Looking for a good read

[LarenzoAOG]

As the title suggest I'm looking for good books. My favorite authors are Douglas Adams, Ayn Rand, Tom Clancy, and R.A. Salvatore, if anyone knows any authors with similar writing styles that would be much obliged.

I'll read just about anything that isn't a Romance novel or even remotley similar to Twilight or its ilk.

EDIT: I'm looking to download Metro 2033 onto an ereader, are their any sites that have digital copies of Metro 2033 in english?

 

[Ziadaine_v1legacy]

You could try the Night Angel trilogy. lots of killing, murder, Assassins, a good plot and slightly fantasy. (Author is Brent Weeks)

 

[Berethond]

Read some Terry Pratchett. It's hilarious, and random. Generally rather similar to Douglas Adams.

 

[Rylot]

Read some Terry Pratchett. It's hilarious, and random. Generally rather similar to Douglas Adams.

Agreed, Pratchett is awesome. Also you might like Steig Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It's more crime drama than you might like but it's got quite a bit of action and suspense.

 

[GrimTuesday]

Read A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin. This book has it all, Romance, violence, fantasy, incest, political intrigue, regular sex, lesbian sex, and an upcoming HBO series with Sean Bean as one of the main characters.

 

[A Weary Exile]

Blech. I can't stand Ayn Rand's writing, her philosophy is one thing, but her writing just bores me to death.

I can't recommend 1984 enough, I don't read much but that was by far one of the most interesting books I've ever read. The Stranger by Albert Camus is also a good read, it's short too, I read in the span of a few hours.

 

[Hader]

Ayn Rand??!?!?

In the words of Francis, I hate Ayn Rand.

I can't recommend 1984 enough,

I second this, 1984 was a good read, one of the few books I reread after being introduced to it in a classroom setting.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

Blech. I can't stand Ayn Rand's writing, her philosophy is one thing, but her writing just bores me to death.

I can't recommend 1984 enough, I don't read much but that was by far one of the most interesting books I've ever read. The Stranger by Albert Camus is also a good read, it's short too, I read in the span of a few hours.

I began reading 1984, what I read was really good, but the writing style put me to sleep, now that I have an ereader I'm going to download the 1984 audio book.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

Romance, violence, fantasy, incest, political intrigue, regular sex, lesbian sex

You have me intrigued.

 

[Toaster Hunter]

Read Game of Thrones and the rest of the Song of Ice and Fire series. George R.R. Martin is nothing short of a genius, The characters are fleshed out and sympathetic, not caricatures, and you feel everything that happens to them. More than one person has started crying at the death of a character (Manly tears, manly tears). Just don't get too attached to anyone.

Read A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin. This book has it all, Romance, violence, fantasy, incest, political intrigue, regular sex, lesbian sex, and an upcoming HBO series with Sean Bean as one of the main characters.

And yes there is sex, lesbian and otherwise.

 

[AnAngryMoose]

You could try the Night Angel trilogy. lots of killing, murder, Assassins, a good plot and slightly fantasy. (Author is Brent Weeks)

I'd second this in a heartbeat. Also look up the Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness. It's science fantasy and manages to deal with a wide spectrum of issues including racism, sexism, war, coming-of-age etc etc all compacted into a unique writing style.

 

[Queen Michael]

Read some Terry Pratchett. It's hilarious, and random. Generally rather similar to Douglas Adams.

Agreed, Pratchett is awesome. Also you might like Steig Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It's more crime drama than you might like but it's got quite a bit of action and suspense.

You've got to try Pratchett. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is not translated well, but it'll do in a pinch.

 

[Ramin 123]

Blech. I can't stand Ayn Rand's writing, her philosophy is one thing, but her writing just bores me to death.

I can't recommend 1984 enough, I don't read much but that was by far one of the most interesting books I've ever read. The Stranger by Albert Camus is also a good read, it's short too, I read in the span of a few hours.

1984 is good if you want to become depressed and become uber paranoid. It's a great book in a way but it's far too down and depressing for my liking

(To OT) I've ordered the entire series of Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, The importance of being Earnest and The Road...OH and the picture of dorian gray. Try them

 

[Rylot]

Read some Terry Pratchett. It's hilarious, and random. Generally rather similar to Douglas Adams.

Agreed, Pratchett is awesome. Also you might like Steig Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It's more crime drama than you might like but it's got quite a bit of action and suspense.

You've got to try Pratchett. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is not translated well, but it'll do in a pinch.

I'll admit it has more than it's fair share of translation problems but the characters were really engaging and the overall plot was rather well thought out. But there are some pretty awkward sentences and random Swedish words that I can't tell if they're the names of places or just what.

 

[me.vicky]

I just got into Christopher Moore, he strikes me as very Douglas Adams/Terry Prachett. Maybe give him a try.

 

[coolicus]

Try The Dark Tower series by Stephen King it links to all of his other works as the universe of the Dark Tower contains every world. Extremely good think The Good, The Bad & The Ugly + High Fantasy + Time Travel.

 

[Queen Michael]

Read some Terry Pratchett. It's hilarious, and random. Generally rather similar to Douglas Adams.

Agreed, Pratchett is awesome. Also you might like Steig Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It's more crime drama than you might like but it's got quite a bit of action and suspense.

You've got to try Pratchett. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is not translated well, but it'll do in a pinch.

I'll admit it has more than it's fair share of translation problems but the characters were really engaging and the overall plot was rather well thought out. But there are some pretty awkward sentences and random Swedish words that I can't tell if they're the names of places or just what.

Actually, it's more of a stylistic thing. Sometimes entire sentences are cut completely, and sometimes... Well, take for instance the criminals mentioned at the beginning. Since they wear Donald Duck-masks, they're named "The Donald Duck gang" by the press, but then the name is changed to the more appropriate "The Beagle Boys." However, in the translation they're not called The Beagle Boys; instead they're called The Bear Gang, which is a direct translation of the Swedish name for the Beagle Boys. And sometimes the translator writes in a way that, while it does manage to convey the meaning of the original, doesn't capture the effective prose style of the original.

 

[Loud Noise]

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
The Giver by Lois Lowry.

 

[MrTub]

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Had to read Ender's game in school and when he explained what it was about it sounded pretty dull but once I started to read it I found out it was an amazing book so I would also recommend it

 

[EcHoFiiVe]

Since Ender's Game was already said, I'll say Ender's Shadow, which is a sort of sequel, that takes place at the same time as Ender's Game, except from the perspective of another major character in the story. I would also recommend continuing to read the other books in each set.
Paradise Lost is amazing. Very difficult to understand for me at least, seeing as I'm only 16 and I haven't been exposed to anything near that complex in school as of yet. Despite this it is very good. If you want something you could do in 1-3 nights, I would recommend Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which was a poem I had to read for my English class this year, and I quite enjoyed it.