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Old 01-13-2007, 12:23 AM   #1
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Hi, I have been looking for some new books to read. Finding a good book is very difficult because my knowledge of books or even the types of book is limited.
All i can give is what i know about the genres and the books I like.


I generally like 2 genres, horror and fantasy. Fantasy meaning books about vampires/faires/dragons etc.

Some horror books I like are:

Poppy Z. Bright - Lost Souls
Poppy Z. Bright - Soul Kitchen
Dan Simmons - Summer of Night
Dan Simmons - Children Of Night
Dan Simmons - A Winter Haunting

Some fantasy books i like are:

Alan F. Troop - The Dragon DelaSangre
Alan F. Troop - Dragon Moon
Alan F. Troop - The Seadragon's Daughter (Dragon Delasangre)
Alan F. Troop - A Host Of Dragons
Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl: Artic Incident
Eoin Colfer - Heaven or Hell
Eoin Colfer - The Supernatruals
Beowulf
Dante - The Divine Comedy


can anyone please help me?
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Old 01-13-2007, 04:55 AM   #2
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The absurdity of consensual crimes in a free society - Peter McWilliams
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
The Great Gatsby - Scott Fitzgerald
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

The list goes on and on...
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Old 01-13-2007, 05:02 AM   #3
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Fluffy, fast paced and fun horror/fantasy ~ The Anita Blake Series by Laurell K Hamilton.

Beautifully written descriptive narrative to expand the mind ~ Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Amusing and eccentrically written novel with a historic twist ~ Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Mysteries with a kinky twist ~ Panic Snap and Topping From Below by Laura Reese

Heartwrenching poetry ~ Pablo Neruda's Love Poems

Intellectually enticing commentary ~ The Shakespeare Wars : Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascoes, Palace Coups by Ron Rosenbaum
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Old 01-13-2007, 06:29 AM   #4
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American Gods~ Neil Gaiman Heavy read for most, mythological references, very good fantasy.
Fragile Things~ a collection of Neil Gaiman's Short stories and a few poems, pretty much all fantasy, a pinch of Sci-fi, a splash of horror, and it's very good.

Anything by Holly Black(Tithe and Valiant)~ Both fantasy set in the city, a couple of Gothic references in the latter that I could find. A modern Faerytale that is amazing.

Don't limit your book choices! I did that and now thoroughly regret it. So Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks. Set in 1665, The Plague has hit the town and they have decided to quarantine themselves in their town.

Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty followed by the sequel Rebel Angels Wonderful horrific fantasy, set in England in the early to mid-1800's, I think.
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Aah, you've read Dan Simmons!
Well, if you want horror and fantasy, buy his book The Hollow Man. You'll love it.
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Damn this thread. Just when I convinced myself not to blow my budget on any more books I read this list. (prints out thread and gets in car to drive to Barnes and Noble...)
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I'd probably have to recommend the classics:

Anne Rice - The Vampire Chronicles
Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera
James Joyce - Dubliners
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Grey & The Importance of Being Earnest (which strictly speaking is a play, but it's still hilarious) & his stories
Charles Dickens - The Christmas Books
John Cleland - Fanny Hill
Bram Stoker - Dracula
Edgar Allan Poe - pretty much anything he wrote
Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
Terry Prachett - the Discworld books
Douglas Addams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Sheridan LeFanu - Carmilla
Charles Baudelaire - Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du Mal)
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Old 01-13-2007, 09:36 AM   #8
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Good books are good books regardless of genre. Here are some of the ones I keep re-reading:

"Their Eyes were Watching God"- Zora Neale Hurston
"The Deptford Trilogy"- Robertson Davies
"The Nightmare factory" - Thomas Ligotti
"I am Legend"- Richard Matheson
"Little Women and Good Wives" - Louisa May Alcott
"Of Mice and Men", "To a God Unknown", and "Burning Bright" - Steinbeck
"The Forest house"- Marion Zimmer Bradley
"The Last Unicorn" and "A Fine and Private Place"- Peter S. Beagle
"Good Omens" - Gaiman and Prachett
"Leaves of Grass" - Walt Whitman
"Beowulf" - Seamus Heaney
The Essays of R. W. Emerson
"Wicked" -- Gregory Maguire
"Fionn MacCumhail" or "Finn McCool" - Morgan Llewellyn
"The Little Country"- Charles deLint
"9 Stories" - J. D. Salinger
"A Separate Peace" -- John Knowles
"Founding Brothers" - Joseph Ellis
"The Witches of Eastwick" - John Updike
"the Last Days of Dogtown"-- Anita Diamant
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Old 01-13-2007, 05:53 PM   #9
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Wow, thanks I really appreciate the replies.


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American Gods~ Neil Gaiman Heavy read for most, mythological references, very good fantasy.
Fragile Things~ a collection of Neil Gaiman's Short stories and a few poems, pretty much all fantasy, a pinch of Sci-fi, a splash of horror, and it's very good.

Anything by Holly Black(Tithe and Valiant)~ Both fantasy set in the city, a couple of Gothic references in the latter that I could find. A modern Faerytale that is amazing.

