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Suggest a good book please
Posted by IbneAdam • 12/05/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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Please suggest some good books (any subject).
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i just finished the twilight series and loved them-
I enjoyed the first Twilight book and got some serious eye rolling from some people. The book was very well written though!
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It is a little dense, but good: Bernard Lewis's The Muslim Discovery of Europe
A book that is good but a less dense is Christopher Browning's Ordinary Men -
East of Eden by John Steinbeck. This is the first book that Oprah Winfrey recommended when she re-launched her book club. I originally read it years ago and I think it is Steinbeck's best book. Enjoy.
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I just read East of Eden and I agree it's a masterpiece but I would still say The grapes of wrath was his best book.
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Rome the empire of the eagles by Neil Faulkner.
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Zen Shorts.
It's a kid's book but the point it makes has everyday relevance for adults, too.
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When the Extraordinary Happens by Stanislav Groff -
Right now, I am reading and enjoying Prince of Stories the Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman, by Hank Wagner, Christopher Golden, and Stephen R. Bissette. There is an introduction by Terry Pratchett. Neil Gaiman wrote several excellent fantasy novels, Neverwhere, Anansi Boys, and American Gods. -
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom-
I heard that was a good book
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BYTE-ing Satire. Sorry, that was a shameless plug. I wrote it.
It's hard to come up with a suggestion without knowing your tastes. I'm a big fan of the late Douglas Adams (the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series; Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul; Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency; Salmon of Doubt). I also loved The Lord of the Rings long before a movie was made of it. I'm also a fan of P.G. Wodehouse's books -- he was a very prolific writer.
When it comes to non-fiction, it all depends on where your interest lie.-
Oh, I love Wodehouse! And Vonnegut. Some people swear by the Discworld books, but I read the one most people that I asked swore was the best (Guards! Guards!) and decided that either I had to start at the beginning to get it or it was simply too obvious, like most of the Vale of the Vole books by Piers Anthony. You should take a run through his Incarnations of Immortality series, though. They're very easy to read but the ideas definitely make you think.
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Loved Tuesdays with Morrie!!
Other favorites: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb. Great reads!-
I read "I know this much is true" earlier this year. It was a great read.
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Follow The River By:James Alexander Thom
Anything by Piers Anthony look in the fantasy section. -
"Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" by Shunryu Suzuki. If you're interested in learning about Zen, it's a great book. :o) -
A 'classic' for me would be Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "A Hundred Years of Solitude".
If you are into authors who have a way of moving you with their mere words then I would suggest Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things" or Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner". (I cried like a baby reading the latter :P) -
Marley & Me By Josh Grogan. It's heartfelt, funny and a great story about getting your first dog. Be sure to read it before the motion picture comes out!
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A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle ... great explanation about what Ego is ...
It´s about time to get rid if it and start loving each other. -
Funny you should ask! No better time of year than for the latest by Rick Warren, "The Purpose of Christmas."
And if you want to join a blogger's book study on it...go here:
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Hmmm....
The Notebook Underground
1984
Moby Dick
The Lucifer Principle
The Universe in a Nutshell
those are some good reads-
my copy of Moby Dick is beside my aquarium.
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Tragic funny is The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall.
My favorite American story is My Antonia by Willa Cather.
A look into just how awfully wonkish a person I am, but a very good read is The Atomic Bazaar by William Langewiesche.
And finally, if you're looking for something a bit... older... the three theban plays by Sophocles can't be beat. [Antigone, Oedipus Rex, and Oedipus at Colonus] -
The Bible -
Anything by Kurt Vonnegut -
Sun Tzu's Art of War-
Now that's a classy answer
+5 to you
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Read "Children of my Heart" by Gabrielle Roy.It will keep you busy for the weekend.A beautiful story that will touch your heart.there is even a movie by the same name based on the story.Equally riveting. -
"Cold in the Light" by Charles Gramlich (or any of the Talera series he wrote.) -
Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass"
William Faulkner, "Light in August"
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov"
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "One Hundred Years of Solitude"
Virginia Woolf, "Mrs. Dalloway" -
My Name is Asher Lev
Song of Solomon -
The Snowmans Children by Glen Hirshberg -
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Odyssey by Homer
Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews
Tomorrow when the War began by John Marsden -
I just interviewed Dr. Allan Hamilton, author of The Scapel and the Soul. He is a neurosurgeon soaked in science who cannot deny the healing power of hope. He's somewhat of a horse whisperer and the screen consultant for Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice ~ Extraordinary man and book! Amazing stories of how what one believes can change our outcome, no matter the prognosis. I will edit the audio interview this week and post it with more written Q&A very soon.
As with all my spotlighted authors you can enter to win a free copy of the book.To make sure you don't miss, be sure to subscribe to my feed and check out my 40+ other audio interviews and reviews and written interviews--load up your ipod for that commute.
I still have a few chances to win a copy of Marcus Buckingham's The Truth About You and a couple holiday multiple-book packages including Debbie Macomber...Oh and five copies of Knit Two by Kate Jacobs.
Happy Holidays.
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I like Graham Greene, but he's definitely not for everyone. If you like short stories, try Nathanial Hawthorne and Eudora Welty. My favorite book is A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller, Jr. For a book published in 1960, it's almost prophetic in some ways. It's a wonderfully done story, in any case.
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The Bible. -
A Long Road Home by Danielle Steel
A child who went through abuse in her earlier years. -
The art and science of dumpster diving by John Hoffman -
If you're in need of laugh out loud humor:
Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck -
"Dune" by Frank Herbert...a science fiction classic -
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
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Book recommendations from famous people -
Franny and Zooey - by J.D. Salinger
AIR - by Geoff Ryman
Veniss Underground - Jeff Vandermeer -
I suggest that you read the books of Og Mandino I was able to read some of his book and their definitely nice but some of my friends also suggested that I should be able to read the works of Paulo Coelho and Bo Sanchez also. just give it a try. -
Long Way Down, by Ewan MgGregor and Charley Boorman. Very light. Follows Ewan (Jedi knight) and Charley on their way from Scotland to Cape Town on motorbikes. I'm not really into bikes, but I love travelling and going to Africa is my dream, that's why I enjoy reading the book, and recommend it. -
If you're into reading thousand-plus page novels, try
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell.
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The Mahabharata An Indian Epic (Also The Bhagavad Gita) -
'The 33 Strategies of War' by Robert Greene. Mr. Greene is an historian who compiled 33 strategies on winning in life. He quotes people like Napolean, Sun Tzu, Machivelli etc. Very interesting insight. -
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Wicked by Gregory Maguire -
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I'll suggest two
Mind War by TL Stenzelbarton is one of my most favorite books
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Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, the first book in a series that I've read and enjoyed several times -
Animal Farm - George Orwell. Great satire !!!
Gone with the wind- Margaret Mitchell
Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
To kill a mocking bird- Harper Lee
Veronica decides to die- Paulo Coelho -
I suggest cracking open a biology textbook its more interesting then people would think
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Hmm. Still going. I would suggest The Ghost In Love by Jonathan Carroll, also Ekaterina Sedia's new steampunk novel, The Alchemy of Stone.
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Two different classes, both great books.
Moon Women by Pamela Duncan
Paradise by Toni Morrison
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