Book recomendations

[Andystar]

Hi there everyone,

I'm just finishing the excellent "Revelation" by C J Sansom & was wondering what everyone was reading & if anyone has some good book recommendations. I'm a big murder mystery fiction fan but I'll read anything good.

[AllforNun]

The Bible, murder mystery, conspiracy and harry potter like magic ! what a read.

[dukesdenver]

Not murder mysteries, but Richard Russo is brilliant if you like tales of small-town life and the tangled webs woven therein. 'Bridge of Sighs' and 'Empire Falls' are especially good.

For sheer entertainment you have to go a long way to beat Dick Francis, especially the older ones. 'Twice Shy' is great, it was written in the early 1980s and features computer programmes on tape - those were the days, eh?

[Andystar]

dukesdenver Wrote:

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> Not murder mysteries, but Richard Russo is

> brilliant if you like tales of small-town life and

> the tangled webs woven therein. 'Bridge of Sighs'

> and 'Empire Falls' are especially good.

>

> For sheer entertainment you have to go a long way

> to beat Dick Francis, especially the older ones.

> 'Twice Shy' is great, it was written in the early

> 1980s and features computer programmes on tape -

> those were the days, eh?

Cool- i'll check him out, thanks for the recommendation...

Lol, I remember playing a tape version of Hungry Horace on my Commmodore 64, those were the days, indeed...

[cate]

Anything by Richard Ford, especially The Sportswriter.

[woofmarkthedog]

Andystar.

Try these for size.

Larry Watson. Montana 1948 (Small , powerful and very well articulated, he is a very special writer )

J. M .Cotzee. Disgrace ( This book still haunts me, it is definitely one of The best reads I have ever set my eyes on)

Cormac McCarthy . The Road (Not particularly "chirpy" is cormac, but a great writer )

David Sedaris. Me talk pretty someday (very funny, dry , I have read two of his back to back which is rare)

W**F

[hellosailor]

Have you read all of James Ellroy, I'm pretty sure you have if you like crime. The Black Dahlia and LA Confidential are both brilliant.

Also ross macdonald Find A Victim

[HonaloochieB]

If you like Ellroy his Brit equivant David Peace is worth a try, the Red Ridings quartet have the same gritty dense style about them that Ellroy has.

I'm currently reading The Damned United by him.

On a lighter note have if you haven't read any Donald Westlake, then I highly recommend him. The Dortmunder series of crime capers is as good as it gets, funny well plotted with great characters.

Also Lawrence Block, the 'Burglar' series of comic novels are an absolute treat, and the Matt Scudder private investigator novels are fine indeed.

[Andystar]

I just started the Book thief- pretty strange but quite lovely in its descriptions..

thanks for all the recommendations...i'll be sure 2 check them all out :))

[hellosailor]

Did you watch the recent Red Riding Trilogy HB?

excellent excellent stuff.

[HonaloochieB]

Hello HS I watched the first which I found a bit confusing and the third which I thought was more coherent.