I work as a flight attendent, and enjoy reading while I have a little down time on the plane. However, I don't like most "light" books and I can't have anything that will upset me too much or make me cry if I need to go help people.
Typically I like things like Poisonwood Bible, Kite Runner, Book Theif, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Red Tent,etc.
Any suggestions?
2007-12-19 09:28:41 · 11 answers · asked by Kir 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Doug Adams.
My wife is a CSA for an airline, and if anything, you could use something lighthearted, and funny.
2007-12-19 09:37:38 · answer #1 · answered by gromit801 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
Down River by John Hart
Almost Graceland by Steve Carlson
Too Late to Say Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
Francesca's Kitchen by Peter Pezzelli
Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate
Amazing Grace by Danielle Steel
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
2007-12-19 09:34:18 · answer #2 · answered by deb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
More books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, like "Chronicle of a Death Foretold," or "Autumn of the Patriarch."
And you could try another famous author who writes in the style called "magic realism" when it's applied to Marquez,
only this author is Canadian.
His name is Robertson Davies, and the work I'll suggest is his well-known trilogy, The Deptford Trilogy. It was written a while back, like "Solitude," but it holds up well.
It starts with "Fifth Business," (a theatrical term, as I recall) and continues with "The Manticore"...ending with a book called "World of Wonders."
There are some sorrows, like in the books you typically like, but they are leavened by wit, humor and wisdom, always with that touch of magic, making these books favorites on my shelves, alongside a couple you mention in your question.
Otherwise try Frank McCourt's autobiography, though not the one that got the Pulitzer... that one IS sad.
However McCourt's book "Teacher Man" is a great read; generous, funny, poignant-- all about how he learned to teach English at four different high schools in New York City. Good stuff. The Irishman can tell a story.
Hope your flights are happy ones--
2007-12-19 09:52:58 · answer #3 · answered by LK 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Odd. I heard Kite Runner was sad. You could try a classic. Pride and Prejudice is definitely not light reading, but it's interesting. You could try Twilight (Stephenie Meyer), which I suppose could be counted as light reading depending on who you are, but will keep you reading. You could try Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones, for something light-hearted but still sort of serious to read.
You could also go to barnesandnoble.com, do a search on your favorite books and see what customers that liked or bought that book liked. Maybe you'll be interested in them.
2007-12-19 09:36:35 · answer #4 · answered by Lyra [and the Future] 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can't say as I've ever cried from a book, but I can't recommend the Dexter series more highly. It is by Jeff Lyndsay, and it is some of the most original fiction out there today.
2007-12-19 09:33:47 · answer #5 · answered by bewerefan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sea of Gray by Tom Chaffin
2007-12-19 18:43:57 · answer #6 · answered by Samuel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Janet Evonovich books I love her Stephanie Plum series.
2007-12-19 09:36:29 · answer #7 · answered by Feather 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maximum ride by james patterson
and the twilight y stephenie meyer but its a series and the 2nd book u will cry so dont read it on the plane but really its the best books u will ever read
2007-12-19 09:33:41 · answer #8 · answered by ...Summer --->> Time... 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello...
I would recommend: Jemima J; Eat Pray Love; and if you like Gabriel Garcia Marquez- try Chronicle of a Death Foretold (its more like dark humor than sad).
good luck!
2007-12-19 09:43:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides
"Bel Canto" and "The Patron Saint of Liars" by Ann Patchett
2007-12-19 10:12:53 · answer #10 · answered by truefirstedition 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