Good Books?

JoJoDoerr
JoJoDoerr Posts: 173 Member
edited November 12 in Chit-Chat
I have been looking for some suggestions for some good books to read. Any suggestions? What are you reading?

(I normally read a lot of biographies, memoirs, etc. but also recently finished all the Hunger Games books so I am pretty open!)
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  • JoJoDoerr
    JoJoDoerr Posts: 173 Member
    Someone?....Anyone?
  • beaglenutty
    beaglenutty Posts: 160 Member
    I just finished One good dog by Susan Wilson. I really liked it!
  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
    I just finished "The Hour I First Believed". It is over 700 pages, so it will keep you busy for a while :D I really enjoyed it.
  • amanda52488
    amanda52488 Posts: 260 Member
    I was thinking about creating a forum like this! I love hearing suggestions on good books! I just started reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks... its really good if you like memoirs
  • spikesmom
    spikesmom Posts: 441 Member
    I'm reading "The Four Agreements". It is such an incredible book.. I also read "The Happiness Project". These are both a change from what I normally read(fiction!) It is a must read for all!
  • steffihoney
    steffihoney Posts: 392
    I love to read and enjoy a good book. I don't have any preference as long as it holds my attention and interesting.

    Anything by Wally Lamb is good, including The Hour I First Believed and She's Come Undone. And all 3 books by Stieg Larson, which is the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series Very good and dying to see the movie!

    I read a lot, including different series with vampires, werewolfs, and the occasional fairy, but being an adult wasn't too thrilled with the Twilight series, but did like the Trueblood series.

    Just threw that out there, even if it isn't your genre. lol
  • pa_jorg
    pa_jorg Posts: 4,404 Member
    More the historical fiction genre, but The Kitchen House and Those Who Save Us were both great.
  • amanda52488
    amanda52488 Posts: 260 Member
    I love to read and enjoy a good book. I don't have any preference as long as it holds my attention and interesting.

    Anything by Wally Lamb is good, including The Hour I First Believed and She's Come Undone. And all 3 books by Stieg Larson, which is the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series Very good and dying to see the movie!

    I read a lot, including different series with vampires, werewolfs, and the occasional fairy, but being an adult wasn't too thrilled with the Twilight series, but did like the Trueblood series.

    Just threw that out there, even if it isn't your genre. lol

    Really? I loved the Twilight Series... I never thought of reading the Trueblood series, I thought it was for younger kids, but maybe I am wrong and ill try it!
  • bskupien
    bskupien Posts: 58 Member
    I love Lisa See's books. I definitely would recommend Shanghai Girls and the sequel, Dreams of Joy. Very interesting, compelling, emotional books. I also liked her book Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and am currently reading Peony in Love.

    Have you read The Help, Water for Elephants, or Eat, Pray, Love? Tthe books are very good and of course better than the movies.

    I've also read like 75% of Jodi Picoult's books and would recommend most of those...

    Happy reading! I need more book suggestions too, so thanks for starting this thread!
  • VeganPanda
    VeganPanda Posts: 582 Member
    Well, I read a lot. But most people wouldn't like what I like. So something more mainstream that really affected my life: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Haddon. I read it in one day and it is amazing. It is from the viewpoint of an autistic boy.
  • carlie_carl
    carlie_carl Posts: 285
    Im just reading 'The Secret' by Rhonda Bryne, its a really interesting book that makes you thnk about life in a new light, Im cynical on this genre of books but I must admit, Its making me feel differently for the better, I would deffinitly recommend it
  • StephTink76
    StephTink76 Posts: 318 Member
    Check out this group:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/477-when-i-m-not-on-mfp-i-m-reading

    :flowerforyou:
  • Inlet
    Inlet Posts: 135
    Timeline, by Micheal Crichton
    Enchanted, by Orson Scott Card
    The Fault in our Stars... Forgot authors name!
  • erintheinspiration
    erintheinspiration Posts: 229 Member
    I love books by Patricia Cornwell. The Scarpetta series is my favorite! If you're into CSI stuff you will not be disappointed with these!
  • JTH11706
    JTH11706 Posts: 3,030 Member
    Anything by Wally Lamb is good, including The Hour I First Believed and She's Come Undone.

