Book recommendation thread

[Sonomaa]

if you like fantasy, i recommend David Gemmell.

another fan ^^
I recomend starting with Legend, you can get hooked there and continue on, King Beyond the Gate is my favorite by far

[Foustian]

These are all the names of the series, not individual books, since I don't really read stand-alone novels.

Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin

The Winter of the World by Michael Scott Rohan

The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (really really long...11 books ranging from 500 to 1000 pages, and there's gonna be a 12th eventually)

Chronicles of the Cheysuli by Jennifer Roberson

Song of Albion by Stephen R. Lawhead

The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen R. Lawhead

Apprentice Adept by Piers Anthony

The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov (Sci-fi, but one of my favorite series ever)

[SupHammer]

Last three books I read:

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Running with Scissors by um I forget

Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (all 5 novels). This is by far my new favorite book. I highly recommend everyone to read it.


and about "The Wheel of Time" i LOVED the first 6 books or so, after that i got tired of waiting a year between each novel only to have the story go nowhere. I gave up around book 9 or 10.

[Isiolia]

Haruki Murakami

A japan obsessed college friend of mine recommended this author to me. I didn't think anything of it until I saw a used copy of Norwegian Wood and picked it up for cheap. I can't say that I was too impressed. There was some buildup and then the book just kind of ended. A lot of people have said some great things about him, but I don't really see it. =/

I would recommend any of the short story anthologies by Neil Gaiman. Namely Smoke and Mirrors.

I've only read Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. I found it interesting anyway >_> It flips between two connected stories, one is kinda Johnny Mnemonic-ish, the other was the basis for the anime Haibane Renmei (or so I've heard).

American Gods from Gaiman was quite enjoyable IMO. Step up from Neverwhere I thought.

[Duckroll]

House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski.
One of the best books I've ever read.

http://www.amazon.com/House-Leaves-Mark ... 0375703764

[Aladwar]

Memoirs of a Geisha was really good, but I haven't really read anything excellent since that (read it a couple months ago).

[Swampthing]

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.

the most fucked up movie I have ever watched. I would be interested to see what the book was like... I would literally die laughing if the beginning of the book included the beginning scene in the movie where the guy assaults the woman in her home with her own, and very large, penis statue... die laughing.

and lol to faust for saying harry potter. the potter series is what actually turned me on to reading in the first place. don't judge it without reading it for yourself, they may be technically labeled as "children's books," but if you read it for the story it tells, and for the principles of life that you can take away from them, it will be time spent well reading the books.

[Intense]

i should get on the book train. HARRY POTTER 5-7 HERE I COME

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House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski.
One of the best books I've ever read.

You just reminded me, I need to rebuy this book. I bought it a few years back, and then I moved, and lost it in the process. I remember being about 1/4 through it, I liked it.

Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (all 5 novels). This is by far my new favorite book. I highly recommend everyone to read it.

Those novels were made into that movie, right?

[Intense]

I'm in the process of reading Invisible Monsters, but I'm looking for an author that's as entertaining/similar to Chuck Palahniuk. Anyone know anything?

Jack Kerouac ;3

[Isiolia]

Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (all 5 novels). This is by far my new favorite book. I highly recommend everyone to read it.

Those novels were made into that movie, right?

Yes and no. Every version of the Hitchhiker's guide is a bit different in the particulars. The radio show is different from the book is different from the movie(s) is different from the computer game (text based).

What was made into a movie recently is only part of the overall story.

The movie only begins to try and mimic Douglas Adams's way with words. You can generally find the complete series all wrapped up in one book, and it's highly worth checking out. A classic. Sci-fi perhaps...but you can't quite label it that way.

Some excerpts... http://bama.ua.edu/~casey006/216/hitch.html

[Royal]

All of Dean Koontz books are awesome. By the Light of the Moon and Mr. Murder are my favorites.

[Intense]

A classic. Sci-fi perhaps...but you can't quite label it that way.

When I said no sci-fi stuff, I meant that I didnt want a bunch of Star Trek/Wars books (Even though i did read the Episode 1-3 SW books). On the other hand, Hitchikers sounds a little interesting. Im a book nerd but Im not a sci-fi nerd.

I already know Im going to get flamed for this. ;<

[Fng]

I am a voracious reader.. (and horrible speller)


The book was better than the movie:

Persuit of Happyness (really good actually)
Letters from Iwo Jima (awesome book and movie)


Oprah back on the book club:

The measure of a man Sydney Poitiere (I cant spell)


Military spy thrillers

Everything written by Clancy himself (none of that dualy written crap)


Classics, you should of read in highschool but just got he cliff notes. ($6 each at B&N)

Robinson Crusoe
The Jungle
Huckleberry Finn / Tom sawyer
Brave New world
Red badge of courage
The scarlet letter
A Tale of two cities
To kill a mockingbird
Uncle Tom's Cabin


Business books:

The world is Flat. About globalization of US business' (great book and an easy read)
The Number. (about how much you need to retire)
Freakonomics


Easy readers
Anything that David Sadaris writes.
Grisham always a good read but sort of the trashy model.
Baldacci same genre as Grisham and equally as trashy.


Sci Fi (yeah I know you dont like it but this is good)

A Spell for Chameleon Xanth series #1
The Sword of Shannara


Lifestyle / whole body / mind crap

Celestine Prophecy (A bit corny but still some interesting views, if you can get past the corny parts)

History (ish)

1776 David McCullough (really good)

[Isiolia]

Most classic sci-fi isn't readily lumped in with the pulp fiction Star Wars/Star Trek novels.
There are some series that the originals are worth reading too, like Dune or Ender's Game. They spawned a bunch of sequels...but really, the first ones are classics.

Lately we've been having at least a yearly movie based on a Philip K Dick book at least..if not another couple older sci-fi book based movies >_>

[shivan00b2]

I read Kiterunner in AP Lit...it's a really good book, relatively new, though.

I can't remember the author, but it's about a family who moves from Afghanistan to America and then explains his childhood and why he moved. Very graphic...made me cry

[Koyuki]

The Rhapsody Trilogy

Rhapsody: Child of Blood
Prophecy: Child of Earth
Destiny: Child of the Sky


Middle Books

Requiem for the Sun
Elegy for a Lost Star


The War of the Known World Trilogy

The Assassin King


I've been reading this series since late 1999 and it still has its spark.

The Books are by Elizabeth Hayden, not much is known about her but she is one amazing Author. If you like series of fantasy/romance books pick these up.

[Meloria]

I got into the Harry Potter series when I was in college. After reading hours of heavy text I needed something light and easy. Was hooked ever since.

The last book I read was Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I liked The DaVinci Code better though.

I'm a big Stephen King fan. The Talisman, Blackhouse (sequel to Talisman), and Dreamcatcher are some of my favorites. You really can't go wrong with The Dark Tower Series either. I've only read through book 4 though, been hard finding time to read lately.

[Intense]

The book was better than the movie:

Persuit of Happyness (really good actually)
Letters from Iwo Jima (awesome book and movie)

I didnt realize The Pursuit of Happyness was a novel. I saw the movie and loved it, Im going out and getting this. ;3

Ive heard so much about Letters of Imo Jima, mostly from the movie obviously. Ill check this out too. Thanks!

[Po]

The Left Behind series was excellent, I read all 10 of them in like 1 summer.

It has religious themes, but the action is great.

[Reigns]

I'm reading Deception Point by Dan Brown atm and it's gewd.