Books/Novels Discussion Thread V1: Literary Gems

[cute.bandar]

gonna find more from this author.

Daniel Suarez - the man is an absolute genius! He would be very very famous for his predictions in the future IMO.
I have read all his books except the one you linked to. (daemon , freedom and kill decision)

 

[flyingcow]

[MENTION=20614]Faun[/MENTION] what a coincidence, i am currently reading Perks of being a wallflower, halfway through, i like it so far and yeah, i agree it is indeed an easy read...and also finished The fault in our stars and Looking for Alaska by John Green both are great books..

Im also simultaneously reading The book Thief (really an amazing book)..have put A song of ice and fire on hold for a while

Plan on reading these books-
2001 A space Odyssey
Divergent by V. Roth
A catcher in the Rye
To kill a mockingbird
A collection of stories by Isaac Asiimov ( i dont know the title)
Tripwire ( book in the Jack Reacher series)
Inferno Dan Brown

I have all these lying around by i never read them
Ive started reading recently and have developed a great interest..I primarily started to read too improve my vocabulary, which sucks really bad and to improve fluency in conversations in the real world. I like reading Fiction, Non-fiction and Young Adult novels...

If someone enjoyed any one of the book above id be very grateful if they can suggest me more books, preferably with a language not to hard to understand and not too easy either thanks

 

[Anorion]

^Azazel, Gold by Asimov
A Fall of Moondust, City and the Stars, Cradle, and Rama series by Clarke
Young Adult then Airman by Eoin Colfer, Bartimaeus Sequence by Jonathan Stroud

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[MENTION=112668]setanjan123[/MENTION] some more sci-fi, reading Cibola Burn, it's sci fi version of song of fire and ice. stories follow different people's narratives in each chapter. Also Annhilation, its creepy and scary, had to stop reading bunch of times. Put together Arthur Conan Doyle's twisted outlandish adventure with essentially scientific explanation from The Hound of the Baskervilles or the Lost World plus atmospheric horror from HP Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, and you get Annihilation.

 

[Faun]

[MENTION=20614]Faun[/MENTION] what a coincidence, i am currently reading Perks of being a wallflower, halfway through, i like it so far and yeah, i agree it is indeed an easy read...and also finished The fault in our stars and Looking for Alaska by John Green both are great books..

Im also simultaneously reading The book Thief (really an amazing book)..have put A song of ice and fire on hold for a while

Plan on reading these books-
2001 A space Odyssey
Divergent by V. Roth
A catcher in the Rye
To kill a mockingbird
A collection of stories by Isaac Asiimov ( i dont know the title)
Tripwire ( book in the Jack Reacher series)
Inferno Dan Brown

I have all these lying around by i never read them
Ive started reading recently and have developed a great interest..I primarily started to read too improve my vocabulary, which sucks really bad and to improve fluency in conversations in the real world. I like reading Fiction, Non-fiction and Young Adult novels...

If someone enjoyed any one of the book above id be very grateful if they can suggest me more books, preferably with a language not to hard to understand and not too easy either thanks

I too have the bolded ones in my "To Read" book.

Currently Reading The Book Thief. It's a long one. So taking some time.

Reading books is totally awesome !

Here are few more books in my "To Read" list
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Trainspotting (already started but the language is weird)
Jane Eyre
The Count of Monte Cristo (this is supposed to be a very gripping story but a long one)
A Short History of Nearly Everything (easy read about everything from beginning of universe to infinity)
Lolita
1984
Crime and Punishment
Stardust (if you have seen the movie then you know you need to read this)
Fountainhead is another epic book. I just can't find it on kindle store.
Watership Down

For some time I will not indulge into sci fi. detective or thriller novels. Just want to finish off all the classics and stories grounded in current reality.

I too like to put on music as background score while reading books.

I recall that I bought The Road after watching the movie but never finished the novel. I feel the incessant urge to read that one. One of the best post apocalyptic book.

The Notebook might interest you if you like The Fault in Our Stars. Another one, Never Let Me Go .
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist.
The Silver Linings Playbook
Let the Right One In.
The Last Song

There are movie on the books mentioned here.

 

[rhitwick]

I too have the bolded ones in my "To Read" book.

Currently Reading The Book Thief. It's a long one. So taking some time.

Reading books is totally awesome !

Here are few more books in my "To Read" list
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Trainspotting (already started but the language is weird)
Jane Eyre
The Count of Monte Cristo (this is supposed to be a very gripping story but a long one)
A Short History of Nearly Everything (easy read about everything from beginning of universe to infinity)
Lolita
1984
Crime and Punishment
Stardust (if you have seen the movie then you know you need to read this)
Fountainhead is another epic book. I just can't find it on kindle store.
Watership Down

For some time I will not indulge into sci fi. detective or thriller novels. Just want to finish off all the classics and stories grounded in current reality.

I too like to put on music as background score while reading books.

I recall that I bought The Road after watching the movie but never finished the novel. I feel the incessant urge to read that one. One of the best post apocalyptic book.

