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Some Fantasy Fiction:
The "Discworld" Series by Terry Pratchett (Some light but brilliant reading with a vast range of stories to chose from)
"A Song of Ice and Fire" series by George RR Martin
"The Farseer Trilogy" By Robin Hobb
"His Dark Materials" trilogy by Phillip Pullman
"The Dark Tower" by Stephen King
"Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman
Others:
"A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
"Gates of Fire" By Steven Pressman
"Stalingrad" by Anthony Beevor
The "Discworld" Series by Terry Pratchett (Some light but brilliant reading with a vast range of stories to chose from)
"A Song of Ice and Fire" series by George RR Martin
"The Farseer Trilogy" By Robin Hobb
"His Dark Materials" trilogy by Phillip Pullman
"The Dark Tower" by Stephen King
"Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman
Others:
"A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
"Gates of Fire" By Steven Pressman
"Stalingrad" by Anthony Beevor
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The Stand (unabridged) by Stephen King
His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart
Pollen by Jeff Noon
Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Mort / Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy of Five by Douglas Adams
Red Dwarf - Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers / Better than Life by Grant Naylor (Doug Naylor and Rob Grant each both wrote a sequel to Better Than Life - Only Human and Backwards, both excellent)
His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart
Pollen by Jeff Noon
Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Mort / Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy of Five by Douglas Adams
Red Dwarf - Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers / Better than Life by Grant Naylor (Doug Naylor and Rob Grant each both wrote a sequel to Better Than Life - Only Human and Backwards, both excellent)
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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Call Of The Wild by Jack London (or White Fang as an alternate)
The Thirty Nine Steps by John Buchan (although any in the Richard Hannay series are worth a read)
Do Androids Dream Of Electronic Sheep by Philip K. Dick (better known for the adaptation to film that is Bladerunner)
Lanark: A Life In Four Books by Alisdair Gray is a masterpiece
Master Of The World by Jules Verne is also worth a read
You may also be told that Catch 22 by Joseph Heller and The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger are must reads - I can't say I rate either of them all that highly but they're probably worth reading just to say that you have.
Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Call Of The Wild by Jack London (or White Fang as an alternate)
The Thirty Nine Steps by John Buchan (although any in the Richard Hannay series are worth a read)
Do Androids Dream Of Electronic Sheep by Philip K. Dick (better known for the adaptation to film that is Bladerunner)
Lanark: A Life In Four Books by Alisdair Gray is a masterpiece
Master Of The World by Jules Verne is also worth a read
You may also be told that Catch 22 by Joseph Heller and The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger are must reads - I can't say I rate either of them all that highly but they're probably worth reading just to say that you have.
The list could be long so I'll stick to books I've read more recently:
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Also just to back up some of the books that have already been mentioned already:
The Thirty Nine Steps
Nineteen Eighty-Four
A Short History of Nearly Everything
To Kill A Mockingbird
And some good trilogies:
His Dark Materials
Lord of the Rings
Millenium Trilogy
Griffin and Sabine
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Also just to back up some of the books that have already been mentioned already:
The Thirty Nine Steps
Nineteen Eighty-Four
A Short History of Nearly Everything
To Kill A Mockingbird
And some good trilogies:
His Dark Materials
Lord of the Rings
Millenium Trilogy
Griffin and Sabine
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(Even if you've seen the film, the book has more detail)
(Even if you've seen the film, the book has more detail)
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That novel blew me away, such an original story and have never read anything like it. The idea of the way he leaves his destiny/fate to the roll of a dice is very appealing.
Very much a must read!
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Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft - I don't know about "must read", but aren't you curious to find out where the world's most popular desktop OS came from ? You can buy it used from Amazon US or UK for peanuts.
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Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan
Just ordered American Gods and The Dice Man
Just ordered American Gods and The Dice Man
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.
Dune: Frank Herbert
Time Enough For Love: Robert Heinlein
My Secret History: Paul Theroux
American Gods: Neil Gaiman (my mate)
Candide: Voltaire
Around The World In Eighty Days: Jules Verne
A Brave New World: Aldous Huxley
Popcorn: Ben Elton
Magician: Raymond Feist
Faerie Tale: Raymond Feist
Thus Spake Zarathustra: Friedrich Nietzche
The Prince: Niccolo Machiavelli
The Republic: Plato
just to get you started, I'll give some more recommendation anon.
Dune: Frank Herbert
Time Enough For Love: Robert Heinlein
My Secret History: Paul Theroux
American Gods: Neil Gaiman (my mate)
Candide: Voltaire
Around The World In Eighty Days: Jules Verne
A Brave New World: Aldous Huxley
Popcorn: Ben Elton
Magician: Raymond Feist
Faerie Tale: Raymond Feist
Thus Spake Zarathustra: Friedrich Nietzche
The Prince: Niccolo Machiavelli
The Republic: Plato
just to get you started, I'll give some more recommendation anon.
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Totally forgot about this. Such a great book. I need to get this out the loft and read it again. Possibly my favourite book ever.