book recommendations

foxyforce
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  • Bucky83
    Bucky83 Posts: 1,194 Member
    Totally depends on what you like, but my favourite authors are:

    James Patterson
    Jeffrey Archer
    Stieg Larssen
    Stephen King
    Dean Koontz
    Jodi Picoult
    Marian Keyes
  • foxyforce
    foxyforce Posts: 3,078 Member
    well it took me a year to start reading for pleasure after i finished my first degree

    but i have so far read the hunger games and loved it

    and fifty shades of grey and loved that
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Peter V. Brett - The Painted Man

    Extremely good book. About a third of the way through and easily the best book I've read since LOTR.
  • mrowrmeowmrowr
    mrowrmeowmrowr Posts: 288 Member
    SONG OF ICE AND FIRE SERIES!!!!
  • TealStar13
    TealStar13 Posts: 165
    Cassandra Clare- Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series. :)
  • TexanThom
    TexanThom Posts: 778
    Nelson DeMille. Unlike a lot of writers, he comes out with a book every couple of years, instead of every few months.
  • m0dizzle
    m0dizzle Posts: 101 Member
    Mitch Albom
    Christopher Gutierrez
  • freezerburn2012
    freezerburn2012 Posts: 273 Member
    SONG OF ICE AND FIRE SERIES!!!!

    ^^THIS!!!^^ But, wait a few years. Two more books are to be written yet and it's really painful waiting for the next one!
  • MrsSamB
    MrsSamB Posts: 143 Member
    I second the Hunger Games by Susanne Collins. Also, try the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
    I'd also recommend any of the books written by Karen Kingsbury.


    blessings,
    sam
  • mrowrmeowmrowr
    mrowrmeowmrowr Posts: 288 Member
    well it took me a year to start reading for pleasure after i finished my first degree

    but i have so far read the hunger games and loved it

    and fifty shades of grey and loved that

    I loved the Hunger Games series so much I named my cat, Katniss... lol.

    You would like the Maze Runner series, I bet.
  • TromaRon
    TromaRon Posts: 228 Member
    Jack Ketchum - The Girl Next Door
    Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse Five
    Hunter S Thompson - The Great Shark Hunt
  • EmilyTwist1
    EmilyTwist1 Posts: 206 Member
    The Mists of Avalon is a good read, though rather long.
  • meggonkgonk
    meggonkgonk Posts: 2,066 Member
    SO many, but you should make a profile on Goodreads- it's a great social network for reading.

    Currently reading: Storm of Swords (of the Game of Thrones), East of Denver (Gregor Hill), and the Dragon's Luck series by Robert Aspirin
  • slepygrl
    slepygrl Posts: 249 Member
    Jen Lancaster is hysterical!!!

    Jenny Lawson is fantastic!!
  • LunaPhaedra
    LunaPhaedra Posts: 71 Member
    The Selection by Kiera Cass!! I sooooo can't wait for the TV show!!!! :happy:
  • territhefrog
    territhefrog Posts: 1,134 Member
    Step On A Crack. By James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. It's the first of the Michael Bennett Series.

    But I am also a Harry Potter fan...hahaha.

    If you like older books...
    Alas Babylon by Pat Frank. Written in the 50s about a town in Florida that survives a nuclear attack. Kind of reminded me of the show Jericho but better.
  • mzhokie
    mzhokie Posts: 349 Member
    I love David Baldacci books. Similar to John Grisham.

    A new book coming out, The 500, is getting fantastic reviews. I downloaded the sample to check it out.

    I second The Hunger Game trilogy. You will fly through those.


    A friend of mine lives the Lee Child books.
  • LunaPhaedra
    LunaPhaedra Posts: 71 Member
    I second the Hunger Games by Susanne Collins. Also, try the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
    I'd also recommend any of the books written by Karen Kingsbury.


    blessings,
    sam

    CoN is good, the Hunger Games was also good, BUT, only the first of that series. the 2nd just encourages you to read the 3rd, and one must never, under any circumstances, ever read book #3!! *shudders at memory*
  • jayjrf
    jayjrf Posts: 25
    Used to read all kinds of books. Liked the fantasy book series and stuff.

    Now I only recommend reading the Bible.
  • cally69
    cally69 Posts: 182 Member
    Can I add the brilliant trilogy of 'the girl with the dragon tattoo'?
    X
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    I second the Hunger Games by Susanne Collins. Also, try the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
    I'd also recommend any of the books written by Karen Kingsbury.


    blessings,
    sam

    CoN is good, the Hunger Games was also good, BUT, only the first of that series. the 2nd just encourages you to read the 3rd, and one must never, under any circumstances, ever read book #3!! *shudders at memory*
    Book 3 is, for lack of a better word, ridiculous.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    I'm seconding fifty shades of gray. I freakin' hate reading and in 2 days I finished the 2 out of 3 books from the trilogy. I highly recommend it if you like sex.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    I'm seconding fifty shades of gray. I freakin' hate reading and in 2 days I finished the 2 out of 3 books from the trilogy. I highly recommend it if you like sex.
    Oh so THAT's why every woman on Earth is reading it... I did wonder.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    I'm seconding fifty shades of gray. I freakin' hate reading and in 2 days I finished the 2 out of 3 books from the trilogy. I highly recommend it if you like sex.
    Oh so THAT's why every woman on Earth is reading it... I did wonder.

    It's a sadism, whips and chains, BDSM trilogy :D And before everyone opens their mouth all appalled at me. I didn't know what it was, bought it, every security guard in the airport stopped me to ask what chapter I was on, and they were all farther. The flight attendant also stopped me and asked about it.

    I finished it and left it at my very 'vanilla' moms house one night and in the morning I found it half open in the living room table. I asked her how she was finding it and she said "oh I guess it would be ok for anyone who would be into that kind of thing" and then she told me she was on chapter 16...after one night and staying up late to read it lol. She's now on the second book and has recommended it to several people, including dad. She told a friend in the hospital today that she had to put it down a couple times because it leaves nothing to the imagination and was sick...but I would say that's lies considering she was on chapter 16 :P
  • 704fitness
    704fitness Posts: 153
    To appreciate people - Mitch Albom
    To understand subtle behaviours - Malcolm Gladwell
    Science Fiction - David Weber
    Jack Welch - Straight from the Gut
    History of devleopment of technology - James Burke - Day the Universe Changed and Connections
  • Morior87
    Morior87 Posts: 14
    Joe Abercrombie - The First Law Trilogy

    Essentially its a Lord of the Rings style book, with added sex, more violence and is far less predictable.
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    Yep, I'll second the Hunger Games. And Fifty Shades of Grey. Just bought it today and I'm already on page 125! I had to put it away or else I won't be able to go to bed. I also just finished Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah and that was great!
  • frootcat
    frootcat Posts: 194 Member
    Oh so THAT's why every woman on Earth is reading it... I did wonder.
    Hm, not every one.

    However, if you (people reading this thread, not you necessarily, ironanimal) enjoy that, check out the Sleeping Beauty trilogy by A.N. Roquelaire (better known as Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire et al.)
  • thinkpositive3
    thinkpositive3 Posts: 85 Member
    Any book by Janet Evanovich (brain cheetos) or Lee Child (great murder/mystery/suspense)!
  • Altarian
    Altarian Posts: 230 Member
    depends on your personal preference. some of the authors i've read this year are:
    Patrick Rothfuss
    Kim Harrisson
    Jocelynn Drake
    Faith Hunter
    Devon Monk
    Stephen Lawhead
    Brian Lumley

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