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Just looking for some recommendations of what books are on your need to read list. I love reading but cant seem to find anything that holds my interest. Would really like to get back into more reading so any suggestions would be appreciated. Can be light hearted or the kinda book that makes you think.
TIA
I really want to do the Angus & Robertson' Top 50/100 list!!!
All the Discworld books. (That'll keep you going for a while LOL.)
My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin
The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
Anne Of Green Gables LM Montgomery
The Ship Who Sang Anne McCaffrey
Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
The Shadow Of The Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon
What books do you usually enjoy reading? Those are just a few that sprang to mind as "good" books that are easy for me to read and often make me think.
Spot on Ryn. Anything by Terry Pratchet is great! And Neil Gaiman as well.:
For something completely different have you read The Time Travellers Wife? Its a lovely book. I've read it twice and refuse to see the movie cos I don't want to ruin the experience of the book.
I'm currently re-reading One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey.
If you are into historical romance Diana Gabaldon is fantastic. The first book in the series is called Cross stitch and it is about a woman who goes through standing stones back in time 200 years. I couldn't put it down...
Phillippa Gregory's books are fabulous - historical fiction, Henry VIII era, quite acurate in the facts, and a great story in between.
Jeffrey Archer has just released a 30th Anniversary edition of Kane and Abel - if you have never read it is is a GREAT story.
His short stories are also excellent
will be back wih more later :)
Phillippa Gregory's books are fabulous - historical fiction, Henry VIII era, quite acurate in the facts, and a great story in between.
Jeffrey Archer has just released a 30th Anniversary edition of Kane and Abel - if you have never read it is is a GREAT story.
His short stories are also excellent
will be back wih more later :)
A couple of the books that I love and wholeheartedly recommend (to anyone who listens!):
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns both by Khaled Hosseini
Infinity, I can relate to what you are saying. I find that the movies are rarely as good as the books (there are a few notable exceptions). I will not see The Road, as I recently read the book. And I have decided not to see The Lovely Bones, because I want to read the book first.
I agree with Kylieb77 - The Cross Stitch series by Diana Gabaldon. I've just finished book 2, and thoroughly enjoyed it. The main male character, Jamie, does wonders for the imagination ;)
I third Diana Gabaldon - I've just finished book 5 - and will head out to buy book 6 tomorrow - they are unputdownable!!!
I am re-reading the Diana Gabaldon series for the second time in 18 months :lol:
And I have both read The Lovely Bones & seen the movie. Both good, although as is often the case, a few bits missing from the movie :( - but I would recommend either on its own.
oh yes, The Book Theif is FANTASTIC!
Seriously the best book I have read in years actually, and written by an Aussie!
'Escape' by Carolyn Jessop
'Stolen Innocence' by Elisa Wall.
They are really fascinating books about the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (those crack pots run by Warren Jeffs), and the trauma these woman went through to escape, and their whole up-bringings in the FLDS, including being a child brides, and the madness of Warren Jeffs.
I found 'Escape' to be slightly more moving than the other, although they are written by women of slightly different eras, there are many areas of overlap. Carolyn's shows the difference from the group when they were under a different leader, and how they weren't as nutty as they obviously are today. Very very interesting.
any of the peguin classics
I have read all of the ones i can get my hands on and i just love them
Lolita & the crucibal would have to be my favourites
I just love the colour purple. That book is magic.
I have just read.. Under the Dome by Stephen King. I really enjoyed it..
Neil white.. Lost Souls..
and this one was reasonable.. Sheila Quigley Every breath you take
I am reading the " the brighest star" by marian keyes . i have all her books , also Jane green , Sophie Kinsella . I have all the books from them .
They are Chick Lit and very funny the stories are easy to follow and make you cringe with embarrasment when one of the characters gets themselves into a mess ! the most recent book i finished (2 days ago ) was "twenties Girl " from shophie Kinsella . It took me about 4 nights to finish , i couldnt put it down and i often read and read till the wee hours if im really into the book !
I cant really get the gist of Crime or Sci Fi , i love books about history , but tend to go for the light hearted stuff as its easy to digest at 3 in the morning :)
You *must* read The Book Thief.
I always recommend "Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier as well...its the novel that started me reading again.
Something lighter: Garden Spells, or The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen.
"My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Piccoult, or the other one of hers that I couldn't put down was "19 Minutes". I haven't seen the movie of My Sister's Keeper but the book is just amazing and really makes you see the issue from all angles. I couldn't put it down! And there are not many books that are like that for me!
Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I need to get reading by the looks of things. Lots of books to read.
Mummy Tummy If you haven't seen the my sisters keeper movie DONT! I read the book and loved it and when i saw the movie i wanted to throw something at the tv lol. They even changed the end, not cool.
Really? How can they change the ending?.....Oh no, let me guess - to get the Hollywood happy ending?
I think i read an interview with jodi picoult once and she said that they buy the rights to the book then write a screen play based on it. It wasn't a happy ending, just the wrong ending.