What are your books for guilty pleasure reading?
What are your books for guilty pleasure reading?
No man should die without first reading the world's greatest literature.
Lee Child... Jack Reacher is a Knight Errant for the 21st Century.
If you mean books which will never become classics ....
I like mysteries by P.D. James, Michael Connelly, and a few others. But I generally listen to these on CD while doing something else so my reading tome is not cut into.
Star Wars novels, though I barely read them anymore.
The occaisonal Terry Pratchett novel...
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
I would say Playboy, but that's not a book. Plus, I don't feel guilty about objectifying women.
Dare to know
Robert E. Howard's horror fiction. Also enjoy the writing team of "Preston, Child." They write suspense fiction.
"Lennie said, "I thought you was mad at me, George."
"No," said George. "No Lennie. I ain't mad. I never been mad, an' I ain't now. Thats a thing I want ya to know."
Oh, yes, I love Jack Reacher too and Terry Pratchett never fails to cheer me up as does Jason fforde.Originally Posted by Seasider
Actually, in light of mortalterror's response below, I think I'll amend that: a doctor once told me 'You should never feel guilty about anything' - I guess he saw too many people beating themselves up about trivia. So, I don't feel guilty about anything I read. I read for pleasure and just about anything that is well written of its kind gives me pleasure. Some subjects don't interest me and I leave them alone but I'll try anything once and as long as it's well written, I enjoy it.
Last edited by kasie; 03-15-2011 at 03:54 AM.
I wouldn't describe Pratchett as a particularly guilty pleasure - he's a good modern satirist and as such is as valid as any satirist from any other age or to come
But pure guilt is Tom Clancy - I'm surprised more people haven't indulged in his rich dark chocolate syrup (I suspect they do but don't admit it)
edit: Lokasenna said occasional which I missed - yes, I imagine to only indulge in Patchett occasionally would indeed bring about an attack of the guilts
Last edited by MystyrMystyry; 03-14-2011 at 07:55 AM.
Well, I'm a Protestant, so I pretty much feel guilty about every pleasure.
"So-Crates: The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing." "That's us, dude!"- Bill and Ted
"This ain't over."- Charles Bronson
Feed the Hungry!
I'm going to have to say Stephen King. I haven't read anything he wrote since Bag of Bones (and most recently Full Dark, No Stars), but he's about as silly as I'll go.
No man should die without first reading the world's greatest literature.
I read Jude Morgan's 'Passion' and loved it... I also enjoyed a couple of Rosamund Pilcher books.
God wills it.
No, but seriously, chill out. God won't smite you for reading a good book. I hear so many protestants saying they can't read this or can't read that because they feel guilty -- well, if you're a protestant you should enjoy the Bible (am I right?). Well, if you enjoy the Bible, why not also literature in general and feel good about it?
Terry Pratchett. Including his gnome trilogy for the younger reader.
Historical murder mysteries. I also read other crime fiction, but I especially like Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir.
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