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[OriginX]

My date bailed on me for tonight so I'm just gonna got to bookstore and grab a new book. Any good suggestions? I'm looking for a decent fiction novel.

 

[Gaborn]

Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

Edit: technically the full title is Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Ender's Game.

The Count of Monte Cristo.

 

[gray_fox224]

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.

Some of the best prose you'll ever read.

 

[aidan]

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

 

[deadbeef]

You need to be more specific, before you know it someone's going to recommend War and Peace or Paradise Lost or something and you'll be reading for 2 months.

 

[Flunkie]

The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie.

 

[Haly]

Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

Edit: technically the full title is Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Expanding on this:

By Neil Gaiman:
Neverwhere
American Gods
Anansi Boys
Stardust

By Terry Pratchet:
The Color of Magic
Guards Guards! (never read but it's well recieved)

 

[John Dunbar]

By Terry Pratchet:
The Color of Magic
Guards Guards! (never read but it's well recieved)

...why would you recommend that particular discworld book if you haven't read it? why not one of the other couple dozen or so?

 

[Shinz Kicker]

i also support good omens.

The elephant vanishes and other works by murakami are fantastic surreal fiction.

anything by kurt Vonnegut.

 

[Calcaneus]

The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie.

I cannot find this in any bookstore, I'm just gonna check amazon.

 

[theinfinityissue]

Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

Edit: technically the full title is Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Could somebody turn off the lights and lock the thread on their way out? It was over in the first response. I always have at least 2 copies of this book in my possession at any given time.

Anyway, I really enjoyed this, and got it for 4 dollars. Four.. human.. dollars. Unbelievable.

 

[water_wendi]

Under the Roofs of Paris
The Gas

 

[8bit]

The Bible.

 

[thetechkid]

Ender's Game
Brave New World
The Fountainhead

 

[Haly]

...why would you recommend that particular discworld book if you haven't read it? why not one of the other couple dozen or so?

Because I don't know the titles of the other ones, my mistake I'll cross it off.

 

[Hilbert]

I just read "Infected" by Scott Seigler. Good trashy violent fun. Sped through it in about a day.

 

[Fireblend]

Childhood's End

 

[ninjarr]

A Wizard of Earthsea. Please, please do it. You will thank me later.

 

[HurricaneJesus]

Oryx and Crake.

I normally don't stray too far from the things I enjoy, by a girl recommended I read this one, and it is actually pretty good.

By Margaret Atwood.

 

[Chris R]

A GAME OF THRONES

 

[Hazaro]

World War Z

 

[Benjamin_MFF]

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

YES!

This book is awesome.

 

[Boonoo]

Underworld by Don DeLillo

 

[Shalashaska]

The Bible.

 

[Big-E]

I had to read Mordecai Richler's Barney's Version for a class that I am taking and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Very satirical with some good language.

 

[Flunkie]

I cannot find this in any bookstore, I'm just gonna check amazon.

I got mine at Borders, but that was over half a year ago.

 

[BlackNMild2k1]

The Bible.

Followed up by Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code

 

[Like the hat?]

i am pleased with this thread. not because of the titles people are suggesting, but because people are actually typing the titles instead of spamming hundreds of book cover images.

also, i suggest anything by H. G. Wells. Read The Invisible Man. Quick and awesome.

 

[bengraven]

Expanding on this:

By Neil Gaiman:
Neverwhere
American Gods
Anansi Boys
Stardust

By Terry Pratchet:
The Color of Magic
Guards Guards! (never read but it's well recieved)

I'm shocked you and I had the same idea.

 

[Kestastrophe]

Any of the Culture novels by Iain Banks: Player of Games, Use of Weapons, Matter

 

[GoutPatrol]

The Great American Novel by Phillip Roth.

 

[ultron87]

Snow Crash

 

[Monroeski]

Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

Edit: technically the full title is Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

I have not met a single person who has read this book and not enjoyed it. I HAVE met people who just aren't into either of the two author's styles, but something about this book is just great.

 

[GaimeGuy]

The Kite Runner
The Lovely Bones


both excellent books IMO. Read up about them on wiki.

 

[JimmyV]

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King is so amazing! I rarely read due to time constraints, but those books have me hooked!


Its kinda like a sci-fi western, but that really doesnt do it justice....

 

[ralphwiggum]

"Pandora's Star" then "Judas Unchained" written by Peter F Hamilton.

The best written science fiction I have ever read. I can't believe I left it sitting on the bookcase for over a year.

 

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Awesome book.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

Really, read a Terry Goodkind book. They're excellent. Excerpt:

from "Soul of the Fire"

Holy crap :lol That is awesome

 

[bounchfx]

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King is so amazing! I rarely read due to time constraints, but those books have me hooked!

this is the only one I can actually vouch for. I don't really read much, I AM trying to change that but not with much luck so far, but I saw an advertisement for it and heard good things so I checked it out.

turns out it was a fucking SEVEN book long series but I was lucky enough to hear about it after they all came out. Picked up the first one and loved it. tons of different genre's packed together and I found it very entertaining.

so basically, it was good enough for a person who never reads to go through SEVEN 700-1200 page books. within like 4 months.

I'm almost finished with A Game Of Thrones right now, also freaking awesome so far. very excited.

 

[Applesauce]

anything by kurt Vonnegut.

I still read breakfast of champions & cat's cradle to this day. Great books, brilliant author.

 

[JimmyV]

this is the only one I can actually vouch for. I don't really read much, I AM trying to change that but not with much luck so far, but I saw an advertisement for it and heard good things so I checked it out.

turns out it was a fucking SEVEN book long series but I was lucky enough to hear about it after they all came out. Picked up the first one and loved it. tons of different genre's packed together and I found it very entertaining.

so basically, it was good enough for a person who never reads to go through SEVEN 700-1200 page books. within like 4 months.

I'm almost finished with A Game Of Thrones right now, also freaking awesome so far. very excited.

brother?

 

[killertofu]

No one's mentioned the Road yet? I'm disapointed.

Amazing piece of literature.

 

[Arthrus]

And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

 

[thetrin]

AMERICAN GODS

Neil Gaiman will thank you.

 

[whytemyke]

Game of Thrones by George RR Martin

Snow Crash

I hated this. The entire time I felt like I was reading someone who wasn't good and just wanted to impersonate Phillip K Dick

 

[bounchfx]

brother?

eh?


anyways, this damn thread sold me on Good Omens and The Shadow of the Wind already, putting them in my amazon cart now. I'm gonna have a book backlog almost 10% the size of my game backlog soon enough! I still need to finish The Stand as well! and christ, I started the Eye of the World 6 years ago and left that for dead. bah! bah I say!

 

[gokieks]

Les Miserables. Abridged version is fine, though I do think everyone should give the unabridged a try.

And I'm morally obligated to mention The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy (of Five Books) in any thread about fiction. Read it even if you're not a Sci-Fi fan.

 

[thetrin]

Seriously, if you don't read American Gods, I'll be pissed.

 

[MWS Natural]

Do graphic novels count? >_>