Good Books

[GST_Nemisis]

does anyone know any good books, like the ones that are really famous and good. i have just finished reading da vinci code and short history of nearly everything and i liked them alot, are there any other really good books i should get?

 

[Ralle]

well Dan Brown (author of Davinci Code) have made more than one book
he have made the mystery of maria magdalene and one called something about those riders..

 

[GST_Nemisis]

yeh i have read a few of his others, angels and demons and the one about the nsa code thing

 

[Healingpoison]

Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider series is good.

 

[Bob27]

Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider series is good.

Yea I had to read that Point Blanc one for a book review for English.

 

[Shados]

The Wheel of Time series is very good, if massive (10/12 of the books have been released so far), anything by Garth Nix, I'm reading the Earthsea Quartet for the second time at the moment. Maus is a very good graphic novel, although it can be a bit depressing, as it is a true story set during the Holocaust. I'll think of some other stuff later.

 

[Ralle]

you could also read Narnia or "the wizard from the earth-sea" (I translated that from danish, dunno the english name)

 

[Malufa]

I second 12 of the 13 books for the Wheel of Time. Personally I think the first one is extermely boring and it is very hard for first time readers to finish it, but if ou can the rest of the series opens up and is much much better.

Also the series called " A Song of Fire and Ice" by George RR Martin is excellent in my opinion, I think you would like it Dan.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

yes i have heard of wheel of time, i didnt like the name much, reminded me of wheel of fortune. but of course i wont judge a book by its cover (duh!) and i will check it out if i can, i will also check out the fire and ice one.

also something i thought was quite funny, i tried reading a tale of two cities because i heard it was very good. well im sure it is, but for me its rubbish! i dont understand a single word of it because its written in old charles dickens style english. my fault for getting it from the libray without reading more than the blurb, never mind tho.

 

[Malufa]

It is a good classical book, but just remember it is not in the vernacular and you need to keep in mind the time it was written in.

The reason why I think you will like Martin is because it is a political fantasy, it is very subtle and broad in scope.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

anyone have any coments on books by Dean Koontz or Isaac Asimo (robot invertor man????)? i ask because i keep seeing their names and i dunno whether to read their books or not. also anyone know any good site for ebooks or audiobooks for free?

also i see that A Song of Fire and Ice is a series, either that or it has two titles for some reason. anyways im getting A Game of Thrones soon after i read the rest of angels and demons.

 

[brad.dude03]

Well, anything by Michael Crichton, Jonathon Stroud, or J.R.R Tolkien (of course) is a good read for me

 

[Deckboy]

Well if you want a fantasy genre. . .

I would recommend several bookd by Terry Brooks:

In chronological order:

1)The Sword of Shannara
2)The Elfstones of Shannara
3)The Wishong of Shannara

Elfstones is my favorite, then probaby Sword.

Some of his later stuff is boring and not as good. =P

 

[GST_Nemisis]

well i quite like those triller type books like the da vinci code and angels and demons because i like the mystery and stuff. i also like the science and history (although i realise most of it is false) that is behind it, real places and times as if it could be real. i dunno what you would call the genre but its not really fantasy because it has real time and events. any books about science or history that are fun are good too. one of my favourite books is a short history of nearly everything which is fantastic, its intresting, true and funny, never boring you to death either. so i doubt i will get those fantasy books, but i might give them a try.

 

[Malufa]

Game of Thrones
Clash of Kings (action starts picking up)
Storm of Swords
(Forgot the titile but it is the red one)

I also like Terry Brooks' Magick Kingdom for Sale series.

There is another series by Feist I liked which started with Magician: Aprentince that I read back when I was your age.

 

[Shados]

There is another series by Feist I liked which started with Magician: Aprentince that I read back when I was your age.

Yeah Pug>Everyone. Raymond E. Feist does very good stuff, sometimes with other writers.

 

[Malufa]

I read his Floating Dragon and was not all too impressed with it. Pug is awesome tho, no where near as powerful as some other mages I know of but it is cool how he learned the magick from two worlds.

 

[Healingpoison]

Has anybody read any of the books that are about Warcraft? If so, I was wondering how they are and if I should get them.

Also, I liked Cry of the Icemark. It is a action-thriller book about a young queen whos defending her land from "the empire"

 

[Bob27]

I havn't read any of the books about warcraft but I believe that they are all very good.

 

[Archian]

"The Da Vinci Code" is a good one
There's also Tolkien's "The Lord of the Ring's"
Or perhaps "Harry Potter"
"The Golems' Eye"

These books are an 'exciting read'.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

at the moment i am really liking "angels and demons", its go nothing to do with angels or demons (so far) but its about an antimatter bomb in the vatican and the illuminati (ooooh scary). if u get a chance check it out, its like science and religion in one!

 

[brad.dude03]

"The Da Vinci Code" is a good one
There's also Tolkien's "The Lord of the Ring's"
Or perhaps "Harry Potter"
"The Golems' Eye"

These books are an 'exciting read'.

They are all really great books, and the golems eye is really great. It was written by Jonathon Stroud and it is the second in a trilogy. the first being "The Amulet Of Samarkand" and the third being "Ptolemys Gate" check them out.

 

[TheNisse]

Ofc The Da Vinci Code, Deception Point, Digital Fortress and Angels & Demons.

I can also recommend fantasy books of Margaret Weis
http://www.bibliografi.dk/forfatter.asp?nr=1917
Especially The Dragon Lance books and the saga of The Port of the Dead
The english titles is in brackets.

 

[Steven]

The Bartimaeus Trilogy is very good, though I haven't finished the 3rd book yet. Artemis Fowl is a good series of books. I've also been making my way steadily through the R.A Salvatore Forgotten Realms books - The Dark Elf Trilogy, the Icewind Dale trilogy and I'm about to get the Legacy of the Drow =)

 

[Healingpoison]

I second the Artemis Foul Series.

 

[Darkdraak]

All books of Raymond Feist especially Magician. All books from JRR Tolkien.

 

[Malufa]

Both of which have already been said this page even.

 

[brad.dude03]

artemis fowl and J.R.R Tolkien and The Bartimaeus Trilogy (like I said earlier, anything by Jonathon Stroud) are all great. His Dark Materials trilogy is kick ass too.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

anyone read a short history of nearly everything by bill bryson? probably the best book i have ever read. anyone know anything similar to it? its like a factual book about science and history but its intresting instead of boring.

 

[brad.dude03]

oh! As well: read anything written by Douglas Adams (see The Hitchhikerrs Guide To the Galaxy for details. the book not the movie!!!) is great. all of it. science fiction and humour at its best.

 

[The Darkness]

LOTR
Or the Matthew Reilly books:
Hover Car Racer
My personal Favourite: Scarecrow
Area 7
Temple
Ice Station
Contest

There are others but i forgot them

No but really they are great, no AWE inspiring books. And they have blood and guts to