2007-03-06 17:30:12 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I'm opened to anything.
2007-03-06 17:35:23 · update #1
Try the Judeo Hebraic Messianic Scriptures!
They're a hoot!
Cheers!
ST
2007-03-06 17:38:59 · answer #1 · answered by In Memory of Simon Templar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SERIOUSLY AWESOME
Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger)
REALLY GOOD
The Vampire Lestat (Anne Rice)
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (JK Rowling)
Odd Thomas (Dean Koontz)
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)
Anger in the Dark (Catherine Dain)
The Changeling Plague (Syne Mitchell)
CHALLENGING
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Books I've heard are good and have yet to read:
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
and anything by Ayn Rand
2007-03-06 19:06:34 · answer #2 · answered by Lily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Chuck Palahniuk! Especially Haunted. Lamb by Christopher Moore is funny. Sellevision by Augusten Burroughs will probably crack you up and for a good long read.. East of Eden by John Steinbeck.
2007-03-06 18:52:29 · answer #3 · answered by ♫ՖքØØķ¥♫ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've experience reading novels of different genres and it was only college days when i appreciated heartily all the writings of my own countrymen, the Filipinos. There are lots of good or i should say best Filipino writers either Hispanic, classic, modern or romantic.
I suggest that you browse in your Internet and look for some.
If you consider the collections of poems, essay, stories and novels as book already, try to look for NICK JOAQUIN, JOSE GARCIA VILLA, CARLOS P. ROMULO and N.V.M. Gonzales.
I've read Da Vinci Code as well and it excites me from beginning to end that's why the movie itself had no appeal on me for the fact I knew that there are lots of stuff that were edited. Also, try to read "PURPOSE OF DRIVEN LIFE" though its real it will soothes your soul.
Enjoy reading....
2007-03-06 20:49:21 · answer #4 · answered by chie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what genre you like....
For thriller, check out:
Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (what the other dude said)
Misery by Stephen King
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
Edgar Allan Poe Collection (Tell-Tail Hearts, Raven)
For Action:
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
For Coming-of-Age books:
Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
For Classics:
Dracula by Bram Stroker
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Phantom by Susan Kay
Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkein
Pride and Pejudice by Jane Austin
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Great expectations by Charles Dickens
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
For Fantasy:
Eragon by Christopher Poalini (medi-evil star wars)
Wheel Of Time series by Robert Jordan
Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman (being produced into a movie)
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
For Drama:
Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Cold Mountain by CHarles Frazier
The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
For Horror
It by Stephen King
The Shining by Stephen King
Other:
DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
A Series of Unfortunate Events books by Lemony Sncket
This is just to name a few, if you need more let me know....
2007-03-06 18:22:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I love the Scottish writer Iain Banks. He writes Sci Fi and regular books. Try The Wasp Factory, his first book, it is weird and utterly brillliant. His ideas are different, he doesn't write anything that I could pigeon hole as one genre or another. He is entertaining, intelligent, original and not a little bit sick. The best.
2007-03-06 17:40:52 · answer #6 · answered by cobra 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the Dragon and the George by Gordon R Dickson....anything by Robert Ludlum....likewise by Robert A Heinlein........for the best military historical fiction try the Flashman series by George McDonald Fraser....Point Of Impact,Black Light and Time to Hunt(a trilogy) by Stephen Hunter...Good Reading all!!(a new movie,out this month called Shooter is based loosely on Point of Impact)
2007-03-06 17:35:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like books by Dan Brown such as Digital Fortress, Deception Point, Angels and Demons, and The Divinci Code.
2007-03-06 17:40:01 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Cadilac Beach" by Tim Dorsey is a riot.
"Neverwhere" by Neil Giaman is a good modern day fantasy.
"The Codex" by Douglas Preston is a good adventure. Three half-brothers discover their father (a shady grave robber who made a fortune) has disappeared along with all of his wealth. The only clue is a video taped message from their father. "I am dying and taking it with me like the ancient kings. If you want an inheritance, you're gonna have to loot my tomb."
2007-03-06 19:37:24 · answer #9 · answered by Kevin k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an old book, but one of my favorites was The Other by Thomas Tryon.
As soon as I finished reading it, I HAD to re-read it. If you haven't read it, it's worth the time.
2007-03-06 17:40:16 · answer #10 · answered by momwithabat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