The Notebook might interest you if you like The Fault in Our Stars. Another one, Never Let Me Go .
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist.
The Silver Linings Playbook
Let the Right One In.
The Last Song

There are movie on the books mentioned here.

Your 'to read' list is having books that are already made into movie. Are you now trying to find out what they actually were?

You never know with women by James Hadley Chase

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The more I read, the more I become a fan of him.

Not a very good plot but excels in execution and pace. No complaints!
Anything else?

 

[Faun]

Your 'to read' list is having books that are already made into movie. Are you now trying to find out what they actually were?

Haven't seen all. But I appreciated Perks of Being Wallflower more after watching the movie and then reading it.

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Completed The Book Thief. It drags a bit though closing in to a whooping ~550 pages but leaves an everlasting impression. Told from Death's perspective about a girl, her foster parents, a boy named Rudy, a Jew named Max, Mayor's wife Ilsa. Story is set during second world war in a town in Germany.

 

[rhitwick]

Completed The Book Thief. It drags a bit though closing in to a whooping ~550 pages but leaves an everlasting impression. Told from Death's perspective about a girl, her foster parents, a boy named Rudy, a Jew named Max, Mayor's wife Ilsa. Story is set during second world war in a town in Germany.

Have you seen the movie? Check that out. Everyone in the movie did a very good job.

 

[setanjan123]

Wow. Some interesting books you have mentioned!@Anorion. I like reading sci fi and thrillers. I got hold of Influx(ebook) and man as my 1st techno thriller am i amazed! Some books i read recently- The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins,2001 A Space Odyessey,Neuromancer by William Gibson. All of them are frm well known writers. Looks like its time to delve into a little less known writers. Influx is a great read

 

[Faun]

Have you seen the movie? Check that out. Everyone in the movie did a very good job.

Yeah, thats what on my list now. But before that have 3 movies piled up crying for a watch. 5 Centimeters per Second, Bedeviled and Love Exposure.

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Started reading Small Gods by Terry Pratchett.

 

[Faun]

Completed Small Gods last weekend. One of the coolest book.

Finished The Road - It's a difficult read not because the language is complicated but the writer uses "He" so many times.

I already watched the movie before. Movie is as closer to book as it can be. So that reduced the appeal of book to me. But still a good read. Realistic handling of the plot. I did not cry at the end but in between there are moments where your eyes will get brimmed.

 

[DDIF]

Just bought Tower Lord, very expensive in hard cloth cover. 29 USD.

 

[Faun]

Started Stardust - Easy read.

 

[JojoTheDragon]

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Love and sex. Prostitution. Interesting read.

Anyways, guys is the new humblebookbundle any good ?

 

[tech0freak0]

Reading Influx ...its f***ing awesome
Thanks [MENTION=56202]Anorion[/MENTION].
Can you recommend any other sci-fi titles.

 

[Anorion]

yep will as soon as I finish reading them. Go for Cibola Burn, that's a long read so should keep you busy for some time. It is also fast paced, and reads like a movie.
Reading Turbulence by Samit Basu, it is pretty good. The latest in the series is just out, Resistance.

 

[lovedonator]

Started Malazan Book Of The Fallen series. On Book 2 now. Loving it.

 

[Faun]

Finished Stardust - heart warming fantasy tale.

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Started reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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Can you guys list out your goodreads profile links ?

I am adding it to the first post.

 

[Anorion]

Started reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

but that's sci-fi! reading because, blade runner?
I read half of that book, have to finish it

 

[Faun]

but that's sci-fi! reading because, blade runner?
I read half of that book, have to finish it

I didn't read the summary. It was in must read 100 books list.

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192. Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandlla. (UP:15 | WS:30 | Total:45)
193. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. (UP:4 | WS:40 | Total:44)
194. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. (UP:13 | WS:30 | Total:43)
195. The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. (UP:12 | WS:30 | Total:42)
196. The Occult by Colin Wilson. (UP:12 | WS:30 | Total:42)
197. Cosmos by Carl Sagan. (UP:21 | WS:20 | Total:41)
198. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. (UP:31 | WS:10 | Total:41)
199. Hamlet by Shakespeare. (UP:29 | WS:10 | Total:39)
200. The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell. (UP:28 | WS:10 | Total:38)

 

[Anorion]

list is very American. Its not consistent in the sense, some are series (A Song of Fire and Ice), some are shared backgrounds for a bunch of stories (Cthulhu Mythos then it could even have been Tolkein Legendarium instead of listing two books), and some are titles from a series (Red Mars, Rendezvous with Rama). Nichomachean ethics, seriously? would skip On the Origin of Species (It has 4 books by Dawkin- that stuff totally covers this topic, but these titles were not his most seminal, the blind watchmaker deserves to be there more than any of the other titles). And His Dark Materials Trilogy better skip (the movies are great, but it's written like Amish). List has Sandman but not Watchmen Otherwise great titles, all of them!


ps we should make list like this for tdf