Book Recommendations

[Grimmjow Jaggerjaques]

I Didn't See This Thread In The Books & Comics Section So I Decided To Make It.

If Any Of You Guys Have Book Recommendations For Your Fellow Bleach Exile Members, Post 'Em Here.

I Personally Recommend Eragon & Eldest. 2 Of The Greatest Books I've Ever Read, The Third Book In The Trilogy Is Believed To Be Called "Empire" & Scheduled For Release Soon.

I Also Recommend The Cirque Du Freak Series. Some REAL Good Stuff There. IMO, Better Than Harry Potter. Consists Of 12 Books.

[nessa17]

.....The Abhorsen series By Garth Nix......
hands down is amazing!

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
and
Heads By Harry by Louis Ann-Yamanaka

oh and the Redwall Series by Brain Jacques

[En]

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre

[JestingSmiles]

Pretty much anything by Kurt Vonnegut or Tom Robbins... Um, if you like horror Dark Water by Suzuki Koji is creepy. David Foster Wallace is one of my personal favorites, especially his fiction even though the non-fiction is often times hilarious.

[usaforlife]

Your interests would determine which books you would enjoy the most.

Personally, I enjoy studying current political issues, so I'd recommend these;


America's Secret War

The Mess They Made

Plan Of Attack

All of these reading materials are in the topic of the current War of Terrorism, and it's interesting to view each's points of views.


I also like reading about military history and theory, and the book I'd recommend most is Tsun Tzu's Art of War. In my opinion it's the best book so far in terms of discussing military mindsets and strategy.

[Manami_Hikari]

David Eddings boks::

*the Belgariad series
Maloreon series
Dreamers series
Elenium series
Tamuli series

[Yexley]

If you want something simple then Lee Child writes some entertaining books. The Historian is also a great book.

[VK']

The Artemis Fowl series is good try that

[Grimmjow Jaggerjaques]

Some Other Interesting Books:

-WWZ: The Zombie World War
-This Boy's Life
-The Good Earth

[VK']

Hybrids by david thorpe

[Yexley]

I agree with VK' that the Artemis Fowl books can be good but are a bit too simple for what I like. Raymond Feist does good fantasy books.

[VK']

yeah but I'm a 13 year old kid what do you expect?

[Yexley]

Well doesn't say your ages but good point. I would say Artemis Fowl is for ages 12-16 or around that. I would recommend most books by Stephen King if you want to read a horror.

[VK']

Yes stephen king is really good for horror and I recommend the Wind singer trilogy by William Nicholson

[hustle&flow]

Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom.

Great book, about a man who works too hard, and doesn't have time for his wife, or do normal things. He meets his old professor who will soon die from back then and meets him for the first time since then. They talk about life and death. Book gives you full of emotions, great read, check this out..

[zeldablizzard]

I'd have to recommend Flowers For Algernon. It's got to be one of the best books ever written.

[bato]

Id have to say The dark Tower series by stephen king would be some of my all time favorites. But prepare to be reading for a while because once you start you're hooked. Ive also liked some novels by Chris Bunch (sci fi) the Star Risk series.

[Phatom90]

For people into Star Trek I'd recommend Star Trek: Engines of Destiny and the Star Trek Titan book series. However one thing watch the tenth Star Trek movie before reading the Titan books because stuff happens in that movie that mentioned and has an affect on the setting of the first two books in the series. Also I'd recommend you watch Star Trek Generations, First Contact and the Star Trek The Next Generation episode where Scotty is rescued by the Enterprise D, this will allow you to understand how and why the alternate timeline happens in the book

[Nomeka]

Hey, Don't put down Artemis Fowl! i am 18, and i still read Artemis Fowl, the artic incedent, and the Eternaty Code!!!! and Stephen King is good, still reading Dreamcatcher and Cell. He has a good style of writing. and, Star Trek?!?! WOAH!!! you liek Star Trek!!!! Yay!!!!! *gives a Pocky stick* Fwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

[Phatom90]

I'm assuming there aren't many Trek fans here, oh well its a Bleach form after all but its nice to know someone else here likes Star Trek too. Another book I was thinking about was Frankenstein, if you haven't read it yet for school you should its a very good book. It might not be perfect science fiction but its still very good. I found myself feeling sympathetic to the creature through out the novel for the most part.

