Book recommendations: GO!

[MinisterofDOOM]

I have a new Nook Color and a serious need to fill it with good stuff to read. Looking for suggestions.

To give the request some scope, here are a few of my favorite books:

Frank Herbert's classic Dune saga
C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy (also known as the Ransom Trilogy or Cosmic Trilogy)
Philip d!ck's Martian Timeslip
John Steakley's Armor
H.G. Well's The War of the Worlds

I've already bought The Definitive H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King's The Gunslinger (recommended by a friend). Now I'm looking for more ideas. Despite the above list, I'm not exclusively a sci-fi fan. I tend to have very little stomach for generic fantasy (see Richard A Knaak) and am not particularly interested in whatever is "cool" right now (vampires and Harry Potter knockoffs among other things). Just looking for a good read...preferably something I'll want to read again down the road.

Thanks, NICO!

[Bubba1]

I have a new Nook Color and a serious need to fill it with good stuff to read. Looking for suggestions.

To give the request some scope, here are a few of my favorite books:

Frank Herbert's classic Dune saga
C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy (also known as the Ransom Trilogy or Cosmic Trilogy)
Philip d!ck's Martian Timeslip
John Steakley's Armor
H.G. Well's The War of the Worlds

I've already bought The Definitive H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King's The Gunslinger (recommended by a friend). Now I'm looking for more ideas. Despite the above list, I'm not exclusively a sci-fi fan. I tend to have very little stomach for generic fantasy (see Richard A Knaak) and am not particularly interested in whatever is "cool" right now (vampires and Harry Potter knockoffs among other things). Just looking for a good read...preferably something I'll want to read again down the road.

Thanks, NICO!

I recommend Dan Brown. He wrote the DaVinci Code/Angels and Demons. I found his other books good vacation reading material.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I actually have both of those and Deception Point in paperback.

[Bubba1]

I actually have both of those and Deception Point in paperback.

Cool. I just finished Lost Symbol. Pretty good.

[sx moneypit]

On The Beach by Nevile Shute,Clarke and Kubrick's :2001 A Space Odyssey.

[Marisha]

How about The Eyre Affair by Japer Fforde? It's the first book in his Thursday Next series.

[HashiriyaS14]

[IanS]

The Kite Runner was great.

You should check out The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest.

They have been getting quite a bit of press lately, but that doesn't mean they are bad. I picked the first up in hardcover when it was realised some 3 or 4 years ago. I really liked them.

<Huge Dune fan.

[MinisterofDOOM]

<Huge Dune fan.

Me too

[Amays U G37S]

[Jesda]

I've been buying copies of this for everyone I know:

[Jesda]

I BET YOU DONT EVEN READ THE ARTICLES.

[Amays U G37S]

Nope imma

superchronicfappingfappertoallkindsoferoitcpornsandyoumayfindmeinyourcloset

Kinda-guy.

[LEMHEAD16]

Girl with the dragon tattoo was good.
Atlas Shrugged/The fountain head.
Ender's Game/Ender's shadow
1776
Hitch Hikers guide

[MinisterofDOOM]

Hitch Hikers guide

Life, the Universe, and Everything is my favorite. Slarty's one of my favorite characters of all time.

[IanS]

Hitch Hikers guide

Life, the Universe, and Everything is my favorite. Slarty's one of my favorite characters of all time.

I <3 Douglas Adams.

[D1SR240]

I'm reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell right now. Very interesting book. It looks at what makes successful people successful, but in an unconventional way that most people don't think about (i.e. not just hard work and dedication). I highly recommend this, it's interesting, easy to read, and you can get through it very quickly.

[bigbadberry3]

The Physics of Superheroes by James Kakalios

[DamonDread]

Robert Jordan "Wheel of Time" Series. Its about 17 books i think and effen killer
I always recommend everybody read James Hillman books (A terrible love of war) killer stuff.

[air_forced]

Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. (The guy who wrote fight club.)

[AppleBonker]

Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. (The guy who wrote fight club.)

Wait, what?!? Fight Club is a book?!?!?!?

Edit: Check out Terry Pratchett if you enjoy Adams

[MinisterofDOOM]

Now, for a real author: John Grisham

Start out with The Last Juror.

For some reason Grisham's stuff has never done much for me.

[dasoupdude]

friend o mine got me this for christmas, it is amazing..

[LocAL_anarchy]

Neuromancer by William Gibson.

[numbnuts240]

mod, this book was loaned to me by a published author i met 7 years ago. it's not her book, but to this day, it's the best thing i've read. period.



you being you, i feel that you would really enjoy it.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

Do you like Space Opera? My favorite of that genre is the Culture series by Iain M. Banks. Consider Phlebas, Matter, The Use of Weapons.
Way High-sci-fi. Filled with lots of humor(Especially from the novel's form of A.I., ship Minds) but no camp, and some pretty powerful emotional stuff.

[nissangirl74]

Decision Points by George W. Bush (this one is next on my list)
Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky
The Odyssey by Homer
and
The Shining is my favorite Stephen King book of all time.

[numbnuts240]

also quite amusing



i wish i was motivated to read more.

[PEZi]

Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. (The guy who wrote fight club.)

pretty much anything by Palahniuk...

[orangeNblue]

World War Z by Max Brooks was a good read. I like that its stories from people who survived the big event