Recommend a book?

[sybrows]

I don't read but the wife does and liked 'the curious incident of the dog in the night time' by Mark haddon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Curious-Inci...3610771&sr=8-1

can probably pick it up in Tesco on the cheap.

Somoneone beat me to it!.....I heartily agree, I took it on holiday to Crete and thoroughly enjoyed this Book, also its in the first person which personally I find easier to read

BrOw

[Anders]

Some good recommendations here. I'd highly recommend the non-fiction book Bad Science by Ben Goldacre, it's an interesting eye opener written with a good dose of wit. I know you said you're not a fan of Sci-Fi, but give Issac Asimov a go, would recommend "The End of Eternity".

[colincliff]

I enjoyed reading Tell No One by Harlan Coben,

Also the Bourne novels by Robert Ludlum are excellent - different to the films

[Dareos]

Word of the day Toilet Paper

Todays Word - Abrasion

pretty apt i found...


anyways, reading Michael Connolly and Stuart MacBride atm, both excellent

[Rave]

My missus has gone old skool () since reading every Terry Pratchett Discworld novel. She's now on John Grisham (very good and easy to read) and Tom Clancy.

Your missus likes Tom Clancy?

I've read most of his output, and the older I get, the more preposterous I find it. But then I think his output has got much more preposterous as time goes on. I read Rainbow Six on holiday last year, since I found it in our villa. Quite ridiculous, but very enjoyable, since I was more or less in on the back story of John Clarke. I'd say the two Clancy novels that are worth anyone's time are Red Storm Rising (a real masterpiece) and Clear and Present Danger (silly drug war crap, but very exciting).

Anyway, I'm not much of a reader any more, nowadays I only read novels when I'm on holiday. I know I should make more effort but I don't. But- I've read a few good books. My mate at school once sorted me out for a holiday, and lent me Fatherland and Rendevous With Rama. Two true classics in one holiday.

Then, years later, my wife insisted I read Birdsong. I read it on the train to and from work. I would recommend that everyone should read it, though not on the train, since it is by parts very erotic and quite incredibly moving- so I was embarrassed getting off the train several times for different reasons.

[BobF64]

The Forever War

I concur, whilst its a sci-fi setting, its not really about that.

I keep meaning to read the follow up books, but last time I looked I could only find them in an omnibus edition.

[0iD]

"The Quiet Room" by Lori Schiller

[watercooled]

What about Andy McNab's Bravo Two Zero? I don't think I've heard anyone who's read it say they didn't like it.

[kalniel]

I didn't like it

Was okay, but I wouldn't buy it. Borrow it instead

[GheeTsar]

"Chickenhawk" by Robert Mason:

http://www.robertcmason.com/

An amazing account of the Vietnam War as a Huey pilot.

[Lee H]

Friends like these - Danny Wallace.

Awesomely funny book about him looking for his old friends, reminising about his childhood and various other things.

[M0nkeyb0Y]

A lot of people recommending "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time", no surprise as it's a good book; I found Haddon's following book "A Spot of Bother" to be very entertaining as well.

I recently read The Road by Cormac McCarthy and it was simply the best book I've read in years.