Recommend: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Moby Dick by Herman Melville Lolita by Vladamir Nabokov A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The Godfather by Mario Puzo Don Quixote by Cervantes To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Candide by Voltaire The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Fevre Dream by George Martin A Game of Thrones by George Martin The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch Animal Farm by George Orwell Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse Catch-22 by Joseph Heller One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny The Gunslinger by Stephen King On Writing by Stephen King The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Pendragon Adventure by D.J. MacHale Thr3e by Ted Dekker Inkheart by Cornelia Funke Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Coraline by Neil Gaiman I, Robot by Isaac Asimov Life of Pi by Yann Martel Storm Front by Jim Butcher The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom For One More Day by Mitch Albom Shutter Island by Dennis LeHane The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams All My Sons by Arthur Miller The Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles Avoid: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Brave New World by Aldous Huxley As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk Assassin's Creed by Oliver Bowden House by Ted Dekker/Frank Peretti Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz
anything by the writer haruki murakami jodi picoult do pretty good ones too both will make u think if u want supernatural fun female leads id put kelley armstrong as number one , she has an ongoing adult one and a triology of youth books - all good thrillers... well brittish ladies seem to be the best at that...minette walters is a good start theres so many good books... so i only recommended some writers theres alot to avoid ofcourse - but not like i even bother to remember the names of those...
[QUOTE="Theokhoth"] The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway What was wrong with it, if you don't mind me asking? I haven't read it, but I had heard some good things about it and was thinking about picking it up at some point.
[QUOTE="LZ71"][QUOTE="Theokhoth"] The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway What was wrong with it, if you don't mind me asking? I haven't read it, but I had heard some good things about it and was thinking about picking it up at some point. It's utterly and completely emotionless. It's told in extremely slow-pace (even the action scenes, of which there are few, are extremely slow and meticulous). The characters have no distinction whatsoever. In short, it's an appallingly boring book. It took me longer to read than Moby-Dick (which is four times as long) and was far less interesting. The Old Man and the Sea is far better, and vastly different.
[QUOTE="Theokhoth"][QUOTE="LZ71"][QUOTE="Theokhoth"] The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway What was wrong with it, if you don't mind me asking? I haven't read it, but I had heard some good things about it and was thinking about picking it up at some point. It's utterly and completely emotionless. It's told in extremely slow-pace (even the action scenes, of which there are few, are extremely slow and meticulous). The characters have no distinction whatsoever. In short, it's an appallingly boring book. It took me longer to read than Moby-Dick (which is four times as long) and was far less interesting. The Old Man and the Sea is far better, and vastly different. Ah, thanks for sharing. You saved me from wasting my money on it. Will pick up The Old Man and the Sea instead.
[QUOTE="Theokhoth"][QUOTE="LZ71"][QUOTE="Theokhoth"] The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway What was wrong with it, if you don't mind me asking? I haven't read it, but I had heard some good things about it and was thinking about picking it up at some point. It's utterly and completely emotionless. It's told in extremely slow-pace (even the action scenes, of which there are few, are extremely slow and meticulous). The characters have no distinction whatsoever. In short, it's an appallingly boring book. It took me longer to read than Moby-Dick (which is four times as long) and was far less interesting. The Old Man and the Sea is far better, and vastly different. Have you read For Whom the Bell Tolls? I loved that and Old Man and the Sea and I was going to read The Sun Also Rises next.
[QUOTE="tman93"][QUOTE="Theokhoth"][QUOTE="LZ71"] What was wrong with it, if you don't mind me asking? I haven't read it, but I had heard some good things about it and was thinking about picking it up at some point. It's utterly and completely emotionless. It's told in extremely slow-pace (even the action scenes, of which there are few, are extremely slow and meticulous). The characters have no distinction whatsoever. In short, it's an appallingly boring book. It took me longer to read than Moby-Dick (which is four times as long) and was far less interesting. The Old Man and the Sea is far better, and vastly different. Have you read For Whom the Bell Tolls? I loved that and Old Man and the Sea and I was going to read The Sun Also Rises next. I haven't read it yet; I want to, along with A Farewell to Arms. But if you're going into Sun. . . .good luck. :P
[QUOTE="Theokhoth"][QUOTE="tman93"][QUOTE="Theokhoth"] It's utterly and completely emotionless. It's told in extremely slow-pace (even the action scenes, of which there are few, are extremely slow and meticulous). The characters have no distinction whatsoever. In short, it's an appallingly boring book. It took me longer to read than Moby-Dick (which is four times as long) and was far less interesting. The Old Man and the Sea is far better, and vastly different. Have you read For Whom the Bell Tolls? I loved that and Old Man and the Sea and I was going to read The Sun Also Rises next. I haven't read it yet; I want to, along with A Farewell to Arms. But if you're going into Sun. . . .good luck. :P It seems from your description of Sun, you will not like Bells at all. Bells is about 450 pages (if I remember Sun is around 300ish) and it is incredibly slow. I didn't mind the pace for the most part, as it was just a really good story slow or not.
