Does anyone know a really good book worth reading?

Answer 1

Tsotsi- Athol Fugard

Answer 2

This is such a common question. It always gets lots of answers.Mostly, folks will tell you what they enjoyed. Perhaps you would enjoy them. Perhaps not. There are so many good books that simply asking for something "good" is not specific enough. If you know what you like and take a moment to consider what catergory it fits it would be much easier to steer you in something like the right direction. I write books (novels) and I still don't reccomend them much unless someone already has an interest in my subject matter. What is your cup of tea? You really would be better off if you made up your own mind.Like many, (if not most) of these folks I've read thousands and thousands of books. There was something worthwhile about every one. Good luck.

Answer 3

Raw Dog by Eric Priestley via Amazon Books Dot Com Rare Books

Answer 4

Read Ben Okri's, A Famished Road or John Irving's, A Prayer for Owen Meany... both are great and will make a lasting impression with the reader. Okri is most satisfying at the very end (and worth every word that gets you there) and Irving is undeniably good the whole way through)...

Answer 5

The Plague Dogs; Roots; the #1 Ladies Detective Agency; The Thorn Birds; Hawaii; ..... the list is endless.

Answer 6

Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

What should we have for dinner? The question has confronted us since man discovered fire, but according to Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Botany of Desire, how we answer it today, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, may well determine our very survival as a species. Should we eat a fast-food hamburger? Something organic? Or perhaps something we hunt, gather, or grow ourselves? The omnivore’s dilemma has returned with a vengeance, as the cornucopia of the modern American supermarket and fast-food outlet confronts us with a bewildering and treacherous food landscape. What’s at stake in our eating choices is not only our own and our children’s health, but the health of the environment that sustains life on earth.

In this groundbreaking book, one of America’s most fascinating, original, and elegant writers turns his own omnivorous mind to the seemingly straightforward question of what we should have for dinner. To find out, Pollan follows each of the food chains that sustain us—industrial food, organic or alternative food, and food we forage ourselves—from the source to a final meal, and in the process develops a definitive account of the American way of eating. His absorbing narrative takes us from Iowa cornfields to food-science laboratories, from feedlots and fast-food restaurants to organic farms and hunting grounds, always emphasizing our dynamic coevolutionary relationship with the handful of plant and animal species we depend on. Each time Pollan sits down to a meal, he deploys his unique blend of personal and investigative journalism to trace the origins of everything consumed, revealing what we unwittingly ingest and explaining how our taste for particular foods and flavors reflects our evolutionary inheritance.

The surprising answers Pollan offers to the simple question posed by this book have profound political, economic, psychological, and even moral implications for all of us. Beautifully written and thrillingly argued, The Omnivore’s Dilemma promises to change the way we think about the politics and pleasure of eating. For anyone who reads it, dinner will never again look, or taste, quite the same.

Answer 7

Blood & Chocolate- Annette Curtis Klause
it was made into a movie, but it didn't look as good as the book was interesting.

Answer 8

The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood.

Answer 9

I just read Insomnia by Stephen King and I am very happy with it.
It is extremely rich and detailed with great characterization and a engrossing plot.

Answer 10

If you are into chick-lit read all books by Mag Cabot. if you like trivia, read the books by Mitchell Symons. If you like mystery, read all of the Melanie Travis mysteries by Laurien Berenson. they are ALL SO GREAT!!