My favorite page turners

[SteelBlue]

Has anyone read The Education of Little Tree? I read it on the recommendation of my Mother, secretly thinking it was going to be a sappy read. It has become one of my favorite books. Very inspirational. Apparently they tried to make a movie from the book that was awful. Don't judge this book from that movie.

[RockyBalboa]

Speaking of fantasy novels when I was in Jr High and High School and even after my mission I loved reading those kinds of adventures.

Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms were wonderful adventures that took me to another time. While I never completely geeked out and played D&D while growing up the genre appealed to my sense of imagination.

Onne series in particular was the excellent "Dark Elf" series written by R.A. Salvatore.

He's an excellent writer.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by SteelBlue

Has anyone read The Education of Little Tree? I read it on the recommendation of my Mother, secretly thinking it was going to be a sappy read. It has become one of my favorite books. Very inspirational. Apparently they tried to make a movie from the book that was awful. Don't judge this book from that movie.

Never read it. Did you know that originally it was published as a non-fiction memoir and then was re-classified as a novel after an expose and a scandal? Just like James Frey. That's of course no reason not to enjoy the book and derive inspiration from it.

[il Padrino Ute]

I forgot to add to my list, a few that are the epitome of page turners:

All Bloom County collections
All Calvin and Hobbs collections

I've been known to forget that I'm sitting on the throne when I'm reading those things.

[SteelBlue]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Never read it. Did you know that originally it was published as a non-fiction memoir and then was re-classified as a novel after an expose and a scandal? Just like James Frey. That's of course no reason not to enjoy the book and derive inspiration from it.

Yes. That works much better for me anyway. There is no way anyone can remember such detail from childhood. As a work of fiction though, it is a beautiful book. It will surprise you how much you enjoy the read.

[Jeff Lebowski]

OK, here are some of my favorite novels/"page turners":

Most Scott Turow novels (esp. Presumed Innocent)
Just about anything by Michael Connelly
Cold Mountain
All the Pretty Horses (and the rest of the "Border Trilogy")
Blood Meridian
A Thousand Acres
Angelas Ashes
The Corrections
Snow Falling on Cedars
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint
Bonfire of the Vanities
A Man in Full
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
The Kite Runner
Angela's Ashes

And for pure brain candy:
John Grisham
Robert Crais
Steve Martini

[MikeWaters]

Some of my favorites along the way:

Milan Kundera - The Joke, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Hemingway - just about everything. My favorite is probably For Whom the Bell Tolls
Steinbeck - about anything he wrote (though I haven't read everything yet)
Ghandi's autobiography
The Remains of the day (excellent, excellent subtly poignant book)
The THings they Carried by Tim O'Brien (excellent series of related short stories about the Vietnam War)
poetry by Charles Bukowski (even if you never really like poetry you might like this stuff)

Just for starters.

and just to prove I'm human, the book that I haven't read since the 5th grade, that made me cry: WHere the Red Fern Grows

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Some of my favorites along the way:

Milan Kundera - The Joke, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Hemingway - just about everything. My favorite is probably For Whom the Bell Tolls
Steinbeck - about anything he wrote (though I haven't read everything yet)
Ghandi's autobiography
The Remains of the day (excellent, excellent subtly poignant book)
The THings they Carried by Tim O'Brien (excellent series of related short stories about the Vietnam War)
poetry by Charles Bukowski (even if you never really like poetry you might like this stuff)

Just for starters.

and just to prove I'm human, the book that I haven't read since the 5th grade, that made me cry: WHere the Red Fern Grows

Interesting. But I wouldn't call these classic page turners. Would you? Some of them I'd have to work to get through. That's me, though.

I found it extremely difficult to get through Unbearable Lightness of Being; I didn't really like it.

Have you read anytihing by Isaac Bashevis Singer? I bet you'd like him. Start with "Enemies a Love Story." Wonderful writer.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by homeboy

OK, here are some of my favorite novels/"page turners":

Most Scott Turow novels (esp. Presumed )
Just about anything byMichael McConnelly
Cold Mountain
All the Pretty Horses (and the rest of the "Border Trilogy")
Blood Meridian
A Thousand Acres
Angelas Ashes
The Corrections
Snow Falling on Cedars
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint
Bonfire of the Vanities
A Man in Full
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
The Kite Runner
Angela's Ashes

And for pure brain candy:
John Grisham
Robert Crais
Steve Martini

Looks like we have some overlapping tasts. I'll have to check out some of them I haven't read.

[SteelBlue]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Hemingway - just about everything. My favorite is probably For Whom the Bell Tolls
Steinbeck - about anything he wrote (though I haven't read everything yet)

I have to give an amen to both of these statements.