Got a Kindle -- School me on what I should read

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  • nikinyx6
    nikinyx6 Posts: 772 Member
    My favorite classic is the "The Scarlett Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

    Modern: "Unbreakable". Memoir about a man who was a Japanese prisoner.. really riveting and heart wrenching.

    I can't find 'Unbreakable' remember the author?
  • docdrd
    docdrd Posts: 174 Member
    Classics -- If you like ****ens, David Copperfield was my favorite. A lot of people recommended others I would have suggested. Not seen yet, how about including some Mark Twain - I thought Innocents Abroad was laugh out loud funny. For modern authors, I loved Pat Conroy - Lords of Discipline and Prince of Tides were two of my favorites, and though I would not necessarily call them "classics", the Potter series was brilliant. A completely original construct and extraordinarily clever. Good luck and enjoy!
  • meat03man
    meat03man Posts: 23 Member
    I agree with you on Twilight and 50 shades, but I have to disagree, The Harry Potter series are one of the best things ever written. I read a lot and if you get a chance give the Harry Potter's a chance. But really I like Slaughterhouse Five, and Lord of the Flies was really good. I read a ton of Stephen King and I am about half way through The Stand it has been great so far. A Clockwork Orange was great.
  • Bucky83
    Bucky83 Posts: 1,194 Member
    I don't know if you'd call it a classic, but one of my all time favourite books is Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer. My two favourite authors are men: Jeffrey Archer and James Patterson. I particularly like the Women's Murder Club series by James Patterson.
  • Blondehelmet
    Blondehelmet Posts: 32 Member
    Basically a lot of the classics are free because they're out of copyright.

    Classics I liked that were free on amazon:
    The mysterious island by jukes Verne (I think val Kilmer was in a movie version of it but please don't hold that against the book)
    Moby **** by Herman Melville
    Madame Bovary by gustave Flaubert
    Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (coming out as a movie soon so good time to read it)
    Grimms Fairy Tales by the bothers Grimm was actually awesome, and very different from the versions I knew about
    Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

    Also a classic, but maybe not free is the Gormenghast Trilogy By Mervyn Peake, victorian gothic novel at its best.

    And I agree, Game of Thrones might not be a classic yet but it will be!

    Hope this helps!
    Bec
  • amphion
    amphion Posts: 48
    Check out http://www.gutenberg.org/ they have pretty much all the classics. Tolstoy is good if you want to feel depressed.
  • Pandorian
    Pandorian Posts: 2,055 Member
    Don't forget to check out the 40,000 free e-books at
    http://www.gutenberg.org/
    classics that are out of copyright, on the Canadian one I found sequels to some "traditional" fairy tales,
    de la Mare, Walter
    **** and the Beanstalk, same problem as Moby **** gets censored but...
    many others depending on what you're looking for..
    made for a good read and an untold story, to me at least, there's a few of them just get what you want.


    http://gutenberg.ca/

    And LOL at the last post prior to mine mentioning it as I was typing mine.
  • cannonsky
    cannonsky Posts: 850 Member
    books.... read books....
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    GAME OF THRONES! It's pretty freaking fantastic. Each book is an epic 800-1000 pages.

    Oh and "Let's Pretend This Never Happened" by Jenni Lawson. Her blog is gut-busting hilarious so her book should be quite the romp.
  • brandimacleod
    brandimacleod Posts: 368 Member
    books.... read books....

    Yep! I work in publishing, and am fortunate enough to edit business/entrepreneur/financial how to's. It doesn't matter what you read, just read. Read because you are learning. Read because you are relaxing. Read for fun. Read...:smile:
  • Weebs628
    Weebs628 Posts: 574 Member
    The Great Gatsby is on my list... Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter started out really good and kind of flopped at the end for me, personally.
  • Heather_Rider
    Heather_Rider Posts: 1,159 Member
    My favorite waas catcher in the rye..

    check out 50 shades.. you might learn somethin ;)
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    Don't forget to check out the 40,000 free e-books at
    http://www.gutenberg.org/
    classics that are out of copyright, on the Canadian one I found sequels to some "traditional" fairy tales,
    de la Mare, Walter
    **** and the Beanstalk, same problem as Moby **** gets censored but...
    many others depending on what you're looking for..
    made for a good read and an untold story, to me at least, there's a few of them just get what you want.


    http://gutenberg.ca/

    And LOL at the last post prior to mine mentioning it as I was typing mine.