Don't limit your book choices! I did that and now thoroughly regret it. So Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks. Set in 1665, The Plague has hit the town and they have decided to quarantine themselves in their town.

Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty followed by the sequel Rebel Angels Wonderful horrific fantasy, set in England in the early to mid-1800's, I think.
I don't really limit what I read, I just posted the two types I like the most.


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Aah, you've read Dan Simmons!
Well, if you want horror and fantasy, buy his book The Hollow Man. You'll love it.
Yea hes my second favirote author. Thanks I've been wanting to read more by him, but i didn't know what book to buy next.



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I'd probably have to recommend the classics:

Anne Rice - The Vampire Chronicles
Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera
James Joyce - Dubliners
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Grey & The Importance of Being Earnest (which strictly speaking is a play, but it's still hilarious) & his stories
Charles Dickens - The Christmas Books
John Cleland - Fanny Hill
Bram Stoker - Dracula
Edgar Allan Poe - pretty much anything he wrote
Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
Terry Prachett - the Discworld books
Douglas Addams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Sheridan LeFanu - Carmilla
Charles Baudelaire - Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du Mal)
I've read a little bit of the vampire chronicles, i think it was Interview with the Vampire.
I love the Phantom of the Opera, I've seen the movie, play and i own the sountrack.
I've read a few things by Oscar Wilde but only some free stuff I found online. I wasen't sure if I should buy a book or not.
I have read multiple Edgar Allan Poe classics. My favorite poem is Alone.
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Old 01-14-2007, 11:36 AM   #10
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If you like fantasy maybe you'll like Michael Moorcock's Elrick of Melnibone.
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Old 01-15-2007, 02:44 PM   #11
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Temptation - you can get most of the books I listed very cheaply if you can find the Penguin Popular Classics paperback editions where you live (since I could get it in my local bookshop, which doesn't have that many books in English worth mentioning, I don't think this would be a hard task). Just a hint.
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Old 01-15-2007, 03:42 PM   #12
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I know it might be overrated, but...

"Eragon" by Christopher Paolini.

"The Dragonriders of Pern Series" by Anne McCaffrey

"The Xanth Series" by Piers Anthony
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Old 01-15-2007, 07:41 PM   #13
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Damn this thread. Just when I convinced myself not to blow my budget on any more books I read this list. (prints out thread and gets in car to drive to Barnes and Noble...)
Ditto, except I'm lazy... therefore:

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Old 01-15-2007, 09:39 PM   #14
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Temptation - you can get most of the books I listed very cheaply if you can find the Penguin Popular Classics paperback editions where you live (since I could get it in my local bookshop, which doesn't have that many books in English worth mentioning, I don't think this would be a hard task). Just a hint.
Oh yea I know, or If I'm cheap I can just go to the library. :P

Usually I like to buy hard backs because in my house I have a lot of stuff so stuff gets piled on top of each other and stuff like that. To put it simply, one time I bought a paper back book and put it down and forgot about it. A week later when i found it, the cover was somehow ripped off and most, If not all, the pages were bent in half.

So, I'm sticking to hard back books haha

Thanks for the suggestion though


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I know it might be overrated, but...

"Eragon" by Christopher Paolini.

"The Dragonriders of Pern Series" by Anne McCaffrey

"The Xanth Series" by Piers Anthony

My freind has a Dvd of The dragon riders. Could it be from the book?

Thanks I'll check em out.
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Old 01-16-2007, 03:20 PM   #15
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My freind has a Dvd of The dragon riders. Could it be from the book?

Thanks I'll check em out.
All I know is that the books are really good. I don't know about DVDs or anything but yeah, you should check them out.
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Anything by H.G. Wells or Jules Verne is worth a read. Both provide an excellent view of Victorian science through the eyes of its contemporaries, as well as being eerily prophetic at times. You must remember while reading, however, that their works were written 80-150 years ago.

Also, I highly recommend Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett, for those interested in Victorian era history, exploration, naturalism, or any combination thereof.
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Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan. It has a low reading level but It's great if you like series and vampires.
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If you like fantasy maybe you'll like Michael Moorcock's Elrick of Melnibone.
I absolutley second that. I adore the Elric books. I find Moorcock to be a nice blend of fantasy and horror. His descriptions of the grotesqueries created by magic are wonderful. I also reccomend The history of the runestaff by the same author.

I would reccomend the following:

Any books by Katherine Kerr - Good celtic type fantasy. There are about 12 or so books in the series, so it's a lot to get through!!!!!

Clive Barkers Abarat series - About a girl who discovers a way into another world via a sea that can be summoned from an abandoned lighthouse. This series is still not finished, 2 more books to go!!!

Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake. A huge book, heavy going but very worth it in my opinion

Dawn of a dark age, The broken chalice and The allegiance of man by Jane welch.

The W'itch series by James clemens ( 5 books in total )
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If you like Poppy Z. Brite you should check out Charlaine Harris, Anne Rice, Kelley Armstrong, Wayne Sharrocks or Storm Constantine.
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