Suggest some books for me, please!

jannshari Posted: Aug 16, 2004 08:10 PM

Suggest some books for me, please!

I don't like classics. I don't like sci-fi. I don't like romance.

What I generally tend to read are the mystery/thrillers/suspense books, but would like to expand my horizons. I generally tend to prefer books that are contemporary, i.e., don't take place more than 30 or 40 years ago.

So, who's got some suggestions? And if you wouldn't mind, what genre is it? Thanks in advance!

dm24angel Posted: Aug 16, 2004 09:24 PM

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I loved Da Vinci Code
i like All Dean Koontz and Richard Patterson ( suspense mostly)

The Dive from Clausens Pier was good ( sorry dont know author, I forgot) Is a new release.

The Pact by Jodi Picoult was very moving/disturbing

Those two above are like drama's

Funny books that I loved ( not really romance) were
The Nanny Diaries
The Devil Wears Prada

Both were fast funny reads

heidla Posted: Aug 17, 2004 08:31 PM

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American Psycho- Obviously what the film was based on. It is a psychological thriller, but it is extremely graphic. I found it really good though.

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem- It is a modern detective novel. Good book.

Midnight in The Garden of Good and Evil- Very interesting book. Much better then the film.

High Fidelity- Easy read and hilarious

mosh913 Posted: Aug 20, 2004 11:54 AM

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I thought Hello Darkness by Sandra Brown was good (mystery)
Um lets see...memoirs of a geisha was good too. I've read so many, yet I can't think.

I'll get back to you

SeptemberBride03 Posted: Aug 24, 2004 10:48 AM

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Lovely Bones and Lucky - both by Alice Sebold (Lucky is a true story about the author who was raped in college, Lovely Bones is about a girl who is murdered and her afterlife in Heaven)

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (about a girl who is genetically engineered at conception to be a donor for her sister who has leukemia, then at age 13 sues her parents for health emancipation)

Xelindrya Posted: Aug 24, 2004 04:47 PM

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Hrmm

Jonathan Kellerman
Faye Kellerman
(Both are suspense who-done-it type writers)

Time travelers Wife was ok

I won’t recommend the DiVinci Code. FM for reasons

The Nanny Diaries was entertaining and I enjoyed it a lot.

usuk2004 Posted: Aug 25, 2004 08:47 AM

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White Teeth by Zadie Smith is the most recent book I read.

It was really good and spans the entire century - from about the 40's to today. Set in London. Ending gets a little weird though

TwoBugs Posted: Aug 25, 2004 10:01 AM

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I just started The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fford. It is a mystery (of sorts) about a detective trying to track down a criminal who steals characters from great works of literature.

So far it is funny and incredibly creative (and a little weird). Definitely not your average mystery novel!

jannshari Posted: Aug 25, 2004 09:09 PM

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Posted by mosh913

I thought Hello Darkness by Sandra Brown was good (mystery)
Um lets see...memoirs of a geisha was good too. I've read so many, yet I can't think.

I'll get back to you

I just finished reading Hello, Darkness on the plane yesterday. Memoirs of a Geisha is one of my favorite books.

Thanks for suggestions...keep 'em coming. I've got 2 waiting for me from Booksfree.com right now that I need to read, but don't feel like starting just yet.

randella Posted: Aug 25, 2004 10:37 PM

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Ok-- this may not be a book that you would normally be interested in.. but I HIGHLY recommened The Other Boleyn Girl by Philappa Gregory..

This book became like an obession to me-- I cannot tell you enough good things about it..

It's the story of Anne Boleyn but from her sister's perspective-- a page turner with sex, scandal, money, what have you..

SO good!!!

usuk2004 Posted: Aug 27, 2004 06:24 AM

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Have you ever read Geek Love. VERY weird, but very entertaining.

Also The God of Small Things. I just finished reading it for maybe the third time, it's just so beautifully written.

mia72098 Posted: Sep 01, 2004 11:49 PM

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James Patterson books!!!

Danielle&Scott Posted: Sep 02, 2004 10:10 AM

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Keith Ablow - He is a Forensic Scientist who writes Psychological thrillers. I just finished Murder Suicide. It was an excellent fast paced book. It was a combination of Law and Order and CSI. I cannot wait to read his next book.
Scott
Click for his website

Chrissa Posted: Sep 04, 2004 01:21 PM

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Posted by jannshari

Posted by mosh913

I thought Hello Darkness by Sandra Brown was good (mystery)
Um lets see...memoirs of a geisha was good too. I've read so many, yet I can't think.

I'll get back to you

I just finished reading Hello, Darkness on the plane yesterday. Memoirs of a Geisha is one of my favorite books.

Thanks for suggestions...keep 'em coming. I've got 2 waiting for me from Booksfree.com right now that I need to read, but don't feel like starting just yet.

Memoirs of a Geisha is my favorite book too! I could read it 100 times, it is the kind of book you think about for months after you finish reading it!