What is a good book to read?

Question

I am into thrillers, true-crime, horror, and biographies.

Answer 1

in no particular order: The Drifters and Hawaii by James Michener, Cold Moutain by Charles Frazier, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera, A Short History of a Small Place by T.R. Pearson, Hunger by William Dantz, the Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton, Labyrinth by Kate Mosse, The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, Islands In The Stream by Ernest Hemingway, The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown, Coma by Robin Cook and anything by Dean Koontz. Some of these are out of your preferences, but all are great reads indeed!

Answer 2

I read this amazing book called "Searching for David's Heart" by Cherie Bennett when i was like in 7th grade. It is my favorite book that I have ever read.....and i read a lot of books..no joke. There were tears on the page because i was crying so hard and i was so into the book i couldnt get a tissue to wipe my tears away. The book is about a girl and her search for her brothers heart. It touches you in such a way. All ages should read this book it is amazing. I read this story several times now and it touches my heart. It's just the best book you will ever read. And I really think that if you pass up the chance to read this then you're really missing out.


I also loved "Where the red fern grows" by Wilson Rawls. Its a book about a boy who wants 2 coon dogs, but his parents are poor. He finds an ad in the paper for two pups for 50 bucks. He works for 2 years and saves up the money. He travels out into the city to get his pups. He trains em and they become the best coon huntin dogs. In the end, the pups died( lil ann, the girl, died because she couldnt live w/o old dan) and old dan died after he had a fight with another animal. Where they were burried, a red fern grew. Its really a sad story of never giving up. I loved it a lot.

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Answer 3

I like books with great well developed characters I can relate to. Here are some other favorites:

1. The Wold According to Garp by John Irving
2. Fire Starter by Stephen King
3. Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
4.The Stand by Stephen King
5. Jurassic Park by Michael Cricton
6. The Language of God by Francis S. Collins
7. Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
8. Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
9. Blue Beard by Kurt Vonnegut
10. Sideways by Rex Pickett

Answer 4

The Spy Wore Red : my adventures as an undercover agent in World War II by Aline, Countess of Romanones.

I DO NOT like war books as a rule (this may be the only exception), but I read this in 2 sittings, only because the library I borrowed it from was closing! There is intrigue, danger, romance (a little), and best of all, it is true!

This is a TRUE story, although she says that she compressed time somewhat and combined characters to keep it from being boring. William Casey, former head of the CIA wrote the preface, in which he talks about the first time he met "Tiger" (her undercover alias) and talks about the recently declassified documents which finally allowed her to tell her story.

Aline was born in the USA and recruited into the CIA during WWII. She was assigned to work in Spain, which was neutral during the war, to undercover a German plot to assassinate Hitler. It seems our government thought Hitler was less of a threat than Himler, plus they did not want to make Hitler a martyr.

The sequel, The Spy went Dancing is also excellent, but this one really knocked me off my feet.

Answer 5

Anything Stephen King! It, Tailsman and Geralds Game are some of my favorites. Dean Koontz is also a good one for horror. Anne Rice's the Witching Hour is also excellent.

Lisa Gardner has excellent thrillers.

Its not in a catagory you mentioned by Jodi Picoult is an excellent writer.

Answer 6

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Anything by Augusten Burroughs
A Heartbreaking work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Anything by David Sedaris

These should whet your biography appetite... (autobio/memoir)

Answer 7

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.
It's about the real life murder of an entire family in Kansas, USA, back in the fifties.
Capote went to Kansas with Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) and they spent 5 years researching the book, and the background to the two killers who perpetrated the terrible crime.
If you like true-crime, it's a fascinating read.

Answer 8

I think Sir Arthur Conan Doyle might be good. I'm not sure about true crime, but I know there's a book you might like. The Ghost of the Cavalier. I think you can order it through Amazon.com,or other bookseller. I couldn't put it down and everyone else who's read it liked it too. It's a pretty good mystery. You might also like Agatha Christie, or Earl Derr Biggers(who wrote the Charlie Chan stories).

Answer 9

I love all of the above also. I would read anything Stephen King, he is a very slow read, but it's worth it in the end.

The scariest book I ever read was "Phantoms" by Dean Koontz...I had to sleep with the lights on for a week!

Answer 10

If you're into biographies, pick up "Cheating Death, Stealing Life" the biography of Eddie Guerrero, a Mexican wrestler who came up from the Mexican middle class and fought every kind of substance abuse you can think of. Even my dad, who hates professional wrestling, loved the book. Its truly inspirational.