Books/Novels Discussion Thread V1: Literary Gems

[Anorion]

+1 to freakonomics
+1/2 to Artemis Fowl (hilarious stuff for techies)
+1 to Next by Chrichton (read his JP2, the best of his books I have read)
-1 to Dan Brown (all the stories are IDENTICAL. His best work is Digital Fortress, and that's not too original)
+1 to h2g2 - the entire triology of five/six parts
Infact, play the h2g2 text based game

Just like the short stories of Archer. Great storytelling, but not great stories.

For some reason, I read all of Clive Clussler's Dirk Pitt books - not too great, but like watching a movie for passing time

anyway:

The nanotech chronicles by Michael Flynn (as many as you can get your hands on)
The mars triology by Kim Stanley
The rama quadriology By clarke (skip the last one actually - kills the series)
A fall of moondust, Sunstorm, by Clarke
Short stories by Asimov
The Eternal Champion series by Michael Moorcock

And this one, I especially reccomend
The World according to Garp by John Irving. This is not sci-fi or fantasy, this is as real as life gets.

 

[Psychosocial]

lol.....I havent read a book other than Digit and text books since 5 months.

 

[Apple Juice]

Harry Potter.........
(but horlicks is better)

 

[krazzy]

The Summons by John Grisham- 8/10

 

[Psychosocial]

The only book series I liked was Goosebumps .

 

[Anorion]

goosebumps! wow. That was like so 1997 or something. I liked the ones where you had to read your own story...

 

[dheeraj_kumar]

But goosebumps seriously sucks. The stories are like infinite loops. And since EVERY goosebumps is the same way, you know that whatever is in the last chapter is the same as the first, so it kinda ruins the feeling.

 

[Faun]

^^Naah there are some very good ones too, i have whole pdf collection

That Beach ghost story and the boy who can fly was awesome . A movie on beach ghost story can be awesome.

 

[Anorion]

Try anything by
Tom Holt
John Bellairs
and
John Irving

 

[vandit]

sherlock holmes--any damn book from the series.
clocks--agatha christie

 

[GameAddict]

Re: Novels recommended by Digitians

Choke- Another 'shocking' novel by Chuck P. (the author of 'Fight Club').

 

[Pathik]

The Godfather - Mario Puzo. - 10/10

It was always skeptical about it, finally read it, and whoa!!! Perfect 10/10.

 

[aditya.shevade]

^^ lolol... you read it so late? Shame on you. Now go and read Sicilian by Mario Puzo. 10/10.

My latest was, The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K LeGuin. 8/10.

 

[izzikio_rage]

going allister mclean crazy right now......completing a lot of books by him....amazing way of writing...

 

[thewisecrab]

Just Finished the fountainhead. Awesome book

 

[tuxybuzz]

Jurrasic Park and The Lost World (YES Books)..By Michael Crichton..esp if you like science..

 

[Psychosocial]

A Textbook of Geography --> 2/10 .

 

[thegussey]

harry potter's book
memoirs of geisha
life of Pi

 

[Psychosocial]

Harry Potter sux. Atleast for me. No general opinions, only personal .

 

[thewisecrab]

^^
I've outgrown harry potter.