i need a new book to read!!!?

Question

I read "Memoirs of a Geisha" about a year ago and now i just can't seem to find a book that i like!! Is there anyone who has read "Memoirs.." and can recommend a good book for me to read? I've tried going to Barnes and Noble and asking them, but sometimes i wonder if they even read any of the books they sell!!!!

Answer 1

I suggest Geisha, a Life. It is a REAL memoir (not that fake made up stuff) by a REAL geiko (geisha). The author is Iwasaki Mineko, possibly the most famous geisha ever. Arthur Golden base Memoirs on Mineko-san, but he cruelly twisted her story, and even made direct lies about her on international television.

Answer 2

Dreaming Water by Gail Tsukiyama
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Day of the Storm by Pilcher
The Blue Bottle Club by Stokes
All The Way Home by Tatlock
The Locket by Evans
Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Girl of the Limberlost by Porter

Answer 3

I haven't read "Memoirs of a Geisha" but two books that I can strongly recommend are "She's Come Undone" and "I Know this Much is True" both by Wally Lamb.

Answer 4

Try some

Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook and others)
Rebecca Wells (Ya Ya Sisterhood, Little Altars Everywhere)
Fannie Flagg (Fried Green Tomatoes)
Alice Walker (The Color Purple)

all amazing books......good reading.....I plan to finish Stephen King's Cell tonight.

Answer 5

How about a something light and humorous? Author Janet Evanovich has a series beginning with One for the Money. This is a madcap story set in Jersey about a young woman named Stephanie. She is a lingerie buyer who suddenly finds herself without a job. The only work prospect she is able to find is catching bail jumpers for her bails bondsman cousin Vinnie as a bounty hunter. Her wacky family and clumsy antics have you laughing throughout the book. Lots of fun. :)

Answer 6

The Bible, its always a good read.
Edgar Allin Poe's The Method of Dr.Tar & Proffesor Feather-its funny and kind of creapy.
I just read the Hitchhikers guide to the galicy by Adam D....something? Douglas I think? it was pretty funny if you like that kind of humor.
If you like history, John Lukacs' "The Dual" seems good I'm 1/2 way through it now.

Answer 7

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. It's a very popular book about life in India.

And try anything by Ian McEwan-like Atonement or Saturday. He's a very good writer, one of today's best.

Answer 8

If you like historical novels about relationships, I highly recommend anything by E.M. Forster. Probably start with Room With a View, but Where Angels Fear to Tread is also great.
Also might try Pride and Prejudice or anything by Jane Austen. They're classics for a reason. :)

Answer 9

There are 19,000 free ebooks in the Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalog.

http://www.gutenberg.org/

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/

http://www.free-ebooks.net/

http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/catalogs/bysubject-top.html

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/

http://www.baen.com/library/

http://www.ebooks3.com/

http://www.bookyards.com/

http://www.redbirdstudio.com/E_Books/

http://www.free-online-novels.com/

http://www.bibliomania.com/1/frameset.html

http://www.starry.com/novel/authors.htm

http://www.bygosh.com/features.htm

http://www.bygosh.com/thebestnovels.htm

http://www.bookspot.com/ask/

http://www.bookspot.com/

http://www.online-literature.com/

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

http://www.infomotions.com/alex/

http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/

http://www.literature.org/

http://www.literature.org/authors/

The Celebration of Women Writers.

A Vast Collection of Works.

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http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/writers.html#B_Section

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/subjects/subjects-women.html

Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 10

The time travellers wife
The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble (I'm not sure if you'd like it)
Diana Gabladons 'Outlander' series