I'm trying to start reading a book collection. Like an author with a good series. Any ideas?
2007-03-23 16:25:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I like suspense, something like the show 24
2007-03-23 16:44:22 · update #1
Nevil Shute - 'A Town Like Alice' aka 'The Legacy' Shute has always been regarded as a second or third rate novelist but this one is probably his best. This is a good story and based on real events.
Ursula K. le Guin - 'Malafrena' , 'The Earthsea Quartet' Malafrena is a great political novel and unjustly overlooked. The Earthsea Quartet provided a basis for Harry Potter.
William M. Thackeray - 'Pendennis' Young man goes to London and gets into a bit of bother.
Jane Austen - 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Emma' The comedy of manners at it's best.
Charles Dickens - 'Bleak House' , Great Expectations' Bleak House is perhaps Dickens best novel. Great Expectations is probably his best known.
Hermann Melville - 'Moby Dick' Supposed to be the best novel ever written in English. It is actually pretty good.
Eleanor Dark -'The Timeless Land' Classic novel of the early settlement in Sydney.
Stephen King - 'It' , 'The Dark Half'. King's stuff is generally better than it's credited. These and 'From a Buick Six' are probably his best.
Mervyn Peake - 'Titus Groan' and 'Gormenghast' out-weirds anything by King and not a ghost or a monster in sight.
Edgar Allan Poe - 'The Fall of the House of Usher' Brilliant stuff.
Carl Sagan - 'The Demon-Haunted World'. This blows the lid off a few of the sillier ideas of recent years.
Richard Dawkins - 'Climbing Mount Improbable' Exquisite explication of what the theory of evolution is really about.
Stephen Weinberg - 'The First Three Minutes' Classic popular work on the big bang theory and a must-read.
Jared Diamond - 'Guns, Germs and Steel' Why western European culture (including US culture) dominates the world.
JRR Tolkein - 'The Lord of the Rings' If you have not read it, do so. Starts off like a kid's fairy story but that does not last.
Mark Twain - 'Huckleberry Finn'. This is one of the best things I have ever read. I wish I'd read it years before.
Joseph Conrad - 'Nostromo' Peculiar goings-on in South America.
R. L. Stevenson - 'Treasure Island'. The great adventure yarn for boys.
Robert Penn Warren - 'All the King's Men'. Shakespearean tragedy in a southern US state. Closely based on a real governor of Louisiana, Huey Long.
2007-03-24 01:54:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try Clive Cussler, he does mystery, adventure some of his books have been made into movies like Sahara ( with Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz)
some of his books are
the Dirk Pitt adventures
The Mediterranean Caper
Iceberg
Raise the Titanic
Vixen 03
Night Probe
Pacific Vortex
Deep Six
Cyclops
Treasure
Dragon
Sahara
Inca Gold
Shock Wave
Flood Tide
Atlantis Found
Valhalla Rising
Trojan Odyssey
there are many others of these as well. Clive's son Dirk Cussler is now assisting him in writing more adventures
or maybe the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher there is now a TV show on Sci-fi base of these books (called the Dresden Files) these are about a Private Investigator that is also a Wizard and he is always getting himself into trouble with a capital T.
Storm Front
Fool Moon
Grave Peril
Summer Knight
Death Masks
Blood Rites
Dead beat
and there are two more on there way out as well
2007-03-24 01:39:37 · answer #2 · answered by ghost 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isaac Asimov's robot books. They're not a serial like the Harry Potter or Wheel of Time books, but they're still great. I especially liked the Lije Bailey books.
If you are an above average reader and thinker, then C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy is also excellent. They discuss some very deep philosophical and spiritual ideas in an SF setting. They are probably above the heads of most high school and even college level readers, but they are well worth the effort.
-yk
2007-03-23 23:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by Yaakov 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you like; some of my favourite authors in my favourite genres are:
Historical Fiction - James Michener, James Clavell, Antonia Fraser, James Whyte, M.M. Kaye
Action/Adventure - Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy, D!ck Francis
Fantasy - Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, Piers Anthony
Non - Fiction - Romeo Dallaire, Jared Diamond
Children's - C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Madeleine L'Engle, Christopher Paolini, J.K. Rowling, Roald Dahl
2007-03-24 00:56:10 · answer #4 · answered by jgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JK Rowling and the harry potter series....i know its kinda for little kids....but read the books and you will find some really deep thoughts and they are just good books to read, i love that series. Also if you like fantasy try JRR Tolkien and The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings!!!
Happy Reading!!:)
2007-03-23 23:40:23 · answer #5 · answered by writersbestfriend 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am reading ( A series of Unfortunate Events) by Lemony Snicket it is a fun light read to get u started...
Also enjoy The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
My Husband enjoys Robert Jordan's Series
2007-03-23 23:41:32 · answer #6 · answered by Amber G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon series - starting with The Kill Artist. I would also say that anything by Nelson de Mille is very similar to the thriller 24. Pax - C.
2007-03-24 00:39:31 · answer #7 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
James Patterson- Alex Cross Series- Really good Books - They are fast reads. When I start one I cannot put it down because I have to know what is going to happen next.
2007-03-24 21:41:07 · answer #8 · answered by venus_maria_1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh No doubt about it. Anne Rice!
Interview with the Vampire
the Vampire Lestat
Queen of the damned
and many many more in this fascinating psychological look at the makeup of vampires!
2007-03-24 00:23:26 · answer #9 · answered by Sean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok i know this isnt what u are looking for but jst try it anyway
diana wynne jones- she writes fantasy books bt theyre really good and not at all for little kids.
eoin colfer- ever heard of the artemis fowl series?
phillip pullman- his dark materials series
also u should read books by :
agatha christie and
sidney sheldon
2007-03-24 08:14:32 · answer #10 · answered by riya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