Help, I'm running out of things to read! Suggestions?

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  • icimani
    icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
    Outlander - Diana Gabaldon!


    I LOVED the whole series! I felt like I really knew Jamie and Clare.
  • Nerdy_Rose
    Nerdy_Rose Posts: 1,277 Member
    What about historical fiction? Stories based around actual history and facts, but with character personalities embellished?

    Passion of Artemisia
    Traitor's Wife
    Girl in Hyacinth Blue
    Queen of Shadows
  • xiofett
    xiofett Posts: 138 Member
    Not a huge non-fiction reader, although that's pretty much all I watch on TV. But I have a few suggestions in both fiction and non-fiction genres.

    Non-fiction:
    A Big Little Life - Dean Koontz (As a warning, it's about his dog Trixie, who passed away a few years ago. You WILL cry at the end, and possibly several other times in the book. Moreso if you're a dog lover.)

    Destination Truth: Memoir of a Monster Hunter - Josh Gates (If you don't watch the show it might not be as good, but it's an excellent book on why one should be an adventurer)

    I'm just here for the Food - Alton Brown. (Yes, it's ostensibly a cookbook, but it's very well written and so much more)

    The Zombie Combat Manual - Roger Ma (You can never be too prepared for the Zombie Apocalypse. ;) )

    Fiction:

    Married with Zombies series - Jesse Petersen (Hilarious, but not for those put off by profanity. Or Zombies)

    Anything written by David Eddings or Roger Zelazny.

    World War Z - Max Brooks. (Yes, another zombie book. What can I say. I like them. This one is written in the style of a series of interviews with survivors of the apocalypse, so it reads more like a non-fiction book than fiction.)
  • elisabeisme
    elisabeisme Posts: 308 Member
    great suggestions eveyone!

    @vypeters, great list. I've read a couple on there but many new ideas too.

    By the way, I'm reading "The Signal and The Noise" by Nate Silver right now. I agree that it's definitely a recommended read. It's a vey timely topic with all the election polls in the news. I have been a long time reader of his "FiveThirtyEight" blog and have seen him interviewed too. He's a brilliant guy.

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