    And I've just discovered that you can download Gutenberg books in Kindle format (maybe everyone else knows that, but it was new to me!). I have the Kindle app on my iPhone and iPad and have read all kinds of good stuff.
    But not Anna Karenina, I couldn't get past the first few chapters, it was just so tedious!

    And have a look at ereaderlove.com - stacks of free e-books there.
  • Blondehelmet
    Blondehelmet Posts: 32 Member
    Drborkbork- I also just finished reading "let's pretend this never happened" freaking hilarious! Kept getting odd looks on the tram to work from spluttering and trying not to laugh out loud! Awesome!
  • Pkiddy
    Pkiddy Posts: 145 Member
    Personally, i say read everything you can get your hands on. With the Nook there was some free books to download, see if the Kindle has it too. :)
  • lukeout007
    lukeout007 Posts: 1,237 Member
    check out 50 shades.. you might learn somethin ;)

    Oh there's not much to learn that I'm not already well practiced in.
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,173 Member
    To Kill A Mockingbird...one of my favorite books.

    Oh & the collected works of Edgar Allen Poe...
  • ImperfektAngel
    ImperfektAngel Posts: 811 Member
    check out books by Haruki Murakami
  • Octopies
    Octopies Posts: 157 Member
    "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov, despite the taboo subject, is a really good, well-written book that is actually mentally stimulating. The man is a poet with the English language even though it was his second or third language learned.
    If creepiness ain't your thing, try "Pale Fire" by the same author.
    Nabokov is one of my favorite authors, despite falling out of my science fiction and real science bubble.
  • lukeout007
    lukeout007 Posts: 1,237 Member
    "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov, despite the taboo subject, is a really good, well-written book that is actually mentally stimulating. The man is a poet with the English language even though it was his second or third language learned.
    If creepiness ain't your thing, try "Pale Fire" by the same author.
    Nabokov is one of my favorite authors, despite falling out of my science fiction and real science bubble.

    Taboo and Creepy? Tell me more...I've never heard of Lolita.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    It's about a man having a sexual affair with his 12 year old stepdaughter. Definitely creepy and taboo.

    On my Kindle I have all of Edgar Allan Poe's works, the entire Sherlock Holmes collection, and all of H.P. Lovecraft's works. Also, I'm into history, so I'm currently reading General William T. Sherman's memoirs, it's a good read and lends a very interesting perspective on history (I'm currently reading about his exploits in California during the gold rush.)

    There's tons of free stuff to find, just wander the Kindle Store. I just downloaded a free textbook on Latin grammar.
  • free2live72003
    free2live72003 Posts: 186
    The Jungle--can't remember the author
  • Octopies
    Octopies Posts: 157 Member
    The Jungle--can't remember the author
    Upton Sinclair :D
  • MEMA5
    MEMA5 Posts: 93 Member
    JAMES PATERSON BOOKS ARE GOOD, PATRICIA CORNWELL, I AGREE WITH 50 SHADES OF GRAY WAS BORING..GOOD LUCK
  • ZarrX86
    ZarrX86 Posts: 38
    Little Women
    Tom Sawyer
    Scarlet Letter
    Alices adventure in wonderland.

    All free, just google best free kindle books and amazon gives a huge list of them
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    Yes, read To Kill a Mockingbird again!
    CS Lewis Chronicles of Narnia
    CS Lewis' sci-fi series was just released to e-books, too
  • ReinasWrath
    ReinasWrath Posts: 1,173 Member
    The Game of Thrones books by George RR Martin are REALLY good. the Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks is very good too. Call of the Wild by Jack London is good too :D Life of Pii by Yann Martell is also so good :flowerforyou:

    Happy reading!!!
  • Klamber26
    Klamber26 Posts: 212
    Well you're a guy, so maybe these are too feminine-- but Gone with the WInd and Les Mis are must-reads.

    Personal favorites that haven't been mentioned already are Slaughterhouse-five/ Cat's Cradle/ Breakfast of Champions (anything Vonnegut really) and The Master and Margarita .

    You could always try out a classic western, too. Lol. In which case I recommend Lonesome Dove. Jeez, I love that book.

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