Reccomend a book (any book)

[Nymphomanic]

Ok, it's a long hot summer. When I'm not working in the office I like lounging round outside - problem is I'm fed up with newspapers (too depressing) and my uni reading list (too demanding in an uninteresting way) and womens magazines (too silly and reflecting badly upon my gender)

I really need a good novel - nothing too heavy, but then again please don't reccomend anything like sagas (a novel which is light and literary if possible).

[tordenskjold]

Catch-22 my favourite book. Otherwise, the Flashman papers are fun but probably more a guy type of book. Reading "Mimi and Toutou go forth" at the moment if you like history. Another great book is "A confederacy of dunces" which is really very good and should be read by all.

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Kæmp for alt hvad du har kært,
Dø om så det gælder.
Da er livet ej så svært,
Døden ikke heller.

[KateBush]

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Mysterious Case of the Dog in Night Time ( think that's what it's called- sorry if I'm a little out on the title- it's about a boy with aspergers who finds a dead dog. Really good read!)

Sunset Song

what about Evelyn Waugh's stuff?


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If the NHS cares for you from the cradle to the grave...I must've died YEARS ago....

[David Bean]

If you like complex mystery stories that aren't written particularly well and you can't expect to solve by yourself, but give a fascinating feel for the noir-esque period in American life (think 1920s-50s), anything by Erle Stanley Gardner is excellent.

[Zombie Sheep]

I guess you could always go read that book that's out today, I forget which one though, sorry.

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[David Bean]

Possibly my favourite volume of all is John Buchan's "The Complete Richard Hannay", published by Penguin and featuring his epic works "The Thirty-nine Steps", "Greenmantle", "Mr Standfast", "The Three Hostages" and "The Island of Sheep". You'd also be on to a winner with anything by Robert Louis Stevenson - one of the best novellas in history being his "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde".

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...SssssssssssssssSUCK IT! Degenerate into somethin', fool - we just got tired o' doin' what you told us to do. Dat's da breaks, boy, yeah - dat's da breaks, little man! Break it down! DE-GENERATION X! DEGENERATION!

[Midget]

Non-fiction 'Straw Dogs' John Gray, particularly if you are a cynic, a sceptic or a philosopher, so should appeal to quite a few sinners.

Fiction though, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest' Ken Kesey, good anti-authority feeling.

Have literally (ha ha) just read these two, and really enjoyed them, made me think, if that isn't too much of a cliche.

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[physicist]

Just from the title (ignoring the novel bit), I would recommend the Oxford English Dictionary.

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It had to be said.

[David Bean]

Thankyou, Captain Obvious.

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...SssssssssssssssSUCK IT! Degenerate into somethin', fool - we just got tired o' doin' what you told us to do. Dat's da breaks, boy, yeah - dat's da breaks, little man! Break it down! DE-GENERATION X! DEGENERATION!

[Cain]

Carter Beats The Devil - Glen David Gold


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I hold an element of surprise

[Dee]

"The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Well no-one else has recommended it yet. It's brilliant, and it's so well written it's no effort at all to read. The prologue is a bit off putting, but once you meet the narrator it becomes hard to put down. Just started on her second novel, and sorely wish she'd written more.

"Murder in the Dark" by Margaret Atwood

Collection of short stories and vignettes. They're short, well written, and often thought provoking.

"Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut

Amusingly satirical look at science and religion. Entertaining, and easy to read. Far and away Vonnegut's best work.

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If you're struggling with loneliness you're not alone.
And yet you are alone. So very alone.

[aladdinsane12]

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank is a fantastic book!

It's a very easy read and once you start it, you really get hooked. It's about a town in Florida getting hit by a nuclear bomb and the community trying to survive. It doesn't sound that great, but it's a fantastic book and I highly recommend it!

[aladdinsane12]

"Alas, Babylon" by Pat Frank is a fantastic book!

It's a very easy read and once you start it, you really get hooked. It's about a town in Florida getting hit by a nuclear bomb and the community trying to survive. It doesn't sound that great, but it's a fantastic book and I highly recommend it!

[novium]

i just finished a book called "sleeping with schubert." It surprised me, it was quite different from what the premise implied. A book about music, and the way it can take over your life.

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"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"

[novium]

about the vonnegut- no one read that unless you want to walk away from it feeling like the most bitterly cynical person on earth for the next week or so. I like vonnegut, but I can hardly read him for the affect he has on me.

Hmm. Thought of another book to recommend, thinking of cynics. A- Alexandar at the world's end, by tom holt. A novel set in ancient greece, it's very interesting and occasionally funny but it's an exploration of the cynic philosophy. It wasn't a book I read quickly or all at once, but everytime I put it down I was in a very thoughtful frame of mind, one which would last hours.

But i liked "Olympiad" better, just from a story point of view.
Both books start out quite light-hearted, but by the end of the book, they've become very serious, without losing the tone. Interesting sketches on humanity.

Quoting Dee from 02:03, 16th Jul 2005
"The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Well no-one else has recommended it yet. It's brilliant, and it's so well written it's no effort at all to read. The prologue is a bit off putting, but once you meet the narrator it becomes hard to put down. Just started on her second novel, and sorely wish she'd written more.

"Murder in the Dark" by Margaret Atwood

Collection of short stories and vignettes. They're short, well written, and often thought provoking.

"Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut

Amusingly satirical look at science and religion. Entertaining, and easy to read. Far and away Vonnegut's best work.

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If you're struggling with loneliness you're not alone.
And yet you are alone. So very alone.

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"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"

[Eliot Wilson]

"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger and "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald are both excellent but slender volumes. I'm told that Fitzgerald's "Tender is the Night" is likewise very good. I'm currently reading "Saturday" by Ian McEwan (is that how he spells his name? Sudden mental blank), and, although I'm only about eighty pages in, it's very good, and beautifully written.

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Bill and Ted beat the Grim Reaper at Twister

Bill: "You played very well, Death, especially with your totally heavy Death robes."

Death: "Don't patronise me."

[Lindsay]

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's "Good Omens"

Or Bernard Cornwell's "The Winter King"

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Think of me long enough to make a memory...

[bubba]

I could go on all day, so a brief selection:

Catch-22

The Godfather (much much much better than the film)

The Fountainhead (and if you read that then read Atlas Shrugged afterwards)

War and Peace (seriously, tis excellent)

Foucaults Pendulum

and for something completely different: Vernon God Little

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Who is John Galt?

[ninman]

"The Farseer Trilogy" by Robin Hobb. It's by far the best fantasy story I've ever read. In fact it's the best book I've ever read, and I've read literally hundreds of books.

The Harry Potter Books are also really good as well. I read the first five in a week.

[Happy-Go-Lucky]

"The First Wives Club" by Olivia Goldsmith.

Not quite the same as the film (characters and incidents are different) but the same general idea and feeling, so if you enjoyed that, you should like the book.

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