I'm looking for some new books to read this Christmas, fiction mainly (no war books).
A break from the mainstream circuit of the classics e.g: Orwell-Stephen King-Catch22- Catcher in the Rye-War and Peace-Dan Brown-Ludlam-Clancy is the main aim.
Can you recommend any good reads? The main theme I'm looking for is Michael Marshall-Smith kind of books, and a friend has mentioned that Dean Koontz is a good read also.
Cheers
2007-12-17 20:55:56 · 14 answers · asked by skullpicker 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
You could do a lot worse than Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives by Alan Bullock. Allow me to quote;
About Stalin collectivization of agriculture, "The confusion and misery caused by this rape of a traditional society in which the lives of 120 million lives who lived on the land, were wrenched out of their accustomed ways begger description. It was more than flesh and blood could stand"
About Hitler's Holocaust "The women were allowed fifteen minutes because they had to have their heads shaved. The hair was sold for the manufacturing of matresses. It was this 'routinization' of extermination which adds a unique touch horror to the already sickening cruelty and dehumanization which became 'normal' behaviour throughout the camps
It is important to put the figures on record, but because they have the effect of numbing the imagination, it is equally important to underline that every single figure in these millions represents acts of cruelty, terror and degradation inflicted on an individual human being like ourselves, a man, a woman, a child or even a baby"
Im not saying it puts you in the mood for Christmas....but its a compelling and unrivalled book of the subject.
2007-12-18 06:06:26 · answer #1 · answered by peaco1000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dan Brown: Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Digital Fortress, Deceptions
Stephen King: The Shining, The Talisman, It, The Dead Zone, The Green Mile
Amy Tan: Joy Luck Club
2007-12-18 07:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Magic Cottage by James Herbert is a great read,also The ghosts of Sleath by James Herbert is very good and scary on these dark winter nights.Also you may like to try something by my favourite author Stephen King I can recommend Christine(much better than the film) Insomnia and also the classic Salem's Lot. Hope these help Merry Christmas.
2007-12-18 07:15:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dean Koontz wrote 3 Odd Thomas books that are definetly worth the read. Odd Thomas, Brother Odd anf Forever Odd.
2007-12-18 05:58:24 · answer #4 · answered by Oz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like Dean Koontz,also try Harlan Coben & Dennis Lehane oh and Jeff Abbott is good too! Or Karin Slaughter,Kathy Reichs and PJ Tracy too.
2007-12-18 08:48:00 · answer #5 · answered by munki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Giver Lois Lowry
2007-12-18 05:03:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Darkest Evening of thr Year by Dean Koontz.....his new one, it is eally good.....
Down River by John Hart
Too Late to Say Goodbye by Linwood Barclay......these two will keep you turning the pages!
2007-12-18 07:12:41 · answer #7 · answered by deb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Divine Secrets of the YAYA sisterhood by Rebecca Wells , very family oriented
I know why the caged bird sings , Maya Angelou
2007-12-18 05:28:21 · answer #8 · answered by nur'ain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May like "An Autobiobraphy of a Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda.
2007-12-18 07:44:25 · answer #9 · answered by a4q 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Conn Iggulden and his latest 'Wolf plains'. he is a bit like wilbur smith but only in that he writes stories set in epic locations.
2007-12-18 05:05:03 · answer #10 · answered by wave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