great reads - books that you would recommend to anybody

[colin007]

Great Gatsby the book is amazing. Cormac Mccarthy is America's greatest living writer - The Road, All the Pretty Horses, Blood Meridian, No Country For Old Men...

[danieldrieberg]

Originally Posted by hammondc

For all my nerds out there....Space Chronicles : Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

+1

also for a change up I would recommend a GRAPHIC NOVEL that made the NY Times best 100 Novels of the 20th Century...The Watchmen by Alan Moore

http://www.amazon.com/Watchmen-Alan-Moore/dp/0930289234

Another Graphic novel  Y: The Last Man

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Vol-Unmanned/dp/1563899809

and finally the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy  Douglas Adams

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords;=hitchhikers%20guide%20to%20the%20galaxy&sprefix;=Hitch%2Cstripbooks%2C197&rh;=i%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3Ahitchhikers%20guide%20to%20the%20galaxy

[clearwaterms]

Originally Posted by danieldrieberg

+1

also for a change up I would recommend a GRAPHIC NOVEL that made the NY Times best 100 Novels of the 20th Century...The Watchmen by Alan Moore

http://www.amazon.com/Watchmen-Alan-Moore/dp/0930289234

Another Graphic novel  Y: The Last Man

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Vol-Unmanned/dp/1563899809

and finally the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy  Douglas Adams

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords;=hitchhikers%20guide%20to%20the%20galaxy&sprefix;=Hitch%2Cstripbooks%2C197&rh;=i%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3Ahitchhikers%20guide%20to%20the%20galaxy

For the fantasy fans, I have really enjoyed the Harry Dresden books written by Jim Butcher.

[boogielicious]

Pat Conroy, "Lords of Discipline", "The Great Santini" and "The Prince of Tides".  Wonderful writer.  Prince of Tides is not really like the movie.  They left a lot out in the movie.

http://www.patconroy.com

For fun, easy-read mysteries, Preston and Child, Agent Pendergast series.  Start with "Relic".   Their solo books are good too.

http://www.prestonchild.com

Favorite of all time: "To Kill a Mockingbird", by Harper Lee

[Ernest Jones]

Originally Posted by danieldrieberg

and finally the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy  Douglas Adams

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords;=hitchhikers%20guide%20to%20the%20galaxy&sprefix;=Hitch%2Cstripbooks%2C197&rh;=i%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3Ahitchhikers%20guide%20to%20the%20galaxy

+100 on Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and all of its sequels.

I can't believe I forgot about Wallace Stegner in my first post. Amazing author. I highly recommend, "Angle of Repose" for which he won a pulitzer prize.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/292408.Angle_of_Repose

Truly amazing piece of writing.

[clearwaterms]

I started reading a book recently entitled "The Gods of Gotham" by Lyndsay Faye.  It is great.  The story takes place in 19th century New York at the very beginning of the NYPD.  Lots of history, very relatable characters (flawed, and believable)

I recommend picking it up.