Anyone read books?? Any good reads to suggest??

[pugvivant]

Evening all

Wanted to find out if anyone has an interest in reading books whatever thr genre.

Im after some suggestions of worthwhile reading material.
Not the usual razzle, high st honey, over 40's , fiesta and viz.

[Piggy]

try some Tolken stuff...but not the most famous books...

try Children of Hurin

[bigcheez2k3]

Lee Evans' book isn't bad. It's, quite obviously, funny but also gives a good insight to his life.

[Scott]

You might have already seen The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, but the Millennium trilogy (the series that the films are based on) is very good

[Tyronnster]

Just finished reading wild thing a book about Lewis Yates.

Top book

[pugvivant]

Thanks for the response, being a bit more specific, im after buying a book for a friend to read on her long flight, i havent the first scooby doo about books, im more a picture person, big melons and landing strip sort.

If i was to walk into to whsmiths or waterstones, id be pretty much out of my depth. So any pointers in the rignt direction would help. Ps i dont know what genre she is into, which doesnt give any help i know. But she is flying saturday and i need to get something PDQ.

[bigcheez2k3]

Something that has a gripping story I'd guess to make the flight go quicker. Take a look on a best sellers list? That should be a good indicator of what is decent.

[John1.4]

asimov is a good read whatever book imo, but the foundation saga (6 books) is brilliant 'not able to put the book down' stuff

douglas adams - hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is a good read too, you can get the first 4 books all in 1 if you look in the right places - search for the 'trilogy in 4 parts', also the 'long dark teatime of the soul' is a fab read.

seconded on the less famous (if there is such a thing) tolkein books, children of hurin deffo worth reading

[welshpete]

Thanks for the response, being a bit more specific, im after buying a book for a friend to read on her long flight, i havent the first scooby doo about books, im more a picture person, big melons and landing strip sort.

If i was to walk into to whsmiths or waterstones, id be pretty much out of my depth. So any pointers in the rignt direction would help. Ps i dont know what genre she is into, which doesnt give any help i know. But she is flying saturday and i need to get something PDQ.

All the birds.......errrr, women I know are still raving about 50 shades of grey! I prefer Lee child's series of Jack Reacher books myself

[Stephen]

Totally depends what shes into. do you know any books that shes read in the past?
a game of thrones is an epic read but depends if shes into fantasy like that

She may enjoy this I a friend who is a girl gave me it to read, and it is good
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thousand-Splendi...0747582971

Bestsellers are always a good shout though

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Could try browsing this site, its useful

http://www.goodreads.com/

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If shes into spy/action adventure novels then anything by Stephen Leather are incredibly good, such gripping reads

[THE_Liam]

Stephen King's Dark Tower series is amazing. The first one is The Gunslinger

[sam]

Only ones with alot of pictures for me

[Toms306]

Don't they have TV/WiFi on planes these days?

[Stephen]

Depends on the airline tom and how far your flying. Books are better anyway

[kentiiboii]

Id get her without a doubt... 50 shades of gay!

Personally though most ive read was chip, biff and kipper series!

[Dum-Dum]

Some of the Haynes books are good like the track day manual and how to build your own sports car for £250.

Currently I'm trying to read my way through all of Clarksons books while I'm on the train and are incredibly funny in places.

[Poodle]

Lol Chris, sure she'd love that.

Give us a clue, genre, style, era..? Personally I think theres nothing to beat terry pratchett, although douglas adams, tom holt and robert rankin are pretty good too. Find stuff like Tolkein a bit heavy-going these days, possibly because read th same way other people watch tv - ie to switch off my brain and live in someone elses world for a bit.

[Dum-Dum]

^^^ I didn't read the whole thread

[THE_Liam]

Personally I think theres nothing to beat terry pratchett...

Night Watch is my 2nd favourite book