I need a book!

[Stringent]

Another vote for the Discworld series by Mr Pratchett.

[Zak33]

Kitcheners Last Volunteer.
The Life of Henry Allingham, Britain's Oldest Man and the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...ctiveda3375-21

I'd suggest this book to anyone with a pulse. Anyone.

It is the best book I've read for a loooong time, and it has the most incredible way of defining how long ago things were.

It's joint written by Henry Allingham and another chap who add historic details in between paragraphs.

It has held me spell bound, it's intriguing, intelligent, and so perfectly written as to bemuse my sense of crititque. I can think of no other book to suggest my dear chap. It is a life times reading, and yet it flies by.

[mycarsavw]

Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

x2

Digital Fortress - Dan Brown

Blue Nowhere - Jeffrey Deaver

Jeffrey Deaver, David Baldacci, James Patterson (just books by him, none that he's co-written)

[b0redom]

The Mastership Game

The early Terry Brooks books were good too - easier to read LOTR style stuff.

[nvening]

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre

Really good book and very intresting, im 3/4 of the way through it now, definately recommened.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Science-...4794705&sr=1-1

[MadduckUK]

Biggles books

[Moby-Dick]

Kitcheners Last Volunteer.
The Life of Henry Allingham, Britain's Oldest Man and the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...ctiveda3375-21

I'd suggest this book to anyone with a pulse. Anyone.

It is the best book I've read for a loooong time, and it has the most incredible way of defining how long ago things were.

It's joint written by Henry Allingham and another chap who add historic details in between paragraphs.

It has held me spell bound, it's intriguing, intelligent, and so perfectly written as to bemuse my sense of crititque. I can think of no other book to suggest my dear chap. It is a life times reading, and yet it flies by.

In a similar vein , "The last fighting Tommy" is a very good read.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Fightin.../dp/0747591156

[SiM]

I can't believe The Davinci Code (and the other piles of tosh that Dan Brown has written) has been recomended to many times. They are terrible!

That is your opinion. Most people like it because it's quite fast paced

[Englander]

Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything

Reading this at the moment and so far its great.

Second that, I thoroughly enjoyed it

[Moby-Dick]

That is your opinion. Most people like it because it's quite fast paced

I gave the Dan brown books 3 tries , and found them all the be rather samey thinly veiled romances. Still, each to his own

[SiM]

I gave the Dan brown books 3 tries , and found them all the be rather samey thinly veiled romances. Still, each to his own

Maybe he appeals more to unsophisticated book readers like me. I have read maybe 5 books in the past 8 years or so!

I did think Angels and Demons was very similar to Da Vinci Code too IIRC (read them both years ago).... a lot of recycled ideas there

[Vroomparrot]

Being a Stephenson virgin, I have The Baroque Cycle lined up next.

I hope you have plenty of free time then! I've read the first 2 and the 3rd has been sitting on my bookshelf for some time now whilst I read some errr shorter books. Much shorter books. They are a seriously good read though, and as we are experiencing the current banking crisis they offer an interesting insight in to how the modern system of banking and finance was started. They are historical novels and as well as the area of finance they are full of science and maths (or "Natural Philosophy"), swashbuckling adventure, romance, political intrigue, and lots of vagabonds.

[Moby-Dick]

Maybe he appeals more to unsophisticated book readers like me. I have read maybe 5 books in the past 8 years or so!

I did think Angels and Demons was very similar to Da Vinci Code too IIRC (read them both years ago).... a lot of recycled ideas there

What you require is this...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zombie-Survi...=pd_rhf_shvl_1

this got my housemate back into reading after quite some time

[dagwoood]

What you require is this...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zombie-Survi...=pd_rhf_shvl_1

this got my housemate back into reading after quite some time

I don't know what this says about me, but I quite like the look of that

[Mousemat]

Any Discworld book. 'Mort' is a good place to start in my opinion. The first 3 books in the series don't have the same feel as the rest. They're excellent, but I think that Terry Pratchett was still fleshing out his ideas for the first few books. Personally I started with 'Reaper Man' and it's still one of my favourites, along with 'Thief of Time'.

As a standalone book I would definitely recommend 'Good Omens' by Terry Pratchett and Niel Gaiman. I've lost count of how many times I've read this book.

[father smurf]

Monstrous Regiment - also by pTerry ..a very good Discworld one.