Loki Posted April 7, 2006 Posted April 7, 2006 Basically I really enjoy reading and I am looking for a bit of inspiration for a book to read. If you were only allowed one book to read, what would you chose and why?
Foxtrotlima Posted April 7, 2006 Posted April 7, 2006 I can't reccommend highly enough The L-Shaped Room by Lynne Reid Banks. Superbly written and really thought povoking.
TheScope Posted April 7, 2006 Posted April 7, 2006 It would have to be anything by Irvine Welsh. If I had to choose one though, it would be Marabou Stork Nightmares.
manxbird Posted April 7, 2006 Posted April 7, 2006 The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Mind you I only read it because I'd seen the reviews on Manxforums so you might already know this one.
VinnieK Posted April 7, 2006 Posted April 7, 2006 The Outsider (Sometimes called The Stranger) by Albert Camus. Because: a. I'm a prentious oaf. b. It's one of the few books that appeals to pretentious oafs like me that is actually genuinely good, and thus, in that, it is a masteriece.
Chinahand Posted April 8, 2006 Posted April 8, 2006 In a similar vein to VinnieK try out Siddartha by Herman Hesse ... short, but transcendential. For rolling prose, poetic writing, a magical plot and Rock and Roll try the Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie ... it probably the best introduction to his writing ... but The Satanic Verses still sends shivers down my spine.
Tugger Posted April 12, 2006 Posted April 12, 2006 Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. It's a doorstopper so will take you your whole holiday to read (but only just - I could barely put it down)
Lotus Posted April 12, 2006 Posted April 12, 2006 I have just finished reading "Labyrinth" by Kate Mosse It isn't a classic yet but I am sure it will be. It is way more interesting than the Da Vinci Code. If you like stories about the search for the Grail then you will enjoy this. I really hate books like the Da Vinci Code where I can guess the ending half way through and where the plot contains some unbelievable threads. That book was the biggest disappointment ever after all the hype and I had to force myself to finish it. Read Labyrinth and you will be kept on the edge until the last page.
Jenniebean Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 Midnights Children, Salman Rushdie It can take a while to get into if you arent used to his writing, but its got everything you could possibly want or imagine to be in a novel.
elle1980 Posted October 11, 2006 Posted October 11, 2006 two book choices from me in order: 1) grapes of wrath by john steinbeck: it is kind of slow going at the start...but probably the most powerful book and definitely worth getting through to the end of, it didn't win a nobel prize for nothing 2)disgrace by JM coetzee: IMO this man is the greatest writer still living, this would have to be his best book
josie kelly Posted October 12, 2006 Posted October 12, 2006 The Throat by Peter Straub You have to like complicated books and it's best to read Koko and Mystery beforehand as they're the first two in a loose trilogy to which The Throat is the finale. The three books are completely different to each other. Koko deals with the surviving members of a unit from Vietnam. Murders are happening and clues lead them to believe it's one of their own committing them, so they try to track the culprit down. Mystery is about a boy who hooks up with a reclusive private detective (who just happens to be probably the finest PI who ever lived) and unearths some disturbing secrets about the people in his town. The Throat is about a man (one of the veterans from Koko) who goes to help out an old friend whose wife has been attacked. He hooks up with the boy (now a man) from mystery and they set about trying to solve the case. In doing so, they also unearth secrets from the past. Straub is known for his collaborations with Stephen King but don't let that put you off! His writing is much more complex and involving and feels way more intelligent than King's work.
Tea&Biscuits Posted December 4, 2006 Posted December 4, 2006 Peyton Place by Grace Metlious (just love this book!!) Also love siddartha - Herman Hesse Glammorama by Douglas Copeland (any of his books I would read over and over again)
Albert Tatlock Posted December 4, 2006 Posted December 4, 2006 "The Cosmic Code" - Heinz Pagels. Your blinkers will come off, and you'll never look down or see life quite the same again afterwards.
Rhumsaa Posted December 4, 2006 Posted December 4, 2006 I really don't read in such high circles like the other posters here but for me there is little better enjoyment than any of Terry Pratchetts Discowrld series, a delightful fantasy series with that wonderful 2 tier humour that you can appreciate simplisticly or seek the deeper meaning
lectro Posted December 4, 2006 Posted December 4, 2006 If you like biographies then "Back from the Brink" by Paul McGrath is a very good read.
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