8 Responses to “what is the best fiction and nonfiction books to read?”

1. By iluvedwardcullen on Apr 6, 2009 | Reply

   TWILIGHT AWESOME BOOKS ASK GIRLZ
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2. By Kricket M on Apr 6, 2009 | Reply

   If you havent read the book A boy called it well than i would suggest that its a good book about a boy who is abused there are more books in the series too.
   Um, the Twilight saga, and Harry Potter series are good books i like them, not everyone does. depends on your personal preference i suppose.
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3. By silly_duck4 on Apr 6, 2009 | Reply

   i guess i dont know what your taste in books is like…or how old you are but meg cabot is pretty good and nicholas sparks
   for mystery/suspense mary higgins clarke and harlen coben are excellent!
   sunset island are fun for teens…
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4. By D S on Apr 6, 2009 | Reply

   Well you have to pick and choose, there is soooo much out there, ENJOY!
   Books that deal with a different culture: Wild Swans by Jung Chang and The good Earth by Pearl S Buck on China,
   Max Frisch, Thomas Mann or Hermann Hesse as German literature,
   Shadow of the Wind (Ruiz Zafon) Spain,
   Emile Zola, Balzac, Stendhal for French literature,
   Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima represent Japan,
   Robert Graves 'I Claudius' is such a funny but educating novel on Rome.
   The Stranger and The pest by Albert Camus on Algeria.
   Crime and Punishment by Dostojevsky and the Death and the Penguin by Andre Kurkov as representatives of Russian literature.

   Books written in a language that is demanding: Henry James, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, George Elliot, Edith Wharton, Evelyn Waughn, D H Lawrence.

   for Scifi/Philosophy (because I think there can be a lot of overlap): Arthur C Clarke, John Wyndham, Isaac Asimov, Stanislav Lem
   The time travellers wife" by Audrey Niffenegger
   When Nietzsche wept by Irvin Yalom
   Hermann Hesse's ‘Siddartha’ on Buddhism and ‘My Experiments With Truth’ by Gandhi, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance are three more of that category.

   For Fantasy: Ayla and the clan of bears by Jean M Auel – Pre-historic novel, absolutely can not put down kind of book. How did the Neanderthals live? Anne McCaffrey wrote a series about 'The dragons on the planet Pern'

   For Romance: The English Patient by Michael Ondantje or Atonement by Ian McEwan are tragic romances set in war times that are so smartly written, that you feel like reading a suspense thriller. Jane Austen, all the Bronte sisters, Daphne du Mauriers Rebecca are classics

   Books that explain how literature uses its tools to influence the reader and present the basic psychological influences of language: David Lodge, 'The art of fiction' takes the 50 major novels and writes 2-4 pages each on what that novel did particularly exemplary in fiction.

   Non-fiction:
   ‘Six easy pieces’ and ‘You must be joking Mr. Feynman’ by Prof. Richard Feynman are great funny books on Physics for lay people.
   'The god delusion' by Richard Dawkins
   'In praise of Idleness' by Bertrand Russell
   A book that explains how literature uses its tools to influence the reader and present the basic psychological influences of language: David Lodge, 'The art of fiction' takes the 50 major novels and writes 2-4 pages each on what that novel did particularly exemplary in fiction.
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5. By Aria on Apr 6, 2009 | Reply

   Fiction- Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov

   Non-Fiction- Infidel, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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6. By pceluvr on Apr 6, 2009 | Reply

   TWILIGHT
   NEW MOON
   ECLIPSE
   BREAKING DAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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7. By Wickerman on Apr 6, 2009 | Reply

   For non-fiction try the new book on Stonehenge – it throws out all the stupid 'theories' – awesome
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   http://www.solvingstonehenge.com

8. By Micha on Apr 6, 2009 | Reply

   Check out "The Flying Deuce" by Brian Linn Smith. It's gotten good reviews on amazon. Here's the back cover.

   Murder in the Mountains

   Rob Allen lost his youth and his leg in Iraq. Being the single parent of a four year old girl has given him a reason to recover and paramedic school has given him the means. A disciplinary transfer has displaced him from his native Manhattan into the secluded mountains of northern Pennsylvania. His fears of boredom are quickly replaced by a struggle for survival. When Rob realizes that a traffic accident victim was actually murdered he enlists the help of Deputy Coroner Anna Drake. As the two investigate they discover that the crime of the city has its roots in the beautiful mountains. They become targets and race to stop the killer before more of their informants, or they and their families die.
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