Any good books?, and also my humble opinion on twilight

If this is in the wrong section forgive me , I'm not really sure if this belongs in the literature or in the help section.

So I now want to read some GOOD books, after I read all the damm Stephenie Meyer books currently published.

And to be really honest the first book was readable the rest no...
So Twilight atleast the first one isn't that bad. It's bad yeah but readable.

Pesonally I think Meyer f*cked up in writing the books not because of the " new vampires and werewolves" but because of the genre, if she wrote twilight as an action/adventure book I would think that people won't be ranting that much about the vampires.

The books sucks but you have to give Meyer credit that she designed a new kind of vampires and werewolves; I mean look at all the different kinds of zombies why not vampires and werewolves?

The fanbase ruins everything really.

Still I rather read something good now so any suggestions would be appreciated.

To be honest, I'm only intrested in history and biography, but I can recommend Eragon.

Well I'm not sure if many people here will like my choice of book I will put on here but oh well.

I think if your a big fan of Philosophy you should get Philosophy:For Dummies.

My two favorite books of all time are "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Housseni, which tells a story of a boy named Amir growing up in Afghanistan. It's very well written, touching, and action-packed.

The other one is a bit polarizing, however, as it is religious fiction. It's called "Joshua", by Joseph F. Girzone. It's about a man named Joshua who comes to a small town called Salem and brings in his own unpopular, but quite beautiful views on the state of religion. I honestly couldn't tell you which one I enjoy more, though.

If there was a book about a dinosaur made out of Chuck Norris' bones, terrorizing the streets of Texas while Mr. T and Jackie Chan would team up to defeat that giant m*therf*cker, I would, but they sadly wouldn't exist at all.

Joking aside, one book I would suggest to you is "Christmas Sucks" by Joanne Kimes. It's basically a comical tutorial book about what to do when family, fruitcake, and finding the perfect gift makes you miserable. At least that's what the title says. It has a few highlighted moments, but I shouldn't spoil it for you.

I'd give it a read.

The Fallen from what I've read.

It's a cool series.

Unfortunately I'm waiting on the other 3 books. So I've only read the first one.

I'll give a tentative recommendation for the Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It's pretty good stuff.

I read a lot but am not well read. Still I will always recommend Frank Hebert's Dune. It is possibly the most unique sci-fi settings and has spawned a legacy on par with the Lord of the Rings. The only problem with Dune is that it has not had a good film adaptation. The Sci-Fi channel mini-series had a terribly small budget and the Hollywood movie was directed by David Lynch.

Dune was a good book. I'm currently reading Shorn... by who I don't remember, but it's been good so far.

I am currently reading hellphone and would recomend it to anybody

I second the reccommendation of The Kite Runner,but fair warning, it is a pretty sad book; so have some tissues nearby, exspescialy near the end. Also, seconded is Dune, epic SF to the maximum.

Myself, I would reccommend Martian Time Slip, and Now Wait for Last Year, both by Phillip K. d*ck. All of his works that I have read are amazing surrealist and dark SF that have a ton of dry humor, and are really thought provoking works that ask tough questions. The best in my opinion is Now Wait For Last Year, but you really can't go wrong with PKD.

I really think you can't go wrong with some H. P. Lovecraft if you're in the mood for horror/fantasy combos with the collectoin of his Dream Cycle work. Or, you could go with a good mystery, wherein I guide all of yee to the classic Sherlock Holmes series, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

This post has been edited by Tweakingus Maximus on Oct 6 2009, 06:27 PM

Lovecraft kicks ass. I hate how Cthulhu has become the most famous amongst the nerds (not surprised mind you, just angry) because let's face it. The giant green squid-headed man who lives in a city of impossible geometry at the bottom of the ocean and drives people mad through their dreams is Lovecraft's least creative creation. The Color Out of Space had an alien color. It was a color and it was terrifying.

OsirisLord, I too think that Cthulhu is most likely the least threatening of Lovecraft's SF work; but at the same time I feel that his Dream Cycle work is so vastly overlooked that even among most Lovecraft afficianados, the only one people seem to know is " The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath ". That really saddens me, because you have works like " The Nameless City" and " From Beyond" , that really are terrifying masterpieces of fantastical horror. That and "Pickman's Model", man was that freaky beyond all reason.

And I really must recommend David Brin's "The Postman". It is a really great tale set in a post-apocoliptic world. Also, why the hate for Lynch's Dune?!? I love that movie man.