Book Recommendations

[xxhieixx]

Hi, I've looked around on here and I've seen a lot of books mentioned but the problem is no one gave any descriptions for them. I haven't had a good book to read in awhile and I read all different kinds of genre's. So could anyone recommendation me a good book?

[Logos]

Welcome to LitNet :)

There are lots of topics in General Literature that discuss specific books, may I suggest:

What are u reading right now?:
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2706

Quote The Book You Are Reading:
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17236

and
Review a Book:
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4387

[Kurtz]

I saw your question and starting thinking to myself " What is a good book?" Since you read different genres let me suggest 5 books I would recommend.

1. "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky (In my humble opinion this is the best novel ever.)

2. "The Complete Sherlock Holmes Vol.1 & 2" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (No fan of literature should forget these compelling detective tales)

3. "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas adams ( witty, funny, and will change your life)

4. "SIDDHARTHA" by Herman Hesse (Important to many people for many different reasons)

5. "ON BULL****" by Harry G. Frankfurt (67 pages of truth)

[mono]

Of Kurtz's recommendations, I have only read one of them, and I would certainly also recommend The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky (or anything by Dostoevsky, for that matter! :D).
For a bit of information, this novel mixes mystery, crime, family deceit, ethical dilemmas, religion, spirituality, and greed. The story tells of a tale of a rather dysfunctional family with a brutish, greedy father and 3 sons, only one of which grew as rather ethical and responsible (a holy man); the others, meanwhile, only have elements of deceit, crime, and greed.
Hopefully this interests you, and I wish you luck in finding a decent book. ;)

[peterk]

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova - very chilling and well written.

[grace86]

One I immediately thought of is The Life of Pi - by Yann Martel. The first couple pages were a little odd, but then it is so awesome. Piscine Patel (Pi) and his parents are on their way to Canada to open up a new zoo (they are taking their animals with them on a ship) and all of a sudden Pi finds himself in a lifeboat with a Tiger....Pi is only a boy.

It reminds me a bit of Aesop and Jungle book mixed in with some inspirational and spiritual thinking.

[subterranean]

5. "ON BULL****" by Harry G. Frankfurt (67 pages of truth)

Now I want full explanation on this one, Kurtz.

[aeroport]

I am trying to make a point of mentioning someone other than Henry James on this website, but I am afraid I am repeatedly brought back to him. I promise I will read something else soon, but in the meantime I would recommend The American. It is funny, fairly engaging, with a likeable enough protagonist. It is early James, so it is comparatively light reading; it is the story of an American (go figure) "self-made man" in pursuit of a kind young Frechwoman whose family considers itself above the "vulgar" self-made men of America. Technically speaking, the subtext is maybe not quite what it is in his later novels, but there is plenty in the way of significant hesitations and mannerisms on the part of all of the characters to exercise the reader's interpretive faculties. It is considered "flawed" among his fiction by critics for its "romanticism", but it is enjoyable nonetheless.