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[verity83]

Recommend me a book, people.

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[maryeve.livejournal.com]

have you read The Princess Bride? :)

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

What genres? I have lots of fic recs, depending on what you like. I don't want to suggest things you hate!

[ladybeth.livejournal.com]

hmm..not entirely sure what you are looking for, but looking on my shelf: (You may have read some of these already)

Imzadi by Peter David
Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
Catherine Called Birdy
The Murder of King Tut (if you like Egyptology) -Bob Bryer (I know this has been debunked, but it is still quite informative. They weren't able to take a closer look at the x-rays.)


It didn't dawn on me till now how many fandom and romance novels I have. Most of my non-romance/fandom books must be still packed away due to the ceiling issue (which is still an issue)

Just try

[ruthette.livejournal.com]

Louis Lamour:
The First Fast Draw
Rivers West
Flint

The good news is that he's never hard to find in a library.

[ruthette.livejournal.com]

Stardust, Neil Gaiman (SO different from the movie)
The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova (weird and long, but GOOD)
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot (funny poetry, esp. if you like cats. Which you do)
Freakonomics, Two guys (It's about economics, but trust me, not boring.)
Outliers, Malcom Gladwell (About what exactly contributes to success)
1984, George Orwell (classic dystopian fiction)
A Walk in the Woods & other books by Bill Bryson (hilarious travel writing)
Till We Have Faces CSLewis (Retold Greek myth)

[betteontoast.livejournal.com]

'Wise Children' by Angela Carter. It's the best book in the world ever, and I've got one and a half degrees in Literature, so I'm qualified to say that. :op

If you like classic stuff, Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' was my favourite thing I read at uni throughout my whole undergrad degree. 'The Ruby in the Smoke' by Philip Pullman is a kids book, but I adore it, and the sequels. I like them better than his more famous 'His Dark Materials' trilogy. For funny books, you can't beat P. G. Wodehouse. I'm trying to think what modern fiction I've read recently ... I quite liked 'Desirable Daughters' by Bharati Mukherjee.