Suggest books please...?

Question

Ok so I am kind of going insane because lately I can't find good books. I have no clue what to bring with me on holiday and I was hoping someone would suggest some interesting books. Please no young adult books I am not a teenager. Some of the books I have enjoyed are The Book Thief, To Kill a Mockingbird, Pride and Prejudice, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, His Dark Materials trilogy, some Dan Brown books though I wouldn't say I loved them, Alone in Berlin, Emma, Alice in Wonderland...that's all I can think of at the minute...so please suggest some good books for me they can be any genre I'm not fussy just want a good book!!!

Thanks

Answer 1

I think you would enjoy Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler. Also have you read any Amy Tan books (I recommend The Kitchen God's Wife and The Joy Luck Club particularly) or Annie Proulx? The Shipping News is a magical book. Any of these would be fantastic holiday companions :) Oh and if you can get a Truman Capote anthology . . .wow . . . or Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh . . . .

Answer 2

When i first started reading your question i thought i wouldn't be able to suggest anything because i am a teenager and tend to read young adult books. Then i realised that i have read almost every book you mention and i thought that maybe my book taste isn't as young as i thought. I have a few ideas:

Room by Emma Donoghue. Definately not a children's book. Do not be discouraged because it is from the point of view of a five-year-old boy! It changed my perspective on the world and i think everyone should read it at some point in their life.

Have you read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. Very sad.

You mention His Dark Materials trilogy, have you read the Ruby in the Smoke? It's by the same author (Philip Pullman) but aimed at an older audience.

There's also the rest of the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy series. They're very good although none as good as the first one.

You could always opt for some Terry Pratchett. It's mostly aimed at a fairly young audience but who couldn't love Terry Pratchett?

You mention a couple of classics and there are plenty of those. Have you read any Dickens? I find them a bit slow-paced at times but if you're looking for more adult books, that's always an option.

Answer 3

Roald Dahls short stories for adults such as Tales of the Unexpected and Someone like you.



Missing By Susan Lewis



Saving Raphael By Leslie Wilson



The Illustrated Man By Ray Bradbury



The Radleys By Matt Haig

Answer 4

The Confession and The Broker by John Grisham

For One More Day by Mitch Albom

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The Call of Cthulhu by H.P Lovecraft

Answer 5

I hope one, or more, of these suggestions will work for you:



Sci-Fi and Fantasy that are well written, interesting, and that I enjoyed:

"The End of Eternity" by Isaac Asimov



"Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus" by Orson Scott Card



"Dune" by Frank Herbert (first in a series, but fine as a stand alone)



"The Once and Future King" by T. H. White



"The Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley (First in a series, also fine as a stand alone)



Novels:

"The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett (I loved this book, set in the 12th century, a thriller with great story and characters).



"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson , Reg Keeland (Translator) (1st in series)



Classics:

"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte



"Tess of the d'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy



"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens



"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley



"Don Quioxite" by Miquel de Cervantes Saavedra



"The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco



"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott



"Moby Dick" by Herman Melville



"The Prince and the Pauper" by Mark Twain



"The Great Gatsby" or "This Side of Paradise" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Answer 6

How About Stephen King, The Stand, Green Mile, IT Or Harry Potter

Answer 7

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

The Girl Who Played With Fire

The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest



You could also read the Karie Marie Moning series which are abolsutely fab and weirdly sexy!

You cannot put these books down..



Darkfever

Bloodfever

Dreamfever

Faefever

Shadowfever



you have to read them in that order, i couldnt put them down they were that fab!

Hope you take my suggestions!

Answer 8

Have you read the Millenium Trilogy by Stieg Larrson - starts with Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Husband, son and I all loved them

Answer 9

You would love the Adrian Mole Diaries, look them up on Wikipedia they are great and by Sue Townsend.

Answer 10

nineteen eighty four is a good book. umm.. room by emma donoghue, one hundred years of solitude by gabriel garcia marques and marching powder by rusty young, and the murder room by micheal capuzzo

Answer 11

Redeeming love

Maximum rode series

Answer 12

Emma,



http://www.amazon.com/Sci-Mystery-Thriller-Horror-books/lm/R11S2GO1SXDND



http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Science%20Fiction&rh=n%3A18%2Ck%3AScience%20Fiction&page=1



A list for you to look through.



PJ M