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Can anyone recommend some good fiction novels??

I like Sidney Sheldon novels..

Strange Famous

Martin Amis - Money
Will Self - The Quantity Theory of Insanity
Neil Gaimen - American God's

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The Russian Debutantes Handbook is good for a light read.
If you are ok for something a little more science oriented you might try Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. That's really good.

djtestudo

Michael Crichton's books. All of them except his latest are great reads; even they are highly technical somethines, he manages to explain most of the stuff exceedingly well.

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Louis L'Amour - His Sackett novels, and just about all of his stuff. (Westerns)

John Sandfords' "Prey" novels: (crime drama)
RULES OF PREY
SHADOW PREY
EYES OF PREY
SILENT PREY
WINTER PREY
NIGHT PREY
MIND PREY
SUDDEN PREY
SECRET PREY
CERTAIN PREY
EASY PREY
CHOSEN PREY
MORTAL PREY
NAKED PREY
HIDDEN PREY

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ironchefkorea

If you're down with the satire, Chuck Palahniuk is the way to go. He was the author of Fight Club and has a bunch of other excellent novels out. I personally reccomend "Choke."

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<i>Middlesex</i> by Jeffery Eugenides is one of the best books i've read in the last couple of years.

mystmarimatt

A Prayer For Owen Meany - John Irving
Cider House Rules - John Irving
Ragtime - E.L. Doctorow
The once and future king - T.H. White
The River Why - David James Duncan

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Qazwsxedc

wow lots of recommendations here.. thanks everyone!!

about Neil Gaimen - American God's, he sounds familiar... what kinda books does he normally write about?

diergray

Give the DaVinci Code a try.

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FleaCircus

Or Lullaby. Good stuff.

And everybody should read Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

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hilbert25

He writes comics, most notably the Sandman and Books of Magic. In addition, he's written a lot of modern fairy tales like Neverwhere and Stardust and worked with a comedy apocalypse book with Terry Pratchett called Good Omens.

sinjien

I have to agree with mystmarimatt for "The Once and Future King" by T.H. White. It is about the very beginnning of King Arthur when he found the sword in the stone all the way till his last days. If you enjoy knights and medieval tales this one will owrk well. Diergray mentioned the Da Vinci Code; A great book. Deals with secret societies and how....damn, almost revealed something that I shouldnt have. Read the book. Youll like it. That goes for anyone reading this.

anleja

I'd recommend "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon. It is from the perspective of a 15 year old autistic boy. The book alternates between plot and him explaining his very interesting way of thinking.

paddyjoe

Two fiction authors I've been reading are, James Patterson and Nelson DeMille.

irateplatypus

cat's cradle- kurt vonnegut

if ya haven't read, i think this should be next on your list.

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Mephisto2

Well, here is my list of books you should definitely read.

Catch 22 by Joseph Hellar
Wonderful, amusing, sad, satirical look at the pointlessness of war.

Secret life of Pi by Yann Martel
Already recommended by another poster. This is a great book! Hard to explain easily, but it's the story of one boy's survival whilst wrecked at sea and his spiritual journey along the way. Has some memorable surreal moments...

L.A. Confidential by James Elroy
This is probably one of the best crime novels of recent years. Actually it's one out of four "LA Quartet" books (all of which I recommend) that offer a great insight into the seedy side of life in LA during the 40's and 50's. Fantastic, rapid-fire dialogue and almost "stream of conciousness" narrative.

Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
You've probably heard of this one. :-) Great book.

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
I don't often recommend science fiction (and hardly read any of it anymore), but this one is absolutely superb. Whilst I'm at it, any of Iain M Banks' SF novels are worth a look too.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A wonderful book on injustice, humanity, crime and racial tension set in South during the 30's

[b]The Little Friend[b] by Donna Tartt
The much anticipated new novel from the author of The Secret History. Bears some passing resemblences to Lee's work, this is a good book (not a great book). Well worth reading though...

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Authors semi-authobigraphical novel dealing with being a POW during the fire-bombing of Dresden in WWII.

I could go on and on, but I'll let others chime in... :-)


Mr Mephisto

Qazwsxedc

wow so many great choices out there!! thanks for all the suggestions!

Xenomorph

If you like modernesque fiction, I'd recommend Michael Crichton's "Jurassic Park."

For cyberpunk, Neil Stephenson's "Snow Crash."

For political sci-fi, Frank Herbet's "Dune."

For speculative fiction, Arthur C. Clarke's "2001: A Space Odyssey" and perhaps its sequels.

For classic fantasy, just go with the original. Lord of the Rings.

For straight-up comedy, any of Dave Barry's compilations.

For slightly more weighty and subtle comedy, "A Confederacy of Dunces."

For great historical fiction, James Clavell's "Shogun." I've heard that the rest of his Asian saga is worth reading but have not done so myself. Each of his books is rather lengthy.

That's basically the would-be geek's required laundry list and some of my own personal favorites.

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flamingdog

i like Iain Banks at the moment. Complicity, Crow Road, The Wasp Factory... all GREAT books.