Book Recommendations?

[Corax_1990]

If your into any 40k related stuff then the Horus Heresy and Gaunts Ghosts series are worth a look.
If not, then I reccomend all things Asimov, World War Z by Max Brooks is also a good one.

 

[Diddy_King]

I've been reading a lot of "superhero" fiction lately. Both Playing for Keeps (Mur Lafferty) and Devils Cape (Rob Rogers) are really good (Devil's Cape is probably better.) If you don't mind reading something a tad "Younger" then the Vampire's Assistant/Cirque du Freak series if simply amazing (Darren Shan). 11 books that if you are an avid reader you could probably knock out of the way in like a week (took me something like 2.5 days.) They are considered "Teen Fiction" but they are really awesome. The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series (Rick Riordan, also considered "Teen Fiction") is also very good, though in my opinion only half as good as Cirque du Freak.

 

[Chaos-Spider]

The Way of the Shadows by Brent Weeks.

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I also have the two sequels for this but have to wait until after my exams to read them.

Any of the magic: the Gathering novels are also good, particularly the new Artifacts cycle compilation or any of the Kamigawa cycle if you can still find them.

 

[Pegghead]

I do enjoy reading but I'm not one of these types who read every single day and can get through a few books in the space of a week.

From this angle I would heartily reccomend the book Mortal Engines, set in a steampunk post-apocalyptic world where cities roam the desolate earth on enormous wheels devouring other cities for resources a young man from London gets embroiled in a foiled assasination attempt which lands him in an adventure through the wastelands. There are anti-traction factions (Those who are opposed to the moving cities) and this re-constructed pre-war super weapon that London gets its hands on and this Stalker (Basically a robotically re-animated corpse) bounty hunter who has to track down the girl involved with the assasination and lots of action and excitement and...I'm rambling here, all i can say is look out for this cover the next time you're in a book shop

Oh and don't mind the childrens book award, it's not a book intended for ultra young kiddies but it's not one of those super dramatic "Mature" novels either.

 

[Sjakie]

I write pornstories, i could send you some for reading, i was told they are quite enjoyable.
If not, anything about Ceasar or some Voltaire if you want something heavy to digest

 

[Dimbo_Sama]

Absolutely fucking anything by Philip K. Dick, and Arthur C. Clarke
Also, Bicentenial Man by Issac Asimov, Moby Dick by Herman Melville, and absoultely fucking anything by Terry Pratchett.

The Last Vampire series by Christopher Pike. My favorite series.

Christopher Pike wrote a series of books? Are they in English or Morse-Code?

Books are boring. You should read comics instead!

Sam and max surfing the highway is good times

See, it's opinions like that, that is why people don't take comics seriously as literature.
Yes, Sam and Max is fucking hillarious, and one of the greatest spoofs of the entire Film Noir genre ever, but if you're going to suggest a comic with literary worth why not Watchmen? or V for Vendetta (The Anarchist Manifesto by Alan Moore), or the early Judge Dredd books? or Black Summer?

If you're going for sheer stupidity and hillarity though, any, and I mean absolutely any of Ben Edlund's original Tick books, are sheer gold.

 

[PurpleSky]

count of monte cristo best book evar

Agreed,I don't know why people here don't recommend generally good books,only fantasy or stuff with names that are catchy,that sugests it's recent.

 

[MorsePacific]

Well, my booklist for the summer includes:
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Geeks - Jon Kats
Renegades of the Empire - Michael Drummond
Accidental Empire - Robert Cringely
History of the Internet - Various

Very techish summer I'm having. So far, I definitely suggest the first three.

 

[Tharwen]

anything by terry pratchett

Seconded. You should also know that there's no need to start at the beginning of the series, as the only continuity between them is the occasional minor reference and one direct plot continuation between the first two.

 

[Rakkana]

I enjoy the Wheel of Time series.

 

[Yarggg]

Any one of Matthew Reilly's books And all of the Vince Flynn books.
I have many more Pm me if you feel you want some more recommendations.

Oh and Most likely all of the books that I will say are all action. Just thought I would mention.

 

[Sebenko]

A Roadside Picnic.

The book that inspired STALKER.

I hear it's pretty good, so I ordered a copy from the local book store.

 

[Snor]

If I were you I'd totally pick up The Eye of the World, the first book in Robert Jordan's 'The Wheel of Time' series. They suck you in like there's no tomorrow. =-D

or you will hate it from the second you read it because it can drag on and on (and on).
but yeah excellent series and by far my favorite!

 

[Galletea]

SHERLOCK HOLMES!

I concur. The Sherlock Holmes stories are brilliant. And fairly short, so you don't have to devote a week to them.
Also, the biography of the author, "Arthur Conan Doyle - A life in letters" is also brilliant. It chronicles his life through the many letters he wrote to his mother, with the extra bits explained. He had an amazing life, being a doctor, going to war, being involved in politics and spiritualism. If you like Sherlock Holmes you should seriously give this a look, it's one of my favourite books ever.

 

[not_the_dm]

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
The Belgariad and the Malloreon by David Eddings
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever by Stephan Donaldson (First, second and last chronicles)
The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan

 

['Aredor]

I second A Song of Ice and Fire. It's simply brilliant.

If you're up for something a little deeper, go read my absolute favourite: The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Last Vampire series by Christopher Pike. My favorite series.

Christopher Pike wrote a series of books? Are they in English or Morse-Code?

Thank you very much, that made my day.

 

[thom_cat_]

The Millennium Trilogy - Stieg Larsson
Starting with

Best series of all time.
He was planning to make 10! But we only got 3, before he went and died :'(

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

anything by terry pratchett

Seconded. You should also know that there's no need to start at the beginning of the series, as the only continuity between them is the occasional minor reference and one direct plot continuation between the first two.

Agreed, though I do think it's useful to start with the first book, just to get used to his writing style. Somehow I've always felt I wouldn't have been able to read any of his other books if I hadn't read that one.

And, as has been said before, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

 

[BuchalBainne]

I rather enjoyed Tad William's Otherland series.