Recommend A Novel!

October 23, 2008, 2:30 PM

This thread is somewhat self-explanatory.

I'd recommend anything written by the author, Cliff McNish. While his writing is primarily directed towards children, I find his fantasies to be gripping until the final page. I'd certainly approve all of his books: The Doomspell Trilogy [The Doomspell, The Scent of Magic, The Wizard's Promise], The Silver Sequence [The Silver Child, Silver City, Silver World] and Breathe: A Ghost Story. He's also written "Angel", which I'm currently in the process of seeking out.

October 23, 2008, 3:27 PM

Anything by Stephen King. His books tend to drag on due to the massive amount of detail he includes in his writing, but I still regard his novels as being downright amazing. Well worth the read.

Misery isn't a bad novel to start with if you've never read one of his books. It's short, yet extremely descriptive. Awesome plot, characters, etc...

October 23, 2008, 8:23 PM

I'd recommend anything by Mercedes Lackey, as long as you like fantasy novels. She write really good books. The Last Herald-Mage trilogy is a good introduction to her universe because it helps you understand whats going on in the books so you don't pick up a random book and be like "What the heck does this word mean?" and also because it takes place a few hundred years before the majority of the other books.

October 24, 2008, 12:08 AM

The Comedians by Graham Greene. It's a funny book especially if you speak any french. It's humourous, but it's also a study of the dictatorship in Haiti, so it's political as well. It shows the corrupton of a state run by a dictator as well as having some romance and action. It's very well written and easy to understand.

October 24, 2008, 5:33 PM

A Child Called it. although it is the story of a man's Abused Childhood it is written really well and it is one of the few books i have ever managed to read cover to cover.

October 24, 2008, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth

A Child Called it. although it is the story of a man's Abused Childhood it is written really well and it is one of the few books i have ever managed to read cover to cover.

Agreed, it's gripping stuff, and even though i's horrific, it is still an amzing read

A Million Little Peices - James Frey, it was hard to read at first, because theres no 'he said' 'she said' but once you get used to it and can remember who is meant to be saying what it really is an amazing story about a guy in rehab, pretty much addicted to everything you can think of (true story aswel) it goes into lovely detail of a root canal he had to have without pain relief

And it's basically just about his journey of recovery and that he would do it in his OWN way and not the help group way. It's also really moving - I'd recommend everyone read this

October 24, 2008, 11:26 PM

Hyperion was pretty good. That was the last book I read. Interesting Sci-Fi story

October 24, 2008, 11:50 PM

I have to recommend Atonement by Ian McEvan. For those who have seen the movie: the book is a hundered times better. The way he describes emotions is just so spot on, and the language is just breath-taking.
Also The Process by Kafka is really good. I mean, it's a bit heavy, but once you get used to the writing style it just blows you away!!!! Nether of theese books are fantasy though. But for all fantasy-lovers I must recommend the Deverry series by Katharine Kerr!