Recommend me a book

[hpdrifter]

First let me state that I can't be arsed going through the recent books thread. It fell off the first page and it's bloated beyond recognition.

Anyway, I am through with class for the year and looking to start reading non-biology books again. Please post one book that you read recently that blew your hair back.

[MC Moot]

”What is the What?”... (http://www.amazon.com/What-Autobiography-Valentino-Achak-Deng/dp/1932416641)by Dave Eggers

”Downtown Owl”... (http://www.amazon.com/Downtown-Owl-Novel-Chuck-Klosterman/dp/B003E7ESZE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277149652&sr=1-6)by Chuck Klosterman

”Ninety Two in the Shade””... ( http://www.amazon.com/Ninety-two-Shade-Thomas-McGuane/dp/0679752897/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277149789&sr=1-3-spell)by Thomas McGuane

[ToucanSpam]

Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar
The Game by Ken Dryden
The Green Mile by Stephen King


A few unconventional picks anyway. Just an idea.

[Echewta]

The girl with the dragon tattoo

[Guy Incognito]

last two books i read:

american scream by cynthia true. bio of bill hicks read for about the 9th time. still class

life of Pi - cant remember who by, i dont have it to hand - good tho. different.

[venusvenus123]

Any Human Heart- William Boyd

Human Traces - Sebastian Faulks

Both are brilliant. The Boyd one is a bit easier to pick up and put down as it's written in diary format. It's also funnier. Well in a poignant kind of way.

[nodanaonlyzuul]

you know me and my apocalypse/post-apocalyptic/zombie fascination but I promise these are entertaining even if you are not obsessed with the genre like I am :p

World War Z (http://www.amazon.com/World-War-Oral-History-Zombie/dp/0307346609)
Cat's Cradle (http://www.amazon.com/Cats-Cradle-Novel-Kurt-Vonnegut/dp/038533348X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277154956&sr=1-1)
The Road (http://www.amazon.com/Road-Movie-Tie-Vintage-International/dp/0307476316/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1) (can't find anything other than the "movie tie-in" edition, I read a normal one so I have no idea what that entails, but yeah...)

[hpdrifter]

you know me and my apocalypse/post-apocalyptic/zombie fascination but I promise these are entertaining even if you are not obsessed with the genre like I am :p

World War Z (http://www.amazon.com/World-War-Oral-History-Zombie/dp/0307346609)
Cat's Cradle (http://www.amazon.com/Cats-Cradle-Novel-Kurt-Vonnegut/dp/038533348X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277154956&sr=1-1)
The Road (http://www.amazon.com/Road-Movie-Tie-Vintage-International/dp/0307476316/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1) (can't find anything other than the "movie tie-in" edition, I read a normal one so I have no idea what that entails, but yeah...)

You and me we're likethis. I read The Road and World War Z (loved it!) Are there any other zombie books you know about? I could see myself becoming obsessed with the genre. Good call on Cat's Cradle, I will definitely check that one out. I loved Slauterhouse Five.

[hpdrifter]

The girl with the dragon tattoo

My boss was reading this recently.

Cool, so I've got my next two. I haven't heard much about the others mentioned in this thread but will definitely look into them, thanks all!

It feels so good to know I'll have about 15 more hours of free time a week this summer. That amounts to a lot of books!

[Bob]

You and me we're likethis. I read The Road and World War Z (loved it!) Are there any other zombie books you know about? I could see myself becoming obsessed with the genre. Good call on Cat's Cradle, I will definitely check that one out. I loved Slauterhouse Five.

for vonnegut, have you read breakfast of champions? you probably have because it's up there with slaughterhouse five as one of his classics but if you haven't, go do it!

welcome to the monkey house is also good; it's a collection of short stories, so you can just kind of pick it up and put it down

[MC Moot]

oh,oh...I've been told that ”The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon” (http://www.amazon.ca/Lost-City-Deadly-Obsession-Amazon/dp/0385513534) is really good,I'm waiting on it...I think this will make great summer reading...adventure,exploration,danger,madness,ind igenous intoxicants...

