What are some really good books to read?

[Pink_minx]

Im bored out of my mind, I hope I get this one job but for now I need to read something interesting...the last book I read was White Oleander and that was a LONG time ago lol so I dont know any books that will be interesting and I havent gone to Barnes & noble yet to look. Any suggestions on any books that you've read that was really good!?
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[alysia]

Shopaholic series, The Devil Wears Prada, Ex Girlfriends, A/The year of living famous(ly), and Elegance are all really good chic lit books.
I'm currently reading The Da Vinci Code (I know, so cliche but I have to see the movie...) and it's suprisingly good.
I'd recc more but all my books are in boxes so I can't see what I have

 

[Jessica]

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez

It's my all time favorite book, hope you enjoy

 

[Shimmer]

I'm a harry potter geek.

I love all of the books and am foaming at the mouth for the seventh.

I love Gone With the Wind.
All of the shopaholic ones are really good...

 

[brandiisamonkey]

OOOOH! Marley and ME! Go get it and read it! (if you like animals) It will seriously make you laugh cry and everything in between, its a true story so that makes it even better for me... seriously GREAT BOOK!


for prurely fun anything by Chuck Palaunick (I THINK I spelled that right lol) some good ones are survivor and invisible monsters great writer

 

[Chic 2k6]

my last one was "Dancing In My Nuddypants - Further confessions of Georgia Nicholson" by Louise Rennison. it is soooo funny to read, its part of a series so read the first one first "Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging - Confessions of Georgia Nicholson"

 

[Shimmer]

Dean Koontz is another of my fave authors...Lightning was a total reread.

 

[Wattage]

John Irving is my favorite author. Some of his best and well known books include:

- The World According to Garp
- Cider House Rules
- Prayer for Owen Meany

I love his style. If you have to pick only one to read, I recommend Garp. It is such a beautiful story!

 

[martygreene]

You might want to check out the "what are you reading" thread:

http://specktra.net/showthread.php?t=23960

 

[Pink_minx]

thanks girls and thanks martygreene for the link! The Devil Wears Prada sounds like a good one and shopaholic. I hear Marley and Me is good. I will look at these today.

 

[Throwaway Style]

Yeah, anything by Chuck Palahniuk is really good, my favorite by him are Invisable Monster, Diary, Choke and Fight Club.

 

[YvetteJeannine]

Well, you really have to like this sort of 'thing', but I'm reading "The Count Of Monte Cristo" right now, and I can't get my nose out of it!! Reading the Lit. classics are great. Barnes and Noble has a whole section of these books they reprinted, and you can get them super cheap (Tolstoy, Dante, Machiavelli, Dostoevsky, etc. etc.)...For American classics, try Emily or Charlotte Bronte, or anything written by Jane Austen (she's wonderful!).

I'm also a big fan of 'True Crime'...but, again..you've gotta like that stuff (I'm in Criminal Psych., so it's right up my alley)...you've gotta be able to read horrible things and not let them stick in your psyche. Anne Rule is the guru of the true crime genre...anything by her is extremely intriguing...I mean cannot-put-book-down type writing...she's great!!! Hope that helps you a bit. Let us know what you pick up...

 

[xmrsvindieselx]

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Originally Posted by Chic 2k6 my last one was "Dancing In My Nuddypants - Further confessions of Georgia Nicholson" by Louise Rennison. it is soooo funny to read, its part of a series so read the first one first "Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging - Confessions of Georgia Nicholson"

haha i read those..VERY entertaining!

 

[litlaur]

depends on what you like...just a couple of my favorites

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (and the 5 other books in the series)
My all-time favorite. The book that revived my love of reading after years of assigned readings that I hated.

The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman
There are actually 10 books in this series, so it's kind of expensive, but definitely worth it. Amazing story.

Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein

The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
really funny, quick reads