I need a book to read; no wait I need twenty

[danosaurus]

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EDIT: A lot of good suggestions so to keep you all up to speed:
Earthsea - Le Gunn - read all
Everything by Philip K Dick - read
Everything by David Eddings - read
Everything by Douglas Adams - read
Night Angel Trilogy - read and recommend
Everything by Wells - read
Everything by Neil Gaiman - read
John Wyndem (day of triffids) - read
Issac Asimov - LOVE - huge fan - read everything
Harry Potter - please! Of course I've read it
Everything by Jules Verne - read
Everything by Tolstoy - read
Catch 22 - read and hate all other Heller books
Sharpe books - went through a historical fiction phase recently and don't feel like returning, a read one of the Sharpes books and it was OK.

Other than that great suggestions, looking forward to a huge browse of amazon in the near future

Ooohhh i'm guessing I'm too late but here goes;
I'm a major Sci-Fi novel geek and I strongly recommend the Ender Wiggin Series by Orson Scott Card, they were very 'Just 1 more page pleeeeaseee' kinda reading

 

[quiet_samurai]

I've got a long and boring summer holiday coming up. My job isn't suited for extra shifts, PC gaming is dire and I can't be bothered with films.

This leaves me with books. I love reading, i used to read non stop, i read War and peace in 2 weeks and really enjoyed it. Lately I've slacked off a bit and I think that now is a good time to re-start my favourite hobby.

So I need some book recommendations, one's that I haven't read. To make your suggestions more useful here's a list of the type of books I want/like:

1. Fiction suggestions only please
2. My favourite genres are Sci Fi and Fantasy or any good action book
3. I'll happily read Children's books
4. I love funny books
5. I hate overly discriptive books (i.e. Dickens)
6. Books in a series are good as I have other books to read later on
7. My favourite authors are Terry Pratchett, Tolkien, Garth Nix and Christopher Paloini
8. I have read all Twilight novels - there OK but not great
9. 'Girly' books are fine, they provide an insigh into the opposite sex
10. Expense is not an issue, I've got a £100 lying around
11. I really love books that are 'un-put downable'

I HATE: depressive, emo, moodly, sulky and depressive books. I like to be cheered up . I can cope with 'dark' novels as long as they don't make you feel like you should go slit your wrists.

Cheers folks

EDIT: A lot of good suggestions so to keep you all up to speed:
Earthsea - Le Gunn - read all
Everything by Philip K Dick - read
Everything by David Eddings - read
Everything by Douglas Adams - read
Night Angel Trilogy - read and recommend
Everything by Wells - read
Everything by Neil Gaiman - read
John Wyndem (day of triffids) - read
Issac Asimov - LOVE - huge fan - read everything
Harry Potter - please! Of course I've read it
Everything by Jules Verne - read
Everything by Tolstoy - read
Catch 22 - read and hate all other Heller books
Sharpe books - went through a historical fiction phase recently and don't feel like returning, a read one of the Sharpes books and it was OK.

Other than that great suggestions, looking forward to a huge browse of amazon in the near future

If you like crazy outlandish humor I suggest Tom Robbins. His best I feel is titled "Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates" But they are all a delight to read.

 

[The Shade]

Might be a bit more obscure, but there are a couple trilogies by the Canadian novelist William Gibson. Mostly science-fiction/cyberpunk. Some of the best novels I've ever read. You should check 'em out:

Neuromancer
Count Zero
Mona Lisa Overdrive

Virtual Light
Idoru
All Tomorrow's Parties

Pattern Recognition
Spook Country
** As yet unfinished **

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Artemis Fowl is a decently made series, fun to read and generally pretty cool

 

[HPoirot]

The Bartimaeus trilogy, despite being in the young adult section, is deep and well-written.

Both of Jasper Fforde's series(starting with The Eyre Affair and The Big Over Easy)
They have elements of Sci-Fi(slightly) and Fantasy. Fforde uses many literary allusions, so well-read individuals will enjoy his hummor.

 

[The Shade]

The Bartimaeus trilogy, despite being in the young adult section, is deep and well-written.

Those books are amazing! I love the writing style. (Especially Bartimaeus' footnotes.)

Also, I approve of your username, you silly Belgian.

 

[saxist01]

How about the "Silmarillion"

Anything by Crichton is generally a good read.

Bernard Cornwell did some other series besides "Sharpe" try the grail or arthur series

Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness"

Wilbur Smith has some great Egyptian fiction, "Warlock" is a great one

David Eddings "Belgarion" series.

