book suggestions?

[KGameLover1 1306]

anyone got any suggestions for anything to read?

I don't normally read fantasy but i'm thinking of picking up Game of Thrones.

Here's a list of the last few books I've read:

Fahrenheit 451

Ready Player One

Cloud Atlas

Casino Royale

Alice's Adventures in Wonderlands

The Stars My Destination (thanks Dys!)

Monday Mornings

The Kite Runner

Life of Pi

The Road

I Am Legend

Snow Crash (just finished)

any ideas?

[Wintergreen 1603]

Game of Thrones is pretty good. I'm about 60% through the first book and intend to watch it once I've finished the books.

[JMaFia 1317]

Read Confessions of an Economic Hit man by John Perkins

you should also pick up 50 shades of gray, because you lean that way

[Agrippa 101]

Some books that I enjoyed that I can think of off the top of my head:

1984 - George Orwell

The Stranger - Albert Camus

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

East of Eden - John Steinbeck

Angels & Demons - Dan Brown

[Duex 1095]

you should also pick up 50 shades of gray, because you lean that way

[Spell 331]

Rather than give you individual book names, I suggest looking up some authors.

My personal favorites are Robin Hobb, Steven Erikson, Margaret Weis, D'Lacey, Tracy HIckman, Terry Goodkind.

Now, some of these authors wrote together on books, I'll name some series by them:

Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

• Dragon Lance Chronicles
  
• The War of Souls Trilogy
  
• Dragon Lance Legends
  

Weiss & Perrin

• The Raistlin Chronicles
  

Weiss

• The Dragonwald Trilogy
  

R.A.Salvatore

• Paths of Darkness
  

Robin Hobb

These 3 are all related

• The Farseer Trilogy
  
• The Liveship traders
  
• The Tawny Man
  

This is an unrelated series

• Soldier Son Trilogy
  

Steven Erikson

• The Malazan Book of the Fallen
  

McCaffrey

• The Dragonriders of Pern
  

Terry Goodkind

• A sword of Truth
  

These are just the series names, If you have questions regarding what order to read them in or are interested in what order I recommend reading them (series wise), feel free to ask. Do take note, nearly all of these books are close to 1000 pages, so these are not short books at all. If you would like individual names of the books, either Google them(can be a bit confusing, since some of them have A LOT of books) or just ask.

Good examples of long series in here btw, since Dragon Lance series as a whole has close to 15 or so books, A sword of Truth has I believe 12-15 as well.

Edited May 5, 2013 by Spell

[Kung? 173]

rX, The Eleventh Plague, or Breathless is pretty good. I read it for Literacy.

[SexyBatman 705]

reading is for nerds

[MisterTurkes 544]

Animal Farm is another good george orwell

[TurtleFrenzy 2612]

Personally, i'm a contemporary sci-fi whore when it comes to books.

Orson Scott Card has a lot of good ones such as Ender's Game (which is coming out as a movie November 1st), and the others of its series. He's also written good fantasy-esque books, my favorites being The Lost Gate and Pathfinder.

Good author, check him out.

[KGameLover1 1306]

Game of Thrones is pretty good. I'm about 60% through the first book and intend to watch it once I've finished the books.

i'm definitely gonna pick it up. Love the show, even if it does overindulge in sex scenes

Read Confessions of an Economic Hit man by John Perkins

i'll check it out

you should also pick up 50 shades of gray, because you lean that way

ur too late ive already read them sry

Some books that I enjoyed that I can think of off the top of my head:

1984 - George Orwell

The Stranger - Albert Camus

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

East of Eden - John Steinbeck

Angels & Demons - Dan Brown

1984 is great, I've already read most of Orwell's stuff.

I've also read Catch-22 as well.

I haven't read East of Eden but I enjoy some of Steinbeck's work, so I'll look into it.

Also, isn't that the guy who wrote the Da Vinci Code? That book was terrible IMO.

These are just the series names, If you have questions regarding what order to read them in or are interested in what order I recommend reading them (series wise), feel free to ask. Do take note, nearly all of these books are close to 1000 pages, so these are not short books at all. If you would like individual names of the books, either Google them(can be a bit confusing, since some of them have A LOT of books) or just ask.

