Recommend some good fiction

[lykaon78]

Title says it all. The wife is flying though books this summer (she is a teacher) and I'm looking for something to read as well.

John Grisham is my favorite author. I've read everyone of his books.
Stephen Hunter has entertained me and I've read most of his books.
Never liked Stephen King much except for Enter the Dragon and the Dark Tower series.
Loved the LOTR trilogly but I was looking for something away from fantasy.

Read any good ones lately?

 

[SoulAssassin]

Recommend me some good fiction

The Bible

Sorry, if I didn't say it someone else would have so let's just get it out of the way now.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

pick up Straw Man by Michael Marshall

 

[djheater]

I read the Aubrey-Maturin series in about a summer and really enjoyed it.

It's purported to be among the best naval fiction ever written.

I reccomend it.

 

[Gothgar]

How about Science Fiction?

If so, Stranger in a Strange Land, or maybe The Moon is a Harsh Mistress both by Robert Heinlein

TANSTAAFL

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

oh, also recommend The Art of Racing in the Rain. It's great summer reading.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. May not qualify as "light" but it's well worth reading.

 

[state 08]

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

 

[Leafy]

Originally posted by: state 08
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card

Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

1984 - George Orwell

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Try Michael Crichton and George R.R. Martin.

 

[DaveSimmons]

John Scalzi - Old Man's War (military SF, but lighter than Drake or Weber)

Jasper Fforde - The Eyre Affair (whimsical mystery starring literary detective Thursday Next, a bit like a Douglas Adams novel)

Steven Brust - The Book of Jhereg (light fantasy, utterly unlike LOTR, the first three Vlad Taltos novels) - ISBN-10: 0441006159

 

[masteryoda34]

Michael Crichton

 

[keird]

Originally posted by: djheater
I read the Aubrey-Maturin series in about a summer and really enjoyed it.

It's purported to be among the best naval fiction ever written.

I reccomend it.

I agree.

Douglas Adams can't hurt either.

 

[xSauronx]

stranger in a strange land - heinlen
1984 was suggested, love that book
brave new world - huxley, is also good

 

[Pheran]

Try Angels & Demons by Dan Brown, I just read it and it was pretty entertaining.

 

[seemingly random]

John Irving - his subjects vary so research them before selecting depending on mood.

Michael Connelly - cop/lawyer themes.

Scott Turow - legal thrillers.

 

[pontifex]

Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
Night Watch series by Sergei Lukyanenko

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Recommend me some good fiction

The Bible

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Recommend me some good fiction

The Origin of Species

 

[zach0624]

Fahrenheit 451, any Michael Crichton, also if you like scifi you definitely can't go wrong with Issac Asimov or Armor by John Steakley

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: NSFW

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Recommend me some good fiction

The Origin of Porn

:shocked:

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: state 08
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

+1 This is a very good, light read

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: NSFW

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Recommend me some good fiction

The Future of Porn

:shocked:

?

Profit

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: NSFW

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Recommend me some good fiction

The Future of Porn

:shocked:

?

Profit

Funny you should mention profit. I recently watched a documentary about the u.s. civil war. Most have seen enough of this, but this one was about the sex trade in the south and porn sent from the north to soldiers in the battlefields. Seems that nothing can stop it. When the union rolled into new orleans, there were enough hookers for everyone. When they rolled into memphis, hookers had to be imported from the countryside.

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: NSFW

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Recommend me some good fiction

The Future of Porn

:shocked:

?

Profit

Funny you should mention profit. I recently watched a documentary about the u.s. civil war. Most have seen enough of this, but this one was about the sex trade in the south and porn sent from the north to soldiers in the battlefields. Seems that nothing can stop it. When the union rolled into new orleans, there were enough hookers for everyone. When they rolled into memphis, hookers had to be imported from the countryside.

hookers = more profit (if you are their pimp)