Ok, well I've tried reading many things and well, most of them have just bored me, if anyone has read a book that they liked, please tell me, I'm like going crazy thinking I will never be interested in a book...

Also, please don't mention any that have already be mentioned in the offtopic section such as Eragon, Lord of the Rings, etc.

depends on what type of reading material your in to.

I'm ready for anything, except for fantasy which seems to be very popular here.

Thats cause fantasy is awesome...

That's your problem Fantasy is the only great books. You could try Stephen King's novels. Most of them are pretty good.

Fantasy just doesn't interest me, Stephen King, I guess I'll give him a try and what's with the &, what's that mean? Aediles?

OMG!!! It means "and" *starts muttering to self* Fantasy is AWESOME!!!!! :D

Read "A fall of moondust" by Arthur C Clark. It is the most gripping read I have ever experienced and absolutely fascinating. I stayed up until 3 AM just to finish it, I literally couldn't put it down.

Thanks, I'll look into it now!

Hemingway is always good.

Gracias!

T.A. Barron is good...

Thanks Alex and thanks to everyone else who has helped or are going to help.

hehehe

Well, Im not entirely sure on what you like, but perhaps you might want to look into the trilogy, "The Swoard, The Ring, and The Chalice".

I read those! Hey Cat! :D

Personally I enjoyed "Snow Falcon" by Stuart Harrison. Great, great book.

Thanks a lot everyone!

As well,

Arthur C Clarks 2001 Space Odessy.
Da Vinci code. (Bias but still a good read bar the ending).
Silence of the Lambs, Hanible & Red Dragon.

oh man! I watched the Silence of the Lambs movie. I dont know if its as creepy/scary as the book. But it scared the crap out of me!

The books are fantastic believe me. I would not however recomend American Psycho. For about 2 weeks after finishing this badly written piece of pain I did not feel completely comfortable with the subject matter I encountered.

American Psycho and Silence of the Lambs are great.....some is Helter Skelter about Charles Manson. To add to the intensity, read it home alone with candles burning and scary music.

I liked Red Dragon better than SOTL, although it was good too. I couldn't finish Hannibal though, I found it took too long to get moving.

thanks again all. I've actually thought about reading the DaVinci code, some reason it interests me! hey I found a book! hopefully it won't bore me now.

I found that aswell, but as soon as he leaves Italy then the fun begins. Read it to the end as the preparation for the last scene is magnificent.

ok, I'll go buy it maybe tomorrow or tuesday

Sorry Andy that post was for Sam's comment. You will enjoy the "CODE" the copy we bought @ work was read by 15+ people in a month.

Oh, its ok. I'm looking forward to hoping to enjoy a book!

I'm partial to thrillers. Dean Koontz is a great writer, as is John Saul. Kind of a mix of thriller with a touch of fantastical horror elements (creatures created by some sinister corporation that are to be unleashed on the public). Koontz wrote Watchers which is a pretty well known book, and was made into a movie in the late 80's. Very thrilling, sort of scary, but easy to get caught up in and kill a few chapters without thinking about it.

I could not remember Deans name thank you soo much "Winter Moon" etc. Yep his books are great quick buzzing reads. Cheers

I do not like the da vinci code. :(

I know why. Lets not go there. ; )

Please don't say you don't like the book Alex! I was planning on liking and so far still am, don't change my mind.

Stop! That is just annoying, I made this thread to find a book I want to read and you, just don't write here if you're going to be "disrespectful"! Sorry if you think I'm coming on strong to you but I don't like what you're doing, you don't like it cause of the opinion expressed in that book, you acting like this will bring you NO WHERE!

If you like a thriller, and an easy but tangle you in its web read, I still must say check out Dean Koontz or John Saul. Koontz just finished book 2 of his Frankenstein series (I read book one in less than a day I was so caught up in it) and book 2 I just got, and am making an actual effort to put it down to go eat or use the toilet...and that has not been an easy task. I learned after book one that if I read book 2 too fast I'll be miffed for a year or so until book 3 comes out. I can read a Koontz or Saul novel in 2 days max, unless I really force myself to put the book down. Both authors write in a way that keeps you turning the pages no matter how tired you are! I want to read Da Vinci Code, I've heard awesome things about it.

Thanks alot! I'll give one of your two authors a try after the Da Vinci Code.

Back on Hemingway: I love his work because he describe every thing in such detail, the taste of food, the touch as your hand glides across a woman’s skin , the feel of the ocean. He talks of lost times and great moments in the history of man you can feel the presents of reality.
After all what is a novel with out passion? It’s just a book.

Well now ...

"Life of Pi;" Hans Martel (sp. ?). I am not one to buy into bestsellers usually, but, this book was not at all what I expected. Wonderfully written and a great great read. His 'other' book, I thoroughly enjoyed as well.

Irvine Welsh. I dare you to read his stuff and not be, hmm, affected ... simple. This man has his fingers on the collective pulse on the darker side of human nature. "Glue" and "Porno" would be good examples.

"Things That My Girlfriend and I have Argued About;" Mil Millington, was laugh out loud funny to me, and I mean, the embarrassing kind of laugh out loud ... that is, if you are 'introvertedly' inclined (methinks I just made up a word).

Roddy Doyle's new one, "Play That One Again" (may have the title slightly wrong here), is his attempt at the Great American Novel and he comes damn close.

Ohhh, ... Harpo Marx's autobiography, "Harpo Speaks," if you can find it ... is to this day, only one of a very few tomes, that I have and will read again. It is that good. A history of of his life and that of, Hollywood, at the time.

Chuck Palahniuk, of "Fight Club Fame," and any of his other novels are quite entertaining reads.

Nick Hornby. Any of.

More funny stuff. David Carkeet. Oh my ...
Allow me to give a synopsis of the "Greatest Slump of All Time." Baseball, fiction. A baseball team finds itself on a fantastic winning streak, yet, strangely, all members on the team are collectively (lol, there's my power word for the day) ... experiencing some form of depression, and for some, quite clinical in nature.
As we watch the catcher and pitcher convene on the mound, the conversation is not what we usually think of, instead ... they are commiserating on how lousy they feel emotionally. "I don't feel ... happy." "Ohhhhhh, ... you too??!!!"
The "Error of Our Ways" is excellent too.

Douglas Adams and his "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.

Really, I could go on ... and on ... and, yeah. If, as somone asked earlier on in this discussion of sorts, you could give some idea of your predilections, humour, sci-fi, etc. ... I would be more than happy to suggest more. Bit of a passion, for me, you might say.

Enjoy.

Thanks again everyone.

I always find non-fiction works to be interesting. Biographies are good if the subject is compelling (If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell is a good example). Also, to me, books with a historical theme are good reads. Books on WWII always hold my interest. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

Yes, that is another reason why I'm going to read the Da Vinci Code, it is fiction but based on history so it is a nice twist and hopefully interesting to me. I'll look into the book by Bruce Campbell also, thanks.

I've read some good fiction books but I think non-fiction hits a higher percentage on keeping my interest.

g'day Siver,

i used to cover a lot of books in the library when i was your age, gradually got to sci-fi..it's kinda like the jazz of reading, free floating reading...when you can handle it try some of that?

Ok!

I'd like more suggestions cause I'm really planning on reading many of these.

"Digital fortress" Dan Brown, also the "Rule of 3? (think thats right)".

I just haven't had to the time but tomorrow I buy the da vinci code! I hope I like it.