[Grams]

Katkev. on Feb 12 2009, 09:29 PM, said:

HI,
I was just wondering what are some good books to recommend to me?? And I prefer fantasy and historical fiction books.


Thanks

So, it's fantasy and historical fiction huh, weeeellll,
then Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander," "Dragonfly in Amber," "Voyager," "Drums of Autumn" and the "Fiery Cross."

Trust me, you will get so involved, you will dread doing anything else until you can get back to them. I was on pins and needles waiting for the next book to come out.

Now, if you like the scifi fantasy fiction, these two I enjoyed enough to keep them on my shelves as well.
Melissa Scott's "The Roads of Heaven," and Vernor Vince's "Across Real Time."

Check the Library. enjoy.

Grams/Lois

[CausticGnostic]

my_psychosis on May 12 2009, 07:01 PM, said:

For fantasy lovers I recommend anything by Terry Brooks, but most escpecialy his Shannara series. They are by far my fav fantasy books and Terry is my fav fantasy author. For horror Try Dean Koontz. He is my fav for that genre. Try his Odd Thomas books.

I just finished "Odd Hours," the fourth book in Koontz's Odd Thomas series. It was an excellent read, and the ending--No, I won't give it away!--sets us up for yet another book! There's GOT to be one!

[lonely_sheep]

The Redwall Series By Brian Jacques.

[Bozena]

In last months I have read biographies from:
Mozart, Bach, van Beethoven. I have to read more about Strauss: Johann and Richard.

One book that belongs also to biographies: Until the very end! It is story from the last secretary of Adolf Hitler. She was there in the bunker until his death. After that she has escaped and was about one year with Russians. In less than one year she came finally to home, to Munich. Very good book!

B.

[Bozena]

My hobbies are:

1. Medical Astrology
2. Foreign languages (now, Spanish).

B.

[TheResearcher]

Here's a few that I can remember:

Graceling - Kristin Cashore

The Painted Man - Peter V. Brett

The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

Riftwar Saga:
Magician - Raymond E. Feist
Silverthorn - Raymond E. Feist
A Darkness at Sethanon - Raymond E. Feist

Night Angel Trilogy:
The Way of Shadows - Brent Weeks
Shadow's Edge - Brent Weeks
Beyond the Shadows - Brent Weeks

The Study Trilogy:
Poison Study - Maria V. Snyder
Magic Study - Maria V. Snyder
Fire Study - Maria V. Snyder

Those, from what I can recall, were fairly good fantasy based novels, but there are hundreds more I have read and I am missing out at least 30 well worth reading. However if you don't mind looking at other genres:

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Emma - Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

Those are really great books as well!

The best thing to do is browse waterstones' website or get looking around bookshops

[Bozena]

TheResearcher on Jul 15 2009, 08:20 PM, said:

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Emma - Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

I like Jane Austen very much. Pride and Prejudice have read more times.

Charlotte and Emily Bronte are also my favourite writers.

[TheResearcher]

Paloma on Jul 15 2009, 07:33 PM, said:

I like Jane Austen very much. Pride and Prejudice have read more times.

Charlotte and Emily Bronte are also my favourite writers.

Indeed Austen's works are superb!

Bronte ... Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights I presume? ^^ They're really good as well!

[Manszilla]

Mohzer, on May 12 2009, 08:05 PM, said:

The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazney Excellent series. Loved this series

I agree.

I would recommend for historical fiction:

Bernard Cornwell Warlord Chronicles

1. The Winter King
2. Enemy of God
3. Excalibur

Avoid Cornwell's Grail Quest series, it is so banal and dull. It is like reading a historical adventure written by a second rate hack.

Dorothy Dunnett Lymond Chronicles

1. The Game of Kings
2. Queen's Play
3. The Disorderly Knight
4. Pawn in Frankincense
5. The Ringed Castle
6. Checkmate

For fantasy

Mervyn Peake The Gormenghast Trilogy

1. Titus Groan
2. Gormenghast
3. Titus Alone

For ancient classics with easy contemporary reading you can't beat Robert Fagles translations of Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey. His are the best.

[digitalartist]

I like Piers Anthony's series...Incarnations of Immortality and the Magic of Xanth

[Wookietim]

Let's see... No particular order or reasoning behind these, just good reads that come to mind :

1. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - great ideas tossed out at a breakneck pace
2. Lathe of Heaven - good read, not perfect, but worth looking at
3. Love me (Garrison Keillor) - one of Keillors best - and that's saying something
4. Spin/The Chronoliths (Robert Charles Wilson) - Wilson is always able to take a stock Sci-Fi idea and turn it into something new
5. The Duma Key (Stephen King) - One of King's best late-career books
6. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - Fun read and brings up some interesting ideas without being overt about it

[JessicaBrown]

I also Used To Read Book Too Specially Suspense Story Book
Daisy Chain by Mary DeMuth. The abrupt disappearance of young Daisy Chance haunts the small town of Defiance, Texas. Fourteen-year-old Jed Pepper searches for answers in this gritty and compelling story of love and sorrow, revealing God’s hand of redemption in impossible situations.

I couldn't put this book down. Mary DeMuth built up the suspense in this story without making it seem drawn out. Her character development is exceptional - I feel like I personally know every character in this story. I could smell the Texas rain, feel the hot sun, taste the red dirt. An amazing story. I've already started book two in this series, I just can't get enough.