laceyjay Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Anything by David Sedaris!, Hilarious!! Yes! You can hear DS read a lot of his stuff going back to 1995 or so at This American Life's website. (David Rakoff is another very funny author you can hear there, too - many good writers at TAL.) If you like your reading dark and depressing, I recommend No Country for Old Men - far better than the movie IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cimmie Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 'The Spy who Came in From the Cold' by John Le Carre Superb cold war espionage thriller - one of the best ever written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eire1 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy was really dark, scary, and disturbing, but there was something really powerful about it between the father and the son. I loved it and couldn't get it out of my mind for weeks. It won the Pulitzer Prize. "Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum - I'm reading this now. It's very good and moves very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jettison Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy was really dark, scary, and disturbing, but there was something really powerful about it between the father and the son. I loved it and couldn't get it out of my mind for weeks. It won the Pulitzer Prize. "Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum - I'm reading this now. It's very good and moves very quickly. I really enjoyed The Road. I was reading that book, and I ended up hooking up with some woman I knew for the first time. As we talked, it turned out that she was reading the same book. So of course, then I had to jump through it fast. There is a The Road movie coming out btw. Very excited to see this one. My book recommendations: Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously (I always rec. this one.) Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore (You will thank me later for rec.ing this.) Acts of Worship by Yukio Mishima. If the River Was Whiskey by T.C. Boyle Music of Chance by Paul Auster McTeague by Frank Norris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_know_what_2_say Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Anna Karenina- Leo Tolstoy Wuthering Heights- Emily Bronte Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoyevsky ohh and how could i forget this is a very fantasy/magic type of series but i loved it!! sword of truth- terry goodkind read all of them and they were all good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma07 Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 You should read this one; The Life Before Us by Roman Gary. This book is awesome. Makes you laugh and cry at the same time. Brilliant... It is my favorite book and I absolutely recommend it to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samantha20 Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 'One child' and 'Tiger's Child' by Tory Hayden are really moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samedy Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I recently just finished Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson. It was a pleasant surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuiks8 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 My sisters keeper by jodi piccoult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandyc Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 The Twilight Series! I am obsessed! Ok it sounds a little weird (vampires lol) but give it a chance. I finished all 4 books in a week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalm Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 I'm currently reading Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. It's set in a Chicago ad agency - quite a good read and pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radίaηce Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 The Mastery of Love---by Don Miguel Ruiz. I'm a no nonsense kind of person, so you take in what you like...disregard what you don't. It changed my life, highly recommended and easy to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganjette_69 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I am reading "Black Boy" by Richard Wright. This book is very inspiring. It's his autobiography. During the time it was written, there weren't many African American authors. It was also way before the civil rights era. His books actually sparked a lot of the civil rights moment, or inspired the civil rights moment. Just reading the things he went through in his life has helped me to appreciate everything I have taken for granted in mine. It's a great read and I suggest it to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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