I love epic adventurous novels based on real conditions and other cultures. My favorite authors are Anne Rice and Gary Jennings, Eleen McCullough, Amy Tan. I like SciFi if it's well written and not too weird.
Help, I've read my way through my favorite authors and need to find a new love. Any suggestions on new books to read?
Thanks.
2007-08-17 02:17:03 · 7 answers · asked by Fancy That 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I would recommend Scott Westerfeld's Uglies, Pretties and Specials. Good SF not weird.
Have you read Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart?
I also liked Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
2007-08-17 02:22:19 · answer #1 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you would like some short, fun books to read, try Cross Time Engineer by Leo Frankowski. It is the first of four books about a twentieth-century engineer who accidentally gets transported back in time to (I think) the tenth century, and has to learn how to live in medieval Poland. It is very well researched and mostly historically accurate concerning the way people lived, and how the feudal government worked. But, of course, he ends up changing history by introducing modern ideas to the ancient world. This is one of those books I couldn't stop thinking about long after I finished it.
It has some serious moments, and a lot of humor, too.
Otherwise, you could always find interesting biographies in the library. I enjoyed a bio about Thomas Edison.
You can pick just about any sort of famous person and find a bio on them.
2007-08-17 05:01:14 · answer #2 · answered by james p 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I loved Jack Whyte's Camulod series!! Talk about epic story. He takes the myth of King Arthur and merges it with the real history of the Roman legion's invasion of Britain in such a way that it is totally believable! Really great read!! I think there are like 5 or 6 books in the series.
2007-08-17 04:46:37 · answer #3 · answered by COOLEY FAN!! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You bet:
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander is the first book in a huge series (there will be 8 books in all, 6 are out).
And, after you finish 'Breath of Snow and Ashes' (her most recent in the series) and you feel like you can't read anything else and you can't stand to wait for the next book, read the Wilderness series by Sara Donati.
A cute story: A 92 year old woman wrote to Diana Gabaldon and begged her to hurry up andfinish the series. :)
2007-08-17 03:37:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You may or may not be this type of reader... but Clive Cussler is a wonderful addiction. I picked up "Valhalla Rising" sometime last year, and I haven't been able to stop reading Cussler since then! As far as Sci Fi, MIchael Crichton is always a good standby, his "Jurassic Park" and "Sphere" are sci-fi at their best. Besides that, I'd reccomend reading some of the older classics (especially works like The Count of Monte Cristo.)
Hope this helps!
2007-08-17 02:24:47 · answer #5 · answered by dude 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Haruki Murakami--The Wind-up Bird Chronicle Neal Stephenson--The Baroque Cycle Vladimir Nabokov--The Real Life of Sebastian Knight John Steinbeck--The Log from the Sea of Cortez
2016-05-20 21:04:43 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey girl, you sound just like me with your reading likes, I am going to try the authors you mentioned. I put in my answer to your Aztec question some suggestions. But again
Pillars of the Earth
Sho Gun (i didn't care much for his other books though)
The Journyer
These are all epic novels. I don't think any of them are less than 1000 pages. I love those kind of books (sigh) and they are so hard to find!
Good Luck!! Hope you like them!
2007-08-17 02:25:55 · answer #7 · answered by beth l 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