"All Creatures Great and Small." Actually I recommend just about anything by James Herriott, but that's the first in the series so its a perfect place to start.
Anything in the Ender's Series by Orson Scott Card. The Saga of Seven Suns by Kevin Anderson. It's a bit lengthy, but a hell of a space opera.
Let the Right One in by John Ajvide Lindqvist The Dresden Files novels Blue Moon Rising/Hawk and Fisher/Beyond the Blue Moon By Simon Green The Deathstalker Novels by Simon Green All of Heinlein's works. House of Leaves The Necroscope Series Lumley's Cthulhu Mytho's works
I spot a pattern - you have good taste in books! Another vote here for Dune. Just finished Hidden Empire and I loved it, the last one's just come out over here so I'm working my way through them all.
Erich Von Daniken - Chariots of the gods most of the fighting fantasy books and vertually anything by Stephen King
Anything by Douglas Adams, Elmore Leonard, or Robert Parker. I read Appaloosa after seeing the movie and it's by far the best book to movie adaptation I've ever seen. Kudos to Robert Parker and Ed Harris!
Awwwww Yeahhh!!!!! Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves is one of the best books I ever read. If you're a fan of the book, do yourself a favor and Listen to Poe's Haunted while reading it - it was a joint collaboration, as Poe is Danielewski's sister and all the songs have to do with something in the book.
"Paris in the 20th Century"- by Jules Verne Great book, and definitely something I can recommend to others. It has some really good predictions in it. Most notably the one's about cars and the internet. It's also known as Verne's "lost novel", as it was deamed too "out there" by his publisher, and wasn't published till after his death when it was found in a safe. All in all a good read, though I wouldn't go as far as to say it's his best work, but it definitely is good enough to read. Would also make an interesting movie, imo. Edit: Also, if you're a Harry Potter fan, than I recommend "The Tales of Beedle the Bard". Great tie-in book by Rowling, and not that bad for the price I got it for, even though it was released just this past Thursday. Also all the royalties go towards the Children's High Level Group.
The Miles Davis autobiography is really a good insight to jazz, life at the time for a black man, and drug abuse.
1945 was a REALLY good alternate history novel. So good, that i'm rereading it. And I never reread books. EVER!
if anyone likes Fantasy books, i say the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. Its now on its 32th story and so far, they all have been a good read.
i always wanted to try that series...maybe next time i hit the book store, i might have to check it out.
These. Alfred Bester is one of the best writers of all time, and more people should read his works. Even his worst short stories are better than almost everything printed out there now. I'll go for the Chinese Classics. Those would be: Journey to the West Romance of the Three Kingdoms Dreams of a Red Mansion (or Dreams of Red Mansions, or Story of the Stone, etc) Outlaws of the Marsh And the 'unofficial' fifth: Golden Lotus. In fact, I'd skip Journey to the West. The first 7 chapters are the only interesting parts of it, the rest is utterly repetitive and boring. The other books however, are simply amazing.
History books... I don't care which kind popular or scholarly, but any history beyond what was assigned to you in high school or college. Personal fiction favorites The Trial- Franz Kafka Catch-22- Joseph Heller Looking Backward- Edward Bellamy The Jungle- Upton Sinclair
