Recommend a book

[Cargando]

Title says it all, really recommend a book that you've just finished give a short description and say why you liked it.

For example I've just finished a book, which I found... amazing. It's called

[u/]Places to hide in England, Scotland and Wales by Dixe Willis[/u]
Yeah. Basially it's humor, it's silly and it's got sixty-two well-researched hiding places in. Let me give you a passage from it, just so you see how awesome it is. This the basic description of hiding place no.44 Behind the goals. (In a small village in Perthshire)

"To resourceful hiders, even an unassuming park in a small village can offer up fertile pastures wherein they may reap where they have not sown. In this case, the Memorial Park is the architect of its own fecundit, sprouting a five-a-side-football-cym-tennis-court with transepts that accommodate the goal posts (these being very popular in the Scottish form of tennis) and provide sheltered spaces outside the court-cum-pitch in which a man or woman may crouch down (see How to Crouch,p. 64)."

Very silly indeed. I strongly reccommend this book, as it's great fun to read, and even more fun to try to find the hiding places on holiday around Britain.

Now it's you turn.

EDIT: Couldn't find a bigger image sorry, make do with this.

 

[Antlers]

Derren Brown's Tricks of the Mind.

If you haven't heard of him (maybe you're American) he's an English magician. But he's more kind of... he does mind reading and debunks psychics and the like. And magic tricks. Anyway, he wrote a book about it all and it's brilliant. Better, I imagine, if you've ever seen his series.

I'll go ahead and recommend The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins too. Just for fun.

 

[wrecker77]

The edge chronicales series.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Lone Survivor by Markus Luttrel

A true story a US NAVY SEAL stuck behind lines in Afghan. Powerful stuff

 

[milkoy]

Fight Club, by Chuck Palhunik (Its a hard name to spell, don't judge me).

If you have seen the film, you will like the book. Its unlike anything I have ever read.

 

[The87Italians]

The Long Walk and The Running Man by Richard Bachman (Stephen King). Both are very good, solid books, but I personnally prefer The Long Walk, just cause it's been the only book to give me a nightmare.

 

[Antlers]

Fight Club, by Chuck Palhunik (Its a hard name to spell, don't judge me).

If you have seen the film, you will like the book. Its unlike anything I have ever read.

I thought the book was a bit too artsy... I way preferred the film. Also I didn't like the ending of the book one bit. You'll know what I'm referring to.

 

[ArcWinter]

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss!

The series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin!

Read them NOW!

 

[KBKarma]

The Vokosigan Saga (starting with Shards of Honour, or, if you prefer, Young Miles): A sci-fi series, which downplays the sci-fi element. The main character in all but the first omnibus and the Ethan of Athos short story is Miles Vorkosigan, a young man born deformed on a planet based off early Russia where they execute mutants. The series is wonderful, and I would heartily recommend it. I'll recommend another series when I return home; in something of a rush right now.

 

[Christemo]

The Tales of Malus Darkblade. theres 5 books in the series plus a comic ive never read, but they are really awesome if you like fantasy.

in order:

The Daemon´s Curse
Bloodstorm
Reaper of Souls
Warpsword
Lord of Ruin
the comic.

easily the best books ive ever read.

 

[reiem531]

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

 

[Spudgun Man]

Thud! by Terry Prattchett

 

[baseracer]

The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum.

What an awesome book that was, a lot better than the movie.

 

[Deathkingo]

House of Leaves is my favourite book of all time. It is written by Mark Z Danielski, and it is a great horror book, that may not actually be a horror book. The text becomes skewed and muddled, to portray the emotions of the characters in the story, which is rather interesting. Every character has a voice, and there are little if any throw-away characters. It's a thick book, but for good reason, it is a good book, full of depth and a plot that will make you think. Totally recommended if you want something different.

 

[MagnetoHydroDynamics]

In leu of OP's trend:

A book of making traps for, and capturing, human beings.

 

[Smudge91]

Thud! by Terry Prattchett

he is brilliant!

ot: errr good omens by terry Pratchet and Neil Gamen. It's the funniest book i've ever read and it has an amusing out look on religion and the apocalypse.

Spoiler: good omens

 

[curlycrouton]

Everything and anything by J.R.R. Tolkien.

His works are simply masterful. A lot different to the films, too.

Also, try High Fidelity by Nick Hornby, and Blind Faith by Ben Elton if you're into more modern works.

And, obviously, George Orwell's 1984.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Thud! by Terry Prattchett

Only if you've read the other novels in the Watch sub-series.

 

[MisterMojo]

House of Leaves is my favourite book of all time. It is written by Mark Z Danielski, and it is a great horror book, that may not actually be a horror book. The text becomes skewed and muddled, to portray the emotions of the characters in the story, which is rather interesting. Every character has a voice, and there are little if any throw-away characters. It's a thick book, but for good reason, it is a good book, full of depth and a plot that will make you think. Totally recommended if you want something different.

And his sister, the musician Poe, is one insanely sexy and talented lady.


As far as my own book recommendations is concerned, I got two modern-ish classics: American Psycho and Trainspotting. Yeah, the movies are great, but if you want a deeper and even darker context to everything that the movies gave you the impression of, read the books. Some of the images painted in your head as a result of it will stick with you for quite some time.