Book Recommendations?

luckyme502 · April 2010

I need help with book recommendations. I don't like romance, mystery, or sci-fi. I have recently read Anna Karenina, Lolita, some biographies.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Brie2010 · April 2010

I just finished The Book Thief and loved it. It was a pretty quick read.

AmoroAgain · April 2010

Anna Karenina made me want to slit my wrists.

pumpkinpumpkin · April 2010

Twilight. It's the only fiction I've read since the baby sitters club.

brookelynpaisley · April 2010

Did you read the Lovely Bones? I love Wally Lamb. I really liked The Hour I First Believed.

ohwhynot · April 2010

http://www.amazon.com/Really-Good-Feminist-Books/lm/1I5Y0MTD6DLT4

;-)

andyandhillary · April 2010

Chaim Potok's books including The Chosen, The Promise, My Name is Asher Lev, Book of Lights, etc.

The "Shopaholic" books. They're fun if nothing else.

Jane Austen's novels

whitneykaye87 · April 2010

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[QUOTE]Anna Karenina made me want to slit my wrists.
Posted by AmoroAgain[/QUOTE]

Definitely.

cac847 · April 2010

Requiem for a Dream

maratea · April 2010

I'm ashamed to admit this, but LA Candy by Lauren Conrad. I liked it. Commence flaming.
Also, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Reading the OED, Secret Life of Bees, Running With Scissors, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

luckyme502 · April 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_book-recommendations?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:82df6e94-0bfa-482c-8325-6f1040d2b9d6Post:e5f74b06-c745-4636-a39a-86db652e7091">Re: Book Recommendations?</a>:
[QUOTE]Anna Karenina made me want to slit my wrists.
Posted by AmoroAgain[/QUOTE]

I found it interesting. Not so much Anna's story as Kostya's story. I thought it was interesting how the peasants were portrayed. It made it easy for me to see how communism would sound like a great idea.

Blueyed228 · April 2010

A Reliable Wife

A Great and Terrible Beauty

Girls in Trucks

Calypso1977 · April 2010

"I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced"

a very simple and quick read, but amazing story.

luckyme502 · April 2010

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[QUOTE]<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Really-Good-Feminist-Books/lm/1I5Y0MTD6DLT4" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Really-Good-Feminist-Books/lm/1I5Y0MTD6DLT4</a> ;-)
Posted by ohwhynot[/QUOTE]

That made me laugh! Actually, a really good book I read was Bitch. I thought it was interesting.

alixzafiris · April 2010

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[QUOTE] A Great and Terrible Beauty
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

I love this trilogy. The last one killed me.

jajph1974 · April 2010

The World According to Garp

JessAndTrav · April 2010

I love Jen Lancaster books. They're memoirs and she is wonderfully funny. I go through those books really quickly.

Her books include:
-Bitter is the New Black
-Brights Lights, Big Ass
-Such a Pretty Fat
-Pretty in Plaid

And she has a new one, My Fair Lazy that I've not read yet. I'm going to her book signing in a few weeks and will buy it then.

luckyme502 · April 2010

I read A Great and Terrible Beauty, but not the ones after it. I'll look them up. Also, I am Twilighted out. I have a 13 year old daughter who thinks they are the greatest books every written, they are the best movies ever made, we have board games, Wii games, posters, T-shirts, bookmarks, magazines, jackets, bags, perfume, and jewelry.

julezlee · April 2010

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.

AmoroAgain · April 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Book Recommendations? : I found it interesting. Not so much Anna's story as Kostya's story. I thought it was interesting how the peasants were portrayed. It made it easy for me to see how communism would sound like a great idea.
Posted by luckyme502[/QUOTE]

Well sure, if you've never read any Russian Lit before, but it's depressing as fuckall. Which is also pretty standard if you've read russian lit.

*BeachBride0410* · April 2010

I really like all of Emily Giffin's books
-Something Borrowed
-Something Blue
-Baby Proof
-Love the One your with

& I am standing by my love of Chelsea Handler and her books!

Panda8723 · April 2010

If you like historical fiction, I highly recommend anything by Philippa Gregory, Anya Seton, Elizabeth Chadwick, or Peter Ho Davies.

Also, Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time if you want something that you can analyze to death but is still a fantastic read (I am a massive literature nerd).

princesscz · April 2010

Ok, so I know you said you don't like mystery, but The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon is only perhaps part mystery, but also historical fiction and a coming of age story. It seriously is one of the best books I've read in the past few years.

andyandhillary · April 2010

Also...

A Prayer for Owen Meany
Beloved

jayjoe · April 2010

Five People You Meet in Heaven was a quick read but it was soo good! I also just read Firefly Lane (Kristen Hannah) that made me cry. Also, the Art of Racing in the Rain is now my favorite!! It is written from the point of view of a dog as his master goes through a tough personal time. It had the happiest saddest ending ever. Everytime i read a few pages i'd put the book down and hug my dog LOL I loved it!

trinalo · April 2010

BeachBride, I was totally going to say Chelsea Handler. Her books crack me up.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · April 2010

I love William Faulkener. Just throwing it out there.

Every so often I go to this list and pick out a few to read:

http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html

Catch-22 is one of my favorite books, ever.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · April 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Book Recommendations? : Well sure, if you've never read any Russian Lit before, but it's depressing as fuckall. Which is also pretty standard if you've read russian lit.
Posted by AmoroAgain[/QUOTE]

I sort of like Dostoyevsky. In small doses. Cause again with the wrist-slitting thing.

AmoroAgain · April 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Book Recommendations? : I sort of like Dostoyevsky. In small doses. Cause again with the wrist-slitting thing.
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]

That's probably why it took me 2 months to read it instead of my usual days. I just couldn't handle all that depressing crap.

[Deleted User] · April 2010

I'd recommend my own but TK would probably consider that in the 'vendor' category.

So I'll go with the YA series I just finished, City of Bones, City of Ashes, and City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments trilogy) by Cassandra Clare.

K Byte · April 2010

OP, do you like Russian literature? If so I recommend Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. It's one of my all time faves but I do love me some Russian lit, so I realize not everyone else is going to love it.

Otherwise I read a lot of sci fi and fantasy sewwwww that's about all I got, ha ha.

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