Good examples of long series in here btw, since Dragon Lance series as a whole has close to 15 or so books, A sword of Truth has I believe 12-15 as well.

thanks. I really have no problem with books being very lengthy - I prefer them that way. inb4 twss

Anyway, I have a friend who is really into R.A. Salvatore. Fantasy isn't really my thing but I'll check some of these out. Thanks.

rX, The Eleventh Plague, or Breathless is pretty good. I read it for Literacy.

who is the author of rX? getting several different results on google :/

reading is for nerds

so you're an avid reader, then?

Animal Farm is another good george orwell

read it, thanks it's a good one

Personally, i'm a contemporary sci-fi whore when it comes to books.

Orson Scott Card has a lot of good ones such as Ender's Game (which is coming out as a movie November 1st), and the others of its series. He's also written good fantasy-esque books, my favorites being The Lost Gate and Pathfinder.

Good author, check him out.

already read the whole Ender series. Can't wait for the movie, ESPECIALLY with Harrison Ford and Sir Ben Kingsley being in it.

Just now picked up the following on Kindle:

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

any more suggestions?

Edited May 5, 2013 by KGame

[TurtleFrenzy 2612]

already read the whole Ender series. Can't wait for the movie, ESPECIALLY with Harrison Ford and Sir Ben Kingsley being in it.

Dude, yeah. Asa Butterfield is supposed to be Ender; dunno if you saw Hugo but he did a good job in it so I'm expecting him to play the role well. My only issue is Bean, don't know how he is going to look.

[KGameLover1 1306]

already read the whole Ender series. Can't wait for the movie, ESPECIALLY with Harrison Ford and Sir Ben Kingsley being in it.

Dude, yeah. Asa Butterfield is supposed to be Ender; dunno if you saw Hugo but he did a good job in it so I'm expecting him to play the role well. My only issue is Bean, don't know how he is going to look.

hugo was good, yea. They already stated that there would be no elements from Ender's Shadow in it () so idk how it'll be.

[Name 2616]

Anything by Dean Koontz, though the Odd Thomas series is some of his best work, along with Life Expectancy. I really liked the Cirque Du Freak series back when I was a few years younger. Darren Shan's other series are good as well. Outside of that, the only books I've read are military, Shooter and No Easy Day are both good books.

[Windmill 1521]

A Song of Ice and Fire (game of thrones series)

Kingkiller Chronicles (The Name of the Wind, A Wise Man Fears, book 3 to come). really good.

The Longprice Quartet

All's Quiet on the Western Front

Farseer Trilogy

The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Great Expectations

After Dark

Ulysses

The Odyssey

Strangers on a Train

Dawn

The Black Company

[Windmill 1521]

i red dese buks

Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy was really good. Liveship was pretty good. I thought Tawny Man was pretty terrible. I've been at 80% of the final novel and just keep throwing it away.

I've been meaning to read Malazaan but it's just so god damn long.

But, you should deeeeeeeefinitely read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I picked that book up on a Friday and finished its sequel, A Wise Man Fears, by Sunday.

double post, i break all the rules.

Edited May 6, 2013 by Blackmanvoice

[KGameLover1 1306]

A Song of Ice and Fire (game of thrones series)

Kingkiller Chronicles (The Name of the Wind, A Wise Man Fears, book 3 to come). really good.

The Longprice Quartet

All's Quiet on the Western Front

Farseer Trilogy

The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Great Expectations

After Dark

Ulysses

The Odyssey

Strangers on a Train

Dawn

The Black Company

great suggestions, thanks.

I've read All Quiet on the Western Front and Great Expectations already, but these other books seem like they'd be up my alley.

The Long Price Quartet looks really, really interesting. I'm a sucker for city-state stories like that.

I only had to see Oscar Wao's first chapter title ("Ghetto Nerd at the End of the World") for it to pique my interest.

Regarding After Dark, my older sister bought me 1Q84 for Christmas one year (we always buy each other books) and I still haven't read it. Should I read that first?

