Vimes Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Hi Catydid I believe that Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale is in fact a non-fiction book as it is written by/about a real person . I agree that it is a great book though, I found it fascinating to read about how he thought about what he was doing and seeing how he planed everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperplane Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 My List would be... Favourite Fiction: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson (entire series) Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy The Messenger - Markus Zuzak Raw Shark Texts - Steven Hall Picnic At Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsay Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov Nightwork - Thomas Glavinic Paranoid Park - Blake Nelson The Dumas Club - Arturo Perez-Reverte Favourite True Crime: Green River Running Red - Ann Rule Stranger Beside Me - Ann Rule Murder in Italy: Amanda Knox - Candace Dempsey Zodiac - Robert Graysmith The Killing of Caroline Byrne - Robert Wainright Helter Skelter - Vincent Bugliosi Australia's Serial Killers - Paul B Kidd Midnight in the Garden of Evil and Good - John Berendt The Nightstalker - Philip Carlo Favourite Auto/Bio/Misc The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson Little Girl Lost - Drew Barrymore Reference: Sweet Poison - David Gillespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catydid Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Vimes, you are right about that. The Abagnale book was non-fiction but it reads like fiction! I listened to it on audio and remember walking down the street chuckling out lout. An amazing tale! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimes Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 (edited) Yes it did, what I wanted to know after reading it is if he could do what he did as easily as did it today? Edited October 10, 2013 by Vimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickB Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Yes it did, what I wanted to know after reading it is if he could do what he did as easily as did it today? I'm pretty sure in interviews he said he couldn't, due to increases in security etc. Especially in airports. However he still could of done scams of some sort, he doesn't mention it very much in the book but he did do other small scams. I believe he works in security now, making it harder for con-men to beat the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimes Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Yes I he mentioned that after he got out of prison in the us he took a job teaching people in banks about scams and who to spot them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 18, 2013 Author Share Posted October 18, 2013 I've been reading through the new lists on this page that I haven't had time to get into before, it's been great to see how similar/different lists you/we have. Keep them coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Frankie and Poppyshake, you might be happy to know that Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov will shortly be winging its way to me from England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Frankie and Poppyshake, you might be happy to know that Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov will shortly be winging its way to me from England. Oh, we are very happy to know it! I really really hope you enjoy the book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimes Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I have to say that I have a new favorite series the Riyria Revelations (AKA Riyira Chronicles). Great great books the characters are full of life and the story had be on the edge of my seat until the very last page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterflylover Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Fantasy L.J. Smith forbidden game,the mortal instrument series by Cassandra Clare Fiction Lisa Jackson,Lisa Gardner,Heather Graham,Lisa Scottoline,Amanda Hocking,Nora Roberts,James Patterson,C.J. Box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimes Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) The Riyria series by Michael J. Sullivan are great and I would recommend them to everyone who reads fantasy. Edited November 1, 2013 by Vimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderTheDome40 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) Frankie is the grandfather of reading lol, it will take me a lifetime to catch up with him but luckily i'm young Frankie you have such an amazing list of recommended books.. I loved alot of the books on your list and a lot of others which i plan to read. I will make a simple list which i recommend. Stephen King works: The Dead Zone - Misery - It - Salems Lot - The Mist - (*Talisman* & *Black House* <(Favorites) - Eyes of the Dragon - The Stand - Other authors books: "Lincoln Rhyme Series" by Jeffrey Deaver. "Night Terror" by Chandler McGrew "A Simple Plan" by Scott Smith "Angel Time" by Anne Rice "Dark Hollow" by Brian Keene "The Wolfs Hour" by Robert R McCammon "The Midnight Road" by Tom Piccirilli "Endless Night" by Richard Laymon I could go on and on of course but these are just some of my latest favorites! Edited November 12, 2013 by UnderTheDome40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderTheDome40 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 By the way, Dark Hollow by Brian Keene was really really good but i do not recommend you reading the 2nd book. At least not while the characters from Dark Hollow are still fresh in your head. I didn't like being introduced to new characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSchultz19 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Ok this is officially the best thread ever So many recommendations that I want to buy and read!