You know, like those books that are part psychological thriller, part mystery, etc. I enjoyed the Da Vinci Code, and i would like to read something like it (but not so religious). The key word: addicting
2007-06-26 15:26:24 · 16 answers · asked by bep 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
1408 by Stephen King... Not all gory and much better than the movie that just came out.
Also, for non-fiction and quantum physics,: What the Bleep Do We Know?!? (and it is Bleep in the title, not a bad word.) This is great, not all boring like so many books where the author just shoves n facts and expects people to like it... Not me. This one is really interesting. It was based on the movi but has more detail. It will make you think.
Same withthe new bok 'Another Day in the Frontal Lobe'. About a doctors life working surgically on brains. Very interesting.
Ok so I got off-topic...
Life as We Knew It by Susan Pfeffer. This is slightly depressing so don't go to it for laughs but really great to make you question life as we know it.
A Wrinkle In Time Books if you haven't read them... Just what you requested.
Hope this helps and happy reading!
2007-06-26 15:34:45 · answer #1 · answered by KaBoOm said thy monkay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another author I would suggest is Arturo Perez-Reverte. "The Flanders Panel" and "The Club Dumas" have the same sort of mystery puzzle style as "The Da Vinci Code." If you like that aspect of it, you might also like Katherine Neville's works such as "The Eight" or Umberto Eco's works such as "The Name of the Rose." Reviewers have taken to saying that Neville, Eco, and Brown make a trio of good reading. If you like one of those authors, you will probably like the other two. Some other books you might like are "The Dante Club" and "The Poe Shadow" by Matthew Pearl. "End Game" by Dev Stryker, and "The Rule of Four" by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. All of these books basically follow the same theme of a race to solve a puzzle by following scattered clues and they are all very well written.
2007-06-27 02:41:08 · answer #2 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston is non-fictin but reads like the best thriller fiction.
Have you tried the Tony Hillerman mysteries? They are murder mysteries set in the Four Corners area of the American Southwest. They contain a lot of intersting info about Native American customs, psychology and all.
Also, I think you would like Shibumi by Trevanian.
If you like science-based thriller-mysteries, it's tough to beat Michael Crichton. His new book "Next" is good and extremely funny.
2007-06-26 15:34:10 · answer #3 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
Totally psychological thriller, very descriptive, heavy literary signifance. There are five sisters that kill themselves, and they all have their reasons. First goes Cecilia, the youngest, most vulnerable, and most emotional. The mad rampage later involves sex, parenthood, obsession, addiction, and ultimately, endless suicide. This book is so weird, because it's from the point of view of the neighborhood boys, who write "We watched her having sex on the roof," or something like that. AMAZING!
I REALLY want to read Silence of the Lambs right now, but I am in the middle of Catcher in the Rye. SOTL is supposed to be amaizng, psychological and extremely thrilling, with (I think) a twist ending!
2007-06-26 15:44:11 · answer #4 · answered by cohen_gadi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Long and Fatal Love Chase by Alcott
Rebecca by DuMaurier
Fried Green Tomatoes by Flagg
The Unexpected Mrs. Polifax by Gilman
The Treasure Box by Stokes
2007-06-27 04:05:05 · answer #5 · answered by Puff 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Almost anything by Stephen King He's not just a horror story writer. Iwould rcommend "Hearts in Atlantis" It's a sort of departure from his normal fare. It's semi-autobiographical. T4
2007-06-26 15:46:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything Stephen King
2007-06-26 15:32:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can get a hold of anything by Lauren Henderson go ahead and try. The best definition I've heard of them is tart noir. I enjoy anything by Richard Preston as well. Oh, and try Children of Men by PD James.
2007-06-26 15:29:39 · answer #8 · answered by terribly_vexed 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask a librarian. Your public library in all probability has a youthful grownup librarian who could help locate only the final books for you. notwithstanding, i choose to propose Phillip Pullman's "His darkish supplies" trilogy, inclusive of The Golden Compass, the state-of-the-paintings Knife and The Amber Spyglass. If the 1st e book does not seize you and pull you in, i don't understand what could.
2016-09-28 12:40:58 · answer #9 · answered by pihl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dean Koontz
John Sanford
James Patterson
The name of three excellent authors. You want addictive? They haven't written a book that I haven't read.
2007-06-26 15:34:24 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