Or even Tolkien's "History of the Lord of the rings" a lot of first drafts and initial ideas in there.

 

[r4ndom]

I need some book recommendations, one's that I haven't read.

The Island - Aldous Huxley is excellent, and if you haven't read it, do.

The Rum Diary - HST is also a good read I think. Different book entirely.

But each to their own as they say, you may not agree.

 

[rated pg]

The Game by Neil Strauss
I'm hoping you already read all 5 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books and both Dirk Gently ones, but those are also good.

 

[Fruitloops89]

Of the past few books I have read I would recommend
1984, which you have most likely already read
Dante's Inferno
Pluterday
Lathe of the Heavens
Enders Game
Phantom Tollbooth

 

[Rigs83]

The Zombie Survival Guide comes to mind, The Road is depressing but I had to finish it because you really want to see what happens next, but my all time favorite is The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps edited by Otto Penzler and it takes a good long time read.

 

[ADDLibrarian]

If you had a library card with us, I'd recommend the Novellist search database that our library has.(Here's that database's main site, I don't know what the free trial can/can't do: http://www.ebscohost.com/novelist/default.php?id=3) You can put in an author or title and it will generate lists of similar authors and titles, recommended reads and more.

Here's a cool little resource from another library's home page; searchable kids/teens book series.
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/

Here's a great little site "What Should I Read Next"
http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/search

You could go for a challenge and read the Modern Library's 100 best Novels (then read the Reader's Choice 100 best!)
http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html

On top of the online references, let me put on my librarian hat and generate some suggestions for you:

ANYTHING by Bruce Coville. I loved him as a kid and picked up a collection of his short stories recently to discover that I still love him. ^^

The Maximum Ride series by James Patterson (I've been reading the first one, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. It kind of reads like a good X-Men fight. ^^)

Epic by Conor Kostick

Everworld series by K.A. Applegate (book one is called Search for Senna)

Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan (book one is called The Lightning Thief) Some of our librarians have been going nutty over this series, considering that Rick Riordan came to do a library visit/book reading/signing. 900 people showed up. @_@

The Runelords series by David Farland

Do you like graphic novels/manga at all? Some manga/graphic novel series I enjoy:

The Sandman series by Neil Gaimain (course you prolly already read em)
Yotsuba! by Kiyohiko Azuma(omgsquee so damn cute)
Petshop of Horrors by Matsuri Akino (art is awesome, good stories, great characters. They made a four episode OAV of this series which I always recommend if you like anime)
Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba (Just read.)

Done making a novel out of a forum post. Hope that helps.

 

[PeaceFistCreations]

First:
Go find Dan Abnett's awesome Eisenhorn book.
Its one of the best Sci-Fi books ever.
It fucking rocks so bad.
Second:
I'd also reccomend Michael Chrition's Sphere and Michael Chrition's Timeline.
Sphere is one of my most favorite books of all time. Its pretty scary, and will have you going "what the fuck?" until it ends.
And Timeline is an excellent time-traveling story.
I hope you didn't see the shitty ass movie of Timeline that took everything cool about the book and raped it until blood exploded out of the pages.
Even if you don't like Michael's stuff, I'd still recommend these books in paticular.

 

[madcap2112]

Le Morte d'Arthur
Sherlock Holmes
War of the Oaks

 

[Zacharine]

You really need to read Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series. A wizard who lives in modern day American city, acting as a paranormal investigator/expert for the local police. In the beginning at least....

 

[Valiance]

"Issac Asimov - LOVE - huge fan - read everything"

This would give me a thousand suggestions alone - pretty much anything by him is amazing.

But anyway, I highly recommend Fahrenheit 451 if you never read it.

 

[Ladie Au Pair]

World War Z by Max Brooks.

 

[Torque669]

The Demonata Series by Darren Shan

 

[ben---neb]

I've got a long and boring summer holiday coming up. My job isn't suited for extra shifts, PC gaming is dire and I can't be bothered with films.

...

Other than that great suggestions, looking forward to a huge browse of amazon in the near future

Instead of taking the time to write that crap down, you could've visited some local library.
And how come you like to read so much but can't spell "they're" properly?

Hey, we all have problems, mine is an inability to spell (or spel, har de ha) and yours is a complete lack of tact. I didn't go to the library because I wanted to have books recommended to me rather than just browsing.