2007-12-16 02:00:01 · 11 answers · asked by Pauline 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It depends what sort of thing you are into.
'The Time Traveler's Wife' by Audrey Niffenegger
'White Teeth' by Zadie Smith
'Love in the Time of Cholera' by Garcia Marquez
The Harry Potter books!
'Memoirs of a Geisha' by Arthur Golden (sooo much better than the film which I watched after reading the book)
'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' by Mark Haddon
'Angela's Ashes' by Frank McCourt
'Atonement' by Ian McEwan
'The Magic Cottage' and 'The Haunted' by James Herbert
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One book I loved was 'The Five People You Meet In Heaven' by Mitch Albom. I found it a very moving book - basically a man dies and goes to the afterlife and has his life explained to him by 5 people who were in it, whether they were passing through or someone he knew well, but they all had an influence on his path.
Or anything by Paolo Coelho, especially 'The Alchemist'. These last few books are meant to make you think about life and lessons etc. They're really good and easy to read.
2007-12-16 02:15:33 · answer #1 · answered by Cat burgler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Robert B. Parker
The City of my Final Destination by Peter Cameron
Someday this Pain Will be Useful to you by Peter Cameron
Loving Monsters by James Hamilton-Paterson
In Every Face I meet by Justin Cartwright
Rough Music by Patrick Gale
Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai
The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux
Cheating at Canasta by William Trevor
The Deadly Space Between by Patricia Duncker
2007-12-17 11:47:46 · answer #2 · answered by David S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Kate Atkinson, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan, John Irving, if you like good historical books try C J Sansom, Hilary Mantel - depends what you mean by deep - these are all good writers. There's also Sebastian Faulks, Pat Barker, William Trevor, Colm Toibin, Philip Roth, etc
The list is endless, why not read some reviews in the good Sunday papers and find something that way.
2007-12-16 15:46:36 · answer #3 · answered by Ann G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life of Pi by Yann Martell, Secret History by Donna Tartt, Under the Skin by Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber.
I could list loads more, but am sure you'll get loads more suggestions.
I agree with Hitch-hiker's trilogy being good, but I don't think they fall into the class you want, also they were written in the 70s and 80s
2007-12-16 10:50:36 · answer #4 · answered by i_am_jean_s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let us hear it for John McGahern. His novels based in Ireland are short but fascinating.
"That they may face the rising sun" is a good read. For those wanting a sense of history of the Troubles, Amongst women is quite excellent.
2007-12-19 06:07:57 · answer #5 · answered by wirralman1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jodi Picoult ....she writes very good novels usually not previously covered by other writers
a good one she has wrote was my sisters keeper, it was about two sisters one who had a terminal condition involving donor transplants.....her parents had another child just so that they would have a donor on hand when she got too ill......it was very good, surprising and original....I have read many more of her books because of this one.
another good book which was both hilarious, entertaining and sad was a book called Marley and me.......I couldn't put it down and actually had tears or either laughter or sadness in my eyes for 90% of the book....both are exelent reads.
2007-12-16 10:20:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My personal favourites are hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by douglas adams and The red Dwarf novels. Both scientific and interesting but also very very funny.
2007-12-16 10:25:09 · answer #7 · answered by curiousglow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Red Tent by Anita Diament.
2007-12-16 10:05:38 · answer #8 · answered by bri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Hours by Michael Cunningham and anything by Toni Morrison.
2007-12-16 10:54:05 · answer #9 · answered by Warren Gates 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noughts and Crosses trilogy by Malorie Blackman.
2007-12-16 10:02:45 · answer #10 · answered by Amy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