Good books??

chicagocubsfan23
chicagocubsfan23 Posts: 186
edited October 6 in Chit-Chat
I read A LOT. Mainly at work during my breaks and down time because I have a very boring job lol. But I've been reading a lot at home lately too since I haven't felt up to doing much else but hang out alone at home. And I'm a pretty fast reader, so it doesn't take me long to get through a book. I just read all 3 Hunger Games books in 5 days... But basically, everytime I go to the book store I'm stumped on what to get. Nobody I know really reads so I don't have anybody giving me any good recommendations and I need some! I've read so many books I could probably own my own library, and I need some suggestions for some good reads! Thanks everybody!
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  • CrawlingChaos
    CrawlingChaos Posts: 87
    Here's a few recent reads I really enjoyed

    Non-fiction:
    sleights of mind: what Neuroscience of magic reveals about our everyday deceptions by Stephen macknik and susana-martinez-conde
    The greatest show on earth by Richard Dawkins
    God, no! By Penn Jillette
    Paranormality: why we see what isn't there by Richard wiseman
    The better angels of our nature: why violence has declined by Steven pinker

    Fiction:
    The City and the city by China mieville
    Perdido street station by China mieville
    neverwhere: a novel by Neil gaiman
    the name of the wind (kingkiller chronicles) by Patrick Rothfuss
  • PsiChi
    PsiChi Posts: 157
    Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
    Nothing like the movie, this book blows the movie out of the water...I'm surprised they could even say the movie was based on this book.

    Priest Block 25487: A Memoir - Jean Bernard
    A Catholic priest was arrested for "crimes against the state" during WWII by Nazi Gestapo and was sent to Dachau Prison Camp. This memoir was written by him shortly after his release.

    With God in Russia - Walter J. Ciszeck, S.J.
    A Catholic priest snuck in to Russia towards the end of WWII to minister to the Russian Catholics when he is arrested by the NKGB and is charged for conspiracy and crimes against the state. This is a memoir of the 23 years he spent in soviet prisons and siberian labor camps.
  • applebobbrush
    applebobbrush Posts: 235 Member
    The Wizards First Rule series by Terry Goodkind I believe there is 10 or so books in the series and he just started writing some more. It's really addicting once you get into that first book. Loved them all I hated to end the series.
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    The Secret Life of Bees
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    Oh and Im a hard core Sookie Stackhouse Series fan!!!
  • Alishia_655
    Alishia_655 Posts: 136
    What kind of books do you like?

    I read all sorts of things. A friend recently got me into the House Of Night series. It was pretty good. I just discovered that I have an e-reader on my laptop so I have been reading like crazy on that.

    I have just started reading the time machine. I have seen the movie, and it didn't hold my attention, but the book is pretty good so far.
  • babyworms
    babyworms Posts: 1,304 Member
    The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. best series i think i've ever read, apart from Harry Potter!


    ETA - OOPS!!! Scratch that, just realised you said you'd read them!!

    Harry potter, then?
  • monkeysmum
    monkeysmum Posts: 522 Member
    i read alot depending on my mood depends on the book but

    sookie stackhouse novels love them
    twilight i know im old but they are such fun as lighthearted reading
    vampire diaries and i was soo gutted the tv series was nothing like the books
    dan brown when im in the mood to try and solve something the da vinci code and angels and demons were brilliant nothing lik e the movies
    the borgia bride and a series called clan of the cave bear historical but very addictive nothing like each other but equally good
    virginia andrews books
    sally worboyes she writes mainly in east end london
    im a sucker for a true story everything from the horror abuse ones to life and times of a 1950s ambulance driver even the animal stories

    depends on the kind of book you like there just some of the ones i like
  • blpope
    blpope Posts: 163
    English major here! How did you like the Hunger Games? I've heard I really need to read them.
    I have so many suggestions, but stupid finals are breathing down my neck, so here are a few...
    -Any and ALL Jane Austen novels
    -Atonement
    -Pillars of the Earth--don't let the length deter you, SO good!
    -A Thousand Splendid Suns (sequel to The Kite Runner)
    -a good light and fun read is Water for Elephants
    -okay, I'm 21 and I still love all of Sarah Dessen's novels
    -If you're into the Utopia books, 1984 and A Brave New World are good reads
    -I hear Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a must (that's next on my list)

