recommend me the first books i should read please

[The Walker]

hello there!
i would like to know your recomendations of books for a begginer who's really interested in writing.
is there any special books or some any i really should read?
i think there are books that could help me a lot to improve my writing. i just dont know which ones are the best

i would appretiate your help here. thanks

[prendrelemick]

You know your own tastes best, and don't worry, a badly written book can be as instructive as a good one.

Good modern writers are probably the best bet, as the language they use will be current.
Someone like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who writes clearly in deceptiively simple language. would be a good start .

[The Walker]

thank you for the advice.
i gotta say, i tryed with gabriel garcia marquez and didn't like it. hehhe
so i think that this thing about my own tastes is a good advice hehe.

so i'll reformulate my question.
what are good books you would recommend for a beginer?

[Silas Thorne]

'The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime' by Mark Haddon is a good one. :)

[The Walker]

thank you! il read it as soon as i find it :)

[rtc143]

said before, it really comes down to taste, but i could say slaughter-house five just because it's my favorite. Qutie an amazing book. check it out perhaps...

[Gonzo]

Cormac McCarthy.

[Veva]

Hey, I know that this is not exactly what you wanted, but whenever I feel that I need a hint in my writing, I do not read a book. I watch a film - Amelie Poulian. I can speak french and whenever I see that film I feel resurrected and ready to write again... it is some sort of synesthesis. :D

[blp]

Books on writing:

The Elements of Style by Strunk and White.

Story by Robert McKee. It's about screenplay writing, but a great deal of it is applicable for narrative in general.

Also, never read it, but people say great things about Joseph Campbell's The Hero has a Thousand Faces.

The thing that really helped me start writing was an old Artforum interview with Kathy Acker. She was talking about her interest in plagiarism, saying how she arrived at it when she was starting out as a writer and examining her motives for writing: 'I realised I didn't want character, I didn't want narrative, but I had this interest in copying.' A bit further on, she expands this into a general principle: 'Writing is always listening or looking or reading, or else it's destroying.'

[The Walker]

thanks rtc143. i'll give it a shoot ;)
and veva, i find very interesting your way of inspiration. it is a shame i dont speak french thouh it is something i really want to learn. i'm jealouse at you hehehe.
blp, thank you! definitively i'll try one of those :)