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I'm off on holiday soon so i need a couple of books to read  by the pool, any recommendations ?

Swimming with the Devilfish - just finished it, a really good read.

for Detective novels you can't beat Quitin Jardine's Skinner series.
Anything by Robert Ludlum obviously.

Eric Van Lustbader's "jian" is a classic I reckon.

What genre do u like?

I  like science fiction, fantasy, horror or something humorous.

Some books that i have read and really liked are :
lord of the rings
the hobbit
Hannibal
the dark materials trilogy
battlefield earth
it

For humour I'd recommend anything by Chritopher Brookmyre, particularly Country of the Blind, Quite Ugly one Morning, Not the End of the World & A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away.

Was re-reading one of his on the train this morning & got a lot of funny looks for laughing out loud.

I'm sure tikay would want to know the following; Which train?

i have recently got into a new series of detective novels by Peter James. He is probably better known for writing horror stories, but this is more of a standard police detective novel, with some genuinely frightening scenes/undertones.

there are only two books in the series at the moment first one is called Dead Simple, and without giving the plot away starts with a guy being buried in a coffin as part of a stag night prank by four of his mates, who then are involved in a fatal accident as they drive away.

Looking Good Dead is the second one, which I actually read first....

;D The 07:16 from Sanquhar to Glasgow Central. Sprinter train, 4 carriages.

Off Topic Quiz Question: What claim to fame does Sanquhar have?

worlds oldest postoffice.....

yeah I heard about that...Tikay opened it.

Anything by Isaac Asimov
Anything by Philip K Dick

Stephen King, especially the richard bachman books which are great
(Running Man, The Long Walk etc)

Fluke - James Herbert (hate recommending a book about a dog but it's probably his best one)

Try a terry pratchet and if you like his style (not for everyone) he's knocked out about a million books now. (try Soul Music)

Flowers for Algernon -  Daniel Keyes - absolute classic

A Clockwork Orange - anthony burgess another classic

the diceman by Luke Rhinehart  :)up

Terry Pratchett covers fantasy & humour.  They don't all work, but you can normally get 3 for 2 or something similar.

But if you still get the odd poker itch, - Aces & Kings.  THE best pick up & put down poker book EVER.

Papillon - Henri Charriere
Anything by Frederick Forsyth particularly the Odessa file
Anything by Bernard Cornwell - particularly the Harlequin
Long dark tea time of the soul - Douglas Adams
Poker Nation - Andy Bellin
Five go to Finneston Rock - Enid Blyton

The History of Superglue - once I picked it up I couldn't put it down.

Anything by my idol... Hunter S Thompson

A very well read blonde, Nakor, recommended some books for me and I'm hooked. Try David Eddings, The Belgariad. The first book is the 'pawn of prophecy'. its amazing and as you go deeper into the books the journey gets better and better and better. what can i say............. its a fantasy quest with sorcery, battles of the gods and the longstanding story of a boy who grows to manhood and his journey to get there. you've got to get these books. I'm on the 2nd series. just got book 1 in the post today and cant wait to get stuck in. :)

The two Timewaster Letter books by Robin Cooper.  You'll get the two for a tenner and worth every penny.  Funniest thing I've read in ages.

'Red Dragon' in the Hannibal series, great read.
Iain Banks: Walking on Glass, Complicity, maybe even the Wasp Factory
'The Coma' by Alex Garland. Better than 'The Beach'
Non-fiction: if you like this kind of thing:
Cosmology by Edward Harrison
The Man who mistook his wife for a hat, Oliver Sachs
The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins.

only if you like that kind of thing. Best nonfiction I ever read though.

Humour: All the noncartoon Scott Adams stuff is hilarious and brilliant.

That is an odd book, I remember reading it after a friend kept telling me about it a few years ago

I hardly ever read fiction books, but both Papillon  and the Odessa file were great reads .

If you are after an excellent sport book,  It's Not About The Bike by Lance Armstrong is possibly the best biography ever written. I have read it about five times and it got me an A for an English paper at Uni as well  :D .  Great book

anything by Richard Allen..........

Skinhead
Skinhead Girls
Skinhead Escapes
Dragon Skins
Skinhead Farewell
Trouble For Skinhead
Smoothies
Sorts
Mod Rule
Terrace Terrors
Top Gear Skin
Suedehead
Punk Rock
Demo
Teeny Bopper Idol
Knuckle Girls
Boot Boys
Glam

The book of High Walls.

Some people managed to get their head around it but i just couldnt get over it!

Was that written before he took Androstenine? Or after.

I read these books years ago and i must concur a great read especially in line with your previously read and liked.
Also Terry Pratchett  as mentioned by Jungle Cat, The Discworld books are generally superb IMO although you could easily read many of these laying by a pool for two weeks.

What sort of stuff do you usually like?

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller is a must if you haven't  (some interviewer commented that he hadn't written anything as good as catch 22 in the twenty years since its publication and he replied "No, but nor has anyone else")

Smileys People by John le carre (all Smiley books)

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulkes

American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis (Horror - if you've seen the film try to forget it first)

Non- Fiction

Stalingrad by A. Beevor

A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson

Errr, it's a psychological thriller mate.

Brett Easton Ellis is not a horror writer. He's a social commentator. Read 'Rules Of Attraction'

Stephen King ........ Cell
Excellent in my opinion  :)

The complete works of Oscar Wilde, you'd read it again and again and again and if you didnt there'd be something wrong with you.

Brendan Behan....Borstal boy

Contest - Matthew Reilly
Miracle cure -  Michael Cordy

Anything by Val Mcdermid or Kathy Reichs

With lashings and lashings of custard......

Well said Snatty.

I have a very fond memory of the Famous Five stories. I have to pop out now, I'm doing some volunteer stuff with the local environment group, (what fun) but I will tell you about it when I get back. (The fond memory, not the environment group)

Good shout Colonel

thank you Rodders

I leave the heavyweight stuff out of the suitcase when on holiday - try something by Michael Crichton or J G Ballard.

For humour you can dip into, there's Screen Burn by Charlie Brooker, and for the plane journey try Alain De Botton's The Art of Travel. I listed a few books elsewhere(didn't repeat some of the great suggestions in these threads), but a couple of other mediumweights are:

Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow - Peter Hoeg
The Long Firm - Jake Arnott
The Tax inspector - Peter Carey
The Real Frank Zappa Book(?) - Frank Zappa

I have just read Behind the Shades the life of STUEY the kid UNGAR what a read he was a nutter I highley reccomend it!!

In the Miso Soup and Piercing by Ryu Murakami - but only if you don't mind reading about psychopaths and serial killers.

FHM and NUTS are always a must for readng material on holiday.....