NEED a GREAT BOOK, NOW!

dwh77tx
dwh77tx Posts: 513 Member
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I'm an avid reader, and have tried about 20 samples on my kindle app and STILL can't find a book! I like authors like Jodi Picoult, Diane Chamberlain, Wally Lamb. I like memoirs, I even read a murder mystery called "the Butcher" last week which was excellent. I have read " The Help", which was probably the best book I have read in a long time. Please add your suggestions- I want a page turner. I'm not feeling well and need something to take my mind off things!
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  • jacques57
    jacques57 Posts: 2,129 Member
    Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains. Bio of Dr. Paul Farmer. It will blow your mind.
  • emilybeatrice1
    emilybeatrice1 Posts: 163 Member
    The maze runner
  • JulieGirl58
    JulieGirl58 Posts: 158 Member
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
  • Shalaurise
    Shalaurise Posts: 707 Member
    Well... there was this 50 Shades of Grey thread. :P
  • Courtnee80
    Courtnee80 Posts: 62 Member
    You could try The Queen of the Tearling.
  • 365andstillalive
    365andstillalive Posts: 663 Member
    The Kite Runner or Thousand Splendid Suns.
    I can't remember which one technically comes first, but they're two of the best books I've ever read (and I'm an avid reader as well). I've never had anyone I've recommended them to not like them and they're beautifully written books.
  • dpwellman
    dpwellman Posts: 3,271 Member
    The Evolutionary Psychology Behind Politics
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon

    That's a good one.

    Also, The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin

    Lucy Knisley's graphic novel French Milk
  • victoria43068
    victoria43068 Posts: 14
    Also an avid reader here! Here are just a few awesome books: The time keeper by Mitch Albom. One Summer by David Baldacci. The Life and times of the thunderbolt kid by Bill Bryson ..trust me, all awesome books!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,241 Member
    I just started reading The Life of Pi, just because it was the only thing on my Kindle I hadn't read - it is gripping! Beautifully written and enthralling.
  • jole721
    jole721 Posts: 24 Member
    The Orphan Train or The Book Thief, I liked both of those.
  • Smirnoff65
    Smirnoff65 Posts: 1,060 Member
    Game of Thrones series (A Song of Ice and Fire)
  • trevor615
    trevor615 Posts: 19 Member
    Room by Emma Donoghue
    One of the most disturbing and (at the same time) one of the most uplifting books I have ever read. The style of writing is amazing. Once you start it, you will not be able to put it down. Once you finish it, it will stay with you in your thoughts for quite some time. Really a great read.
  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member
    I see someone else has recommended Khaled Hosseini. I recently read "And the Mountains Echoed." But I've loved all his books.
  • Lemongrab13
    Lemongrab13 Posts: 206 Member
    Still not over the Song of Ice and Fire series. Never read books that fast before :bigsmile:
    Other than that: The Book Thief, The Alchemist, Let The Right One In, Batman: The Black Mirror, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
  • fierythrill
    fierythrill Posts: 7 Member
    I recommend Fault in Our Stars by John Green (don't let the movie scare you off haha), the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and State of Fear by Michael Crichton
  • caseyjarryn
    caseyjarryn Posts: 61 Member
    The Bronze Horseman - Paullina Simons! Best. Book. Ever.
  • neonemesis
    neonemesis Posts: 74 Member
    i seconds Game of thrones (A song of ice and Fire)
  • CarolinaGirlinVA
    CarolinaGirlinVA Posts: 1,508 Member
    Are you on www.goodreads.com? They have a great recommendation feature where I find most of my books.

    One that stuck with me was The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta. Also, I just finished The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom...also good.
  • Ferrea
    Ferrea Posts: 19 Member
    Couple of page turners I've read recently:

    Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Maria Semple)
    ^^ very funny, compulsively readable

    Robopocalypse (Daniel H. Wilson)
    ^^ sci-fi thriller about robots taking over the world, very hard to put down
  • deluxmary2000
    deluxmary2000 Posts: 981 Member
    "And the Mountains Echoed"
    If you're in the mood for scary, "Pen Pal" scared me to death and was a page turner.
    "The Wool Omnibus" was a dystopian nightmare (in a good way)
  • deluxmary2000
    deluxmary2000 Posts: 981 Member
    Not to go too off-topic, but is there a way to "bookmark" a thread on this site so I can go back to it later? I'm often looking for good book recommendations, but I currently have a newborn so I haven't been reading as much lately. Hope to get back to it soon!
  • j_bark
    j_bark Posts: 1,274 Member
    Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

    PS. I am going to plug Goodreads here. They do a pretty good job of recommendations if you have your reading history in there.
  • abyt42
    abyt42 Posts: 1,358 Member
    Plainsong (Kent Heruf)
    Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler)
    Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)

    Ready Player One (if you're a bit of an 80s geek)
    Red Shirts
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Not to go too off-topic, but is there a way to "bookmark" a thread on this site so I can go back to it later? I'm often looking for good book recommendations, but I currently have a newborn so I haven't been reading as much lately. Hope to get back to it soon!

    I know a lot of people use goodreads.com

    Another idea, which I love, is using Pinterest...I have a board for each year starting with 2012 and pin everything I read with 1-5 star ratings, it is fun to look back on and refer to for friends and whatever...also I have a "secret" Pinterest board with books I plan to read or what's been recommended to me lately.

    Hope this helps!
  • terra32907
    terra32907 Posts: 33 Member
    Gone Girl....first time in a long time I got to the end of a book and was dumbfounded by all the twists and the ending.
  • toolzz
    toolzz Posts: 163 Member
    I'm terrible with titles but anything by Stephen King or John Irving. I will second Gone Girl - it was a great read. The Outlander series is awesome (Diana Gabaldon)....so many books to read....
  • ShannonS921
    ShannonS921 Posts: 194
    Game of Thrones series (A Song of Ice and Fire)

    ^This.

    I'm in the middle of book three now and it's seriously addicting.
  • chanadh
    chanadh Posts: 4
    The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell refuses to leave me alone every time I read it.

    I also second pretty much everything abyt42 suggested!
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,031 Member
    bump for book ideas... I'm always open for new ones to read

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