[FullMetalIdiot]

The Temeraire Series by Naomi Novik.

Dragons+The Napoleonic War=Badass

[Sigh]

The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy.

[chinaman1472]

I'm a big fan of Michael Crichton books. They seem to read like movies.

[Hero_Akiar]

The conqueror series + The emperor series

[dopeypower128]

The Belgariad & Mallorean by David & Leigh Eddings.

[Spartan2689]

Any Drizzt-based R.A. Salvatore Book, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Andromeda Strain, Rising Sun, Congo, Sphere, The Terminal Man, Jurassic Park Series, The Dead Zone, Salem's Lot, Dark Tower Series, Dragongate Series, Voice of the Night, Misery, Dune Series (first half), Bag of Bones, Dreamcatcher, The DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons, Black Friday, Along Came the Spiders, Cross, The Lasko Tangent

[TankFTMFW]

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy

[Mithrandir]

Douglas Adams Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy series.
1) Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy 2) The restaurant at the end of the universe 3) So long and thanks for all the fish 4) Life the universe and everything 5) Mostly Harmless. All are good books.
(BTW the movie sucks compared to the books)

[Avery72]

I Am America by Stephen Colbert. It is completely amazing.

Catch-22 (sorry, forgot the author...)
The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck

[Artur]

I second the Colbert book and of course Catch 22 (If you haven't read that already DO SO NOW hehe)

I also will plop in

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0671042262.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


also just to keep up on events if you're american...
http://www.theslot.com/gifs/obama2.jpg

I'm not Democratic and still lean a bit towards Romney but i read this for perspective. TO be fully aware and thusly intelligent you must view the subject from ALL sides.

[xqwertyx]

And then there were none by agatha christie, great murder mystery book

also framed by fire..a good "why me" kind of book

[Drunkentso]

'On the Road' by Jack Karouac. Read it, then read it 5 years later. Your perspectives change so radically and you come to find the book as a journal of growing up and becoming more mature in a sense.

[Kuchikukan]

any book by australian author matthew reiley.
he writes action books, with either american/australian heroes killing/beating the french/nazis/england. what more could you want from a book than the destroyer of the evil colonising parents, eviler nazis or worse frenchman.

[Lewa55]

Brian Jacques' Redwall Series and his other books. He's amazing even though they are aimed towards younger children but I have at least 17 books of his and I'm still trying to collect all of them.
Godspeaker Trilogy by Australian author Karen Miller (Only the first two books are out. Kinda refers to religions across the world, like Islam and Christianity in a fantasy type realm. Really good read.)
David Zindell's Ea Cycle - one of the BEST books I have ever read. Fantasy, romance, King Arthurian type book with a journey to find the Lightstone that's kinda like the Holy Grail. It had a really twisted ending though i have to admit that.
Lord of the Rings is a must.
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Anita Blake series (Only read one book so far but it was damn good)
Dune by Frank Herbert (was good I read that awhile ago though)

Right now I'm reading the Covenant Chronicles by Stephen Donaldson only through the first chapter but i think it's gonna be a good one.

[June]

if you like the fantasy genre (lol and why wouldn't you, really? :P) ...then I recommend reading R. A. Salvatore's Sellswords trilogy!!!
:love:I swear... the last two are like the best books EVAR! haha...they are by all means my favs! <3333

[Hazey101]

Fantasy loves: Tamyra Pierce, I think her name is. If the name is wrong, she's the author of "Street Magic". Look her up!

Also, the book "Blood & Chocolate" was great.

[transmetal]

Ewww, brian Jacques' books about talking rats and bullwhakers and abbeys. Don't remind me, worst books evers read, lol.

This may sound odd, but Alice in Wonderland is pretty interesting.