Also, wtf, I didn't know Strangers on a Train was a book first, definitely reading that one right fucking now.

i red dese buks

Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy was really good. Liveship was pretty good. I thought Tawny Man was pretty terrible. I've been at 80% of the final novel and just keep throwing it away.

I've been meaning to read Malazaan but it's just so god damn long.

But, you should deeeeeeeefinitely read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I picked that book up on a Friday and finished its sequel, A Wise Man Fears, by Sunday.

double post, i break all the rules.

Looked up The Name of the Wind and this came up of the author:

Edited May 6, 2013 by KGame

[Windmill 1521]

A Song of Ice and Fire (game of thrones series)

Kingkiller Chronicles (The Name of the Wind, A Wise Man Fears, book 3 to come). really good.

The Longprice Quartet

All's Quiet on the Western Front

Farseer Trilogy

The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Great Expectations

After Dark

Ulysses

The Odyssey

Strangers on a Train

Dawn

The Black Company

great suggestions, thanks.

I've read All Quiet on the Western Front and Great Expectations already, but these other books seem like they'd be up my alley.

The Long Price Quartet looks really, really interesting. I'm a sucker for city-state stories like that.

I only had to see Oscar Wao's first chapter title ("Ghetto Nerd at the End of the World") for it to pique my interest.

Regarding After Dark, my older sister bought me 1Q84 for Christmas one year (we always buy each other books) and I still haven't read it. Should I read that first?

Also, wtf, I didn't know Strangers on a Train was a book first, definitely reading that one right fucking now.

i red dese buks

Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy was really good. Liveship was pretty good. I thought Tawny Man was pretty terrible. I've been at 80% of the final novel and just keep throwing it away.

I've been meaning to read Malazaan but it's just so god damn long.

But, you should deeeeeeeefinitely read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I picked that book up on a Friday and finished its sequel, A Wise Man Fears, by Sunday.

double post, i break all the rules.

Looked up The Name of the Wind and this came up of the author:

I don't know what 1Q84 is. If After Dark and 1Q84 are connected and 1Q84 came out before After Dark then you may as well read 1Q84 before After Dark.

The Long Price Quartet gets really good by the final book, but it can be pretty dry at times. But I'm really glad I finished it.

I met Patrick Rothfuss in SF. He's a cool guy. His books are probably my favorites.

[Spell 331]

i red dese buks

Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy was really good. Liveship was pretty good. I thought Tawny Man was pretty terrible. I've been at 80% of the final novel and just keep throwing it away.

I've been meaning to read Malazaan but it's just so god damn long.

But, you should deeeeeeeefinitely read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I picked that book up on a Friday and finished its sequel, A Wise Man Fears, by Sunday.

double post, i break all the rules.

Tawny Man was ok, it was a much harder read than the rest to be sure, but definitely worth it once you finish.

Malazaan is a great series, so god damn long to be sure. I need to go and pick up all of them again to re-read through them. Malazaan is by far one of the most intricate in terms of story and environment that I have read thus far, simply due to the fact that there's like 5-6 stories going on at once which is the insane part.

If you like Robin Hobb's Farseer, pick up Soldier Son Trilogy. Definitely good read and since it's in a different universe than Farseer, it's a nice break.

Terry Goodkind's A sword of Truth series is also insanely well put together, but is also extremely lengthy. The Sword of Truth series is 12 books long, with them being on average 800-900 pages long.

Edit: More misc info

Dragon Lance series are probably the shortest of the ones given here, but are very intricate and close to my heart. Weis's development of characters is extremely intimate, and sprawls out a very large world.

In short, all of these long fantasy series develop a myriad of stories (upwards of 6 or so at a time) throughout their course in any given book. None of these are bad reads to say the least, I do however recommend that you read these in paper form, since they are so much cheaper to get at an old bookstore than on a kindle. Fact that I got all of my trilogies for Dragon Lance except the original 3 from one bookstore for a combined total of ~40 Dollars (If i were to buy these on kindle store @6$ a pop, for 15 book is 90$).

