Could You Recommend A Book?

Question

Hello,
Could you recommend a book for me? I found the Harry Potter series very entertaining, also the Da Vinci Code, Battle Royale (if you havent read it, for the love of god DO, it's awesome!) etc. I liked Pulp Fiction, Fight Club and the Shawshank Redemption... I want something that will leave me thinking for a while after i've finished it (Fight Club) also something that's very clever (shawshank redemption, battle royale, da vinci code) and imaginative (harry potter).

So...think you can help me out?

Thank You

Answer 1

Here are a few books to read next:

Maximum Ride series by James Patterson
Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
The Sprawl trilogy by William Gibson
The Hobbit and LOTR series by J.R.R. Tolkien
Xenogenesis Series by Nebula and Hugo award winning author Octavia E. Butler
His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman
Eragon series by Christopher Paolini.


Non-Series:

Abarat by Clive Barker
Fire Starter by Stephen King (more thriller than horror)
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
The Righteous Men by Sam Bourne

Answer 2

Those are mostly films, aren't they? I mean, Battle Royale was a manga, and Fight Club was a novel, and Shawshank was an obscure Stephen King short story...

Try Flannery O'Connor, a brilliant writer from Georgia (USA) who died young. Her best work is in her short stories and her best collection of stories is called 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find'. Very funny, very dark, startlingly violent, not at all what you'd expect a nice Catholic girl like her to come up with. She has the supernatural thing going on (because she's a Catholic) but also makes you think (because she's just brilliant.)

Answer 3

Jeffery Deaver, Dennis Lehane, David Morrell and Lee Child, in my opinion they are the best thriller writers in the business!! I am a avid reader in this genre and have read Coben, King, Koontz, F. Paul Wilson, Connelly, and many others but none can touch these authors I've listed! The Deaver book I've just finished reading now is "The Sleeping Doll"--a brand new release and has literally keeped me up at nights!! I'm quite sure you'll love his other thrillers as well, such as "The Bone Collector", "A Maiden's Grave", "The Coffin Dancer", "Praying For Rain", "Cold Moon", "The Twelveth Card", "The Vanished Man", "Devil's Tear Drop" et el. For Lehane, start with "A Drink Before War" (don't let the title fool you) then "Darkness Take My Hand", "Sacred", "Gone, Baby Gone", "Prayers For Rain", "Shutter Island" and "Mystic River." For Lee Child, you can start with his first and move forward, but it's Ok if you don't. Some personal favs are: "One Shot", "Trip Wire", "Hard Luck and Trouble"--a new release, "The Persuader"-my personal fav, "The Hard Way", but they are all page turners! Also, last but definately not least is David Morrell. All his books are good, but I especially enjoy his last two releases "Creepers" and "Scavenger" which are guaranteed page-turners. Enjoy, Greg

Answer 4

I'll echo the praises of The Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson. A master of abstractions; you'll feel as if it's five years ahead of you. For a more straightforward fantasy that's a bit more pulsating than say, Harry Potter, I'd reccommend the Drenai series (starting with Waylander) by David Gemill

Answer 5

Try Time and Again by Jack Finney

Forever by Peter Hamill

I Will Fear No Evil by Robert Heinlein

Quest for the Faradawn (author unknown)

Watership Down - Richard Adams

The Gold Coast by Kim Robinson

I could keep going but this will give you some seriously good reading

Answer 6

I love Terry Pratchett if you want imaginative (Try The Wee Free Men - very funny!), The Blue Nowhere by Jeffrey Deaver for something clever and 1984 by Orwell if you want to think! I also love the website www.fantasticfiction.com for recommendations and book info - authors can recommend books they love to read there too which is an interesting place to find new books. Happy reading! :)

Answer 7

The "Stravaganza" series by Mary Hoffman (If you liked Harry Potter you'll deffo love these)
Starseeker by Tim Bowler (really gets you thinking)
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Answer 8

I would suggest you these books
Lord of The rings Trilogy by J.R.R Tolkien
His Dark Materials by trilogy Philip Pullman
The Dragonlance Chronicles
The Chronicles of Dune by Robin Hobb
The Forgotten Realms series
Lemoni's Snicket "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
The Inheritance trilogy by Christopher Paolini (Eragon Eldest)

They are great books of fantasy of course and I'm sure you will love them!!!

Answer 9

Here are a few suggestions:

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Inkheart and Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
The Pale Horseman trilogy by Bernard Cornwell
Peter and the Star Catchers (and its sequel) by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Happy readings!

Answer 10

Starmaker - Olaf Stapledon
The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
Riddley Walker - Russell Hoban

These are all a bit "out of the ordinary".