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemoney Snicket is a first book to a seven-book series. I need to read the last one P: titled The End :D

Yeh, Artemis Fowl is pretty good.

Here are more normal books P:
Catcher in the Rye, 100 Secret Senses by Amy Tan, The Spy Wore Red, Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain, Eragon (I haven't read the 2nd on, called Eldest, yet) don't trust the movies, the books are way better.

[Hazey101]

Artemis Fowl! I remember that!

...Also, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Best book of the series, imho.

[transmetal]

Artemis Fowl! I remember that!

...Also, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Best book of the series, imho.

Haha, I might have to read that one again because people say it's the best, and I'm like :weird: I guess it's the fact that he's so emo in that one :suspicious:

If you want a fast read, try The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, it's not too great IMO, but some people really like it.

Any book by John Grisham is bomb.

[Lewa55]

Ewww, brian Jacques' books about talking rats and bullwhakers and abbeys. Don't remind me, worst books evers read, lol.


Ok, I'll remind you for only two reasons though. Why don't you like Redwall? And mainly because I was referring mostly to his Castaway series which I think is better than Redwall but I still like Redwall for it's storylines.

Also the one that I didn't put up was the Trinity Trilogy by Fiona McIntosh.

From what I've heard Garth Nix's books are meant to be very, very good but I got into the first 10 chapters and went "I can't read this," and stopped reading it. I may pick it up again but that might be awhile...

[Kinny]

A great little set of books are the Prowlers books by Christopher Golden. I think there are four volumes? I have them all in one big hardback book. Either way, they're really awesome. I can read them over and over.

One For Sorrow, Two For Joy by Clive Woodall was a good read.

Also The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is very moving.

[BiOCaAM]

The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Pure gold, if you ask me.

[Feem]

"The Taking" by Dean Koontz. One of the best books I've ever read. =P

[Funksolo]

Any book by Carl Haisson, that man's a genius.

[Halcyon87]

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.
He even mentions the Great Castration in that book.

[zankishin]

orphanage by Robert buettner

[Dragon]

The cirque du freak saga by darren shan
The demonata saga by darren shan

Anything stephen king wrote

Richard pryors autobiography

[Akotchofa]

I like the Warrior and Wizard Heir books. Also Angels and Demons

[lovecherry]

It would really depend on your tastes, I thought I liked politics but after trying to read books about it, realised I really really did not.

I'm into children's books like Chronicles of Narnia, Classic Fairytales, The Secret Garden, The Little Princess, anything by Enid Blyton, Deltora's Quest.

I love classic literature like Jane Eyre (romance) and Wuthering Heights (romance) as well, but I tried to read War and Peace...I was so bored after the first page.

I like modern novels as well like Monday's Child/Tuesday's Child (romance), Memoirs of a Geisha (love the movie and the book) and the series by Jane M. Auel (heroine in stone age times).

And then those random books that you pick up that turn out to be a gem, Henry's Daughter (family drama), Walking Naked (teenage drama) and Blinded by the Light (cult stuff).

[Maszrum]

I recommend Dune by Frank Herbert. Really amazing book. Definitely worth reading.

All of Pratchett books. For those who love fantasy and a luttle wicked humour.

Witcher serie by Andrzej Sapkowski. I highy recommend it. My favorite books. If you can find good translation to english you definitely have to read it...it's fantasy of course.

Lord of The Rings and other Tolkien's books which's action takes place in MiddleEarth.

[Conholio]

Anything by Neil Gaiman either books or comics, and George Carlin's books are pretty interesting.

[Xelphus]

well, since im a HUGE star wars nerd i have to say Shadows of the Empire for a quick read or the Heir to the Empire trilogy by timothy zahn, and all four of those come in graphic novel format (i think)

but john grisham and sara douglass are good too imo

[airyie]

Darkly Dreaming Dexter- Jeff Linsey : Story of a loveable seriel killer.
Ender series
House of Leaves- I haven't read it yet because the correct format is very hard to find. It is completely unconventional with text in seemingly random directions. My friend read it and told me it was more like watching a movie than reading a book.

