Book suggestions

[BobTD]

So for my new kindle I wanted some suggestions for books to read! =D

Right now Im reading the mass effect novels! (almost finished with the first one, as a side effect im not doing so well at league of legends) Yay! The first one was $5 but thats the first thing I spent money on. Other then that I have a lot of public domain works on it right now such as:

Sir Conan Doyles complet works
Edger Alan Poes complet works and poems
Works by Aristotle
Bram Stokers Dracula
Homers Iliad
Beowolf revised and literal translations

One neat feature is that it has multiple dictionaries you can reference simply by moving to the word with the curser.


If there are books you feel are must reads please post them here. The only real authors I have read a lot of are Orsen Scot Card, Gleen Cook, and Terry Brooks.

Im wondering if I can read manga on this thing, I might try a few PDfs and see how that pans out because I do read a lot of that and have a few shelves full of the stuff.

[EpsilonX]

do you like sci-fi? I really liked Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama. There's not much in the way of character development or narrative though, it's all about the sense of adventure and exploration. if you're into that it's a great read

[Ilyich Valken]

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.. though, I've heard it gets a little boring once you get most of the way through the Purgatorio and into Paradiso.. Last I remember, I'd started the Purgatory and ended up started reading a Koontz book (mainly because I started reading it at work and hate reading multiple things at once.)

[BobTD]

^ I have a hard copy with gold tinted edges lying around somewhere. Already read it, however its translation from Latin leaves much to be desired because it looses its poem format. Almost makes me want to learn latin.


do you like sci-fi? I really liked Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama. There's not much in the way of character development or narrative though, it's all about the sense of adventure and exploration. if you're into that it's a great read

Scifi is probably my favorite genre. I will have to look into your suggestions thanks.

[leica]

^ i thought it was translated from italian, not latin?

[Jayhmmz]

I would recommend any books written by James Patterson. Especially the Alex Cross or Michael Bennet series. They're modern day detective series with a really indepth story line, broken down really nicely for an easy read. Sure, they're an easy read, but they're still aimed at adults.

I love them, they're also great for a re-read.

[Polishkid]

pick up the diablo novels they are pretty epic

[BobTD]

^ i thought it was translated from italian, not latin?

hahah, your right it was in Italian. Whenever I think about old book translations for some reason I think of Latin. Whoops.

I have one of the Diablo books. I havent read much of it actually. I think Im a little afraid of video game inspired books.... I have a copy of the book "Doom". Arguably the worst book ever. =P

And I quote "I was born at an early age in a log cabin I helped my father build."

....

How does that make it to print?

[Polishkid]

lol well the diablo books are good... you learn alot from the books u didnt know about the game

[Ilyich Valken]

hahah, your right it was in Italian. Whenever I think about old book translations for some reason I think of Latin. Whoops.

I have one of the Diablo books. I havent read much of it actually. I think Im a little afraid of video game inspired books.... I have a copy of the book "Doom". Arguably the worst book ever. =P

And I quote "I was born at an early age in a log cabin I helped my father build."

....

How does that make it to print?
I can personally attest that the Diablo books, at least some of them (I've only read the first three, want to get into the Sin Wars books) are good. The Halo ones are good (with the exception of Contact Harvest, I've heard) are good, as are the Assassin's Creed ones.

[chibimel]

read ENDER's GAME!

[Muffincat]

-anything by Neil Gaiman (especially American Gods)
-Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
-The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
-Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
-you could try The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins; its pretty big and I enjoyed it, though it's targeted at "young adults" (I loved it)
-if you like older Italian things, Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto is pretty lawlsy
-The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
-The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
-anything by Goethe

those are just a few :3

[BobTD]

I have read quite a few of the halo books. I might have to get the rest of the Diablo ones. I also have a few random starcraft books.

Also, the mass effect books are pretty good.

[EpsilonX]

Idk if you had to read it in high school or anything, but Tuesdays With Morrie was really good too. Regardless of whether or not that kind of book is your specific interest or not, it's really enjoyable

[Jayhmmz]

I have read quite a few of the halo books. I might have to get the rest of the Diablo ones. I also have a few random starcraft books.

Also, the mass effect books are pretty good.

Gears of War books are amazing. They're NY Times best sellers too!

[Polishkid]

thank you for backing me up some lol ^_^