Great Book Recommendations!

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Just read :

American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

Great fiction novel.

Any good books that you'd recommend?

 

[sunstruck]

Geek Love, can't remember the author

Sewer, Gas and Electric: a Public Work Trilogy - Matt Ruff

Fool on a Hill - Mat Ruff.

In my top 10 recomendables.

 

[princessa]

sci fi from author le modesitt jr...

first one series begins with the soprano sorceress
the other series starts with the magic of recluse

wonderful books

 

[Ice Cold]

Just finished the Talisman & Black House
Both were pretty good reads.

 

[Laurel]

Geek Love, can't remember the author

Katherine Dunn. Love it!

Good stuff off the top of my head:

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

This Wild Darkness by Harold Brodkey

The Atlas by William Vollmann (also read his Butterfly Stories)

The History of Luminous Motion by Scott Bradfield

anything by Cormac McCarthy or Kenzaburo Oe

Stupid White Men... by Michael Moore (not fiction, but required reading nonetheless)

 

[Thrillhouse]

>>Fool on a Hill - Mat Ruff.

Loved it!

>>Stupid White Men... by Michael Moore (not fiction, but required reading nonetheless)

Just finished it today. I love Michael Moore. The heck with Nader, I'm voting for him in 2004.

I also recommend almost anything by Tom Robbins. Especially "Even Cowgirls Get The Blues," "Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas," "Jitterbug Perfume," and "Skinny Legs and All."

 

[marksgirl]

Anything by Gary Jennings...Raptor, Aztec, The Journey......all good!

 

[SkyBluAngelEyes]

A perfect Evil by Alex Kava

the sequel was not as well written but good: Split Second

 

[Star of Penumbra]

The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock. Unfortunately, it's out of print now, so it might be difficult to find.

 

[joolushko]

SciFi

Simon R Green
Deatherstalker
Deathstalker Rebellion
Deathstalker War
Deathstalker Honor
Deathstalker Destiny

 

[joolushko]

Fun Mysteries

Janet Evanovich
One for the Money
Two for the Dough
Three to Get Deadly
Four to Score
High Five
Hot Six
Seven Up
Hard Eight

Carole Nelson Douglas
Catnap
Pussyfoot
Cat on a Blue Monday
Cat in a Crimson Tide
Cat in a Diamond Dazzle
Cat with an Emerald Eye
Cat in a Flamingo Fedora
Cat with a Golden Garland
Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt
Cat in an Indigo Mood
Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit
Cat in a Kiwi Con
Cat with a Leopard Spot
Cat in a Midnight Choir

 

[427cobra]

anything by clive cussler, and i do mean anything.

 

[sunstruck]

>>Fool on a Hill - Mat Ruff.

Loved it!

I have never met anyone who read Ruff before! Very cool. Did you pick up Sewer Gas and Electric?

 

[riff]

Geek Love, can't remember the author


In my top 10 recomendables.

Kathleen Dunn. Great book.

 

[Kitte]

I also recommend almost anything by Tom Robbins. Especially "Even Cowgirls Get The Blues," "Jitterbug Perfume," and "Skinny Legs and All."

I wholeheartedly agree! I also loved "Still Life With Woodpecker"

I am a huge fan of John Irving. My favorite being "Hotel New Hampsire"

 

[sunstruck]

Kathleen Dunn. Great book.

Nope, Laurel was right, it's Katherine. Brilliant book. Just sucks you right in. After a while you don't see them as freaks anymore, but just truely fucked up family.

 

[riff]

I just finished Lamb- The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Playpal by Christopher Moore. It was awesome.

I am currently reading Umberto Eco's The Name Of The Rose which is greatso far, but I highly recommend Foucault's Pendulum .

I'll also recommend some by Mikhael Bulgakov such as The Master and Margarita . My favorite by him is Heart of a Dog , though, its about a Moscow professor who implants human testicles into a dog and then the dog turns human, but still has the personality of a dog. It's a fucking tip and is satirical criticism of the Russian Revolution. Short too. You'd finish it in no time.

 

[juicylips]

Fantasy.

George R.R. Martin series:

A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords


EXCELLENT reading if you like that genre.

JL

 

[Thrillhouse]

I have never met anyone who read Ruff before! Very cool. Did you pick up Sewer Gas and Electric?

Nope. I only got ahold of "Fool on the Hill" because a co-worker had two copies.

 

[CarolineOh]

The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold.

This is the most moving novel I have read in years. The story is told, from Heaven, by a 14 year old girl who has been raped and murdered by a serial killer. She watches down on her family, her killer, and the attempt to catch him.
It sounds kind of hoaky from the description, but it is not. I can't recommend it enough.

 

[Weird Harold]

I'm currently reading the first book in the Tawny Man series by Robin Hobb (Fool's Errand) It's a sequel to her best-selling Assasin series.

I recently picked up the latest in the Blending Enthroned series by Sharon Green -- a much overlooked Fantasy author who is only available in paperback. This too is a series that is a sequel to a previous series -- The Blending.

Both Blending series are in print and available from Avon/EOS in paperback only -- Eight volumes, so far.

Another author I enjoy who hasn't received much aclaim, is Julie E. Czerneda. The third volume in her Trade Pact Universe series is also in my waiting top be read stack.

 

[SlowHand89]

Tommo & Hawk by Bryce Courtenay

Rare Birds by..... sorry, can't remember.

 

[medjay]

My favorite author is Joe R. Lansdale. He writes everything: mystery, suspense, horror, sci-fi, westerns. I've mentioned him before on this board but I don't know if anyone else here is a fan. If there are some of you out there let me know.

http://joerlansdale.com/bio.html