Recommend book please?

[MrGFunk]

Hey escapist forum, people.
I havn't read a book since secondary school which was "of mice and men" (which I liked) and havn't really ever got into reading, I'd like to now, but because of this I have no idea whats out there or whats any good, I'd like it to be fiction and proberbly a lighter tone than "of mice and men" but I wouldnt mind.
Any help of the subject would be great. thank you.

House of Leaves. Mark Z. Danieliewski.
Just do it. It's a next level book.

A Picture of Dorian Grey Oscar Wilde
is a classic.

Wilde's "Dorian Gray" is worth checking out.

I have been ninja'd

anything by HP Lovecraft, but Call of Cthulhu is a must read.

Lovecraft is worth the effort and notorious for a reason.

 

[Fenreil]

Everything I would have said has been said, except for The Bartimaeus Trilogy and The Chaos Walking Trilogy.

Seriously though, read Douglass Adams and Terry Pratchett. Some of the best damn books in the world.

 

[dbungus2000]

the gospel according to ali g

 

[slimeonline]

Fantasy:
The Magician's Guild by Trudi Canavan
Magician by Raymond Feist
Terry Pratchett

Thriller:
The Girl with a Dragon Tatoo by Steig Larsson
James Bond novels by Ian Fleming

Horror:
The Stand by Stephen King
The Shining by Stephen King

Must Read:
1984 by George Orwell
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

 

[VivaciousDeimos]

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet...and anything else by Neil and Terry respectively.

The Belgariad is a good place to start in fantasy, by David Eddings.

Salem's Lot by Stephen King is one of my favorite thriller/horror.