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 Frankie is the grandfather of reading lol, it will take me a lifetime to catch up with him but luckily i'm young Frankie you have such an amazing list of recommended books.. I loved alot of the books on your list and a lot of others which i plan to read. I will make a simple list which i recommend. Never before have I been called a grandfather... Not even a grandmother. An aunt, a few times. But there's a first time for everything so cheers! Other authors books: "Lincoln Rhyme Series" by Jeffrey Deaver. That's a great one, I heartily agree Ok this is officially the best thread ever So many recommendations that I want to buy and read!! It would make quite a big TBR pile if one bought all those books..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSchultz19 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Some books that I would recommend that I don't think I mentioned before but just thought of include: The Last Lecture Marley & Me Paper Towns The Host Thats all I can think of at the moment, but there are so many books that I have read and absolutely loved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderTheDome40 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Never before have I been called a grandfather... Not even a grandmother. An aunt, a few times. But there's a first time for everything so cheers! That's a great one, I heartily agree Hahaa, No Frankie, I meant it as in the phrase, you've heard the phrase before right? Well, In case you haven't, here in the U.S. when someone is the founder of or the most superior at something, we call them the grandfather of that subject. Lol never mind .. Anyways yeah i really loved Lincoln Rhyme series. How far did you get Frankie? I only read the first two books but they were really solid, can't wait to read book 3; "The Empty Chair". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderTheDome40 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 (edited) Oh and Frankie, that of which reminds me, aside from Lincoln Rhymes, have you tryed "The Blue Nowhere" by Deaver? It's on my To-Read-List, it looks really good in my opinion. Hoping to get a recommendation from somebody if they've read it. Edited December 1, 2013 by UnderTheDome40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) Hahaa, No Frankie, I meant it as in the phrase, you've heard the phrase before right? Well, In case you haven't, here in the U.S. when someone is the founder of or the most superior at something, we call them the grandfather of that subject. Lol never mind Okay, my bad, I wasn't familiar with the phrase No worries, I found it funny, and now I've learnt something new .. Anyways yeah i really loved Lincoln Rhyme series. How far did you get Frankie? I only read the first two books but they were really solid, can't wait to read book 3; "The Empty Chair". Coincidentally I've gotten as far as you have, meaning I've only read the first two books. But they were bloody awesome I have collected quite a few of the following books, I just need to get to reading them .... Oh and Frankie, that of which reminds me, aside from Lincoln Rhymes, have you tryed "The Blue Nowhere" by Deaver? It's on my To-Read-List, it looks really good in my opinion. Hoping to get a recommendation from somebody if they've read it. I have The Blue Nowhere on my TBR as well, and some members on here have actually read it and recommended it... That's why I got the book I think Charm was the one who recommended it to me, but unfortunately she hasn't been around for a while... I can't remember if Chrissy has read the book as well...? Edit: There's a thread for Jeffery Deaver, us fans used to call ourselves the Deaverettes... One of us (Ceinwenn) actually went to hear him speak and got his autograph... Hella cool Edited December 3, 2013 by frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Favourite reads Last edited: 01-03-2015. Fantasy David B. Coe - The Lontobyn Chronicles series James Clemens - The Banned and the Banished series Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson - The Wheel of Time series Peter V. Brett - The Demon Cycle series Terry Pratchett Ursula K. Le Guin - Earthsea Cycle 1-4: The Earthsea Quartet Joanne Harris - Runemarks 1: Runemarks Karen Miller Trudi Canavan Yahtzee Croshaw George R. R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire series Blake Charlton - Spellwright 1: Spellwright Anne McCaffrey - The Dragonriders of Pern series Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth 1: Wizard's First Rule Maria V. Snyder - Study series and Glass series Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games series Veronica Roth - The Divergent series (including the Four stories) J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter series Geronimo Stilton (and others) Science-fiction Tad Williams - Otherland series Ernest Cline - Ready Player One Scott Meyer - Magic 2.0 series Douglas Adams - The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy series Dan Simmons - Hyperion 1-2: The Hyperion Omnibus Peter F. Hamilton, in particular The Night's Dawn series Elizabeth Moon - The Speed of Dark Daniel Keyes - Flowers for Algernon Matt Haig - The Humans Arthur C. Clarke - The Other Side of the Sky Iain M. Banks Thea Beckman - De Toekomsttrilogie