Thread: Any Good Books

Hey All. Just wondering if anyone has read a book recently that they would recommend? I am going to be laid up for a while and need something to do that doesn't require movement. I'm not a book snob. I have read pretty much everything from tactical manuals to sci-fi fantasy. Let me know the title and the authors name to help me expedite the book hunting process.

Thanks

faust by robert nye, only forward by michael marshall smith, these are my two favorite books, crack on.

Originally Posted by Cleetus Van Damme

A Vague request but here goes:

All of Cormack McCarthy's books are fantastic. If you want baby eating, violence and necrophilia, go for The Road, Child of God or Blood Meridian. For just as brutal and depressing, but a little more about the era and the stories, the books in the Border Trilogy (The Crossing, All The Pretty Horses, Cities on the Plain) are all excellent also. All his writing is quite verbose but he's wonderfully vivid.

This year I've really been getting into Margaret Atwood, she's a very smart Canadian gilf, best I've read are her dystopian books Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood.

For a purely enthralling book with a wonderful premise extrapolating on reality and moving into mystery / adventure, Carter Beats the Devil, by Glen David Gold. Magician Charles Carter performed to President Harding, the next day the president winds up dead (true enough) - From there it's all mystery thriller delving into Carter's life and how he came to be involved in the possible conspiracy. May even be my book of the year.

And, for pure sick and wrong but atrocious writing by a meth head, check out The Big Head by Edward Lee. I'll just quote what little wikipedia has to say about this first:


All this is true, it also has ghost nuns pissing up a priest's ass with a catheter. Also ghost/alien/satan hybrids. Quick and nasty.

If you get more picky, theres more where that came from.

Thanks man. I have read almost every piece of McCarthy's work and like everyone of them. As for Carter Beats the Devil and Bighead, both sound good and worth a read. I will add them to the list.

Originally Posted by jarv78

faust by robert nye, only forward by michael marshall smith, these are my two favorite books, crack on.

I may have read Faust. Is that the book that uses actually events from Dr. Faust's life? Its a mix of fiction and non fiction?

The Painted Bird is hands down the best world war two story of all time and has nothing to do with the actual war or the holocaust or anything bit still manages to be the most horrific story I've ever read. This is a book that I feel should be required in schools and is a must read for anyone who needs a dose of reality. It's eye opening and fantastic and I plead with you to read it. Also Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson but that is more of a personal preference. Still excellent though. The other one is by Jerzy Kosonski I believe is his name.

Originally Posted by KPskippy

I may have read Faust. Is that the book that uses actually events from Dr. Faust's life? Its a mix of fiction and non fiction?

ER ish, its written in the form of a diary, its very funny and filthy, also slaughter house 5 by kurt vonnegut JR, is very good as well

If you are into genocide, incest, sadism, pedophilia and bestiality try the bible, its full of that sick shit.

I've always thought 'A Clockwork Orange' is one of the most original books I've read, in terms of its use of language. It's way before its time and shits all over the film.