Looking for something different

[christy]

If you really interested in histroy then plz try to read the book of "Reinstine Rolder". really great it is

[tbogus]

I just finished The Shack by William P. Young and it is nothing like I have ever read. If looking for something different, this is a good and fairly easy read.

[Erin Bleek]

If you haven’t read Robert Dugoni, you should. He’s my new favorite author. Dugoni writes legal thrillers, but they’re not trial books, they’re books about injustice with a legal bent. In Wrongful Death Dugoni brings back his protagonist David Sloane and his sidekick, Charles Jenkins, from The Jury Master, and I’m glad he did. Sloane is a great character, a hero with a conscience. Now living in Seattle, Sloane is approached by the widow of a National Guardsman killed in Iraq who wants to sue the government and the military. The odds are stacked against Sloane and his client because of military law, and they get worse for him and his family when he starts investigating how this soldier died. It’s not a book about the war, but the Iraq scenes are very real and frightening. Dugoni doesn’t glorify the war, he tells it straight. If you’re looking for real characters and action packed suspense, read this book

[kristin]

What about memoirs? There's some really good ones out there, and they're page-turners but true stories, and generally quite easy to read.
My favorite one at the moment is 'Bittersweet: Lessons from My Mother's Kitchen' by Matt McAllester. It's really beautiful and touching and quite funny.

[breakingthehabit]

if you are up for it, the very very very challenging book would be Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner. That would be followed by The Secret History by Donna Tartts

[Vixen]

how complicated do you want to get.

really mind engaging= The Book Theif

slightly scary and sometimes confusing= Obsidian Butterly

depends on your taste really

[hyukawa]

i suggest the mind-bending "voyage to arcturus" by david lindsay. i consider it one of the masterpieces of science fiction.

good reviews on amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Voyage-Arcturus-B ... 0803280041

excerpt here from google books http://books.google.com/books?id=sQJZDQ ... =4#PPR8,M1

it might be a tough read if you're expecting conventional sci fi, which it is absolutely not.

[rabid reader]

if u fancy being a dog and giving a large howl at the moon try call of the wild by jack london.a little old school but still easy reading, very involving and atmospheric.fantastic read

[hyukawa]

i have another book to add to the "something different" category.

solaris by stanislas lem.

i didn't see the george clooney movie, nor the andrei tarkovsky (said to be a masterpiece). but i have read the book many times, and it just blows me away every time. lem is a giant.

[chriscash01]

try to read PlayBoy magazine hehehehe kidding., i know a book that is so very tempting to read., its name is "the favorite book of judas" i really can't remember if it was judas or satan., its just a plain black book without title.,

[dragoncub]

Hi all,

Ive have only just found this forum. I have always loved reading but kinda stopped for a while and only just got back into it over the last few years where I have mainly just been reading chick lit as its easy to read and good to chill out with but im starting to feel like they are all pretty much the same now and feel like I need something a bit more challenging but again something easy to read any recommendations for a new type of genre....

Check out these books... I am sure you will love to read them..

1. Realms (Fiction book)
http://www.dragoncub.com/books/fiction/ ... asy/realms

2. Jimmy (Horror/Suspense book)
http://www.dragoncub.com/books/fiction/ ... ries/jimmy

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[dragoncub]

and few more....

1. Approaching Our Destination (contemporary literature)
http://www.dragoncub.com/books/literatu ... estination

2. Blowing Hot and Cold
http://www.dragoncub.com/books/literatu ... t_and_cold

3. Strange Attractor: signed, limited hardcover
http://www.dragoncub.com/books/literatu ... _hardcover

[atrixa]

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov? It's a strange story, but brilliantly written.

[reyema01]

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan...

This is a really interesting book about Frank Lloyd Wright and his affair with Mamah Borthwick Cheney. This story contains social issues, and it's a story that tries to show the human emotions that tear at people in making decisions for the self as opposed to self-sacrificing decisions that males, and more importantly, women, have to make. It really made me think of how love works, and the book presents interesting philosophical questions


" I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current.

"-Mamah Borthwick

This story is interestingly written in the perspective of Mamah, and her justifying the reasons why she had this affair with this man.
Just something different, and based on real people, but really an intriguing tale.

[speechless]

If you want to try satire there are two books that came out recently that are good:

Junk by Christopher Largen- the tale of a future where junk food is outlawed, and the consequences that follow. This is a criticism of current junk food laws in the making.

Exec TV by David A. Brensilver- the story of a narcissistic filmmaker who decides to create something "different" by filming the live execution of a death row inmate. This is a criticism of reality tv and how ridiculous it has the potential to be (or already is).

These books are uniquely written. Unfortunately it's a bit difficult to locate them. You can go to www.encpress.com to find them. I like satire so I think these books are great. Actually, like? I LOVE satire, it's probably my favorite genre.

Also, for satirical classes, try Animal Farm. That's a social commentary as well. Anything by George Orwell is pretty different from the average book, so you should check him out. His books give me chills. They're almost like thrillers. 1984 is a must too.