Going on vacation and need a book!?

Question

Has anyone read any good books lately? Whats the title and author?

I am open to any type of book. Some authors I enjoy are James Frey, Sophia Kinsella, Jane Green, Joe Meno, Chuck Palunick. Anything really. Except history and fantasy

Answer 1

If you are a dog lover, then read Marley and Me.

Answer 2

Well, a good travel novel that I'm reading right now is Travels with Charlie by John Steinbeck. Essentially a journal of his travels around the United States with his dog in a camper truck, it really provides some insight into what it was like in different parts of the country in the 1960s. It's not a difficult read, and the story is crafted in such a way that you go from one event or observation to the next without feeling jarred out of the story.

Answer 3

Garlic and sapphires by Ruth Reichl.
As the New York Times's restaurant critic for most of the 1990s, Reichl was determined to review the "true" nature of each restaurant she visited, so she often dined incognito--each chapter of her book highlights a new disguise, a different restaurant (including the original reviews from the Times), and a fresh culinary adventure.

The Vivero letter by Desmond Bagley.Jeremy Wheale's well-ordered life is torn apart when his brother is murdered by a mob hit man, whose bait was a family heirloom - a sixteenth-century gold tray. The trail takes Wheale from Devon to Mexico and the wild tropical rain forests of Yucatan. In dense jungle, he helps two archaeologists locate the rest of a fabled hoard of gold - treasure from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the Mayas. But his brother's enemies are on Wheale's trail, and with them are the Chicleros, a vicious band of convict mercenaries.

Landslide by Desmond Bagley.Bob Boyd wakes up in a hospital with no memory,the only surviver of an accident.He was burned badly all over and needed extensive plastic surgery which was payed by a mysterious sponser.He is told that he's a geology student with a bad past.However Bob recovers and gets on with his life.Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment.His accident and the Matterson family have more in common than he thought.

The door to december by Dean Koontz.A psychiatrist's daughter was kidnapped by her ex-husband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.

The mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.

Answer 4

The Theif Lord by Corneila Funke
The SIsterhood of the Traveling Pants books 1-4 by Ann Brashares
ANYTHING by Sarah Dessen, she is amazing


Hope this helped.....I know many good fantasy books but you said you don't like them, so...haha

Answer 5

Any Janet Evanovich book is great. A Monk Simming by Malachy McCourt is really good too.

Answer 6

If you like heartwarming, wholesome stories, try "Shadow of the Lion" by Ruthie Jorgensen. You can read excerpts from it on iuniverse.com. Check it out. I know the author, she's a great gal.

Answer 7

Not sure what type of books you're into, but I really liked these urban drama books:
'The Coldest Winter Ever' by Sista Souljah.
'Addicted' & 'Nervous' by Zane

Answer 8

Tracey Chevalier "Girl with a pearl earring.

Answer 9

anything by jennifer weiner or jennifer crusie...they are both chic lit writers and both are very very funny and very good.