Please recommend any book…I like mysteries, England’s history,
American history, stories like you’d see on the Hallmark Channel,
(I’ll admit it, I liked Sarah, Plain and Tall, with Glenn Close),
shakespere, classics of any kind, art history, biographies…
PLEASE HELP ME FIND MORE BOOKS TO READ
I read The Joy Luck CLub last night, and, 2 stories by Arthur Conan Doyle today. I LOVE to read, but, I’m running out of titles.
I can’t recall authors or titles, very well.
Right now, after I sign off here, I’m going to read more in David Starkey’s Six Wives, the Queens of Henry VIII.
Let’s see, there’s:
The Other Boleyn Girl
Pirates!
Queen Own Fool (I think)
Pride and Prejudice (and others by Jane Austen)
Les Miserables (it’s long so be prepared)
Luna
Flipped
Any Book by P.C. Cast
I’ll think of more, give me ideas if you want something more specific…
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A good place to look for mysteries - You can search by author or character, also by various other methods. I use it all the time. http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/
I tend to like funny mysteries, some cozies, too. I’ve read all these authors offer… I linked to their websites, you can check Amazon, too. Robert Crais (Elvis Cole Mysteries) Jan Burke (Irene Kelly Mysteries) Kate White Janet Evanovich Sue Grafton (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries) Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta Novels)
Oh, I love to read. I work PT at a book store. Here are some of my recomendations…
Good Mystery Authors- Tami Hoag; Lisa Scottoline
Good historical fiction:
Sandra Guilland- trilogy of Josephine Bonapart- the first is "The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B."
Sarah Dunant- "The Birth of Venus"
Lisa See- "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan"
Kate Mosse- “Labyrinth"
Good History-
“Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer” by James Swanson
"Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson
These are not new books and they are very long, but I loved them and they were the best and most researched historical novels about WWII I’ve ever read:
Winds of War and War & Remembrance
They made a mini series called Winds of War which really was a combination of both epic novels.
1776 was a good book about Washington’s troubles with his “army” at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. There are a lot of names to remember, but its a pretty easy read and I love the descriptions of the area back then.
I’m not really into mysteries or English History (at least not anymore) so I can’t help you with those.
Check out this thread…What’cha Reading. It’s a great thread where everyone shares titles of books they’re reading. I’ve used it to create my Hold list at the library.
Here’s a few more I liked if you like this kind of genre, too.
The Bamboo Chest by Frederick “Cork” Graham
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah
…to name a few… (I read a lot) Am currently reading Christopher Moore books… :roflhard:
Oh girl, you need to go to www.PaperBackSwap.com and sign up! If you do like it, pm me and let me give you my info.
If you like REALLY good story telling, have you read [I]Ireland[/I] by Frank Delaney? One of the best books I’ve ever read, and that’s saying something as I can read a book or two a day when my body is acting up and I can’t do anything else.
Mary Stewart’s Arthur Trilogy, starting with [I]The Crystal Cave[/I] is wonderful also.
Anne Rice’s last two books, about the life of Christ, are just fantastic. Kind of fills in ‘between’ the lines. What a wonderful change she has made in her life.
Do you like Civil War novels, my DH is really into the Owen Parry books that start with [I]A Faded Coat of Blue[/I]. The protagonist is a Welshman, my husband loves the series,unusual because he doesn’t usually read fiction. There is also a series by Simon Scarrow on the Roman legions. The books are ‘fictulizations’, he likes them almost as much as the Owen Parry books.
Thanks for the info on the paperback swap site. What a great idea!
I HEARD about Anne Rice’s conversion. What a relief! She was really deeply into the occult, and her books, quite frankly, were repulsive to me. I’m glad she changed her tune, and I hope she keeps her resolutions and stays true to the Lord. So, you’ve read her latest books, and think they’re good? She just creeped me out for so long, I don’t know if I can read her latest.
Never heard of Simon Scarrow, but, I DO love Roman and Greek history. Please feel free to add to this post, any time, with titles and such. You say DH doesn’t usually read fiction, so, what does he usually read?
Never heard of Owen Parry either.
Thanks, this has been a big boost.
I’ve read all of Austen’s books. What other classic authors are there?
I was in a book store today, but, forgot the classic titles.
And, didn’t have a pen and paper to jot down the titles or authors.
Luna is a very interesting book… It’s controversial though…
It’s about a boy named Liam that is basically a woman in a mans body (in other words, he likes to dress like a girl), and he goes on with this secret and the only person who know is his sister, until one day he decides to attempt to tell his sexist father and workoholic mother… It’s a fabulous book.
I just got back from work and boy was it an interesting day. I loved the gal who asked where the “Self Study” section was and I had to ask “for what?” she said “scuba diving” well, I had to chuckle, don’t you have to have training and be certified for that:think: ?
Have you read “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nght” by Mark Haddon? VERY GOOD. I just got his second book “A Spot of Bother” and I can’t wait to read it, but it will have to wait as I got a ton of freebies to read today. (A nice perk to working in a book store :happydance: )
Also, big epic like “The Thorn Birds” or “North and South” you could read the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. Historical fiction, time travel in the Scottish Highlands.
PM me if you want any books, DH would be more than happy if I shared the wealth!
Caleb Carr wrote two great mysteries - 18th century american, early forensics, etc. Good stuff.
If you’re desperate for a list of good stuff, heavy on the classics, I’d recommend going to the website of your local college, go the English Master’s degree program, and look up the reading list for the MA exam. It keeps people busy for awhile.
I like Ulysses, myself, but its not everyone’s cup of tea.
