Book recommendations

[CoverYourHead]

The Necronomicon, all of H.P. Lovecraft's best tales. All horrifying, all amazingly good.

 

[likalaruku]

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, Sence & Sensibility & Seamonsters.

I read all of them this year; they're gory, ammusing, & well-written.

 

[Orwellian37]

'The Picture of Dorian Grey' by Oscar Wilde is fantastic, if you want true horror. However, Thomas Pynchon's 'Gravity's Rainbow' will completely invert your ideas of disgust, if you can understand it past the first few pages. 'We' by Yevgeny Zamyatin was the inspiration for 1984, Brave New World, etc; needless to say it is chilling. If you want something light-hearted for a change, try Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

I really feel like a nerd right now.

 

[Julianking93]

Try HP Lovecraft's Necronomicon.

It's a huge collection of his horror short stories.

Then I'd recommend Richard Matheson's Hell House or I Am Legend. Both are amazing.

Or if you want something more in the vain of classics, go for The Picture of Dorian Gray. It's one of my all time favorites.

Those are some of my favorite horror books. If you don't like any of them, well, I can't help you.

 

[Salty Weasel]

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. It's not horror but it is fantastic book. It is kind of weird though. Also read the other books in the same universe The Scar and The Iron Council. I also just read a pretty interesting book called Finch by Jeff Vandermeer although it is also not horror.

 

[leviathanmisha]

I just read in Infinity. Pretty good book, but for the love of all that is holy, don't ask me to spell the authors name.

 

[Chappy0]

Let's see....:

The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series by Stephen Erikson. This is a simply incredible heavy fantasy book series. I really loved it, one of my favorites.

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.

The Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher

The Wheel of Time series

The A Song of Ice and Fire series. Another heavy fantasy series that I loved.

The Dune Series. Very good Sci-fi series, highly recomended.

The Young Wizards series, the first book is called "So you want to be a wizard". A bit more light hearted of a fantasy series, I liked it.

The Sword of Truth series. This is a Your Mileage May Vary series, some people didn't like it, I did though.

The Demonata series by Darren Shan

The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud.

I also second John Dies at the End. Really weird and messed up at some parts, but also very funny and just generally enjoyable.


Well, that's it for now. Hope you decide to check out some of these.

P.S. Seriously, check out the Malazan Book of the Fallen Series.

 

[xXAsherahXx]

I've said it and I'll say it many more times I'm sure...Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Best book I've ever read. Period.

 

[Con Carne]

When I am not in school or eating or sleeping or doing my homework or playing games or being on the Escapist, I read books. I've just ran out of books to read, so can anyone tell me if they found a good book they would like to share with anyone else?
I personally like horror, Stephen King mostly. I am "kind of" interested in classics. I'm reading "Frankenstein" from our school library. I used to like crime fiction, or action, but it got kinda drab for me. I don't mind reading children books, or nonfiction though. Any book you find to be great.

Try books by Christopher Moore, look him up. Mainly his books "A Dirty Job" "Fool" "Bloodsucking Fiends" "Lamb" "The Stupidest Angel" or "The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove"

He's an awesome author with a sick sense of humor.

 

[procyonlotor]

Try Hyperion by Dan Simmons.

 

[InnerRebellion]

The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks.
And I second the Malazan Book of the Fallen series.
Oh, and if you want a rather different story, The Sight.

 

[muckinscavitch]

Oryx and Crake by: Margaret Atwood. Easily my favourite book for many years.

 

[SirDerick]

I'm a fan of Stephen King so:
Long read: The Stand, little boring in the middle, but really picks up fast at the end.
REALLY long read: The Dark Tower Series, seven books, he's working on an eighth.
Shorter read: Insomnia, one of my favorite books by him. Non-stop awesome with good twists and turns.

 

[oktalist]

I think there was a thread just like this only a couple weeks ago, with someone who was a fan of Stephen King asking for book recommendations.

Anyways, I'm not a search bar Nazi; I'll say now what I said then: it might not be quite what you're expecting but it's excellent nonetheless: the novels of Paul Auster. Some of them especially are quite psychological and a bit unnerving, like Travels in the Scriptorium, The Book of Illusions, The Music of Chance, Moon Palace, In The Country of Last Things and the New York trilogy.

 

[ZombieGenesis]

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. It's not horror but it is fantastic book. It is kind of weird though. Also read the other books in the same universe The Scar and The Iron Council. I also just read a pretty interesting book called Finch by Jeff Vandermeer although it is also not horror.

This. I happen to be reading it right now, though I'm not too fond of the insect people, the rest of the book is well paced and incredibly atmospheric.

 

[dangitall]

I think there was a thread just like this only a couple weeks ago, with someone who was a fan of Stephen King asking for book recommendations.

Anyways, I'm not a search bar Nazi; I'll say now what I said then: it might not be quite what you're expecting but it's excellent nonetheless: the novels of Paul Auster. Some of them especially are quite psychological and a bit unnerving, like Travels in the Scriptorium, The Book of Illusions, The Music of Chance, Moon Palace, In The Country of Last Things and the New York trilogy.

cool, can you give me the link for it?

 

[Salty Weasel]

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. It's not horror but it is fantastic book. It is kind of weird though. Also read the other books in the same universe The Scar and The Iron Council. I also just read a pretty interesting book called Finch by Jeff Vandermeer although it is also not horror.

This. I happen to be reading it right now, though I'm not too fond of the insect people, the rest of the book is well paced and incredibly atmospheric.

How do you not like the Khepri? They're pretty interesting in my opinion, and they're cooler than the cactus people.

 

[unoleian]

if you want horror then read HP Lovecraft, best horror writer around
if you want just damn good books, buy something by Terry Pratchett, he does the disk world series, guards guards is a good place to start

I read somewhere that someone was so freaked out by Lovecraft's work that they locked the book in a trunk and never looked at it again.


Makes one curious, don't it? Someday...

If you haven't read it, I second the Dark Tower series.

I'd also second George R.R. Martin's works, in the The Song of Ice and Fire. It's fantasy-ish, but god-damn is it brutal. Very good stuff, with a depressing end. (The depressing end being there isn't one. Yet.)

 

[ZombieGenesis]

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. It's not horror but it is fantastic book. It is kind of weird though. Also read the other books in the same universe The Scar and The Iron Council. I also just read a pretty interesting book called Finch by Jeff Vandermeer although it is also not horror.

This. I happen to be reading it right now, though I'm not too fond of the insect people, the rest of the book is well paced and incredibly atmospheric.

How do you not like the Khepri? They're pretty interesting in my opinion, and they're cooler than the cactus people.

Simple answer? Insects.
Longer version; I almost wish there were spider people, just to eradicate them. Only that would make things worse, because I have a phobia of spiders.

At least I can stand cactuses I guess.