Recommend Me Some Good Books
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Half Life, by Hal Clement (no relation to the Valve game).
Some of the Dean Koontz books, like False Memory and Velocity are pretty decent.
It's probably been said, but Frank Herbert's Dune is always worth a read, although it's entirely up to you if you want to get into the rest of the series, it's quite...strange.
Some of the Dean Koontz books, like False Memory and Velocity are pretty decent.
It's probably been said, but Frank Herbert's Dune is always worth a read, although it's entirely up to you if you want to get into the rest of the series, it's quite...strange.
Anything from Neil Gaiman, that guy is a literary genius.
My personal favourites that I highly recomend are Neverwhere & American gods.
My personal favourites that I highly recomend are Neverwhere & American gods.
Just got The Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin... been hearing good things about it, at least as far as fantasy series goes.
The Spellsinger series by Alan Dean Foster.
Love these books, always end up reading them at least once a year.
Love these books, always end up reading them at least once a year.
Inheritance cycle Christopher Paolini
Fifth Ring trilogy Mitchel Graham
Sword of Truth series Terry Goodkind
Wheel of Time Series Robert Jordan
Atticus Kodiak series Greg Rucka
Kingkiller Chronicals trilogy I forget, I just read it recently and it isn't finished yet but it is really really well written
Fifth Ring trilogy Mitchel Graham
Sword of Truth series Terry Goodkind
Wheel of Time Series Robert Jordan
Atticus Kodiak series Greg Rucka
Kingkiller Chronicals trilogy I forget, I just read it recently and it isn't finished yet but it is really really well written
The Dies the Fire series by S.M. Sterling is fantastic. Also If you are into Star Wars, I recommend the Thrawn Trilogy by Tim Zahn, Xwing Series By Michael Stackpole and Aaron Allston, and I Jedi also by Stackpole.
The Recruit by Robert Muchamore
There's a whole series of this known as the CHERUB series and it's a really good read. It works like Harry Potter by that I the further into the series you get the older the characters get.
There's a whole series of this known as the CHERUB series and it's a really good read. It works like Harry Potter by that I the further into the series you get the older the characters get.
Glen Cook's The Black Company series is good, so is darkwar, the case of charles dexter ward (if your looking for horror of the lovecraftain bend)
From the books you posted, I would recommend;
Any book by Raymond Khoury or David Gibbins (similar to Dan Brown).
Robyn Young's Brethren Trilogy.
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
And since I just love their books, even if you wouldn't;
Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels.
Anything by Clive Barker.
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks.
Any book by Raymond Khoury or David Gibbins (similar to Dan Brown).
Robyn Young's Brethren Trilogy.
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
And since I just love their books, even if you wouldn't;
Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels.
Anything by Clive Barker.
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks.
If you're up for a bit of space opera, I very highly reccommend the Honor Harrington books by David Weber. First one in the series is 'On Basilisk Station'. And we so far have 12 in the main sequence, 2 in the Wages of Sin Sequence and 2 in the Saganami Island sequence. Oh and about 5 anthologies of short stories.
Yeah I may have just ripped through main sequence 11 and 12 in the last two days....
Yeah I may have just ripped through main sequence 11 and 12 in the last two days....
I cannot recommend The Magicians by Lev Grossman enough. It's a little bit like Harry Potter on the surface, but is significantly more mature. It's an excellent book. There's one scene that's a bit... Off... But other than that, go for it, you won't regret it.
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
It's nothing like the movie. It is about this kid, Juan "Johnnie" Rico who enlists in the Mobile Infantry and fights aliens; But I've always felt the book was about the ideals behind-the-scenes. (Man's "right" to live and conquer, ethics of war, citizenship and civic duty, etc.)
In short, it's a straightforwad action/adventure novel with a philosophical backdrop.
EDIT: Then again, that book is kind of controversial. Also from Heinlein, I'd recommend The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. It's about the revolution of citizens on the moon (Luna), led by an aging professor, a fiery female political agitator, a computer technician, and their BFF, "Mike" -- a childish supercomputer. It's fun and witty and full of freedom and sci fi.
It's nothing like the movie. It is about this kid, Juan "Johnnie" Rico who enlists in the Mobile Infantry and fights aliens; But I've always felt the book was about the ideals behind-the-scenes. (Man's "right" to live and conquer, ethics of war, citizenship and civic duty, etc.)
In short, it's a straightforwad action/adventure novel with a philosophical backdrop.
EDIT: Then again, that book is kind of controversial. Also from Heinlein, I'd recommend The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. It's about the revolution of citizens on the moon (Luna), led by an aging professor, a fiery female political agitator, a computer technician, and their BFF, "Mike" -- a childish supercomputer. It's fun and witty and full of freedom and sci fi.