Looking for book recommendations.

". ." (xllx) 03/05/2014 at 20:18 • Filed to: books

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After some time of avoiding reading for pleasure due to huge amounts of text i have to go through for uni, I recently got back into books. Unfortunately, after just a few weeks of burning through my backlog I found myself without anything to read after finishing Mogworld today.

I though about picking up With Fire And Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz, but I don't think I currently have the resolve to go through a 1000 page book that is actually only the first part of a trilogy (over 4000 pages total). It may be a brilliant book that I have somehow missed so far, but I think I'll wait until I have more free time on my hands to start it.

I was also half expecting to proceed to Croshaw's second book, Jam, after being done with Mogworld, but since I've not really been blown away by the first novel I don't think I'll be ordering the second.

Another series I'm considering is The Witcher Saga. I've read the 2 Witcher books containing short stories multiple times (and loved them), but I've bounced off the 5 tome Saga before and lack the motivation to start over.

Maybe you know a book you could recommend with a clear conscience? I'm looking for something a tad more serious than Mogworld, which was probably as light as novels get, but I don't want anything that will leave me completelly emotionally drained either. I've had a really tough couple of weeks and I don't think there's much left in that particular tank. I'm open towards things that are and aren't car-related, historical, fiction, etc. Pretty much anything really good you can think of I'll consider as long as I'm able to purchase it either locally or from Amazon UK/eBay UK.

Ah, and I hate ebooks with a burning passion, so I don't think I'll be reading Doug's book anytime soon.

NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > . . 03/05/2014 at 20:21

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Not sure what your preferences are, but a couple of favorites that might be related would the _A Wizard of Earthsea_ and the first two sequels, or some of the Roger Zelazny stuff. That's what comes up off the top of my head, anyway.

signintokinjalol > . . 03/05/2014 at 20:23

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You'll learn a few things...

AthomSfere > . . 03/05/2014 at 20:28

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Brian Greene - The Elegant Universe

Steven Pinker - All of them! Specifically The Language Instinct, and How the Mind Works

Denis Brian - Einstein: A Life

Sorry, don't read Fiction... But those are my all time favorites, at least some of them.

puddler > . . 03/05/2014 at 20:28

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the human zoo by desmond morris

ChampagneChariot > . . 03/05/2014 at 20:39

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Colin McRae's autobiography is absolutely fantastic. I would guess you've already read Go Like Hell, if not, read it. Same goes for The Limit.

andthelike > . . 03/05/2014 at 20:49

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catch 22 is both funny and sad, sort of a slaughterhouse 5 meets all quite on the western front. actually, both of those books are great. I'd also suggest anything by Stephan king. the man is a prolific writer, and has over 50 books if you really like his style. his dark tower series is great.

on the automotive side of things, engines of change is a great book about how the car industry shaped society, and vice versa. where the suckers mooned is another great automotive book all about the history of Subaru in north America, and its ad campaigns. it also is a -pretty great history of advertising in general.

Anon > . . 03/05/2014 at 20:50

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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami was a book I really enjoyed. It's an epicly huge story that centers around the events of a religious cult that take place around an assassin and a writer. That's the best summary I can give you without spoiling the book, but trust me, it's good. However I should say that Murakami has a very unique style that people either love or hate. His stories go at a slower pace and there's not a ton of dialogue, however what it lacks in dialogue it makes up for in deep and interesting characters. To this day Tengo is still one of my favorite characters in a work of fiction.

Kailand09 > . . 03/05/2014 at 20:50

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The Count of Monte Christo is a great book, and I'm a person who hates reading.

To be honest, I had nothing to do on a plane and read some of the fiance's hunger games while she read, and that was pretty good actually.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > . . 03/05/2014 at 21:03

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Anything by Terry Pratchett is phenomenal, and fantastically funny. I'd suggest Feet of Clay as a starting point, although it's tricky to go wrong.

Mort is another brilliant one (it's about a kid who becomes Death's apprentice), Thud is excellent and I'm a fan of Lords and Ladies as well.

. . > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 03/05/2014 at 21:05

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I've just ordered The Colour of Magic not 10 minutes ago. Fantasy is generally not entirely my kind of thing, but I've heard so many good things about DIscworlds that I wanted to check it out by myself.

. . > ChampagneChariot 03/05/2014 at 21:07

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I think Go Like Hell may be my next purchase. Cheers for suggesting it.

Agrajag > . . 03/05/2014 at 21:17

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

If you've already read this then some perhaps some Arthur C. Clarke.

Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken > . . 03/05/2014 at 22:31

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This trilogy is great, so is Sand by the same author.

James S. A. Corey Expanse series:

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > . . 03/06/2014 at 07:30

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The Colour of Magic is excellent. The Discworlds start out as sort of making fun with general fantasy tropes, but evolve into so much more in the later books. The Vimes/City Watch series of books is particularly brilliant :)

Stephen the Canuck > . . 03/06/2014 at 09:39

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If you like epic fantasy, I've got a few series to suggest.

Novels of the Change - S M Stirling ( first book )

Malazan Books of the Fallen - Steven Erikson

Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan

If you like military action thrillers, go for Tom Clancy, the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child. I also like Stuart Woods, David Baldacci, Stephen Hunter (the movie Shooter was based on one of these books), and Brad Thor.

If you like mystery books, try the Alex Cross books, or Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (It's pretty twisted).

If you like history/scientific action books try any of the Clive Cussler books, James Rollins, Dan Brown.

This may be a strange recommendation, but the Fifty Shades books are an interesting read. There is not nearly as much sexually explicit material as the hype led me to believe, and there are absolutely fascinating looks into the way the minds of the characters work.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > . . 03/06/2014 at 13:34

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I would suggest John Sandford as an author if you're into detective novels. They aren't really mystery since they are told from the third person omniscient POV, but I find them enjoyable. Plus I'm pretty sure Sandford is a closet Jalop because he always works some interesting cars into the books. And not the obvious interesting cars though the protagonist the Prey novels does drive a Porsche. And more subtle than college profs driving Volvo's, though that does happen too. But he does manage to match the car to the character quite well.