Recommend Me Some Good Books
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Additionally, as someone further up suggested, the Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan and the Game of Thrones series by George R.R. Martin, the Chronicles of the Necromancer series by Gail Z. Martin, and The Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erickson (with side novels by Ian C. Esslemont) are fantastic fantasy books. (Although, I whole-heartedly recommend the Erickson/Esslemont books...I love the Wheel of Time series, but this one is substantially more epic in scope and character development. Just be warned that the very first book is a bit of a tough read.)Vakz said:
For a moment, I thought the topic was "recommend me some good bacon" =D
Guess you know what I was thinking about...
OT: I was going to recommend The DaVinci Code, having just finished it for a second time myself, but then I realized it was already on your list.
Guess you know what I was thinking about...
OT: I was going to recommend The DaVinci Code, having just finished it for a second time myself, but then I realized it was already on your list.
dan adAbnett makes everything better and larkin is one of my favourite characters everSentryGun said:
and since we've one a warhammer sujestion it's now safe to sujest others
thank you sentry gun, here have some metal
anyway the malus darkblade series is one of my favourite, lord or the night, the angels of darkness and the slayer series great warhammer based novels
"A Classical Education" by caroline Taggart, it's a great way to make sure you know the basics about... well, classical education.
aside from them saying something that made no sense or really bad grammar the odd time I felt the book was a enjoyable read (the translation wasn't bad but it wasn't the greatest either) and I was worried to pick up the book after playing metro (the game) for a bit but it was really worth itthis isnt my name said:
you should read it but try to ignore it when the translation doesn't make any sense
The Jack Reacher series by Lee Child, anything by Simon Kernick, Filth by Irvine Welsh, The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail, The Assassins Creed series by Oliver Bowden, The Darkwing Omnibus by Alan Gibbons, Lamb by Christopher Moore, The Dexter series by Jeff Lindsey and anythig by Jeffrey Archer. All Classics and make for a stomping good read
Don't read Mein Kampf. Horribly written, excruciatingly dull, and the romance scene lacks that intimate touch one looks for in such things.
Machiavelli's 'The Prince' is a more interesting politically-driven work. Carlo Ginzburg's 'The Cheese and the Worms' is a very good historical narrative focussed on a rather curious person.
Fiction-wise,
Sci-Fi:
Asimov's Foundation series, as well as I, Robot and his short stories.
Iain Banks' Culture novels (his more contemporary fiction is very good too).
Douglas Adams' Hitch-Hikers' trilogy of five (Colfer's sixth isn't actually that bad though).
Grant Naylor's Red Dwarf (even if you've watched the television show).
Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines series.
Fantasy:
David Gemmell's Drenai, Rigante and Troy series.
Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series.
George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series.
Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy.
William Nicholson's Wind on Fire trilogy.
Some of these are a bit teeny but I enjoyed them immensely and highly recommend them. If you're looking for great literary (canonical) fiction, I tend to find them rather depressing (and, indeed, that seems to be their purpose for the most part) so I haven't included any.
Machiavelli's 'The Prince' is a more interesting politically-driven work. Carlo Ginzburg's 'The Cheese and the Worms' is a very good historical narrative focussed on a rather curious person.
Fiction-wise,
Sci-Fi:
Asimov's Foundation series, as well as I, Robot and his short stories.
Iain Banks' Culture novels (his more contemporary fiction is very good too).
Douglas Adams' Hitch-Hikers' trilogy of five (Colfer's sixth isn't actually that bad though).
Grant Naylor's Red Dwarf (even if you've watched the television show).
Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines series.
Fantasy:
David Gemmell's Drenai, Rigante and Troy series.
Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series.
George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series.
Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy.
William Nicholson's Wind on Fire trilogy.
Some of these are a bit teeny but I enjoyed them immensely and highly recommend them. If you're looking for great literary (canonical) fiction, I tend to find them rather depressing (and, indeed, that seems to be their purpose for the most part) so I haven't included any.
Well in that case then may I suggest some books based on the original.sean360h said:
Метро 2033 Ниже ада (Metro 2033 Hell Below) by Andrew Grebenshchikov
Метро 2033 Увидеть солнце (Metro 2033 See the Sun) by Sergei Moskvin
I rather like them but then again I like post-apocalyptic universes.
its different from the game he only really killed like 4 people in the bookthis isnt my name said:
its alot better than the game because you can see what artom is thinking as apposed to the strong silent thing he has going on in the game and it portrays him as really just a kid stepping into the unknown also i didn't like the voice actor he had in the game so reading his lines was much better
It isn't all that bad its a good translation when you compare it to Google translate
I can't find a English version anywhere (metro 2034) i really want to read it
For Whom the Bell Tolls is pretty good. All of Alan Folsoms books are really, really good. The two Witcher books in English are OK, the translations are just iffy at times. Vampire Hunter D is a great series
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being by Milan Kundera (better upon the second read for me.)
The Mouse and His Child by Russel Hoban
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (MUCH better than the film.)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. (Also better on the second read.)
The Mouse and His Child by Russel Hoban
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (MUCH better than the film.)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. (Also better on the second read.)
May have been mentioned already, but I would recommend Jules Verne's A Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
Have you Ever heard of the Darren Shan saga? It's another vampire story, yes, but it's not exactly the same as the usual idea of vampires, and not only is it not some terrible vampire-werewolf-human romance, but it's kind of a deconstruction of the vampire genre, in my opinion.
Then there's also the Series of Unfortunate Events, which also a sad series (duh, series of UNFORTUNATE events) and although the writing style kind of annoys me, it's a rather touching and tragic story of how three siblings stick by each other when it seems the whole world is against them.
Those are my recommendations.
Then there's also the Series of Unfortunate Events, which also a sad series (duh, series of UNFORTUNATE events) and although the writing style kind of annoys me, it's a rather touching and tragic story of how three siblings stick by each other when it seems the whole world is against them.
Those are my recommendations.
Go ahead and read some classics. Authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne or Oscar Wilde have some pretty good ones, and it gives you an opportunity to see how literature has evolved over the past decades.
The Name of the Wind and it's sequel, The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss are also very good examples of fantasy. I heartily recommend anything by Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, as well as Neil Gaiman.
I do recommend reading some of Dan Brown's work, but don't take it at face value. He put a lot of loose, baseless information in his novels, so further study and research is necessary in order to get the full facts.
The Name of the Wind and it's sequel, The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss are also very good examples of fantasy. I heartily recommend anything by Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, as well as Neil Gaiman.
I do recommend reading some of Dan Brown's work, but don't take it at face value. He put a lot of loose, baseless information in his novels, so further study and research is necessary in order to get the full facts.