2007-12-19 22:02:09 · 38 answers · asked by Scampi 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Bit vague love!
Well I see from your profile that you are British Indian married to a rough man. Well I'm a similar aged British Indian married to a rough woman!!
If you havent read Life of Pi by Yann Martell, you really really should. Beautiful story, beautifully written, brilliant twist that may not be a twist, and another one that may or may not be in the foreword too!
I would also strongly recommend getting into Haruki Murakami. Brilliant Japanese author thats recently been translated into English. His novels have a bit of everything, plot, time-travel, supernatural, surrealism, insight, talking animals, brilliant characters, yet its all down to earth and believable and his writing style doesnt patronise in the slightest.
Start off with The Elephant Vanishes, a collection of short stories to get you in the flow.
And lastly, for non-fiction, try Supernatural by Graham Hancock... You'll never look at faeries or aliens the same again...!
2007-12-20 22:50:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Ordinary People by Judith Guest
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2007-12-19 22:21:14 · answer #2 · answered by hello_stranger 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do they like nonfiction? "Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist" tells the fascinating, true story of a medieval Muslim scholar who overcame bouts of mental illness to develop the scientific method two hundred years before the Europeans learned of it—by reading his books. It was just chosen by California Readers to be part of the 2008 California Collection for students. You can find reviews of the book and a sample chapter at http://www.ibnalhaytham.net/
2007-12-20 08:47:29 · answer #3 · answered by Centaur 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hossieni
The Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Good Guy by Dean Koontz.
2007-12-19 23:50:47 · answer #4 · answered by Oz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Kinda depends on what genre you want, I can only help from the genres I know well.
If you want a classic, I love To Kill a Mockingbird and The Poisonwood Bible. The Autobiography of Malcolm X was pretty enlightening too. You might even want Christmas Carol for a good short seasonal read :)
If you want fantasy, I know several good books/series. Anything by Tamora Pierce is good if you like strong females, as is anything by Patricia C. Wrede. The Dark is Rising (book and title of series) by Susan Cooper is a nice Arthurian-style fantasy. Garth Nix has a dark fantasy trilogy beginning with "Sabriel" if you want something original.
For fantasy/comedy you can't beat the Redwall books by Brian Jacques (kind of kiddy though), or the pun filled world of Piers Anthony's Xanth.
*blinks* I read too much. Sorry it's more a list of authors and series than novels, but I really love everything by the person in question if that's the case, so you might too. Enjoy!
EDIT: Out of curiosity why is this comment getting negative ratings? What did I do wrong?
2007-12-19 22:12:47 · answer #5 · answered by Aewin 2 · 2⤊ 4⤋
You've Been Warned James Patterson
The Choice Nicholas Sparks
2007-12-20 00:13:59 · answer #6 · answered by bostonsportsfan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Flyy Girl By Omar Tyree, Coldest Winter Ever By Sister Soulja And Push By Sapphire. They Are all great books by my favorite is Coldest winter Ever.
2007-12-20 08:35:10 · answer #7 · answered by Bree-Bree. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any book for Paulo Coelho, the Nobel prize winner. especially The Alchemist, The Zahir, and By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept.
2007-12-20 02:04:55 · answer #8 · answered by lioness76 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell and Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody (a true story).
2007-12-19 23:17:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter by JK Rowling, the Northern Lights/Golden Compass series by Phillip Pullman, and classics like 1984. If you're a teenage girl all the Meg Cabot books.
2007-12-19 22:10:35 · answer #10 · answered by wndlssmgc 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