Time of Cholera
3. The Tin Drum
4. The Outsider
5. The Trial, etc.
Find some to read and enjoy!
2006-12-19 20:12:16 · answer #1 · answered by Arigato ne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Drowned Hopes" by Donald Westlake is a riot. I would love to see a film version made of this epic crime caper; especially if George Carlin plays the villian Tom Jimson. Jimson is a recently released bank robber who needs the help of the hero, John Dortmunder, to recover his stashed loot. The problem is that while he was in prison, the City of New York built a resevoir over the spot.. Can criminal mastermind Dortmunder and his merry crew pull off the job? Can they convince Jimson that dynamite is the wrong solution? You won't believe the outcome.
2006-12-20 02:33:26 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every year I rate all the books I've read and here's my top five for this year...
Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World- Murakami
Generation X-Douglas Coupland
Slaughterhouse Five-Vonnegut
Unbearable Lightness of Being-Kundera
Songbook-Nick Hornby
My all time favorite though is Alice in Wonderland
2006-12-20 02:30:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red Bird Just Like this by Earl Jesse Stevens. He is a shameless author that wrote an autobiographical novel that is so enjoyable you'll probably spot your underwear.
2006-12-20 02:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
King Fortis the Brave, Harry Potter and Eragon would all be excellent choices
2006-12-21 14:36:43 · answer #5 · answered by Caveman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
franz kafka - the castle
henry miller - sexus
kennedy o´toole - A Confederacy of Dunces
arundati roy - the god of small things
these 4 books are quite different one from another, so hopefully one of them will fit your taste
2006-12-20 04:12:07 · answer #6 · answered by vax 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter series.
2006-12-20 02:23:10 · answer #7 · answered by HopeGrace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Sophia's World"-Jostein Gaarder
"Enigma" and "Fatherland"-George Harris
"The Black Box"-Amos Oz
Anything by Amelie Nothomb.
Hope that helps.
2006-12-20 02:23:51 · answer #8 · answered by Cristian Mocanu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult...had me crying all through it.
2006-12-20 02:22:35 · answer #9 · answered by Jay Jay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
animal farm...orwell
rimbaud...robb
a streetcar named desire...williams
the picture of dorian gray...wilde
2006-12-20 02:17:09 · answer #10 · answered by naomi d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