Edited May 6, 2013 by Spell

[KGameLover1 1306]

In short, all of these long fantasy series develop a myriad of stories (upwards of 6 or so at a time) throughout their course in any given book. None of these are bad reads to say the least, I do however recommend that you read these in paper form, since they are so much cheaper to get at an old bookstore than on a kindle. Fact that I got all of my trilogies for Dragon Lance except the original 3 from one bookstore for a combined total of ~40 Dollars (If i were to buy these on kindle store @$6 a pop, for 15 book is $90).

meh, there sadly aren't any bookstores near where I live, the nearest one is like 35 minutes away (I live in a rural area). It's either buy it on Amazon and have them ship it to me, or buy it on Kindle and get it instantly.

[Kung? 173]

Game of Thrones is pretty good. I'm about 60% through the first book and intend to watch it once I've finished the books.

i'm definitely gonna pick it up. Love the show, even if it does overindulge in sex scenes

Read Confessions of an Economic Hit man by John Perkins

i'll check it out

you should also pick up 50 shades of gray, because you lean that way

ur too late ive already read them sry

Some books that I enjoyed that I can think of off the top of my head:

1984 - George Orwell

The Stranger - Albert Camus

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

East of Eden - John Steinbeck

Angels & Demons - Dan Brown

1984 is great, I've already read most of Orwell's stuff.

I've also read Catch-22 as well.

I haven't read East of Eden but I enjoy some of Steinbeck's work, so I'll look into it.

Also, isn't that the guy who wrote the Da Vinci Code? That book was terrible IMO.

These are just the series names, If you have questions regarding what order to read them in or are interested in what order I recommend reading them (series wise), feel free to ask. Do take note, nearly all of these books are close to 1000 pages, so these are not short books at all. If you would like individual names of the books, either Google them(can be a bit confusing, since some of them have A LOT of books) or just ask.

Good examples of long series in here btw, since Dragon Lance series as a whole has close to 15 or so books, A sword of Truth has I believe 12-15 as well.

thanks. I really have no problem with books being very lengthy - I prefer them that way. inb4 twss

Anyway, I have a friend who is really into R.A. Salvatore. Fantasy isn't really my thing but I'll check some of these out. Thanks.

rX, The Eleventh Plague, or Breathless is pretty good. I read it for Literacy.

who is the author of rX? getting several different results on google :/

reading is for nerds

so you're an avid reader, then?

Animal Farm is another good george orwell

read it, thanks it's a good one

Personally, i'm a contemporary sci-fi whore when it comes to books.

Orson Scott Card has a lot of good ones such as Ender's Game (which is coming out as a movie November 1st), and the others of its series. He's also written good fantasy-esque books, my favorites being The Lost Gate and Pathfinder.

Good author, check him out.

already read the whole Ender series. Can't wait for the movie, ESPECIALLY with Harrison Ford and Sir Ben Kingsley being in it.

Just now picked up the following on Kindle:

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

any more suggestions?

rX is written by Tracy Lynn. One of the chapter name is "To drunk to... fuq." The book is kind of mature but its really inspirational and depressing.

[waffles 811]

The Long Walk - Stephen King Favorite book by him. If you liked the hunger gams you'd like this.

Catcher in the Rye - Favorite book from high school

[Dojima 7619]

And Then There Were None by Christie

Shibumi by Trevanian

[Windmill 1521]

The Stranger

[Deadpool 161]

The Stranger

Reading that now.

From your first post you seemed to be kinda interested in mystery novels (which is awesome) so here are some awesome mystery novels.

Anything by Dashiell Hammet:

The Glass Key

The Maltese Falcon (made into a great movie in the '60s?)

Red Harvest

The Thin Man

The Continental Op (set of short stories)

Anything by Raymond Chandler:

The Long Goodbye (my personal favorite)

The Big Sleep (also made into a great movie)

The High Window

The Little Sister

Farewell my Lovely

Some books by James Ellroy:

The Black Dahlia

L.A. Confidential (also made into a good movie)

Also since you like Orwell, try reading:

Down and Out in Paris and London

Keep the Aspidistra flying

Coming up for Air

All of those are great books by him that not many people have read.