Good Book Suggestions

[tgpo]

Since I know what you haven't read, tell me what you have and enjoyed.

I'm currently 70% through Imajica by Clive Barker. It's very much unlike the other books I've read by him (Hellbound Heart, The Damnation Game, Coldheart Canyon) and I'm enjoying it. Barker carries 800+ pages much better than the likes of Stephen King.

How about you? What have you read and throughly enjoyed?

[guns1inger]

I loved his short stories as contained in the Books of Blood volumes, but I have been unable to find anything of interest in his novels. I find myself getting bored and giving up.

Most of my recent reads have been books on films, including Japanese cinema and the Stan Winston studio (lovely, huge, coffee table-like tome), as well as Joe Nickell's Secrets of the Sideshows, a history of the sideshow and the people who lived and worked on them, and Monte Cook's Skeptics Guide to Conspiracies, an easy going look at most of the major (and not so major) conspiracy theories going around. Lots of fun.

I also have a pile of audio books lined up on the iPod for while I'm driving, shopping or walking the dog. I am currently revisiting the original Hitchhiker's Guide series, as read by the author (as good as the Stephen Fry version is, you really have to listen to Douglas read them himself). I did try to read the new book in the series, written by Eoin Colfer, who wrote the Artemis Fowl books, and while all the characters are there, it just doesn't wring true.

Next up will be Richard Dawkin's The Greatest Show on Earth, and then, probably, the Millennium Trilogy

[gadgetguy]

I thoroughly enjoyed the Barry/McCall series of crime thrillers from Claude Bouchard. It's important to read this series in order. His first, "Vigilante", keeps you guessing right to the end. The second, "The Consultant" is equally good and a stand alone story, but contains spoilers for the first.
I also enjoyed the Donovan Creed series from John Locke, although I have yet to read the second, "Lethal Experiment".
I just finished "First Among Sequels" in the Thursday Next series from Jasper Fforde. An enjoyable speculative fiction read, but this was the 5th in the series and I think it would have been better if I had read them in order. (I am planning to go back and read the series from the beginning.)

[tgpo]

I am currently revisiting the original Hitchhiker's Guide series

I read the first book and was very disappointed. I was bored.

[yoda313]

I haven't gotten into any new books lately.

I loved reading the ROBOTECH books. The ones by Mckiney. Absolutely a must read if you like the original Robotech.

I'm rereading the great XWING Star Wars series (9 books). Lots of fun

Go for the classics by Chricton if you haven't read them yet. I've read both Jurassic Parks and Andromeda Strain. I think I read Sphere - I know I have it I just don't remember if I read the book or not.

Also HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER is great in paperback. Different from the movie obviously but still a lot of fun and plenty of action.

[KBeee]

Royall Tyler's version of the Tale of Genji. It's even better than the Edward G. Seidensticker translation!

[lordsmurf]

For fiction, I'm still making my way through the various David Tennant Doctor Who books.
For non-fiction, some marketing and analog video theory books.

[Will Hay]

Colony by Rob Grant is a beauty, reckon the yanks will love it.
Red Dwarf meets futurama.

[tgpo]

Colony by Rob Grant is a beauty, reckon the yanks will love it.
Red Dwarf meets futurama.

Sounds good. I'll look it up.

[thecoalman]

Almost anything by James Michener, Chesapeake is my favorite. His books are monstrous but if you want to pick up short one try Journey. It's actually a chapter from "Alaska" they didn't use.