Any book recomendations ?

[Maddog]

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

[Graham C]

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

[boldie]

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.

[vegaslover]

What genre do u like?

[Maddog]

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

[Rod Paradise]

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.

[boldie]

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?

[lazaroonie]

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....

[Rod Paradise]

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?

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

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

[lazaroonie]

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?

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.....

[boldie]

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?

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.

[JungleCat03]

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

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

[thediceman]

the diceman by Luke Rhinehart 

[Muahahahaha]

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

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.

[Snatiramas]

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