i was just wondering - i love reading and am always looking for books.
a lot of people on this board seem to be eloquent, intelligent people. i thought you guys could be a good source of book recommendations all different genres, lengths, authors. i dont care if its a helen fielding or dickens or eliot - any suggestions. ideas or warnings will be much appreciated
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Mr.Murder by Dean Koontz DUH! The Stupid History of The Human Race By Bob Fenster
And a big stack of Luis L'mour paperbacks
Required reading back in high school(early '70's) was a book called "Alas Babylon" I don't remember the author but, I thought it was a good read. It's about a town that survives a nuclear holocaust.
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If you're into speculative scientific-based action/adventure, I'd suggest anything by James Rollins, especially his Sigma Force series. Subterrenean, Excavation, Deep Fathom, Amazonia, and Ice Hunt are his stand-alones, while Sandstorm, Map of Bones, Black Order, The Judas Strain, and The Last Oracle are all Sigma Force, in that order. He's coming out with a new Sigma Force, The Doomsday Key, this summer, and sometime in the fall, he's coming out with another stand-alone, Alter of Eden.
All of his books have a historical bent too, not too dissimilar from Angels & Demons or The DaVinci Code (both good reads, if flawed in their research) that works hand in hand with the scientific. They're damn good books, and Rollins is pretty good at making you care about his characters, especially the mains in the Sigma Force books.
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Good topic Athena. I enjoyed The DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons so much (especially A&D), that I decided to go back and read Dan Brown's other books; Deception Point, and Digital Fortress. I enjoyed both of them. I am now reading "Columbine" by Dave Cullen. It's an interesting read on the tragedy in Littleton, CO in '99.
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Book with foot fetish theme: "Footsucker" -Geoff Nicholson.
I haven't read it, but remember the big deal it made on usenet on alt.sex.fetish.feet when it came out back in '95.
My wife is the reader of the family and typically reads a lot of history novels. Try anything by Stephen Ambrose for good WW2 stuff. "Band of Brothers" or "Citizen Soldier" are good.
I read the Audie Murphy autobiography "To Hell and Back." Good story of the most decorated US soldier of WW2.
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thanks for all the suggestions guys! keep em coming
the alchemist and alas babylon have both been recommended to me by a friend of mine actually, so they are on the list
ive never read much sci-fi (it confuses me lol, same with fantasy) but i really should make more of an effort to read some more before i judge the whole genre lol.
i STILL havent got around to reading any dan brown hahaha eeeeeeeeveryone tells me how amazing it is! but you knnow how sometimes things just slip away...
and You... my favourite books are pretty damn varied and soooo many. ill give you the top ten?
1. to kill a mockingbird - harper lee 2. peter pan - jm barrie 3. the book thief - markus zusak 4. lolita - Vladamir Nabokov (probably spelt wrong. apologies) 5. hamlet - shakespeare 6. hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy - douglas adams 7. tomorrow when the war began - john marsden 8. cards on the table - agatha christie 9. bridget jones - helen fielding 10. the odyssey - homer (the fagles translation is my favourite)
book with a foot fetish leaning... history of the high heel? or history of shoes im sure youd get some cute tootsies
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and ledaemon i LOVE historical fiction! partic in the age of catastrophes (first part of 20th century basically hhaha) ive actually read band of brothers (and adored it)
the book thief in my list is actually set in nazi germany, if your wife is interested in hirstorical fiction she should give it a look. its apparently 'young adult fiction' but it is one of the most amazing books i have ever read.
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oh nice, then i should recommend you some classics
the catcher in the rye by JD Salinger the grapes of wrath by john steinbeck of mouse and men by john steinbeck the lord of the flies by william golding on the road by jack kerouac
some historical books of interest might be
mila 18 and exodus by leon uris
and yeah, angels and demons by dan brown is a great read
for something a little more dense, try No Logo by Naomi Klein
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no logo, thats about advertising and politics right?
and i love on the road!! the only people for me are the mad ones... i love the beat era. allen ginsberg is one of my idols.
im really keen to read catcher in the rye, and i studied the play of mice and men in high school, but i havent ever read it. i cried Posts: 563 | Registered: Feb 2009
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I have read some of these books Athena but everytime I even look at a book anymore, I think of The Diary of Anne Frank. It was mostly written by her and it is recomended reading...Shelley
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Well, I guess I fall in the dork category but here it goes: 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke 2. The Forge of God, Greg Bear 3. The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins 4. The Demon Haunted World, Carl Sagan 5. The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin 6. Ringworld, Larry Niven
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