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Monkfish Acc.

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The Stone and the Flute, Hans Bemmann.

The writing style is a little flowery, but the fact that it's so controversial should give you points. A lot of people hate it because the main character isn't a hero, just a guy who makes a lot of mistakes.
Also, it's a little unabashed when talking about sex, so you might wanna be carefull with that.
 

ToxicRevival

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On HP Lovecraft. Be aware his writing style as is many of the popular writers from his era is slightly on the dry side. He uses and excess of proper English and often overly exhibits his grasp of vocabulary by using fairly obscure words.

I would suggest the first Dark Tower novel by Stephen King, also if your looking for an easy read go with any of Christopher Pikes longer works.
 

TaborMallory

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Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
Timeline - Michael Crichton
Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton

..if you like science fiction that leans toward the realistic and explained side. Pretty much anything written by Michael Crichton.
 

ToxicRevival

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Oh! I second Andromeda Strain! That is one of the few, hardcore science fiction novels I got into.
 

Fire Daemon

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PurpleRain post=18.71006.710664 said:
Damn you Fire!
Mwhahahahahaha.

My vile plan to recommend To kill a mocking bird just before you, PurpleRain, asks why no one has recommended To kill a mocking bird to so that I cause confusion and destruction among the Escapist community and in turn, rule the world, went off without a hitch. Now everything has been set in motion.

But honestly though, if you want to impress your teacher pick a book like "To kill a mocking bird", "Catch 22" or "1984". These books are not only great reads but make you look like you know what your doing when it comes to literature.
 

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Fire Daemon post=18.71006.710696 said:
But honestly though, if you want to impress your teacher pick a book like "To kill a mocking bird", "Catch 22" or "1984". These books are not only great reads but make you look like you know what your doing when it comes to literature.
In the same vein, I would recommend "Brave New World" or "Frankenstein", the only two books that I actually read the entirety of and enjoyed for high school.
 

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Aries_Split post=18.71006.710581 said:
Snow Crash. One of the best Cyberpunk books I've ever read.
Ugh, I was eagerly anticipating that thing, and when I finally bought it I was blown away, in a bad way, by the characterizations so much that I couldn't finish. I almost got to the middle of the damn thing or more and still nothing was happening.

If you are in tenth grade and want to scare your teacher tell her you're reading House of Leaves and that you really, REALLY like it.
 

Shadowtek

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Tim Lebbon's duo (or spin off third book) Dusk, Dawn are very good books. Their dark fantasy/horror, with more emphasis on the dark fantasy. Both are decently paced books, however the first of the two is a quicker read (not detracting from the value of the at all). Also both are only moderate in lenth (about 1 1/4" thick). theres my suggestions. Have fun.

http://www.amazon.com/Dusk-Tim-Lebbon/dp/0553383647/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220937766&sr=1-4
 

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CountFenring post=18.71006.710592 said:
If you haven't already read it, The Watchmen and the original Dune books.
I don't know man, I tried to write an abstract on Dune, and it got pretty complicated, there is way too much stuff going on in Dune to focus on just a few areas. I finally gave up and did The Time machine. H.G. Wells is allways a good fall back.
Ares Tyr post=18.71006.710586 said:
World War Z by Max Brooks
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
A Fighter's Heart by Sam Sheridan

All of them are very interesting and exciting reads. Each of these books I finished within a week of getting.
Hell Yes to World War Z. Its a great book, and Brooks has some interesting Ideas about what would happen to human society in the event of a zombie apocolypse. You must read it, if only for the old blind naked Japanese guy running around the mountains of japan taking on hordes of zombies with a shovel like daredevil ( I may be mistaken on the naked part. been a while since I have read it.)
I will have to check those other ones out Ares, Thanks!

I'm going to find a copy of The Road, I've heard nothing but good things so it might be a good one to try.
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Fire Daemon post=18.71006.710661 said:
A good book for a report is "To Kill a Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee. I'm not sure if this is over 250 pages (probably is but check anyway) but I am certain that it is a very good book for reporting on.

