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Gustov

Gustov

Gustov

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Hey guys I haven't read a book in years, the last one was the fourth book in the Harry Potter series and I'm looking to start reading again to improve my grammar and vocabulary. I'm looking for an interesting set of books from a variation of genres, if each of you could recommend a book from each genre I'd much appreciate it

Fiction-
Non Fiction-
Romance-
Thriller-

Thanks guys :)
 
When you say you read the fourth Harry Potter, have you read the previous ones? If so, read the fifth Harry Potter. Excellent startup books :)

If you haven't, read the lot from start to finish.

I'm not going to recommend one of each genre, as I don't read romances (unless you count plays).

Fiction if too wide a genre, you need to state Science Fiction (so Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Azimov, etc) or Fantasy (David Eddings, JRR Tolkien, Stephen Donaldson, etc). Do you want sword and sorcery? Dragons? Or things more closely linked with the real world?

Once you're moving hit up some classics. Wish I'd read more classics earlier. So The Count of Monte Cristo, Dracula, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Picture of Dorian Gray, Crime and Punishment, Anna Karenina... you can pick them up for pittance too.
 
Lolita by Nabokov.

One of the most beautifully written books I've ever read, and it will certainly improve your vocabularly if that's what you're after.
 
Gilly said:
When you say you read the fourth Harry Potter, have you read the previous ones? If so, read the fifth Harry Potter. Excellent startup books :)

If you haven't, read the lot from start to finish.

I'm not going to recommend one of each genre, as I don't read romances (unless you count plays).

Fiction if too wide a genre, you need to state Science Fiction (so Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Azimov, etc) or Fantasy (David Eddings, JRR Tolkien, Stephen Donaldson, etc). Do you want sword and sorcery? Dragons? Or things more closely linked with the real world?

Once you're moving hit up some classics. Wish I'd read more classics earlier. So The Count of Monte Cristo, Dracula, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Picture of Dorian Gray, Crime and Punishment, Anna Karenina... you can pick them up for pittance too.
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Finished Karenina a few months ago. Really enjoyed it, apart from the 20 pages of farming practices you'd have to put up with every so often.... Bought Picture Of Dorian Gray yesterday, will be starting it once I've finished what I'm reading atm....have heard good things about it.
 
Gustov said:
How about starting off with the LOTR collection, would you advise I read the Hobbit first?
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Totally agree. Other good choices are:


Terry Brooks - Shannara series (starting with Sword of Shannara)
Isaac Asimov - Foundation series (starting with Foundation (or prelude to foundation))
Terry Pratchett - Discworld series (starting with Color of Magic)
Sergei Lukyanenko - Watch series (starting with Night Watch)
Arthur C Clarke - Rama series (starting with Rendezvous with Rama)
 
Well i just ordered 3 new books

Lolita-Nabokov.

No Country For Old Men-Cormac Mccarthy

No Time for Goodbye- Linwood Barclay

Hoping they will be good reads :)
 
Once you've read No Country For Old Men, read The Road by the same author. Excellent book.

Gustov said:
How about starting off with the LOTR collection, would you advise I read the Hobbit first?
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Doesn't really make a difference either way...
 
Don't think I'll bother with LOTR after ordering those three novels. Reading the books after seeing the film always ruins it to an extent for me and I've not seen 'No Country For Old Men'. Therefore, I'll read that first :)
 
Don't write off LOTR completely. It is an amazing piece of work. Just leave it until a distance down the line.
 
Gustov said:
Don't think I'll bother with LOTR after ordering those three novels. Reading the books after seeing the film always ruins it to an extent for me and I've not seen 'No Country For Old Men'. Therefore, I'll read that first :)
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:/ you don't want to only know LOTR through the films. they are poop in comparison to the books.
 
I tried reading LOTR as a young boy and found it so boring and stopped 3/4 of the way through the fellowship. It just felt as if they were going to an Inn, stopping for a drink, meeting people, leaving rinse repeat x 20 :P Maybe it was because i was too young to appreciate it and lacked the patience, it just felt like a very slow paced novel
 
well if you want a more immediate engaging work then one of my favorite books is Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. The whole Farseer trilogy is excellent....I've read it countless times and am itching to read it again...but am currently working through Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky
 
If you like sci-fi then Orson Scott Card is an author worth checking out - Ender's Game is his best known and probably easiest to read but there are others in the series, some people are less keen on them as they rely slightly more on knowledge of the first books characters.
 
yeah for sci-fi Orson Scott Card is great, so are Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, Larry Niven...just to name a few of my favorite authors.
 
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