Book recomendations please, you fine people.

[LosingFocus]

I'm on the market for some new stuff to read, so let me know:

Author | Title | Genre | Why, in your opinion, I should read it.

GO!

 

[Theseus]

Samuel R. Delany - Dhalgren - SciFi - If you like something that will make you think
Stephen Hawking - A Brief History of Time - Science - Makes you think even more, I managed to read a chapter a week.

 

[Globalti]

So Brave, Young and Handsome by Leif Enger


Absolutely excellent read, thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[LosingFocus]

Thank you fellas. Kindle samples winging their way across the inner-web to me as we speak.

 

[Red Light]

Mr Vertigo, Paul Auster. Story telling at its best.

 

[Headgardener]

Any of the Kydd series by Julian Stockwin if you are into late 18th/early 19th century naval stories.

 

[Paulus]

The Stieg Larson trilogy--The girl with the dragon tattoo, The girl who played with fire, and, the girl who kicked the hornets nest. All very good.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Any of Geroge MacDonald Fraser's "Flashman" books. Start with "Flashman", then read the rest in whichever order you like. Funny, politically incorrect, historically accurate and hugely entertaining. Also try the same author's "Black Ajax" for an interesting history of the golden age of bareknuckle boxing.

 

[_aD]

Jasper Fforde's "Thursday Next" series, starting with "The Eyre Affair". Gloriously witty comedy with some very clever plots and devices and strong characters. You'll laugh even if you don't get it just yet...

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[Oxo]

'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy. As one reviewer said 'You will read on, absolutely convinced, thrilled, mesmerized' I just read it start to finish, couldn't put it down.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Samuel R. Delany - Dhalgren - SciFi - If you like something that will make you think

Blimey, start him on the light stuff, why don't you! It's a great book, and one of my favourites, but it's the kind of thing that's likely to put the casual reader off SF for good.

 

[swee'pea99]

The Road is brilliant - as is everything by Cormac McCarthy - but it's a bit gruelling. If you just want a really excellent read that will make you think bloody hell, how can anyone do that, I'd go for Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Just astonishing.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Not terribly original, but I've recently read True Grit by Charles Portis, and also The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald. I liked True Grit more. I am reading an interesting non-fiction book at the moment called The Bottomless Well by Peter W Huber ansd Mark P Mills.

 

[Theseus]

Blimey, start him on the light stuff, why don't you! It's a great book, and one of my favourites, but it's the kind of thing that's likely to put the casual reader off SF for good.

Of all the books I have read, that is the one I remember reading most, simply because of the way it was written.

Another that comes to mind is Grapes of Wrath. Simply because we did it at School for O level Eng Lit.

 

[Piemaster]

'You've gone too fat this time, sir'

Because its written by a bloke on a bike. And its free on a kindle.