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recommend some books

posted 4 years ago by [deleted]
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i should be finishing the book i'm currently reading tomorrow afternoon. i'm considering re-reading barbara demick's 'nothing to envy - ordinary lives in north korea,' but i'm not sure i feel like taking on something that dour, particularly since the book i'm finishing, while good & enjoyable, was a bit of a grind to get through.

so throw up some book recommendations. maybe we'll all find something to enjoy.

& if you feel ambitious, you can recommend something for each of the following categories:

1. scientific nonfiction (e.g. "the selfish gene")
2. biography/autobiography
3. modern fiction (e.g. "atonement")
4. sci-fi

[–] Knish (1721) 4 years ago

Pauline Kaehl's for keeps. A collection of her film reviews, it reminded me of how bad critics are right now.

[–] keybored (2654) 4 years ago

The Three-Body Problem trilogy by Cixin Li
One Second After trilogy by William R. Forstchen
Ancient Origins series by Robert Storey
The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea
Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavić

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

three-body problem is on my short-list of must-reads already. that's a book i see mentioned & recommended all the time.

[–] keybored (2654) 4 years ago

I finally finished the trilogy yesterday morning.

If you thought The Lord Of The Rings was long... I felt like I've been listening to it for months! (I listen to books while doing other things so I can get through more of them).

[–] davodikum (5995) 4 years ago

Anything by Elmore Leonard. And I just finished American Psycho and rules of attraction by Bret Easton Ellis. Both were good.

[–] godwulfAZ (43) 4 years ago

My favorite work of fiction of all time is 'All the Pretty Horses' by Cormac McCarthy.

Two somewhat more recent books, very different from one another, but both fantastic reads:

'Garden of Beasts' by Jeffrey Deaver. A small time crook is blackmailed by the U.S. government into travelling to Berlin posing as a reporter covering the 1936 Olympic Games in order to assassinate a high-ranking Nazi officer. Deaver's finest work to date. Don't care for thrillers? It doesn't matter; some stories transcend genre, and this is one of them. Contains probably the most chilling and unexpected twist of any story I have ever read.

'Paradise Sky' by Joe R. Lansdale. A runaway slave named Nat Love heads into the West and finds friends, enemies, heartbreak, tragedy, victories, savagery, love, and his destiny - as the legendary Deadeye Dick. An instant classic, and a fine writer's masterpiece.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

i've decided to go with all the pretty horses - they have an e-book version available at my library - & i've put the road on hold.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72414) 4 years ago

The Road by Cormac McCarthy was quite good and adapted into a very fine 09 feature with a great cast

[–] PaladinNJ (20357) 4 years ago

If you like murder mysteries:
The Keepsake By Tess Gerritsen