[QUOTE="Theokhoth"][QUOTE="tman93"] Have you read For Whom the Bell Tolls? I loved that and Old Man and the Sea and I was going to read The Sun Also Rises next. tman93
I haven't read it yet; I want to, along with A Farewell to Arms. But if you're going into Sun. . . .good luck. :P It seems from your description of Sun, you will not like Bells at all. Bells is about 450 pages (if I remember Sun is around 300ish) and it is incredibly slow. I didn't mind the pace for the most part, as it was just a really good story slow or not. Pace usually isn't a problem for me (I've read Moby-Dick, Lolita, and Don Quixote, all of which are quite slow), but Sun's pace problem arose from what I felt was complete soullessness.
II love Brave New World too. :P I also don't recommend avoiding As I Lay Dying. It's not for everyone, but it's worth giving a chance. Anyways, a few I'll add are All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, and Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein.
What did you not like about Brave New World This is one of my favorite books is why I am asking
CWPayne
Every word he wrote reeked of pretentiousness, and I just found some of the elements of the book to be ridiculous. I actually agree with his basic premise (that what we love is more likely to destroy than what we fear, a la Orwell), but I could not stand that book and never actually finished it (I do know how it ends, however). I tend to dislike futuristic dystopia novels anyway, with a few exceptions (Fahrenheit 451, which I forgot to put on my list, is awesome). It's why I've never read 1984 (though you hear about it so much that I know the whole damn plot) or The Road (again, so popular that I know everything about it regardless).
I don't usually read books that don't interest me, so I have noo avoid reading things.
I can say that most of Stephen King's books are great, especially the Dark tower Series, The Stand and It. Also, one of the few books I've read in high school and enjoyed, To Kill a Mockingbird.
[QUOTE="yokofox33"] Animal Farm Brave New WorldHad to read both of those for school. I didn't mind Animal Farm that much, but damn Brave New World sucked.
Brave New World was horrible, Dubliners and Animal Farm I can understand (though disagree), but JANE EYRE? That's, like, the best book ever written by a woman! She was, like, a hundred and fifty years ahead of her time and the book is just awesome.
I don't really read a lot..so... I guess I recommend the hobbit, or lord of the rings books, scarlet letter, and into the wild were pretty good as well
Brave New World was horrible, Dubliners and Animal Farm I can understand (though disagree), but JANE EYRE? That's, like, the best book ever written by a woman! She was, like, a hundred and fifty years ahead of her time and the book is just awesome.
Did not like Jane Eyre one bit. Well, it wasn't awful, but it just did nothing for me. Maybe I'll give it another read though. It's been like 5 years.
Mrs. Dalloway is a good book. Forgot about that one.
Well... there's lots. So for the sake of simplicity, I'll just recommend one - what I'm reading right now; Homicide: Life on the Killing Streets by David Simon (aka the co-creator of The Wire) As is plain from the title, it follows the Homicide department in Baltimore for a year, and has a cast of 15 or so detectives plus lieutenants, commanders, captains, etcetera. It's 100% real. And no, it doesn't try to fantasize and glorify the work for entertainment, or bask in the fact it's 'a true story'. Rather, it is strictly down to earth, told from varying points of view; sometimes you're a detective, the next chapter you'll be a witness, and sometimes Simon simply spends a time elaborating on some particular aspect of policing or criminality or sometimes even broader topics. It provides a brutally real look at the problems many American cities face, and as good an illustration of the life of a detective as I think you'll ever get apart from being one yourself. And no, it's nothing like CSI. At all. Coming from the creator of The Wire, I expected an extremely authentic yet entertaining book full of enlightening points and interesting yet real characters. That's what I got. What I didn't predict was the exceedingly good writing; immensely readable and sometimes beautifully poetic. Really, I'm not sure I can think of another book I've read that can match it in this regard... certainly none can outright beat it. Anyway, if Simon ever decides to write something else, I'm down. Secondary recommendation of the top of my head would be Game of Thrones - not only because it's the best fantasy book I've ever read (yes, far better than LotR), but also because of the TV show goddamnit. You better watch it. I need a season 2, and the viewing figures mean everything. :P
Would anyone recomend any of these books to read after I finish up The Lies of Locke Lamora?
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
Ingenemployee
Only read the first two, and I'd go for Game of Thrones. American Gods was good, but it really fizzled out towards the end in terms of quality and interesting-ness. It started really well, and got progressively more and more boring until I was glad to finish it. That said, Mr. Wednesday and the protagonist were two awesome characters, and the bits just involving them (which make up a fair proportion of the book) probably make it worth reading it alone. Game of Thrones is legendary. I have actually read a chapter of the Halo book by Greg Bear and the writing/descriptions seemed pretty crap, but that's not much to go on. Darwin's Radio is supposed to be much better, anyway. How is Locke Lamora? I've heard it's really good, but I don't really know what it's about or what's good about it.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Brave New World (please don't yell at me).
Also, someone said Assassin's Creed, is the video game based on it?
Theokhoth
No, the other way around. Avoid it as though every copy was laced with Ebola.Elaborate, please? I'm curious now, not because I have any interest in reading it, but because it sounds so bad.
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