Can you recommend me a GOOD book to read???

[secretanchitman]

Harry Potter series
The Davinci Code
The Prequel to the Davinci Code (forgot the name)
Tom Clancy's ______ (you decide, cause they're all good)

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Mookow
Practically anything by R.A. Heinlein.

:beer:

 

[PunDogg]

w00t i got a list of books that will last a long time.

also question--->> is "The DaVinci Code" a new book? cuz i was looking for it at the college lib, and i couldn't find it. But keep them coming, i am always looking for a good book to read, its soo much better than what i used to do, just watch TV. It has increased my vocab, (but as u can tell my spelling and grammer are still pretty bad), and introduced me to new and great things that i would have never known.

ps. the book i just read was "The autobiographt of Malcom X" GREAT BOOK, his life is just amazing what he went through to become who he was, and his potential was unmatched. And am I am not Black, if you wondering Y i read the book, i read just because i wanted to know more about him and what he did, i was taught soo little in school. I was told Martin Luther King Jr. was the number 1 black leader, but i think after reading the book, that before X was killed he could controll a large black population, espically in NYC.

Dogg

 

[PunDogg]

read the sword of shannara and the davinci code, both great books

Dogg

 

[Confused]

The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy series by Douglas Adams (all 5 books, tho the last couple are a bit weak, but finish off the story well)
Harry Potter series

 

[Goosemaster]

Devil in a white city by Erik Larson

 

[NuclearNed]

The King of Torts - John Grisham

It's kind of light and predictable, but very entertaining.

 

[PunDogg]

Originally posted by: Confused
The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy series by Douglas Adams (all 5 books, tho the last couple are a bit weak, but finish off the story well)
Harry Potter series

thats the name of it, i have been meaning to go get the hitch hikers guide tot he galaxy

Dogg

 

[lobadobadingdong]

I just read sybex training manuals, I find they have the best story lines (CCNA cert prep etc. )

 

[bastula]

Anything by J.V. Jones - especially her Book of Words trilogy - well worth the read

 

[weirdichi]

Where the Wild Things Are

My favoritest book!

 

[Wuffsunie]

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley.

An excellent work of non fiction. Though 4 years old now, it's still mostly current. Some of the ideas discussed will definetly fvck with your mind. If you thought females were hostile on the maco level, wait till you you get down to the cellular level. There's also just lots of wonderful bits about history of genetics, history of life, and how various cultures have reacted to genetics.

I really have to get around to posting my review of that book...

 

[iamme]

The Elegant Universe : Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

Good stuff. Physics for dummies Fun to read and understand.

 

[KarenMarie]

I have been around a fair bit, and read a sh!t load of stuff....

You (and everyone else) needs to read:

The Long Walk
by Richard Bachman (aka Stephen King)

No kidding... it is fvcked up)



EDIT: I ADORE terry pratchett!!! His DiscWorld Novels are second to none!!

 

[Freejack2]

Home from Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler.

I promise you will never look at cities and suburbia the same again.

 

[Orsorum]

A History of Rome to AD 565, Boak and Sinnigen
The Metaphysics, Aristotle
Determinants of Economic Growth, Barro.

That's what's on my shelf, anyway.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

A good mystery


The Dante Club.

 

[MisterRaven]

American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
The Blue Nowhere, by Jeffery Deaver
Shogun, by James Clavell
The Age of Spiritual Machines, by Ray Kurzweil

 

[thedarkwolf]

I am about to reread The Sight by David Clement-Davies. It's a Watership Down only with wolves and a bit of majic thrown in. He also has one called Fire Bringer about deer that is really good.

Anything by Robert McCammon is good. Somebody already brought up Swan Song which is excellent. I just reread The Wolf's Hour for the forth time a few weeks ago.

Brian Lumley's Necroscope series is great if your into espionage and vampires.

 

[watchdog1977]

The dark tower series by Stephen King. I am desperately waiting volumes 6 and 7 to come out this year to finish the series. It is by far the King crowning achievement. It is so bad there is even a following called Tower Junkies (yes I am one of them) check out WWW.Thedarktower.net or WWW.darktowercompendium.com to get a feel for the books.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: Kyteland
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Originally posted by: JoPh
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Originally posted by: Arkitech
The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons looks like 2 interesting books. In fact they're on my list once I finish up The Stand (uncut version), The Fire and Ice series, The Deathgate series and Swan Song.

i read both and liked them.

i personally liked angles and demons better.[/quote]

Which of the two did you read first?

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The reason I ask is that I read his books in this order: DaVinci Code, Digital Fortress, Redemption Point, Angels and Demons. My theory is that evey one of is books has been the EXACT SAME story with different people and theme, and by the fourth time through (Angels and Demons) I just couldn't enjoy it anymore. That is why I liked Angels and Demons less than the DaVinci Code.

I was actually thinking when I started Angels and Demons "Sh!t, somebody died in the prolouge, just like all the other books. OK, which close confidant/ father figure is going to turn out to be the bad guy? I bet I know who. Hmm, lets see. We still need the blatantly obvious bad guy who in the end just turns out to be the dupe, not the real bad guy. Ah, there he is.", etc.

Don't get me wrong, it is an excellent story once. Hell, it was still pretty good the second time too, but by the fourth it was painful.[/quote]

You obviously have poor comprhension skills because the 4 books are NOT exactly the same.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

I'd recommend
The Straw Men and
The Upright Man

 

[amcdonald]

read something by kurt vonnegut. maybe start with welcome to the monkey house?

 

[PunDogg]

Any new books people want to list???

 

[RadioHead84]

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is a great book...too bad douglas adams died
1984 is really good
Wizards First Rule Series - By Terry Goodkind was prob my favorite fantasty series
Hier to the Empire - A good star wars series
as a kid of loved ronald Dahl books lol
Left Behind seems to be selling well lol...