    Annnd procrastinating ends now.
  • Chelsea830
    Chelsea830 Posts: 18 Member
    I have to admit that I am a HUGE Nora Roberts fan..:blushing: I can't pick a favorite to suggest to you though. Lol. So many good ones.
  • CallieDerenthal
    CallieDerenthal Posts: 170 Member
    i'm reading the game of thrones series and LOVING it! also a pretty big sookie stackhouse fan (although those two series are nothing alike!) :-)
  • CrawlingChaos
    CrawlingChaos Posts: 87
    The Wizards First Rule series by Terry Goodkind I believe there is 10 or so books in the series and he just started writing some more. It's really addicting once you get into that first book. Loved them all I hated to end the series.

    I second the sword of truth series! Though I've only actually read the first 4 books so far. I love it so far, just hard to find the time to fit in another 8 or whatever books.
  • Wangenstein
    Wangenstein Posts: 31
    Terry Pratchett's Discworld series is fantastic. It's smart, funny satire (and there are dozens of books in the series, broken into several sets of recurring characters and a few one-offs). My favories are the City Watch books, as well as the two Moist von Lipwig books, but a truly great introduction to Pratchett is the stand-alone book Small Gods. It's a wonderful look at the difference between Faith and Religion that manages to be both funny and profound. I've read them numerous times each.
  • Eleanorjanethinner
    Eleanorjanethinner Posts: 563 Member
    Yup, I read and read too (but get books from the library, not the bookstore - much cheaper that way!).

    It does depend what types of books you like, but similar to The Hunger Games are:

    The Green Mile (a Stephen King story) Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, The House of the Scorpion, the Tomorrow When the War began series, The Host (and there's heaps more).

    I've just read the first four Game of Thrones books - very well written for fantasy.

    I could list masses of fantasy authors of all types and some sci-fi if you're intested. My fav. at the mo is Lois McMasters Bujold. I also read some historical fiction, historical romance and a range of types of murder mystery.
  • tishytaylor
    tishytaylor Posts: 10 Member
    Under the Dome by Stephen King
    Bad Blood by Debra Fowler
    Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz

    Authors: Poppy Z. Brite & John Saul

    And right now I am reading 'Guin Saga' by Sumiyo Imaoka (they have only translated 5 books in this series, but they are pretty good so far!)
  • chicagocubsfan23
    chicagocubsfan23 Posts: 186
    I have to admit that I am a HUGE Nora Roberts fan..:blushing: I can't pick a favorite to suggest to you though. Lol. So many good ones.

    I actually have read all of her books, no joke every one lol. I started reading her 9 years ago and I was running out of her books so branched out and started reading different things also. I go through about 3-4 books a week so I really do read a lot lol.
  • OLFATUG
    OLFATUG Posts: 393 Member
    Anything by Christopher Moore (http://www.chrismoore.com/), especially if you like supernatural stuff with a funny bone. I highly recommend "Fool".
  • Shayyy01
    Shayyy01 Posts: 290 Member
    Anything by Janet Evonovich is funny as hell

    jodi picoult, sad! But awesome reads

    The black dagger brother hood, if youre into vampires.

    New steve jobs book heard it was great

    The Help by Katheryn Stockett

    James patterson, sail is my favorite.
  • jlnk
    jlnk Posts: 188 Member
    The Art of Racing in the Rain. Great, great book. (fiction)
  • Sunshine_Girlie
    Sunshine_Girlie Posts: 618 Member
    I'm a Karen Kingsbury fan. I am waiting for the book "Longing" to become available at the library and then I will be completely done with a hit series. Francine Rivers is another Christian author that I like.

