The Books You Recommend to People.

[happysock]

The Odyssey.

IMO, the best Greek mythology book.

Whats it about, and is it a novel?

A little hard to explain (basically a worrier trying to get home), and its a novel.
A very old one though.

Do you know who it is by?

 

[Armored Prayer]

Do you know who it is by?

An very old Greek writer named Homer.

The book is also know as Homer's The Odyssey.

 

[happysock]

Do you know who it is by?

An very old Greek writer named Homer.

The book is also know as Homer's The Odyssey.

I found it thanks

 

[strength of 7 men]

The Stand by Stephen King

 

[Captain Pancake]

same thing i say on every book thread,

Catch-22.

 

[Armored Prayer]

I found it thanks

No problem.

 

[Crayzor]

Day of The Triffids by John Wyndham
The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
The City and The Stars by Arthur C Clarke

Classic Sci-Fi FTW!

 

[jonnywarlock]

The Dragonlance series. Yes, all of it...

The Ciaphas Cain novels by Sandy Mitchell

The Gotrek and Felix novels by William King

Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli

Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein

Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres

 

[BuckminsterF]

Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (and Long Dark Teatime of the Soul), 1984, Animal Farm, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Brave New World, Jitterbug Perfume, The Time Machine, Villa Incognito, On the Road, The Metamorphosis, Q.E.D.: Strange Theory of Light and Matter, The Graveyard Book, The Watchmen, Doors of Perception/Heaven and Hell, The Invisible Man, The Rhyme of The Ancient Mariner (technically a poem).

 

[Uilleand]

Anything and EVERYTHING ever written by Guy Gavriel Kay, but most especially Fionavar Tapestries and Tigana. I worship at his literary feet...
Ender's Game
Dune
The Deed of Paksenarrion
9Tail Fox

 

[J-Alfred]

His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman
The Divine Comedy by Dante
The Pendragon Adventures by D.J. MacHale

 

[similar.squirrel]

Perfume by Patrick Suskind.

And anything by Kurt Vonnegut.
I've Vonnegutised quite a few acquaintances in my time.

 

[Jedoro]

Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

Haven't gotten around to reading his other stuff, though.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

The Beach by Alex Garland.

Read it!

 

[Takoto]

I recommend Lolita. It's a great book.

 

[Rolling Thunder]

Forever War, by Joe Haldeman. So you can actually understand what the fuck war is, instead of the idiocy and/or satire that is Starship Troopers.

Gulliver's Travels. Because satire is a good thing.

King Lear, MacBeth and other Shakespearian tragedies. The power of langauge carried within is....unsurpassed.

I would personally reccomend the first four books of the Sword of Truth, but none thereafter, lest you become overwhelmed by Goodkind's idiot politics and inability to maintain consistency.

The Communist Manifesto, and, immediately thereafter, The Wealth of Nations. Just so you know what capitalism and communism actually are, and do not become overly enamoured with the one at the expense of your understanding.

The War of the Worlds.

 

[Murdering Monk]

Edge Chronicles, World war Z and other Max Brooks' books, The Living Dead, and i liked all the Halo books.

 

[Toaster Hunter]

Band of Brothers
Generation: Kill
John Adams
All are better than the HBO series, which were also awesome

 

[Hammered]

Lord of the Rings series for all lotr or fantasy fans, theres so much more in the books its unreal, loved it!

 

[FeralPhantom]

the Inkheart books
The Thief Lord
the Dragons in our Midst series
Watchmen
Maus
Lord of the Rings
World War Z