What good books have you read recently?

Question

Just curious. I'm mostly thinking of fiction.

Answer 1

The Memory Keepers Daughter

Answer 2

I am a "Thriller" book fanatic and have read a huge percentage thats out there, so here are some excellent choices (I was going to say "page turner" until I heard the joke "why do people say this book is a real page turner--I know how books work!) 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. Just finished my first Ed Mcbain book "Fiddlers" and it was both engaging and hilarious! Hope this helps, enjoy, Greg

Source(s):

http://www.leechild.com/
http://www.jefferydeaver.com
http://www.dennislehanebooks.com
http://www.davidmorrell.net

Answer 3

The Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill, The Good Guy by Dean Koontz, The Husband by Dean Koontz and I'm currently reading The Fog by James herbert.

Answer 4

The Singer's Crown by Elaine Isaak. I love it when an author surprises me and what I thought was going to happen doesn't. I have not stopped gushing about this book since I read it 4 months ago. I almost didn't get it after reading the blurb, but the cover looked so interesting I went ahead and bought it.

Answer 5

The Great Googlestein Museum Mystery by Jean Van Leeuwen
Once on a time.. by A.A. Milne
The Great Rescue Operation by Jean Van Leeuwen
(these are not adult fiction by the way)

Answer 6

Out of the books I've read recently, my favorite four are as follows:

Stumbling on Happiness
The Aeneid
The Secret Man
The Time Traveler's Wife

Out of all the books I've ever read, my favorite is 1984.

Answer 7

I read John of Gaunt by Cantor. Good book about the most prominent aristocrat of the late Middle Ages.

Answer 8

A Brief History of Time. It's not fiction but it was really good!! The last fiction I read was... umm...The Name of the Wind... Yep, that was the last one I read.

Answer 9

About a month and 1/2 ago, I finally finished Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens. It was good, but NOT my favorite. I always like Dickens, but it isn't one of his best-known novels for a reason. :-)

I started The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis a few days after finishing Dombey and Son and (I'm ashamed to admit) haven't finished it yet. It is also good, but being a kids book, isn't all that interesting.

Minutes ago I read the first chapter of Bleak House by Dickens, and I think I'm going to like it!

Answer 10

Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
I've also read some books of Licia Troisi and Pierre Bottero but I don't know if they exist in English... I've read them in Portuguese...