    At the moment, I am reading Gone With the Wind. I am on a kick of reading classics. Kind of odd compared to the other books I read, but it's good.
  • Dtrmnd86
    Dtrmnd86 Posts: 406 Member
    Water For Elephants is a great book. I also like Dragon Tears by Dean Koontz. Other than that I'm into Jennifer Crusie books (romance, but not the mushy type) and musical biographies.
  • Molly182
    Molly182 Posts: 406
    The Devil's Teardrop and The Vanished Man (both by Jeffery Deaver)
  • HeelsAndBoxingGloves
    HeelsAndBoxingGloves Posts: 916 Member
    If you like to read you should join our group!!! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/477-when-i-m-not-on-mfp-i-m-reading :flowerforyou:
  • SMarie10
    SMarie10 Posts: 956 Member
    I'd suggest the three books:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl that played with Fire, and The Girl who kicked the hornet's nest by Stieg Larsson. It took about 100 pages to hook me, then I loved the novels.
  • pocomama
    pocomama Posts: 93 Member
    The Dark Tower series
    The Sookie Stackhouse books (not written very well but a fun read)
    Twilight (lol, yes I am one of THOSE)
    Outlander series (favourite books of all time)
    The Lord John books (spinoff of Outlander)
    Pride and Prejudice
    Sense and Sensibility
    Atonement
    Stephen King (not a huge fan of his newer stuff but the classics like the Stand, Christine, It...basically anything prior to maybe 1998) oh, and I think the Dome came out after 1998 but it was good, in the creepiest way possible, lol.
    Dean Koontz...love everything he does, especially the Watchers, and Strangers
  • janeinspain
    janeinspain Posts: 173 Member
    Terry Pratchett's Discworld series is fantastic. It's smart, funny satire (and there are dozens of books in the series, broken into several sets of recurring characters and a few one-offs). My favories are the City Watch books, as well as the two Moist von Lipwig books, but a truly great introduction to Pratchett is the stand-alone book Small Gods. It's a wonderful look at the difference between Faith and Religion that manages to be both funny and profound. I've read them numerous times each.

    I second the Terry Pratchett suggestion - he is an amazing author!

    For fantasy, my latest reads I've thoroughly enjoyed: Hamilton - Pandora's Star (2 books) followed by the Void trilogy + Salvatore - The Legend of Drizzt;
    Some good fictional writing: Isabel Allende. I really enjoyed Catch 22 as well.
    But these are only some of my latest reads.
  • horror_hamster
    horror_hamster Posts: 278
    don't let the title scare you, it's actually a hilarious and really interesting book no matter your religion but "The Year of Living Biblically" by AJ Jacobs. It's a quick read, funny, and very interesting. He tries to live a full year in NYC in the 21st century while following the bible (old and new) as closely as possible. it's hilarious because of all of the strange customs, the awkward contradictions, etc. that you find in the bible and follows his struggles to follow some of the most archaic rules while still living in a modern society. He's a kid that was raised in a jewish household but, like most families, there were members who either were extremely one religion or another.

    again, very funny and interesting read no matter if you're religious or not. I'd highly recommend it.
  • chicagocubsfan23
    chicagocubsfan23 Posts: 186
    I'm a Karen Kingsbury fan. I am waiting for the book "Longing" to become available at the library and then I will be completely done with a hit series. Francine Rivers is another Christian author that I like.

    At the moment, I am reading Gone With the Wind. I am on a kick of reading classics. Kind of odd compared to the other books I read, but it's good.

    I read Gone With the Wind in high school. It is my all-time favorite movie, and I loved the book. I've actually been thinking about re-reading it
  • lauramonster
    lauramonster Posts: 94
    -Any and ALL Jane Austen novels
    -Atonement
    -A Thousand Splendid Suns (sequel to The Kite Runner)
    -If you're into the Utopia books, 1984 and A Brave New World are good reads
    -I hear Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a must (that's next on my list)

    I second these. Also:

    - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, etc. by Stieg Larsson
    - His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
    - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
    - The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
    - Beloved by Toni Morrison
    - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
    - Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
    - Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
    - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • FitBritt24
    FitBritt24 Posts: 16
    Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels are pretty good...and I think there are somewhere around 15-20 books in the series now..that should occupy at least a week or two for you :)

    I have always enjoyed murder mystery books...Mary Higgins Clark is probably my favorite and she has a ton of books too!
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