what something for my holidays like historical and books like the bone collector who done it sort of thing
2007-04-26 00:09:21 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It's nonfiction, but historical and has a lot of suspense. River of Doubt . . . it's about Teddy Roosevelt. He just lost the presidental election and travels to the Amazon. He goes with an exporer, his brother, and others. There's a murder, disease, starvation, etc. It's a wonderful novel that sounds perfect for you.
2007-04-26 04:00:33 · answer #1 · answered by bibliobethica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most gripping book I have read lately is
THE WISHING GAME by PATRICK REDMOND
It is seriously page-turning stuff with so many twists and turns.
It surrounds a terrible event that happened at a boys boarding school in 1954 and the book works forward from that point to uncover what happened - or does it!!???
Other good reads are
THE OXFORD MURDERS by GUILLERMO MARTINEZ
A whodunnit with a twist and a DaVinci Code type puzzle thrown in. It is nowhere near as good as the DaVinci code, but a good holiday read.
By the way, I read another Dan Brown book after the DaVinci code and was sorely dissapointed - anyone else feel the same?
TELLING STORIES by VALERIE WINDSOR is another good read. When you look at the cover you will think it is a girly book, but it isn't. It has to do with identity and what happens when you decide to be someone else. A different book - not really whodunnit, but a good read nonetheless.
Of course, most books by MINETTE WALTERS will give you a good light murderous read, often with unexpected twists.
Hope this helps.Happy hols!
2007-04-26 02:06:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Q by Luther Blissett is the best for a long time now.
I am now reading The Swarm by Frank Schatzing. It seems good but I haven't finshed it yet and it is not historical, more of an ecological thriller.
Baudolino by Umberto Eco was also very good historical novel. Really funny but serious also.
2007-04-26 01:49:33 · answer #3 · answered by dimitris k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-27 22:07:39 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
Da vinci Code - Dan Brown
Memoirs of a geisha - Arthur Golden
Behind the Monn - Hsu-Min Teo
Great Reads you should give them a try
2007-04-29 00:48:20 · answer #5 · answered by wendyegypt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angels and Demons Dan Brown I thought it was BETTER than The Da Vinci code
The Language of Stones Trilogy by Robert Carter
Anything at all by David and Leigh Eddings I have all their novels and there is nothing to beat them in their genre.
Clive Cussler is one of the best action/adventure novelists on the planet...... need any more?
2007-04-28 06:02:32 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
2007-04-26 01:15:49 · answer #7 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill....great story!
2007-04-26 02:46:23 · answer #8 · answered by deb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On Chesil Beach. This is Ian McEwan's latest. It is a poignant novel by this powerful author.It is set in the 1960's and is a story of lives transformed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken.
2007-04-26 02:39:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
2007-04-26 00:17:27 · answer #10 · answered by michael_scoffield 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