[Maszrum]

Two more to recommend: "Alice Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" by Lewis Carroll. I don't think these are books for kids. Seriously.

[annsaint]

they were written expressly to impress a little girl. the author was a pedophile and priest.

[ByAkuJiYeY]

i'd like to recommend the following books:

these are for the "romantics" they'll really sweep you off your feet.. *well, for me and my cousins, they did*:

`me and mr. darcy by alexandra potter (for all you jane austen/mr darcy enthusiasts out there)
`something wonderful, almost heaven, a kingdom of dreams, until you, whitney my love, & remember when by judith mcnaught (all of the mentioned are historicals regency era, except for remember when)
`royally jacked, spin control and do-over by niki burnham (for teens)
`the wallflowers series (secrets of a summer night, it happened one autumn, devil in winter, scandal in spring) by lisa kleypas
`no regrets by michele ann young
`in the stars by stacia deutsch & rhody cohon (also for teens)
`nicholas sparks' creations
`twilight series by stephenie meyer
`jane austen's books

other genres: (more of an inspirational actually)
`the Bible (the real thing, if you haven't read it yet. and i'd highly recommend the books of proverbs, ecclesiastes, wisdom of solomon, sirach, revelations, chorinthians, romans, matthew, mark, luke, john, if you want advices and if you want to discover and strengthen your faith)
`chicken soup for the soul
`mitch albom's books
`paulo coelho's books
`cirque du freak series
`MANGAS!!! :D

[The Pizza Man]

You're probably not into this, but I'll give it a shot: read "the Fabric of the Cosmos" by Brian Greene. It explains quantum physics and the latest discoveries, it's mind boggling. You don't really need to have much of a background in physics, it starts from the beginning.

[jedit3]

for fellow star wars fans
rouge squadron series
heir to the empire trilogy
for others
wheel of time series by Robert Jordan
Abhorson series by garth nix
MTG kamigawa trilogy
The Dark Templar Saga
Queen of Blades
Ender series by orson scott card
Shanara Series by Terry Brooks

[HanakoAbarai]

China Mieville - Perdido Street Station, The Scar etc.
anything by Neil Gaiman but The Sandman series and Neverwhere are my favourite
John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids, The Kraken Wakes, Chrysalids...
Max Brooks - World War Z
Mervyn Peake - Gormenghast trilogy
H.P.Lovecraft - anything about the Cthulhu
Robert Merle - Malevil

[Arc-Neo]

I just decided to read Eragon and I'm very happy with it, to say the least. :)

There aren't any other good books I know of, I haven't really checked and my personal favorites might not be to anyone's liking, :D.

Personally, any good book I like, even if it's not my favorite genre. :amused:

[Conholio]

I just finished Maus, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Both stark portrayals of their subject matter.
Both were well written. Fear and Loathing's writing style takes a little getting used to though.

[frack]

Try out Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas series. Dark humor and great writing. I love it.

[Yellow Ledbetter]

Not sure if it has been mentioned but I highly recommend The Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono . The first and second books are out so far in the U.S. (out of 7) and another one comes out each year. Really incredible if you like LOTR type stuff.

[cort]

Try Warhammer : Malus Dark Blade series , really thrilling ...

Tolkiens , The Children Of Hurin ... Its an EPIC .

[iroyoi-hollow!]

.....The Abhorsen series By Garth Nix......
hands down is amazing!

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
and
Heads By Harry by Louis Ann-Yamanaka

oh and the Redwall Series by Brain Jacques

YEAH also try the keys to the kingdom by garth nix

[metalsoup111]

Letter To A Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Breaking The Spell by Daniel Dennett

[BalrogLord]

Fantasy

Memories of Ice by steve erikson is a good book for those that like intricate characters and complex plots. if you like this one you can try the others (8/10 realeased, all ~1000pages long).

[Xova]

Normally i'd recommend anything by Jules Verne, they're quite ingenious.