series Isabel Hoving - De Gevleugelde Kat Joe Haldeman Contemporary Fiction Jostein Gaarder - Sophie's World Jodi Picoult Diane Chamberlain Catherine Ryan Hyde Kristin Hannah - Home Front Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveler's Wife Guillaume Musso - Het Grote Gemis (Seras-tu là?) Giselle Green - Little Miracles Erica James - It's the Little Things Erica James - Promises, Promises Jane Green - The Patchwork Marriage Lesley Pearse - Father Unknown Lesley Pearse - Till We Meet Again Kaui Hart Hemmings - The Descendants Laura Elliott - Stolen Child Nathan Filer - The Shock of the Fall Garth Stein - The Art of Racing in the Rain Graeme Simsion - Don Tillman 1: The Rosie Project Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Thea Beckman - Wonderkinderen Carry Slee Cynthia Voigt - Tillerman Cycle 1-4: De Tillermans Gabrielle Zevin - Memoirs of Teenage Amnesiac Rainbow Rowell A. S. King Ruth Thomas - De Weglopers (The Runaways) Jacques Vriens, in particular: Een Bende in de Bovenbouw and Het Raadsel Van De Regenboog Roald Dahl's children's books, in particular: The Witches and Matilda Lieneke Dijkzeul - Een Muis Met Klauwen Annie M.G. Schmidt Dirk Verroen and Jet Boeke - De Liefste Poes Van De Wereld Historical Fiction Thea Beckman Jean M. Auel - Earth's Children series Paul Gallico - Jennie Clive Woodall - One for Sorrow, Two for Joy Penny Vincenzi Markus Zusak - The Book Thief Literature Charlotte Brontë - Jane Eyre Anna Blaman - Op Leven en Dood George Orwell - Animal Farm Chick-lit Sophie Kinsella Melanie Rose - Could It Be Magic? Melanie Rose - Down to Earth Melissa Nathan - The Nanny Julie Cohen - Girl from Mars Sinéad Moriarty - Emma Huntington series Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones series Chris Manby - Getting Personal Sarah Webb - Take a Chance Nicholas Sparks - The Notebook 1: The Notebook Nicholas Sparks - The Notebook 2: The Wedding Ann M. Martin - The BabySitter's Club series and related books Virginia Andrews Dorothy Koomson - My Best Friend's Girl Holly Smale - Geek Girl series Horror Stephen King, in particular IT and Carrie R. L. Stein, particularly the various Fear Street series Detectives A. C. Baantjer A. C. Baantjer and Simon de Waal - De Waal & Baantjer series Agatha Christie Manga Masami Tsuda - Kare Kano series Ken Akamatsu - Love Hina series Natsuki Takaya - Fruits Basket series Keiko Tobe - With the Light series Kouji Seo - Suzuka series Biographies Gunilla Gerland - A Real Person John Grogan - Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog Information Martine Delfos - Een Vreemde Wereld Stan Spencer - The Diet Dropout’s Guide to Natural Weight Loss: Find Your Easiest Path to Naturally Thin Elisabeth Wilson - Stress Proof Your Life: 52 Brilliant Ideas Ian Ford - A Field Guide to Earthlings: An Autistic/Asperger View of Neurotypical Behavior Thea Beckman and Others - Het Schrijversboek Paul Arnoldussen - Die Van Hiernaast En Van De Overkant: Over Engelse Drop, Straf En Beesten In Europa Various Authors - Waanzinnig om te Weten series (Horrible Histories, Horrible Science...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethany725 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Keeping mine pretty short, focusing on a bit of a "unversal list" that I'd recommend to just about anyone regardless of gender, age (within reason), cultural background, and interests. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese (with the disclaimer to stay with it to get past the first 150 pages or so) Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay (with the disclaimer that it's very sad in parts) The Fault in our Stars - John Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursenblack Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Here are my favorite and most recommended reads in no particular order: Contemporary/Classic Fiction Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Hick by Andrea Portes Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Bloodroot by Amy Greene The Help by Kathryn Stockett And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson Room by Emma Donoghue Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Farenheight 451 by Ray Bradbury The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Road by Cormac McCarthy To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen YA/ Children's Fiction The Fault in Our Stars by John Green A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb The Giver by Lois Lowry A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Illyria by Elizabeth Hand Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanDandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery But I Love Him by Amanda Grace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Watership Down by Richard Adams Sophie's Choice by William Styron All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque The Road Back by Erich Maria Remarque Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker The Missing by Tim Gautreaux Replay by Ken Grimwood Peace Like A River by Leif Enger Jude The Obscure by Thomas Hardy The Well And The Mine by Gin Phillips Part 2 to follow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Room by Emma Donaghue Lord Of The Flies by William Golding Skallagrigg by William Horwood The Woman In Black by Susan Hill The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey City Of Thieves by David Benioff Quest For The Faradawn by Richard Ford Fatherland by Robert Harris The Help by Kathryn Stockett A Long,Long Way by Sebastian Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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