The one book everyone should read?!?
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Anything by Dr Suess.
I was so going to say...every child should read Suess!0 -
Easy. 1984. Hands down, my favorite book ever.
Oh, this one was epic too! I'm such a book worm!0 -
The Bible.
It will change your life.
A little irony: grew up in church learning all about the Bible. I can still recite all of the New Testament chapters from memory! Decided to read the Bible for real when I was out of college (not just devotionals like I used to, started from page 1 to the end). Now I'm an agnostic atheist!
Some messed up stuff in that book!
That Mary Magdalene seems quite the good time girl doesnt she!
I'm mostly talking about how everyone dies horrible deaths for moments of weakness, a supreme being with confidence issues playing with his greatest follower by torturing him, and justifications for horrendous crimes.
But yea! Compared to all of that, Mary M. seems like a saint! I'd drink a beer with her, for sure!0 -
Mort is awesome. I love terry pratchett. Good omens is ridiculously great as well. Again - off the wall humor kind of thing.
Another great one -- Good Omens. Wish they'd make that one into a movie.0 -
I love how people use no offence to to mean "you are not allowed to be offended by the offensive thing I about to say".0
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ANYTHING by Terry Pratchet
Discworld books are set in a fantasy world but Pratchett is a witty and satirical writer. You'll laugh out loud.
Specifically any book with the Death character in, Start with Mort, and move onto Soul Music. Binky is an amazing character too!
Hope you give this a go and you love it as much as me! xxx
OMG yes
I love the Discworld series - so hilarious, witty, and brilliantly realised as well. 0 -
The Bible.
It will change your life.
A little irony: grew up in church learning all about the Bible. I can still recite all of the New Testament chapters from memory! Decided to read the Bible for real when I was out of college (not just devotionals like I used to, started from page 1 to the end). Now I'm an agnostic atheist!
Some messed up stuff in that book!
That Mary Magdalene seems quite the good time girl doesnt she!
I'm mostly talking about how everyone dies horrible deaths for moments of weakness, a supreme being with confidence issues playing with his greatest follower by torturing him, and justifications for horrendous crimes.
But yea! Compared to all of that, Mary M. seems like a saint! I'd drink a beer with her, for sure!
That sounds like Hamlet.0 -
The Book Thief
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The Life of Pi
They're both easy to read and engaging and oh so good :]0 -
Les Miserables-Victor Hugo.0
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The Stand and The Talisman both by Stephen King. I've read both about 5 times.
Hmmm, now I want to read again.0 -
The girl with a dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson is very gripping a thriller :-)
If you aren't an avid reader, this won't work for you....took me over 150 pages to get into it....it's like the with ALL 3 of those.
A Game of Thrones, fantastic.
Enders Game (the sci-fi book for people who don't like sci-fi)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (a must)
And for some seriously well done post-apocalyptic 80's throwback (can you get all the 80's references in this book?) Ready Player One by Earnest Cline. Toppled Enders Game as my favorite all time book.
agreed on the Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings---Both very awesome!!0 -
Robert Rankin's great if you want something amusing - especially his Brentford Trilogy. He describes himself as a writer of 'far-fetched fiction' and I think it's a pretty accurate description. He's influenced a lot of my writing certainly 0
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The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolfe 0
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The Help.
Although Harry Potter sort of changed my life when I was 14, lol.0 -
World War Z by Max Brooks
A Song of Ice and Fire series a.k.a. Game of Thrones by George RR Martin (The first time I ever read a book and had to set it down (multiple times) because I just felt like I was '*****' slapped, but in a good way, "You know nothing, Jon Snow")
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
The Stand by Stephen King0 -
If you're not an avid reader start with something light. The suggestions about Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Koontz or Grisham are all good suggestions. If you're going to read a classic, I think the Scarlet Pimpernel might be good.0
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The Bible.
It will change your life.
He dies at the end.0 -
Personally, I think it's "1984".0
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ANYTHING by Terry Pratchet Discworld books are set in a fantasy world but Pratchett is a witty and satirical writer. You'll laugh out loud.
Specifically any book with the Death character in, Start with Mort, and move onto Soul Music. Binky is an amazing character too!
Hope you give this a go and you love it as much as me! xxx
lol! Our dog is called Gaspode, my son says he only talks to him though!
However I read Long Earth by TP and Stephen Baxter and I didn't like it. Not a bit.0 -
Crime and Punishment is my favorite of all time0
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The Book Thief
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The Life of Pi
They're both easy to read and engaging and oh so good :]
Not bad books, but I didn't find either to be particularly engaging.0 -
The Bible.
It will change your life.
He dies at the end.
GAH! SPOILERS, DUDE!
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Ooh, I also love To Kill a Mockingbird. I must have read that about 6 times now. Methinks it's due for another re-read actually... But yeah, it's a piece if classic literature that's dead easy for someone who's not an avid reader to get into.0
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The Count of Monte Cristo, my favorite. Or anything by Charles ****ens.
My two favorite authors are Sherman Alexie and Bill Bryson. Sherman Alexie is a Spokane Indian and his books are about Indian culture I guess you could say or playing with those stereotypes. But, I would advise reading Alexie's books in the order that he wrote them. He uses the same characters a lot so it helps to know the backstory. And Bill Bryson is the funniest man on the planet. Please read "The Lost Continent".0 -
Has anyone read The Jason Bourne books? The movies are great, but just wanted to know if the books were good as well.
I might check those out. I have only seen the last movie (I know, I live under a rock!), but the storyline was just Flowers for Algernon with a car chase.
I LOVED Flowers for Algernon...haven't read it since high school...that will be the next thing I read!0 -
Lee Child is an amazing writer and I love the character Jack Reacher0
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How can I pick just one???
Blacklands by Belinda Bauer springs to mind...
Any of the Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series
I really loved Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman...in fact I want to read that again - its been a while!!
The whole Reacher series by Lee Childs are my favourites at the minute
Walter Mosely has a lot of good ones about a black guy living in the deep south of America when it wasnt a good time to be black in the deep south!
I agree the HP series are all brilliant, Steig Larsson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series is great and the LOTR trilogy of course!
...sorry I got a bit carried away....0 -
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill is a light and entertaining read.0
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The girl with a dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson is very gripping a thriller :-)
If you aren't an avid reader, this won't work for you....took me over 150 pages to get into it....it's like the with ALL 3 of those.
A Game of Thrones, fantastic.
Enders Game (the sci-fi book for people who don't like sci-fi)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (a must)
And for some seriously well done post-apocalyptic 80's throwback (can you get all the 80's references in this book?) Ready Player One by Earnest Cline. Toppled Enders Game as my favorite all time book.
Agree about Girl with the Dragon tattoo, if you can stick with it past the first 100 pages it's a good read, but those first 100 pages are tough.
My vote is for A Brave New World.0 -
Has anyone read The Jason Bourne books? The movies are great, but just wanted to know if the books were good as well.
I liked the books a lot better than the movies... Not that the movies weren't fantastic too!0
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