[Milkshake]

Looking for something different, anything would do but leave out thriller and romance... Other than that, recommend me something for a good read.

[novae]

The Fire and Ice novels by E.E. Knight are pretty good. It isn't really a thriller series or a romance. But it is interesting and told from the perspective of a family of dragons. Each book so far focuses on one of the dragons from hatchling to drake/draka to dragon/dragonelle. There are three so far with the last one coming out near the end of the year. The first book is Dragon Champion.

[Milkshake]

Oops, sorry... I forgot to mention I didn't want any mystical fiction(the kind with magic & all that) too...Those kind of titles just don't appeal to me but thanks for suggesting.

[Question Mark?]

ender's game by Orscon Scott Card

Treason By Orscon Scott Card

both are amazing books that all must read.

[Yexley]

I always find the God Delusion to be an interesting and informative read. I would also recommend Harlequin by Bernard Cornwell.

[Xova]

Read Utopia by Thomas More, it's not thrilling or exciting, just interesting. Also Angels and Demons by Dan Brown is not bad.

[Milkshake]

Read Utopia by Thomas More, it's not thrilling or exciting, just interesting. Also Angels and Demons by Dan Brown is not bad.

Just the kind I'm looking for. Thank you.

[Fornicaras]

Killing Time by Caleb Carr. More or less about Conspiracy & betrayal in a late 21st century dystopia, excellent book.

[He's a Mentalist]

Read Norwegian wood, some Hemingway, and confessions of an economic hitman. Also read Paradise lost if you want as well.

[b1uttercup]

~By Reason of Insanity~ by Shane Stevens. Awesome book about a serial killer.

[frack]

Anything by Chuck Palahniuk is amazing. Some series that I highly recommend:

The Dark Tower (7 Books) -Stephen King
Odd Tomas Series (4 Books so far) -Dean Koontz
Redwall Series (At least 20 Books [probably more]) -Brian Jacques

[pumpkin13]

lol at angels and demons by dan brown... ok plotwise yeah its not too bad, but his books read like they were written by a 12 year old...

Someone mentioned Hemingway... try reading Fiesta: The Sun also Rises, then read Fitzgerald "Tender is the Night", then go back and reread Fiesta, just to truelly get a grip on how amazing Hemingway is.

I recommend pretty much every single one of the Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett, some are better than others, my fave is probably "The Fifth Elephant"

By Terry Pratchett and Niel Gaimen I highly recommend "Good Omens", kinda like the movie Dogma, only way better.

"The World According to Garp" by John Irving, that was so good i read it all in one go, started at 8pm and finished it at 8am the next morning...

"The Virgin Suicides" by Geoffrey Euginedes, darkly witty and a touching read, despite its humour.

If you can handle it, I highly recommend "American Psycho" by B.E. Ellis, I take no responsibility if you decide to go and read it and get mentally scarred for life, there's some sick stuff in it, but some equally genius writing and fantastically witty.

Steven Pressfield "Gates of Fire" personally i believe the most realistic and gripping account of the battle of Thermopylae, epic in every aspect. 300 eat your heart out.

Lianne Hearn "The Otori Chronicles" series (five books in total, the initial trilogy, a "15 years later", then a prequal to all of those). Really is a must for anyone who's even remotely into Japan's history and past culture/ samurai etc.

[manicsfan01]

the lord of the rings trilogy are 3 of the best books i have ever read and the DaVinci code they are must read books

[Peak]

Angels & Demons.

It's the same author that wrote the Da Vinci Code but this book was written before it.

Great book.

[Dogen]

Philip K Dick... an author after my heart. I'd recommend: Man in the High Castle, Ubik, Flow My Tears The Policeman Said (do not read the epilouge!!!), and lastly his VALIS "trilogy" which includes VALIS, The Divine Invasion, and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer. I'd read them in that order. He has quite a few more books too. If you like those then pick up another one of your choosing... I've read them all.

Non-fiction I'd recommend Alan Watts' The Way of Zen , D.T. Suzuki's Essays on Zen Buddhism, Joseph Campbell's Masks of God series (Masks is quite exhausting tho) along with his less tedious Hero of a Thousand Faces.

