Reccomended Reading Thread

[QUOTE="Ingenemployee"]

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

angelkimne

I'm not very far into The Lies of Locke Lamora but so far it has been pretty good. It has great characters, it is quite funny and it is breath of fresh air from the standard fantasy book.

[QUOTE="CWPayne"]

What books do you recommend or books to avoid

Two Books I recommend are

Diary: A Novel By Chuck Paahniuk

Nemesis By Philip Roth

deangallop

I have read most chuck palanuick books but not Diary, Rant is my all time favorite, have you read it?

Recommended books(my personal favorites): A Wrinkle In Time, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Rumble Fish, Harry Potter series and Wind in the WIllows.

There are thousands more books that i like but these are just the ones that personally caught me the most.

Reccomended:

The Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin

World War Z by Max Brooks

1984 by George Orwell

Read:

The Essential Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson. My favorite comic.

Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius. Because.

Don't Read:

The Crystal Star by Vonda McIntyre. Even as a kid, I thought this Star Wars novel was dumb.

Any military field manual by the United States Army. I see these on sale at book stores, and I have no concept of who buys them. First, all the unc|assified ones are available online, for free. Second, these are reference materials, not how-to guides.

Maybe I'm the odd duck, but I recommend Alice's Adventures in Wonderland + Through the Looking Glass. Pair are my favorite books, personally.

Also The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Divine Comedy, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (yes!). I don't read much, and didn't read much outside what was mandatory in High School anyway. Noting the previous posts, I actually did enjoy Animal Farm.

I will have to read Animal Farm again I read this in high school but I was lazy and immature then.

I'll try to list books that other people haven't..

Recommend:

The Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson
Novels of the Malazan Empire series by Ian Esslemont (accompanies above series)
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
The Wheel of Time books 1-4 by Robert Jordan
The Dark Tower series, Salem's Lot, The Stand, by Stephen King
The Bourne Trilogy by Robert Ludlum
No Country for Old Men, The Road, Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
The Film Club by David Gilmour
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Chronicles of Narnia, The Space Trilogy by CS Lewis
His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman

I won't list books to avoid, as I typically piss people off.

Recommended:

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

The Piano Lesson by August Wilson (play but still)

Fences by August Wilson

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (actually anything by Toni Morrison lol)

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni

Native Son by Richard Wright

1984 by George Orwell

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

[QUOTE="LZ71"][QUOTE="Theokhoth"] The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Theokhoth

I disagree completely. The Sun Also Rises is classic Hemmingway in that it's minimalist and seems emotionless on the surface, but when you look a little closer, you find countless subtle hints between the lines about how the characters are feeling. Any emotions felt by Jake are only given an extra dimension by his refusal to recognize them outright and his unreliability as a narrator. It's not my favorite book in the world, but I have a lot of respect for the book itself and the way Hemmingway approached it.

Has any one read "The Strain" By Guillermo Del Toro I just ordered it off of Amazon along with "Watchmen"

This thread is brimming with very "good" literature. Some I've read, some I haven't, some I've been meaning to read. So, my own contribution is going to be along the line of brain candy. First of all, and I can not stress this enough. TERRY PRATCHETT. Read his books, they are great.

I read a lot of Star Wars, but that's just me... don't worry about continuity, most books stand on their own pretty well.

I suppose you could read the Twilight series, a lot of people like them. I've read the first three books, and they are some of the worst books I have ever read, but there is a good story buried in there, it's just kinda bogged down, so if you're into the whole bodice ripper, vapid romance thing, enjoy. Still, that thread of a story is enough that I do want to get around to reading the last book sometime. Once I've done that though, you're not going to catch me reading any of the spin-offs.

You should read Blood and Chocolate. It's what Twilight could have been if it had actually been a good book.

If you're into fantasy, Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind is the first book in the Sword of Truth series, excellent read if you're into fantasy, and isn't an overly long series, only about a dozen books or so, all sequential.

If you're into Sci-Fi, but don't want to read Star Wars, look up the Miles Vorkosigan series. In fact, all the books but one can be found free AND legally here. Feel free to skip the first two books, they're about the main characters parents, and are kinda your run of the mill space opera. Gets much more amusing and exciting after that, however.

To give my own "Good Literature" suggestions, I'd say to read Animal Farm, Day of the Triffids, War of the Worlds, and Go Ask Alice.

Finally. Avoid Terry Brooks. Reading his books is like reading bad fan-fiction. Ick.

Recommended:

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

The Piano Lesson by August Wilson (play but still)

Fences by August Wilson

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (actually anything by Toni Morrison lol)

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni

Native Son by Richard Wright

1984 by George Orwell

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

[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. HomicidalCherry

I disagree completely. The Sun Also Rises is classic Hemmingway in that it's minimalist and seems emotionless on the surface, but when you look a little closer, you find countless subtle hints between the lines about how the characters are feeling. Any emotions felt by Jake are only given an extra dimension by his refusal to recognize them outright and his unreliability as a narrator. It's not my favorite book in the world, but I have a lot of respect for the book itself and the way Hemmingway approached it.

Demon Theory sucked Off to watchmen

Recommend:

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

Det. Sheridan Series by Chelsea Cain

Dirk Pitt novels by Clive Cussler

The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker

The Mayfair Witches by Anne Rice

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

World War Z by Max Brooks

Feed by Mira Grant

The Hobbit

Harry Potter

Just read "The Curious incident of the dog in the night-time" by Mark haddon its is amazing