can you recommend me some book?
(just, no Harry Potter, or Bible, please ... read them both, didn't like either)
2007-05-15 09:43:08 · 24 answers · asked by tricky 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
thanks glassy for helping me getting answer I was looking for ...
OK .. I'm 30, read A LOT, read most of the books that you recomended (not "The Men Who Stare At Goats", but I googled it and it sounds really interesting) ...
I love philosophy, but not digested (don't like Jostein Gaarder in general)
I tried not to mention any authors I like, because I didn't want to set your stram of thinking ...
I loke good books, not ones you'd buy to read on a beach, and then bin them ...
2007-05-15 09:59:10 · update #1
javier, great taste in books ... thank you a lot ...
check this answer I gave once .. what do you think of those titles?
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ag3v0m4eEEcG_G9jkmGvAE0hBgx.?qid=20070418082012AAH6T0S&show=7#profile-info-AA11000091
2007-05-15 10:14:15 · update #2
betsvc, thank you, that is a great idea .. only .. can you please help me getting started? I'm a bit confused .. I created my profile, and joined bookchallenge, now what?
2007-05-16 03:42:25 · update #3
I love reading and can recommend hundreds of authors, but we'd be here all day and is wholly dependent on my personal interests etc. Why not go to www.livejournal.com and look for 50bookchallenge? People there write about the books they've been reading and often rate them. This might give you some ideas. Best of luck!
2007-05-16 02:32:41 · answer #1 · answered by betsvc 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jack Kerouac, Charlotte Bronte, Jostein Gaarder, J D Salinger.
2007-05-15 16:52:41 · answer #2 · answered by mafille.mavie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just 20 minutes a day, mostly before bed to help me wind down.
Well recommending books would depend on what you like.
For serious reading, try "The Da Vinci Code". It's very clever and intiguing, but you need concentration.
For pleasure, try chick-lit. Just avoid the corny stuff.
I swear by Marian Keyes, (Sushi for Beginners, The other side of the story etc.)
Sophie Kinsella's books are really simple but enjoyable to read.
Never read Mills&Boon is my top tip.
Good luck, any questions just email me from my profile page if you like. Hope that helped :)
2007-05-15 16:56:17 · answer #3 · answered by Curiousity killed the cat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm reading a good book at the moment called The Men Who Stare At Goats - funny and a bit of an eye opener.
2007-05-15 16:49:32 · answer #4 · answered by Nexus6 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jonathon Saffron Foer
Joanne Harris
Alice Hoffman
2007-05-16 07:04:16 · answer #5 · answered by Orla C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well there are a great many books but i dont know your age and i mite be younger or older than you..but here are some books i really like-
eragon-by christopher paolini
eldest(sequel to eragon)-christopher paolini
sophie's world-by jostein gaarder(about philosophy)
a little princess-by frances hodgeson burnett
yea thts about it..you cud give a little bit more detail about what kind of book you like..becuase many ppl think harry potter and the bible are boring..and that doesnt really tell us much.
2007-05-15 16:53:27 · answer #6 · answered by glassy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Classics:
"Cannery Row"
"One Flew Over The Coo Coo's Nest"
"1984"
"The Adventures of Peter & Wendy"-it's Peter Pan but better than you'd think.
"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" - Blade Runner was based on this
New:
"The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay"
"The Life of Pi"
"The Kite Runner"
"Freakonomics"- Non fiction but fun read
"The F...k Up"
"Jesus' Son"
2007-05-15 16:54:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Other Side and Back by Sylvia Brown wow what an eye opener, even if you don't quite manage to suspend belief enough to consider it the truth it certainly gets you thinking what might be out there...
Several of my friends have borrowed it and boy have we had some deep meaningful conversations as a result.
2007-05-15 16:56:30 · answer #8 · answered by The Wizwigs 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recommend to you Jack and Jill by James Patterson. Alex Cross the detective hero of Along Came a Spider, Kiss the Girls, Cat and Mouse and Pop Goes the Weasel. I read Jack and Jill myself and enjoyed it.
2007-05-16 10:05:15 · answer #9 · answered by scotland1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Five People You Meet in Heaven: Mitch Albom
The Last Family in England ; Matt Haig
last fiction I read.
2007-05-15 18:03:09 · answer #10 · answered by tempest 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