[Goroth]

Angels & Demons.

It's the same author that wrote the Da Vinci Code but this book was written before it.

Great book.

Do not forget his DIGITAL FORTRESS. A masterpiece, a must have for all computer geeks and freaks.

[Aya]

all pratchet books are good ~

[marszczyn]

Yes, they're epic.

[Meta]

Should I go buy the book of "Watchmen" or wait till the movie is released?
Coz you know it's kinda expensive atm 34€=40$...

[Soukatsu]

alex kava - written in blood

[Akayai]

The Flowers of Evil - Baudelaire was most enjoyable

[bigdon9]

believe it or not i would say the halo books were some of my favot=rites.they really told the story well and if u happen to be a halo fan you will really love them

[Firevixie]

Sherlock Holmes. It's addictive as hell. :odd:

[marszczyn]

Philllip Dick's science-ficton novels. He is an excellent writer.

[TW501]

A Hatred for Tulips

A Rats Tale

Shadows of the Empire

[Boss]

Hey I'm a fan of the writing styles of David Foster Wallace, Chuck Palahnuik, and Hunter S. Thompson. Does anyone have any suggestions for similar readings or authors?

[mokonafan]

Two words:

RED. WALL.
A kicka$$ series.

Artemis Fowl is always good, too. Here are some others:
Alex Rider
The Summoning
Darkside (Volumes one and two)
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
The Very Best of Monty Python (It's more of a reference-ish thing than an actual book, but you won't regret buying it, OR picking it up to skim through it)
The Christopher Killer
And many others I can't think of... LOL

[pumpkin13]

Hey I'm a fan of the writing styles of David Foster Wallace, Chuck Palahnuik, and Hunter S. Thompson. Does anyone have any suggestions for similar readings or authors?

Well, I'm fairly certain that Palahnuik and Thompson belong to a group of writers (or are at least relatively closely affiliated) called the "Beatnik" Generation. This includes the likes of Jack Kerouac (On the Road), J. D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye), even J. G. Ballard (famous for Empire of the Rising Sun). Arguably the godfather of the beatnik generation was William S. Burroughs, his most famous (and controversial) work being Naked Lunch. I've started reading it, but there's some really crazy shit in there, very difficult to read, it took me like a week of rereading passages and using urban dictionary to acclimatise to all the druggy/junky terminology and references, but if you like Thompson then you will probably like Burroughs.

As an aside, not really related to the beatniks, but not a far cry from Burroughs either, I highly, and i repeat HIGHLY recommend American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis. If you can handle Naked Lunch the American Psycho will literally be a walk in the park for you, its horrific amounts of gore, violence, sex and obscenity that is often complained about in relation the American Psycho is nothing on Naked Lunch. Hope you enjoy.

Legal Disclaimer: Warning, you read Naked Lunch and American Psycho at your own risk, I do not take responsibility for you getting right royally mind fucked and getting twisted for the rest of your life.

[Seanc]

ANYTHING by Terry Pratchett. All his books are good.

[Chantal]

I would say Shogun from James Clavell. It's a book about Japanese history. The headcharacter is a guy who travels to Japan, to get rich but after he came there a lot of things happen. It has romance,adventure, Japanese history as genres. There are also a few Japanese words written in the book.

[arech186]

I agree with nessa17 about the abhorsen series. I actually recommend most of Garth Nix's series such the Seventh Tower. I also recently read the Maximum Ride series so I recommend that as well.

[b1uttercup]

the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice........anyone into those kinds of books will love 'em....

[RipVanRagnarok]

the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice........anyone into those kinds of books will love 'em....

I think Interview, Lestat, and Queen of The Damned were the only good ones. Vittorio from the new Vampire Chronicles is worth mentioning. Too bad Rice says she's done with Vampire stuff.

[Planet_Unicorn]

-Any books by Dean Koontz or Stephen King. Both AMAZING writers that could (almost) never go wrong.