A fantastic read anyway, if you haven't picked it up yet do so NOW!
Yes, yes and yes.

It's a must-read. Even if you end up hating it.
Thats usually provided reading, It was in my 10th grade literature class.
 

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Anything by Chuck Palahniuk is a fast, delicious read if that's the sort of thing you're looking for. This is the guy who wrote Fight Club, if you didn't know; I'd recommend Lullaby and Choke.
If you want some denser material and a serious mindfuck, check out House of Leaves. I'm not too far in yet, but looking at it, some of the later pages dissolve into crazy scribbles like they were cobbled together from notes. Critics call it post-post-modern, and it's pretty engaging so far. The story itself is sort of hard to describe; very metafiction. It's about a documentary where this family whose house is bigger on the inside than the outside, and growing, and unleashing weird things from the labyrinth inside--inside a novel, inside footnotes by this guy who found the novel, inside footnotes by the editors, all of whom have stories unfolding at the same 'time'. It's as confusing as it sounds, but still really good.
If you like fantasy, check out Johnathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke. Starts out slow, but gets crazy by the end.
If you're into sci-fi, check out Calculating God. If your 'book' doesn't have to be a novel, check out 'Beyond AI'; talks about how AI will be developed in the realistic, corporate world we live in, and how it will affect us. If that grabs you, pick up The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil, though I'd suggest reading the summary and getting out quick; he's really dry and long-winded and statistic-driven, but that's to support his pretty massively epic thesis that the entire internetz are gonna crash together soon and form what he calls a Singularity.
Hope this helps :)
edit: I second World War Z and Life of Pi. Awesome books, and if it's for an english or writing class, you can analyze how the authors uses interview-notation to tell a broader narrative
 

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Reaperman Wompa post=18.71006.710914 said:
Look up Terry Pratchett.

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lol u so funny.

I think you meant Cormac McCarthy. If you did, then you deserve the thread.
 

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Ares Tyr post=18.71006.710943 said:
Reaperman Wompa post=18.71006.710914 said:
Look up Terry Pratchett.

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lol u so funny.

I think you meant Cormac McCarthy. If you did, then you deserve the thread.
no he meant Pratchett.

and its what you meant too
 

Xhumed

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I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Pisses all over the film.

I second Terry Pratchett, his works are solid gold.
Kathy Reichs is a good writer, and Michael Connelly is enjoyable.
I like John Connelly (I've met him, he's ace), but then I'm rather twisted.
Oh, and American Pyscho, as long as you don't have too short an attention span to sit through his descriptions of his skin care routine, and brief chapters about pop artists (Phil Collins, Whitney Huston, etc.)
 

Reaperman Wompa

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Ares Tyr post=18.71006.710943 said:
Reaperman Wompa post=18.71006.710914 said:
Look up Terry Pratchett.

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lol u so funny.

I think you meant Cormac McCarthy. If you did, then you deserve the thread.
No i didn't, never read that author. Are they any good?

And no matter what you like to read you will enjoy Pratchett. It's like saying everyone likes air, It's impossible to hate.
 

Reaperman Wompa

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Ares Tyr post=18.71006.710943 said:
Reaperman Wompa post=18.71006.710914 said:
Look up Terry Pratchett.

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lol u so funny.

I think you meant Cormac McCarthy. If you did, then you deserve the thread.
No i didn't, never read that author. Are they any good?

And no matter what you like to read you will enjoy Pratchett. It's like saying everyone likes air, It's impossible to hate.
 

Xvito

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You could read Atlas Shrugged or anything by Terry Pratchett.
Also the Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
 

milskidasith

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Unfortunatly, a really amazing zombie survival book (Day by Day Armageddon) doesn't make the cut for the page limit.

A book I'm currently reading and so far enjoying is The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It manages to, if not be exciting the whole way through, at least manage to have a good old fashioned meideival fight of some kind every ten pages, and the plot isn't bad so far either (even if the "main" protaganist feels a little bit like a stock character).