Looking for a good book to read

lilRicki

If you don't mind a longer book, Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet (sp?) is pretty amazing.

I'm reading that one right now actually...

"The Count of Monte Cristo," by Alexander Dumas
"Three Cups of Tea," by Greg Mortenson

Read these two, they're both REALLY GOOD

binary_jester

Playboy...but just for the articles.

I am also just started The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. Great trilogy.
Another set I just finished was The Dark Materials. Very good.
Hitchhiker's Guide is always a great fall back. I could read those over and over again.

Giddeaon

I'm a huge book nut. I take a reading challenge each year. Thus far, in 2010, I've read 72 books for a grand total of about 29,000 pages of the written word. I'm always looking for suggestions on good books to pick up.

Without a doubt, the best place to get suggestions on books is to check out goodreads.com. It is an amazing social networking site for avid readers. It makes recommendations based on your book lists, and there are hundreds of groups to join that can also make suggestions. If you really want to fine-tune your suggestions, it's the best site I've found (also tried librarything, shelfari, and a few others).

Oh - and a lot of authors post on goodreads about their progress writing their books, so you can easily keep track of when your favorite authors are releasing new books.

Hope that helps!

Kminor67

Have you ever read Ishmael? I LOVED that book!

amelia_atlantic

"A Million Little Pieces" can't remember the author. It was an Oprah book a few years ago. It's kind of harsh though. Its about a guy who was a drug addict and his life in rehab. I really enjoyed it though. It's semi-autobiographical. The author did go through most of what he wrote, but his true life story ends a little differently.

David Frey! That book is GUT WRENCHING at times but a great read!

I'm personally obsessed with memoirs and autobiographies so:

Running with Scissors-Augusten Borroughs (A million times better than the movie)
The Liars Club-Mary Karr
Girl, Interrupted- Susana Kaysen (very different from the movie)
How to make love like a porn star-Jenna Jameson (surprisingly well written considering)

Anything by Wally Lamb or Tom Robbinson!

Happy Reading!

UpToAnyCool

Top Three:
-JD Salinger: Franny and Zooey
-Haruki Murakami: A Wild Sheep Chase (Wind-up Bird is a close 2nd.)
-Zadie Smith: White Teeth

Kind of about running and how it relates to culture at large (not just about running culture, per se):
Born to Run by Christopher MacDougall

jessemerson86

I'm more into books with murder/kidnappings/etc. I won't list book titles, because there are MANY that I enjoy and have read over and over again. That being said, a few of my favorite authors are: Mary Higgins Clark, Tami Hoag, Alex Kava, and Iris Johansen.

smuehlbauer

Ok - so I checked out A Million Little Pieces.
I had to get on the wait list for The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo and The Help.
I'm excited to start my book, and now I have a list of books to read over Christmas/New Years while I'm laid up from surgery!
Thanks again!
Steph :flowerforyou:

cardbucfan

There are some great books on here that I have read and several I would like to! I know you said no series but... I was told about a series a few years ago and it is so good. After I read the first book, I discovered it is actually considered juvenile fiction! It's called The Hunger Games and it's being suggested as the next series of young adult books to follow in Harry Potter's footsteps (also amazing).

By the way, I'm a 47 year old mother of teen boys and also love Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Tami Hoag, David Baldacci, Jodi Picoult and Ken Follett (I don't just read young adult!). Really want to read the Zombie book!

sillygoose1977

Anything by:

Wally Lamb, Anne Tyler, Augusten Burroughs, or Tom Perotta (especially Little Children). I also love Christopher Moore for a good laugh but some people are put off by his content. Happy reading!

kristi223

BUMP!!

karenjoy

Best books I have read over the last few years that come to mind RIGHT NOW....

Time Travelers Wife (WAY better than the stupid movie)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (funny name - fabulous can't put down book)

Both are fabulous books!

I read Guernsey as well & it was fantastic!

Is it the one about Guernsey during the occupation? I have heard of it but could not remember the name

bjgdal

Wow! I've read a lot of these and there's a lot of good suggestions. I'll second "The Secret Life of Bees" and add Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Actually, I've enjoyed everything I've read by Follett but he does mostly historical fiction based on fact so if you're not into that you won't like them. They ARE long and sometimes tedious to get through.

I've wondered about The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo...that's going on my list now!

HealthyChanges2010

I'm a huge book nut. I take a reading challenge each year. Thus far, in 2010, I've read 72 books for a grand total of about 29,000 pages of the written word. I'm always looking for suggestions on good books to pick up.

Without a doubt, the best place to get suggestions on books is to check out goodreads.com. It is an amazing social networking site for avid readers. It makes recommendations based on your book lists, and there are hundreds of groups to join that can also make suggestions. If you really want to fine-tune your suggestions, it's the best site I've found (also tried librarything, shelfari, and a few others).

Oh - and a lot of authors post on goodreads about their progress writing their books, so you can easily keep track of when your favorite authors are releasing new books.

Hope that helps!

Thanks for the idea of web book list sites, awesome!:flowerforyou:

JennyBoBenny

I'm so glad I found this thread! I'm a book lover too and now have some suggestions to follow up on! A colleague at work has talked about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series - says he can't put them down!

I just ordered Portia De Rossi's memoir Unbearable Lightness about her self-esteem and body image challenges (anorexia). You can preview a few pages on amazon.ca and it looks very good. Can't wait.

I'm in love with the Outlander series too but don't read a whole lot of fiction - mostly memoirs and non-fiction of various subjects. I do enjoy the occassional novel though for sure.

Happy Reading!