Any good books?

[angelvalentine]

I find that I'm not very open-minded when I'm looking for books, and I always tend to stick to certain genres and whatnot. >_<
Post whatever you want about your fave books or anything you've read that's good!

[Ashe_Angel]

my favorite book ever was
megan meade's guide to the magawon boys

[BlankChocobo]

Murakami Haruki's Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of The World. I loved it so much.

J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey is my favorite book of all time. I think it's much better than his earlier Catcher in the Rye, but I really liked all of his books.

If you want to get creeped out intellectually, read anything by Yukio Mishima, mister master of right-wing Japanese literature, who actually does not offend me, a super liberal, although he really creeps me out.

I read Dazai's The Setting Sun recently, and liked it. Very Dostoevsky.

All these are pretty intellectual though. I don't know if that's your cup of tea. It's certainly mine. ^_^

[angelvalentine]

Murakami Haruki's Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of The World. I loved it so much.

J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey is my favorite book of all time. I think it's much better than his earlier Catcher in the Rye, but I really liked all of his books.

If you want to get creeped out intellectually, read anything by Yukio Mishima, mister master of right-wing Japanese literature, who actually does not offend me, a super liberal, although he really creeps me out.

I read Dazai's The Setting Sun recently, and liked it. Very Dostoevsky.

All these are pretty intellectual though. I don't know if that's your cup of tea. It's certainly mine. ^_^


I'll definately take a look at some of these. I don't mind intellect, so long as it's in the form of a well-written book.

I've never read any Japanese literature, so I'll probably start with that.

:nod: Thanks!

[Dream Machine]

Some of my favourites:

To The Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf. I think its nessacary to read this book at least once, it sent a chill down my spine like no other book ever has.

Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell. My favourite book by him by far. Probably my favourite book fo all time. The way he manages to write from each charecters perspective so perfectly, you wonder at how much a master he is.

The Picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde. A really intresting study of hedonism, makes for some pretty convincing arguments for beauty and pleasure being the most important things in life.

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood. A haunting soft sci-fi novel of a religious totalitarian state all told from the blinkered perspective of a 'handmaid'. A very important book.

[BlankChocobo]

I'll definately take a look at some of these. I don't mind intellect, so long as it's in the form of a well-written book.

I've never read any Japanese literature, so I'll probably start with that.

:nod: Thanks!

I'd recommend Murakami's for a starter, I think. He's a very good read in addition to being very thoughtful. It's moderately science fiction, but not bogged down by technotalk. There's no technotalk at all, actually.

The ones I listed are probably around the most famous of the Post-war Japanese Fiction genre. I have no background in classical Japanese, so I can't recommend anything there. I really hated what I read of classical japanese. ^^;

I can't get into a book if it's not telling me how to live my life. I may not agree with what a book that I'm reading has to say, but I don't have any interest in a book if it has nothing to say.

It's why I like FF so much. There's often a lot of thought in it.

[Allen Walker]

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.

[Slim__Cognito]

^^oh that was a good book, kinda forgot about it.

[Devious]

Firebirds. It's an excellent anthology of various stories ranging from fantasy to sci-fi and everything in between.

[Lucrecia]

Dan Brown's books are pretty good. And The World Without Us is also a good one to read.

[BlueOni]

Not much of a reader, but I think Frank Herbert's Dune is good.

[angelvalentine]

My favourite:

Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk. It keeps you on your toes.

Chuck's a bit of a creeper in real life though...it kind of shows through some of his writing.

[Cathryn]

Malorie Blackman is always someone to look up.

She produced a brilliant triology known as 'Noughts and Crosses'
It gives us an alternate world in where the roles of races are reversed.
The insight into two peoples lives is just stunning through the whole triology, it shows the raw emotion and bares it all within the books.
She also wrote some well reknown books, one example is 'Pig Heart Boy'
It's a great piece of drama and has a great sense of emotion aswell.
She indefinatly knows how to portray all of this within her writing.

