Recommend me a decent book

[hybrid_x]

Hyperion Dan Simmons
House of Suns Alestair Reynolds

 

[withdeanwombat]

Anything by Lee Child, ditto Robert Crais, ditto Michael Connelly.

Best take one of each, and extend your holiday.

Enjoy !

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

The English Monster by Lloyd Shepherd. Part crime novel, part historical and deeply dark. Probably more of a winter read on a November evening but well worth a look.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...nglish-monster-by-lloyd-shepherd-7440774.html

 

[Colossal Squid]

I also really enjoyed Canal Dreams and Whit, but found The Bridge hard going and slightly baffling, I'd stick it very much in the Kafka section of easy reading that one!

Oooh I was going to give Whit a go next. I'm currently finishing Stonemouth, which is ok, but nothing to write home about.

I downloaded a sample of The Bridge but it didn't grab me so I've left that one for the time being.

 

[W3 BHA]

I love the Roy Grace series but if you want something in the same mold but with more grit and some heart stopping moments, read the Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbo. Bloody brilliant.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Oooh I was going to give Whit a go next. I'm currently finishing Stonemouth, which is ok, but nothing to write home about.

I downloaded a sample of The Bridge but it didn't grab me so I've left that one for the time being.

Whit is a real page turner, great characters and narrative which you easily warm to, funny, witty and engaging. The Bridge, one of the few books I actually put down and didn't bother finishing - and believe me I normally persevere to the bitter end.

 

[Icy Gull]

Brighton interest apart I prefer the Craig Russell Lennox series to Roy Grace

Easy reading and a bit different

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8129885-lennox

 

[Guinness Boy]

What I meant was that sometimes seeing a film prior to reading the book can make you less inclined to read it - e.g. I'm glad I read it before I've seen Craig's portrayal of Blomkvist. I fully intend to see the movies now I've finished the series.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Berniers is perhaps my favourite book ever. The film could never live up to it.....and it didn't, an opinion De Berniers shared quite strongly

 

[Mad as my Mother]

My absolute favourite trilogy. Amazing read!

 

[shaunslats]

the brightonomnicon by Robert rankin or the chocolate hollow bunnies of the apocalypse by the same author

 

[wunt be druv]

Try these,both cracking reads..

 

[DanielT]

I love the Roy Grace series but if you want something in the same mold but with more grit and some heart stopping moments, read the Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbo. Bloody brilliant.

Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole series: Just finished the whole set of them, back to back, and loved them

 

[Grassman]

The best novel I have read is John Lanchester's 'A Debt To Pleasure'. A wicked, dark tale with some great characters and great menu ideas too. Mostly set in the French countryside, which seems pretty apt.

 

[Weststander]

The Bible is the good book.

 

[public school boy]

150 BC. It's fantastic. Very funny

 

[Surf's Up]

"The hundred year old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared" by Jonas Johanson - odd title, fantastic holiday read, you won't regret it.

 

[pauli cee]

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
I passed this around when finished and we still talk about it now. Magnificent

without a doubt one of the best books I've ever read, (and I read quite a bit), God of Small Things, another classic,.Famished Road by Ben Okri also v good

 

[The Sock of Poskett]

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce
Anything by Terry Pratchett
John Grisham's always very readable - am saving up one of his for a long train journey next week

 

[pauli cee]

Just finishing 'The true history of the Kelly gang' by peter carey, at the moment, bloody amazing, if you're into a bit of history...

 

[KingKev]

"The hundred year old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared" by Jonas Johanson - odd title, fantastic holiday read, you won't regret it.

Agree - top read that. Also Gone Girl is an unusual book, and enjoyed that.

The Bourne Series is worth a go, as is the Jack Reacher series (Lee Child) - good solid holiday fare.