Can you reccommend a good book for me?

Lochlyn_D
Lochlyn_D Posts: 492 Member
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I am an avid reader. I read 5 - 10 books a month. Recently, I have found myself out of good ones. I have gone through so many lately that I was bored out of by chapter two.

I love the classics, though I have probably read most of the more popular ones.
I like almost anything about Ancient Rome.
I do not like teenage centric books or romance novels ( I mean solely romance, I don't mind a good love story but that can't be all there is)
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  • Lochlyn_D
    Lochlyn_D Posts: 492 Member
    I should mention I love Joseph Conrad and Margaret Atwood. I think I have read all of their works but I'm open to anything similar.
  • BenchPressingCats
    BenchPressingCats Posts: 1,826 Member
    Do you like philosophy or anything like that? I have a really good philosophy book, but it's kind of hard to get through. If you're willing to take the chance, I'll give you the title.
  • sixout
    sixout Posts: 3,128 Member
    Microserfs by Douglas Coupland is really good.
  • Leigh0885
    Leigh0885 Posts: 1
    Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Anything by James Patterson or Jodi Picoult ( My sister's Keeper, 19 minutes) Some of my favorites
  • runawayescape
    runawayescape Posts: 58 Member
    http://www.goodreads.com/
    http://www.whoelsewriteslike.com/
    These are good sites to help you find new books.

    Also, I really like The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
  • kylamaries
    kylamaries Posts: 291
    I'm not much for books like this but you should definitely check out Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns." He writes about life in Afghanistan through the eyes of the younger generation (typically children/teenagers who grow into adults as the book progresses). It's most definitely not a romance book and while it does include teenage characters, it's such a different culture that it is -- in no way -- a young adult book. I would never have even given it a chance if it wasn't a required book in one of my classes. I thoroughly enjoyed it and ended up reading his first book ("The Kite Runner") which I found was still very good, but not as good as "A Thousand Splendid Suns." Look it up on Amazon for a preview inside the book and see what you think! :-)
  • Lochlyn_D
    Lochlyn_D Posts: 492 Member
    Microserfs by Douglas Coupland is really good.

    Looks interesting. Kind of 1984-ish. I'll be checking this one out for sure.
  • Lochlyn_D
    Lochlyn_D Posts: 492 Member
    I'm not much for books like this but you should definitely check out Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns." He writes about life in Afghanistan through the eyes of the younger generation (typically children/teenagers who grow into adults as the book progresses). It's most definitely not a romance book and while it does include teenage characters, it's such a different culture that it is -- in no way -- a young adult book. I would never have even given it a chance if it wasn't a required book in one of my classes. I thoroughly enjoyed it and ended up reading his first book ("The Kite Runner") which I found was still very good, but not as good as "A Thousand Splendid Suns." Look it up on Amazon for a preview inside the book and see what you think! :-)

    Read the Kite Runner. Didn't like it much. I don't think I'll be giving this writer another chance. thanks though.
  • Lochlyn_D
    Lochlyn_D Posts: 492 Member
    http://www.goodreads.com/
    http://www.whoelsewriteslike.com/
    These are good sites to help you find new books.

    Also, I really like The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

    Will look into the Book Thief. Sounds right up my alley.
  • Lochlyn_D
    Lochlyn_D Posts: 492 Member
    Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Anything by James Patterson or Jodi Picoult ( My sister's Keeper, 19 minutes) Some of my favorites

    A bit too mass market for me but thanks.
  • Lochlyn_D
    Lochlyn_D Posts: 492 Member
    Do you like philosophy or anything like that? I have a really good philosophy book, but it's kind of hard to get through. If you're willing to take the chance, I'll give you the title.

    I've been known to dabble. What do you have?
  • NYactor1
    NYactor1 Posts: 9,642 Member
    Anything by Zygmunt Bauman
  • 37434958
    37434958 Posts: 457 Member
    7 habits for highly effective teens by Sean Covey :P
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    Bump my reading has hit a dry spell
  • wwwdotcr
    wwwdotcr Posts: 128 Member
    Cat in the Hat
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    I liked warm bodies it was suprisingly well written
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
  • BeTheFire
    BeTheFire Posts: 102 Member
    "The End of Oil" Illustrates how this world will always be dependent on fossil fuels.
  • loislenski
    loislenski Posts: 89 Member
    You said you enjoy the classics so my recommendations if you haven't already read them are any of Charles ****ens and Jane Austen novels. Those are some of my favorites. :)
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    The picture of dorian grey by oscar wilde is my all time fav.
  • laurarpa
    laurarpa Posts: 244 Member
    I just read and really enjoyed "Life after life" Kate Atkinson. I also liked 11/22/63 by Stephen King.
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    "Bless the Beasts and Children" by Glendon Swarthout.

    "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak

    Also "False Memory" and "Intensity" both by Dean Koontz were particularly gripping and, well, intense! :)
  • ChanceTakr2131
    ChanceTakr2131 Posts: 96
    Anything by Sylvia Browne
  • amberlykay1014
    amberlykay1014 Posts: 608 Member
    I just read three of Lionel Shriver's novels and I wasn't disappointed. I read "We Need to Talk About Kevin," "The Post-Birthday World" and "So Much for That." All were charming and smartly written.
  • amberlykay1014
    amberlykay1014 Posts: 608 Member
    If you are looking for something totally adventurous, terrifying, and different, please look into "House of Leaves" by Mark Z Danielewski. Hands down, one of the best books I ever opened.

    You're in for a ride...
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    One of the best things I have ever read is The Name Of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Great, lyrical, wonderful.
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    Really enjoyed "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein. Told from the dog's POV.

    I also just finished "Room" by Emma Donoghue. I can't say exactly that I "enjoyed" it, because it was very dark (think the kidnapping story from Ohio, told by the child's POV) but I could NOT put it down.

    Ken Follett is an author who's worth reading, the Pillars of the Earth and its sequel World Without End are both really big, epic tales, and very engrossing. I got very attached to the characters.
  • ReinasWrath
    ReinasWrath Posts: 1,173 Member
    The Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks :)
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    Love me some John Grisham.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    One of the best things I have ever read is The Name Of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Great, lyrical, wonderful.

    I love this book. Have you read the second one?

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