I need a book recommendation.. (1 Viewer)

[The Schnapper]

It's been too long since i've got stuck into a really good book. Can someone recommend me a book that I will most likely not be able to put down once I get into it?

I'm open to all types

 

[c0De_n1NjA]

ahahaha, try the beano, you big thicko!

 

[The Schnapper]

ahahaha, try the beano, you big thicko!

I had a bad experience with the Beano when I was younger

 

[theoootini]

i just finished unspeak by steven poole. great compulsive reading.
here's the website
http://unspeak.net/

 

[MDR]

It's been too long since i've got stuck into a really good book. Can someone recommend me a book that I will most likely not be able to put down once I get into it?

I'm open to all types

If you're talking fiction, do you like modern stuff or 19th century classics or something else? Do you mind long books (600+)?

 

[The Schnapper]

If you're talking fiction, do you like modern stuff or 19th century classics or something else? Do you mind long books (600+)?

Pretty much anything other than Science ficton which I should have said above actually. I don't mind what lenght the book is once it's a good read to be honest..

 

[The Schnapper]

i just finished unspeak by steven poole. great compulsive reading.
here's the website
http://unspeak.net/

I'll have a look at that, thanks. Where did you buy it?

 

[c0De_n1NjA]

The unbearable lightness of being Earnest

 

[shitepipe]

Shantaram. unputdownable.

have recommended it to a load of people. they all gave me their first born in return for the tip.

 

[TenRabbits]

Cloud Atlas, though it takes a while to get used to the lingo at the start.

The Crow Road.

Birdsong was lovely.

I generally can't put any book down - that and the fact I read pretty quickly means I get through about 10 - 15 books a month. Waterstones is feckin killin me being on my walk home!

 

[MDR]

Ok, then i really recommend the Count of Monte Cristo. A ripping page turner with deadly characters, but it's about 1200 pages long. I read it in about 2 or 3 weeks, whereas I'd normally only read about 100 pages a week.

Other can't-go-wrong classics are:

Crime and Punishment
Don Quixote
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Anna Karenina


For 20th century stuff maybe try Cannary Row or One flew over the cuckoo's nest.

Once again though, the Count of Monte Cristo is a deadly rapid buzz.

 

[c0De_n1NjA]

Back from the Brink by Paul McGrath

 

[magicbastarder]

Birdsong was lovely.

an awfully overrated book.
albert speer: his battle with truth by gitta sereny is just epic.

 

[TenRabbits]

Shantaram. unputdownable.

Ooh.. that looks like a winner.. I'll be getting that on my way home!

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

The Malacia Tapestry by Brian Aldiss is a great read. its a sort of a sci-fi/fantasy thing about this foppish actor poncing about Malacia drinking and riding all the women and embarking on daring adventures just to try and score the daughter of the rich man. he also becomes accidentally mixed up with revolutionaries that he disapproves of

edit: never mind then

 

[The Schnapper]

I'll have a look at the reviews for all of 'em

 

[jane]

Anything by Kinky Friedman, also usually available in second-hand shops or bargain gaffs or whatever. Also, Raymond Chandler.

 

[TenRabbits]

an awfully overrated book.

I loved it.. I still think Regeneration is slightly better though.

Snow falling on cedars, a fine balance and the human stain are all great too.

 

[The Schnapper]

Shantaram sounds like a top book from what I've read below.
http://www.curledup.com/shantara.htm

I'm going to go with this one first. Is this available in Easons?

 

[TenRabbits]

If you want a debauched tale.. anything by Hunter S Thompson is usually fantastic too.