-The House of Night Series

-The Blue Bloods Series

-The Name of this Book is Secret

[airyie]

here's some of the books I liked and some I didn't:
http://www.shelfari.com/airyie/shelf
just look at the ratings

@RipVan Lestat was the best out of those three. Haven't gotten past queen of the damned because every time I bought the book it would misteriously disapear. I finally was able to read it in a library.

[skipshark]

If you really like Tolkien and Lord of The Rings, along with The Hobbit, and IFF you're really up to it, I recommend The Silmarillion and the Unfinished Tales. Pure fantasy. You'll understand after reading this why Tolkien is referred to as the father of modern fantasy. Furthermore if you REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLY are hardcore about it, check out the History of Middle Earth series, which is like 12 books really. They're sort of an Alternate history, more complex and whatnot.... If you've ever seen the movie Willow and liked it, Lucas wrote three books that aren't half bad to finish it up. They make up the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy. Aside from fantasy and philosophy, I don't believe I'm much good...oh then there's the Catcher in the Rye and the russian novel Fathers and Sons...

[arthur11]

-A Brave New World. - Amazing classic

[stig]

For book lovers (with brain) reading these books is like drinking a 3 shot espresso right in Italy....

1)The Day Of The Jackal

2)The Fountainhead

3)Atlas Shrugged

4)A Thousand Splendid Suns

[Nephi]

The Alchimist-Paulo Coelho

Great book. Sth to think about a few things :nod:

[airyie]

brave new world was messed up and the plot ran thin in the middle. For a dis utopia book I would probably have to recommend 1984 over this... sorry arthur11

[Dragonaar]

One book that I would really like to recommend is TH White's "The Once and Future King"....it is, in my opinion, a truly marvelous book...

[b1uttercup]

I think Interview, Lestat, and Queen of The Damned were the only good ones. Vittorio from the new Vampire Chronicles is worth mentioning. Too bad Rice says she's done with Vampire stuff.

very true, i never cared for Vittorio from the new Chronicles......and, true, it's ashame that she's not doing that vampire stuff anymore....but,. i loved her Interview with a vampire best, only cause it was the first one i read.....the the others are equally as good.....did you ever read her book called the Witching Hour???? I enjoyed that one.....alot of "filler" stuff, that could of been left out, but still, a really good read.....glad to know that there's another Anne Rice reader here...

[RipVanRagnarok]

No, I haven't read the Witching Hour. I 'm really picky about which books I read by her since some of them aren't as great as say Interview With The Vampire.

Now I have to get back into finishing Lestat off. I bought Interview and Queen of The Damned from my high school library's book sale way back when.

[Kyo]

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. A masterpiece and a great introduction to philosophy. Veronika Decides to Die (Paulo Coehlo) is nice also. Much better than The Alchemist IMO. Then there's A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini, Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand, pretty much everything by Richard Dawkins, and Salman Rushdie's The Enchantress of Florence and Shalimar The Clown.

[airyie]

meh. I didn't like sophie's world. Translated it is basically a Philosophy text book. I'm currently reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies....It is a play off the original Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

[Kyo]

meh. I didn't like sophie's world. Translated it is basically a Philosophy text book. I'm currently reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies....It is a play off the original Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.


Yeah, but it's a good introduction to the subject nonetheless. I was traumatized by Jane Austen during my high school days and I still haven't got over it. Lol. Do you like contemporary African literature?

[airyie]

@ kyoketsuki: you mean like achebe's things fall apart?

[Kyo]

@ kyoketsuki: you mean like achebe's things fall apart?

Yep. If you like contemporary African literature, try Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - A Grain of Wheat.

EDIT: I almost forgot, for those interested in Eastern Mysticism, Philosophy & Physics, try this : Fritjof Capra - The Tao of Physics. Fucks you up in the head though. Great read nonetheless.

[airyie]

^i'll look for it the next time i go to half price books.