[camo]

Pride And Prejudice And Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance-Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! - Seth Grahame-Smith Jane Austen

[ToucanSpam]

I thought World War Z was really dry...but I didn't get very far into it. I assume it picks up?

[QueenAdrock]

It talks about the beginning, patient zero, the outbreak, trying to contain it, trying to kill it off, and how it affects different places in the world (most notable details are Israel/Palestine disbelief and suspicion of the other side, and the exodus to Canada since zombies freeze). I thought it read quite like a history book...well, one of the ones that's written well and not bloated with over-obsessive dates and details that you'll never remember. Instead, it gives you the meaty social history and impact. I came in here to suggest World War Z, actually. It's one of my recent favorites.

If you're into nerdy dinosaur stuff, Raptor Red was pretty good. Raptor Red is a 1995 American novel by paleontologist Robert T. Bakker. The book is a third-person account of dinosaurs during the Cretaceous Period, told from the point of view of Raptor Red, a female Utahraptor. Raptor Red features many of Bakker's theories regarding dinosaurs' social habits, intelligence, and the world in which they lived.

shit yeah mang (y)

[ToucanSpam]

Bakker is great. I want to get my claws on Jack Horner's How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever. He is a total wingnut who wants to use proteins from a dinosaur bone to engineer a dinosaur.

Really long URL:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1026340/Jurassic-Park-comes-true-How-scientists-bringing-dinosaurs-life-help-humble-chicken.html

Crazy, and mildly dangerous, but very interesting.

[Waus]

Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar


YES.

Most of my reading lately has been esoteric, dry, or non-fiction. I'll recommend some old stand-bys.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
White Noise by Don Delillo
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

[roosta]

Yes yes on "breakfast of champions"

also:
"The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami

[MC Moot]

Pride And Prejudice And Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance-Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! - Seth Grahame-Smith Jane Austen

That was great...I’m waiting on this... (http://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Plus-Blood-Guts-Zombies/dp/1897217919)(y)

[nodanaonlyzuul]

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies - eh. Very fun concept and it's fun at first to read but after a while it's a total random tie in to the story itself and it loses it's steam and appeal very fast. That's my opinion though.

I HATED Patient Zero. HATED. It read like a Michael Bay film or an episode of CSI. Hated. It.

Also my opinion though. :p

If I find another zombie book I actually like, I'll let you know. I'm working on it.

[Freebasser]

Anything with pop-up flaps is fine with me (y)

[MC Moot]

^You can borrow this from me... (http://www.amazon.com/Trillions-Trilligs-Star-Trek-Pop/dp/0394835581)(y)

[Burnout18]

The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations by ian bremmer

or

I hate your guts by jim norton.

[MC Moot]

Both of these titles have good buzz going on about them,so I’m adding them to summer reads needs...

”The Bear Went Over the Mountain”... (http://www.amazon.com/Bear-Went-Over-Mountain-Novel/dp/0805054383)by William Kotzwinkle


”Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War”... (http://www.amazon.com/Matterhorn-Novel-Vietnam-Karl-Marlantes/dp/0979528534)by Karl Marlantes

[Caribou]

Any book by Charlie Brooker, because you can read snippets of it really quickly and it's really really funny.

If you want a novel and like weird, funny and disturbing stuff:

Toby Litt - Hospital (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/apr/07/featuresreviews.guardianreview22)

[cosmo105]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

This tore me to bits when I was nearing the end of high school. Great read.

I rarely read anything that's not technical these days :( Brain too used to studying to read sissy fiction. I miss it.

[hpdrifter]

I ended up buying this one I stumbled across at the bookstore while looking for more zombie books, you might like it though it's written for a lay person (like me).

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (http://www.amazon.com/Genome-Autobiography-Species-Chapters-P-S/dp/0060894083/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277336654&sr=1-1)

[skra75]

The Road is really good I've read it 3 times now (it's a fast read). But it' a downer, you looking for a funny book? Informative book? Elaborate pls.