I'm going to Books a Million later and I need some light reading

[UglyCasanova]

I've recently finished Brave New World which was so so, and See No Evil by Robert Baer which was really good (about the CIA and such). Any recomendations?

I liked Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Snowcrash just to give you some some examples. Alas Babylon was good. Umm, I dunno. Throw some stuff out there.

 

[crownjules]

Dark Tower books, by Stephen King. Sort of a fantasy/sci-fi cross. Awesome reads and better if you've read some of his other works (as most of them tie in somehow, sometimes in big ways and sometimes just subtle things), but they do require a deeper level of thinking then your normal run-of-the-mill fantasy or sci-fi novel.

 

[UglyCasanova]

I don't like Stephen King. And I guess before anyone mentions it I have read Enders Game and Dune, and liked neither. 😛

Oh and I don't like fantasy either. Magic and dragons and stuff turn me off (sexually). Sorry to be so picky. 😀

 

[crownjules]

It's not fantasy as in elves and fairies and dragons. It's just...a parallel Earth of sorts. It's hard to explain without giving away too much. I would give them a shot regardless of what you have previously thought of SK. The Gunslinger, the first book, is a tough read but it picks up steam from there on out (seven books in the series).

 

[GagHalfrunt]

If you liked The Mote in God's Eye you should read The Gripping Hand. It's the sequel, not as good, but worth reading. Also by Niven and Pournelle look at Footfall and Lucifer's Hammer.

 

[Babbles]

It's not SciFi but rather fantasy; I highly recommend "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova. It's a Dracula story, but it is very clever with how it's told. I couldn't put the thing down. It did spend quite a bit of time as on the NYT bestseller list (then again tons of books do).