    Just re-read She's Come Undone and loved it again. Hard to believe it's written by a man.
  • Anathama
    Anathama Posts: 82 Member
    Song of Fire and Ice series, Better known as Game of Thrones.

    Also for health: Protein Power lifestyle by Drs. Eades. Just got done with this one, really interesting!
  • Dayna154
    Dayna154 Posts: 910 Member
    Bump for suggestions I love to read
  • k0nfyo0zed
    k0nfyo0zed Posts: 313 Member
    i'm currently in the middle of the 2nd book of the 'outlander' series by diana gabaldon. time travel. romance. history. politics. the books are huge, too. i think the 7 books total something like 8000 pages!
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series.

    Water For Elephants.

    Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. Huge books & A LOT of books in the series. I loved it!

    A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
  • JoJo1953
    JoJo1953 Posts: 182 Member
    I'm reading the Hunger Game Series. I'm on book 2
  • NYCDutchess
    NYCDutchess Posts: 622 Member
    The Descendants

    The Vow

    I wasn't dragging hubby to see them, so I read them. SO glad I did.
  • mbmorse1011
    mbmorse1011 Posts: 492 Member
    Check out www.goodreads.com

    Hunger Games Series
    Game of Thrones Series
    Anything by Janet Evanovich
    Girl.....with the dragon tatoo and others by Steig Larson
    Language of Flowers and Night Circus were my two favorites from last year
  • rachmaree
    rachmaree Posts: 782 Member
    How about the Steve Jobs autobiography? It is very interesting. We are reading that one for our next Book Club. Or The Help was a fantastic book, probably one of the best 10 I have ever read.
    Little Bee was also good, (think it was released in some countries as 'the other hand') agree with the Jodi Picoult recommendations, and Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I found Paths of Glory (Jeffrey Archer), interesting also, it was about the first 2 guys that may have made it to the summit of Mt Everest.
    I also didn't mind the White Queen, but Patricia Gregory (think that was her name).
    We also read One Day, which was nice.
  • Djohnson7337
    Djohnson7337 Posts: 5
    I love everything the Lee Child writes, John sandfords Prey series is really good (mystery) and Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plumb series is a light and laugh out loud funny. I also just read "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein and it was very good. It is written from the perspective of the dog which is different. I agree the Dragon Tatoo series is really great!
  • Katie1951
    Katie1951 Posts: 312 Member
    11/22/63 by Stephen King. Nothing like anything I've read by Stephen King. Really enjoyed it.
  • mamato2babes
    mamato2babes Posts: 90
    If you enjoyed The Hunger Games trilogy, you will like Divergent.
  • MissingMinnesota
    MissingMinnesota Posts: 7,486 Member
    Well if you like baseball I am reading "The Baseball Gospels" by Dirk Hayhurst. It is an autobiography from time in the minor leagues. He also has an new one out "Out of My League" which I am hearing is great and has to do with his girl friend/wife and having a relationship while being a pro-baseball player.
  • Anaconda62
    Anaconda62 Posts: 181
    Well, I read a lot. But most people wouldn't like what I like. So something more mainstream that really affected my life: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Haddon. I read it in one day and it is amazing. It is from the viewpoint of an autistic boy.
  • HeidiRene
    HeidiRene Posts: 335 Member
    Stones From the River by Ursala Hegi is one of my all time favorite books. I get lost in this epic novel every time I read it. Another homerun for me is She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. Very powerful read - especially for someone on a weight loss journey.
  • Anaconda62
    Anaconda62 Posts: 181
    Well, I read a lot. But most people wouldn't like what I like. So something more mainstream that really affected my life: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Haddon. I read it in one day and it is amazing. It is from the viewpoint of an autistic boy.


    Oops -- forgot to post my seconding of this book. Read it some years ago and loved it. Also, John Adams by McCullough. Any book by Sarah Vowel -- The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Assassination Vacation.
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