contemporary writers

[Ataxia]

hi all :) I want to read some contemporary book, but I know bad contemporary literature and want your advices in this case plese advice me some conpemporary books or aurthors.
p.s.( I am not found of some love and romance book:yawnb: )

thanks a lot

[stlukesguild]

Well I can probably offer you some suggestions (as can a great many others here) but it might be more useful if we have some idea where you are coming from. What sort of books have you read? Who are some of your favorites among older writers? D you have a preference for narrative fiction to the exception of everything else, or do you also read your share of poetry, non-fiction, etc?

[Dark Muse]

A couple contemporary books I really enjoyed are Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides and A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers.

And my favorite contemporary author is Tom Robbins

[Trystan]

"The Wind-up Bird Chronicle" and 'Kafka on the Shore" by Haruki Murakami.

[Dark Muse]

I have The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, but I have not read it yet.

[Trystan]

I have The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, but I have not read it yet.

It's a great book. Murakami is a master at blurring the line between real and surreal.

[johann cruyff]

When dealing with contemporary literature,I somehow found this to be the golden rule: the more the book is advertised and the more famous its author is,the less of a chance for it to be a good read,i.e. Dan Brown,Paulo Coelho,Michel Houellebecq etc.

Anyway,my suggestions would be: I,Lucifer by Glen Duncan(nothing too special but still a lot better than most of the stuff being published these days), My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk,The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon and anything by Haruki Murakami.

Also,I know it's not contemporary fiction anymore,but I feel the urge to recommend A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole,it's a great book.

[EricP]

I enjoyed David Eggers' novel "What Is The What".

[PeterL]

Umberto Eco

[Dark Muse]

I enjoyed David Eggers' novel "What Is The What".

I have not read that one yet but I want to

[tractatus]

When dealing with contemporary literature,I somehow found this to be the golden rule: the more the book is advertised and the more famous its author is,the less of a chance for it to be a good read,i.e. Dan Brown,Paulo Coelho,Michel Houellebecq etc.


I found Houellebecq quite good at his "The Elementary Particles", but agree on others -Brown, Coelho-.

[_Shannon_]

I really, really love Richard Russo--[/i] Empire Falls, Bridge of Sighs and Straight Man[/i] were all wonderful.

Tracy Kidder writes literary non-fiction--but I have yet to read anything of his that I didn't think was fabulous.

I also find David Lodge's books riotously funny.

[Pecksie]

Anything by Amos Oz.

[Ataxia]

thanks for advice, I liked a lot suggested book. I have read nearly all book,s reviews and I am going to read "The Wind-up Bird Chronicle" and some more books by Haruki Murakami I really liked this writer,The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon and I,Lucifer by Glen Duncan, this time , I also liked Umberto Eco and Tom Robbins, I am going to read somthing by this writers later.

I was very confused cause I don,t know the world,s contemporery litereture at all, Now I think I get to know it even a bit and thanks all of you a lot

[Ataxia]

When dealing with contemporary literature,I somehow found this to be the golden rule: the more the book is advertised and the more famous its author is,the less of a chance for it to be a good read,i.e. Dan Brown,Paulo Coelho,Michel Houellebecq etc.

I agree with you partly, when I was searching top contemporary books and writers I read top-books (I mean most famous ) I can,t find anything interesting, but I appreciate Paulo Coelho,s some books his some books are really worth to read

[Pecksie]

I agree with you partly, when I was searching top contemporary books and writers I read top-books (I mean most famous ) I can,t find anything interesting, but I appreciate Paulo Coelho,s some books his some books are really worth to read

Hmmmm... if you like Coelho, you may find the authors recommended to you here not to your taste... Old Paulo isn't very popular in this forum :lol:

Good luck with your suggested reads!