I also have a soft spot for Wilbur Smith. ;P
He makes some brilliant books.

[angelvalentine]

Dan Brown's books are pretty good. And The World Without Us is also a good one to read.



Yeahhhh, I agree, Dan Brown's books are good. Deception Point kept you guessing.

[Dream Machine]

I like Noughts & Crosses, the two sequels are kind of lacking though.

I feel that her very piecemeal approach to what parts of history to flip were a bit haphazard. The story arc with the Nought guys brother in the second book felt quite forced and his transofrmation was unbelievable.

[angelvalentine]

I also like an FFVII fanfic called 'Of Bloodstains and Balconies' by Glass Mermaid.

It's absolutely mind-blowing.

[XwingsofaresX]

i want to read "Heroes: Saving Charlie". its based on hiro's journey to save charlie like in the TV series. and i want to read the comics.^_^

[angelvalentine]

i want to read "Heroes: Saving Charlie". its based on hiro's journey to save charlie like in the TV series. and i want to read the comics.^_^



You can't go wrong with comic books. ^_^

[Lucrecia]

Yeahhhh, I agree, Dan Brown's books are good. Deception Point kept you guessing.

I've read his first two books and they're really good. I've never read Deception Point though. Some people told me it wasn't as good as the others.

[angelvalentine]

I've read his first two books and they're really good. I've never read Deception Point though. Some people told me it wasn't as good as the others.



I see. Well, some books appeal to different people in different ways. The ending was dissapointing, I'll give you that.

[Lucrecia]

I see. Well, some books appeal to different people in different ways. The ending was dissapointing, I'll give you that.

Ah well. I'll still try to get it next time I go to Barnes and Nobles.

[Lifrasthir]

Definately read "Wormwood" by G.P. Taylor. And also "Shadowmancer" and "Tersias the Oracle." by him. :nod:

[Interficio Nocte]

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.

And Prince Caspian.:cookie:

[Dark Remnant]

Any book by Chris Wooding is a must read for anyone.

[Halfmetal]

I think the Realm of the Elderlings series and The Soldier's Boy Trilogy, by Robin Hobb was excellent.

[S-r-ex]

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - A remarkable book series on all levels. Must be read during your lifetime. Nuff said. The worlds longest trilogy is five books long: the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So long, and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless. It was supposed to be a trilogy, but two books was suddenly added. It's quite philosophic in nature, and does much to disapprove the existence of God and the Christian version of human origin (We were originally stranded aliens who had to leave the home planet for certain reasons). Just fucking read it!!! DOUGLAS ADAMS F0R 73h \/\/1|/|!!!

The Clan of the Cave Bear - An incredible book about an orphan Cro-Magnon girl being picked up by a clan of Neanderthals and the complications around their differences, mentally and physically. The series is called Earth's Children and consists of five books: The Clan of the Cave Bear, the Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, The Plains of Passage and The Shelters of Stone. I'm currently reading the second book.

[angelvalentine]

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - A remarkable book series on all levels. Must be read during your lifetime. Nuff said. The worlds longest trilogy is five books long: the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So long, and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless. It was supposed to be a trilogy, but two books was suddenly added. It's quite philosophic in nature, and does much to disapprove the existence of God and the Christian version of human origin (We were originally stranded aliens who had to leave the home planet for certain reasons). Just fucking read it!!! DOUGLAS ADAMS F0R 73h //1|/|!!!

The Clan of the Cave Bear - An incredible book about an orphan Cro-Magnon girl being picked up by a clan of Neanderthals and the complications around their differences, mentally and physically. The series is called Earth's Children and consists of five books: The Clan of the Cave Bear, the Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, The Plains of Passage and The Shelters of Stone. I'm currently reading the second book.



I've actually read most of the Earth's Children series. I'm about halfway through The Shelters of Stone. My aunt gave my mother the series, and me, being bored and having nothing to read, decided to check them out.