[Falariel]

strangers by taichi yamada ---> good book :D

[wolffsAsquirrel]

The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, its a three book set: Ilse Witch, Antrax, Morgawr they go in that order. also theThe Genesis of Shannara another set: Armageddon's Children, The Elves of Cintra, The Gypsy Morph that order. Both sets are by Terry Brooks. Anything of his books connected to those sets (they all connect throughout the stories.) are great. Im not a big reader, but when i find a book i like i can't put em down. I was the same way with the Red Wall series by Brian Jacques.

[Yoruichi-hime]

I am currently reading:
Jim Marrs - Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramid

this book is simply amazing and shocking. but i warn you, it has side effects: in my case i am seriously starting to hate this fake world we live in. if you're happy with your POV on the world than don't read it.^^

[ш『††Shinigami††』ш]

Skulduggery Pleasant by Alex Lander and the Harry Potter Series by J.K Rowling.

[notorious UZIMAKI]

comedy/satire - I am invincible - fiction about two opposing superheroes as narrated from their perspectives - manages to simultaneously skewer and pay homage to every superhero cliche.

nonfiction - living buddha, living christ - thich nhat hanh - amazing book exposing the parrallels amongst two of the largest religions and encouraging openmindedness and acceptance of the best parts of all religions

[arctic_zakura077]

books by haruki murakami (e.g. blind willow, sleeping woman)

the Bible :amused:

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

[croaker]

The Black Company Series by Glen Cook, is a good fantasy series.

Any thing by Robert Heinlien; Starship troopers, The Cat Who Walks through Walls, Stranger in a Strange Land, Time Enough for Love.

If you like Military/Espionage books W.E.B. Griffin; Presidential Agent Series is a must read. He also writes a good series about the Marine Corps, and has a WWII series as well.

[-MaNi-]

well, putting harry potter aside, my favourite author (non fiction, adventure, fantasy) would be ian irvine. His well of the echo's quartet was very well done, so i would suggest giving that a read to anyone who likes this sort of stuff.

[Spyro]

If you're looking for a series, look no further than the "A Series of Unfortunate Events" be Lemony Snicket. There a few years old now, but they're very good books :) There's thirteen books in total, too.

[Shunshin Yoruichi]

I`m a bookworm so I`d suggest some books. Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, and the warrior/wizard/dragon heir (it is all one series with the word heir at the end, and the list is in order) try those books you people who read, they`re good.

[Skirr]

Hardcore sci fi:
The Complete Robot
Foundation
Foundation and Empire (still reading, wonderful so far)
^Isaac Asimov

2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke (though I'm sure I'll read the whole Odyssey saga)

[.Banshee]

TWILIGHT!

...for many heartaches and headaches

But read (if you are mature enough) The Gentleman Bastards series by Scott Lynch. Guaranteed to keep you coming back for more. Another good read (also if you are mature enough) is the Troy Game series by Sara Douglass.

[airyie]

Death: a life
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it is soooo funny. It had me laughing on a plane for five hours...

[Skirr]

^If you like funny, check out everything written by Douglas Adams. I read the Hitchhikers books a few years back, in the middle of the night, and I think woke up the whole house doing so.

[airyie]

yeah. I read the hitchhiker's book just before the movie came out. It was good, funny, and had some sort of plot.

[Skirr]

There's four more books. With increasingly silly plots.

[airyie]

I've heard of them. Like restaurant at the end of the universe...or something.
I find them funny, just not that funny.

[micsquared]

I'd recommend any journalistic pieces by Hunter S. Thompson. A lot of the time, his work falls to the wayside in light of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but he really was so much more than that.

[jeuxaijin]

house of leaves years after reading i still get flashbacks like it was some traumatic event i went through.

[Sahar]

I just finished reading All men are mortal. One of the best books I've ever read.

[airyie]

Currently trying to buy and read the Dresden Files...Which are really good and interesting...I'm completely hooked.

[sakura487]

CIRQUE DU FREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!! it is one hell of a series and so worth reading but what ever you do, DO NOT, i repeat DO NOT!!!! see the movie first there is no way it can compare

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