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Book Recommendations?

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Not sure you'd like it but excession by Iain M Banks is one of my favourites books.

Any of the diskworld books by Terry Pratchett. Great humour.
 

samtonga43

Well-Known Member
Not sure you'd like it but excession by Iain M Banks is one of my favourites books.

Any of the diskworld books by Terry Pratchett. Great humour.

Iain Banks. What good taste you have! Iain was a friend of mine, and my favourite of his is The Crow Road.
 

Rival

Si m'ait Dieus
Staff member
Premium Member
I've read a lot about Jack the Ripper and could give you some recs there, if you want :D
 

ADigitalArtist

Veteran Member
Staff member
Premium Member
I like certain memoirs such as people who go through hard experiences. I like movie wise genres like sci-fi, drama, comedy,
crime horror( as in the Saw series and Silence of the Lambs)
You might like All The Light We Cannot See. Historical fiction about two people surviving WW2, a young German boy and a blind French girl under occupation.

For Sci-fi I just finished Project Hail Mary, done by the same author as The Martian, which is also an excellent book.

For horror I'd try The SCP Foundation. Very 'occult government studying supernatural phenomenon' type vibes.
 

exchemist

Veteran Member
Anything by Charles Dickens.
Bleak House is unbeatable, in my opinion. Apart from biting social commentary and a cast of apparently extraordinary but actually quite real characters, there is an exciting detective story and some poignant and unexpected twists. And Dickens dials down the Victorian schmalz to some degree, which is what some people (including me) can find off-putting.
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Iain Banks. What good taste you have! Iain was a friend of mine, and my favourite of his is The Crow Road.

I have all his books except Raw Spirit although i have bought it as a present for a German friend who was planning a whisky trail walking holiday.

I do like the Crow Road, it was the first non SF book of his i read... And the the TV adaptation was pretty good too

You are privileged to have known him
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member

Then you'll love Iain M Banks

Not to be confused with Iain Banks... Same guy who wrote all his sci-fi under Iain M Banks and straigh fiction under Iain Banks. Except Transition which is another great book of his
 

Brickjectivity

Turned to Stone. Now I stretch daily.
Staff member
Premium Member
What are some good books you have read and would recommend?
I read Debbie Reynold's 2013 memoir. It was good, very interesting. She's a famous film star, and so is her daughter Carrie Fischer. This memoir talks about her money, marriages, a bit about Carry Fischer's upbringing..Debbie Reynold's extreme unction to create a museum from old hollywood sets. You'd like it. I should mention it is the only memoir I have ever read, but it is good in my opinion.

Unsinkable
 

Heyo

Veteran Member
What are some good books you have read and would recommend?
Horror and detective (the later genre founded by him): Edgar Allan Poe
Sci-fy comic: Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Sci-fy: Silverberg, Heinlein, Asimov, Lem
Geeky stuff: Douglas R. Hofstadter: Gödel, Escher, Bach; Metamagicum; The Mind's I (together with Daniel Dennett)
 
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