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Post by Sir B3na1i on Apr 3, 2024 20:03:32 GMT
We do music, we do TV and Film I'm now after book recommendations. I'm in a bit of a reading slump and I'm looking for someone good and new to me in the crime, horror or legal thriller genres. Anyone got anything good to recommend
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Post by OneBeat on Apr 3, 2024 20:21:04 GMT
I don't really read anything in those genres, I tend to stick to Punk, history or comedy. But I was sent The Bite by Jim X Dodge to review, Zombie stuff is not really my thing, but it's quite short and I thought it was ok. The Bite / Earth Island
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Post by StEtienne on Apr 3, 2024 20:21:39 GMT
Doesn’t hit any of those genres but you may enjoy it….not long finished A Dead Man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess. Very good.
Also, for something a bit different but a quick dark read - Grief is the thing with feathers by Max Porter. Also Lanny by the same author.
You’re welcome.
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Post by Willshakes. on Apr 4, 2024 7:10:07 GMT
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. An absolute page turner that captures the human spirit.
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Post by THE BEAST on Apr 4, 2024 9:25:19 GMT
We do music, we do TV and Film I'm now after book recommendations. I'm in a bit of a reading slump and I'm looking for someone good and new to me in the crime, horror or legal thriller genres. Anyone got anything good to recommend got some good reads but nothing in those genres
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Apr 4, 2024 10:02:13 GMT
I only really read sci-fi these days...
..however I can recommend some Sci-fi horror: Neal Asher's Spatterjay trilogy (starting with The Skinner) are decidedly unpleasant
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Post by yateleysaint on Apr 4, 2024 10:50:01 GMT
Nazi Billionaires is good but a bit niche and not belonging to those genres.
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Post by melrose on Apr 4, 2024 12:50:38 GMT
Well - Stating the bleeding obvious anything by Stephen King or John Grisham is reliably good. King's books will teach you more about the real small-town America than virtually anything else. Ant his books are often not really about the monsters - eg IT is the best book I have ever read about being a kid. And then getting older.
Here - not in genre (although all feature a crime or crimes and some horrible thigs happen) - are some of the best I have read recently - or ever. All wonderful books that will stay with you.
The Secret History and The Goldfinch - both by Donna Tartt
Piranesi - by Susanna Clarke
A Visit from the Goon Squad - by Jennifer Egan - Even Tone would like this one - the first chapters are set in the LA Punk scene in the early 80's.
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Post by threehundred on Apr 4, 2024 14:46:05 GMT
Well - Stating the bleeding obvious anything by Stephen King or John Grisham is reliably good. King's books will teach you more about the real small-town America than virtually anything else. Ant his books are often not really about the monsters - eg IT is the best book I have ever read about being a kid. And then getting older. Here - not in genre (although all feature a crime or crimes and some horrible thigs happen) - are some of the best I have read recently - or ever. All wonderful books that will stay with you. The Secret History and The Goldfinch - both by Donna Tartt Piranesi - by Susanna Clarke A Visit from the Goon Squad - by Jennifer Egan - Even Tone would like this one - the first chapters are set in the LA Punk scene in the early 80's. I don’t read much (to my shame) - only when I’m on holiday. 299 sticks them in front of me and I generally read what she suggests. Some fine books here though - the two Tartts are brilliant and I enjoyed Piransi very much too. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell was Susanna Clarke’s debut and I loved it… if you haven’t read that, melrose , you’ll really enjoy it based on the other 3 choices. Given your fine picks, I’m gonna read a Visit from the Goon Squad
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Apr 4, 2024 17:22:16 GMT
We do music, we do TV and Film I'm now after book recommendations. I'm in a bit of a reading slump and I'm looking for someone good and new to me in the crime, horror or legal thriller genres. Anyone got anything good to recommend got some good reads but nothing in those genres I'll take them, stick them down. It's not just for me I'm sure others will like a recommendation too
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Apr 4, 2024 17:24:00 GMT
Well - Stating the bleeding obvious anything by Stephen King or John Grisham is reliably good. King's books will teach you more about the real small-town America than virtually anything else. Ant his books are often not really about the monsters - eg IT is the best book I have ever read about being a kid. And then getting older. Here - not in genre (although all feature a crime or crimes and some horrible thigs happen) - are some of the best I have read recently - or ever. All wonderful books that will stay with you. The Secret History and The Goldfinch - both by Donna Tartt Piranesi - by Susanna Clarke A Visit from the Goon Squad - by Jennifer Egan - Even Tone would like this one - the first chapters are set in the LA Punk scene in the early 80's. Done most Grisham and King over the years but the other stuff is new to me so thank you
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Post by flashman on Apr 4, 2024 21:50:40 GMT
None of those topics or really new, but I recommend the Flashman series if you haven’t read already. The way GMF rights him into the history works well. A bit little Englander, harks back to Empire and unreconstructed views, but matches the historical context.
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Post by yateleysaint on Apr 5, 2024 7:00:48 GMT
I’ve given this some more thought and I read a good vampire book a while back that was recommended to me by my sister. It was later adapted for TV and I watched that series too but now I can’t remember the name of the author or the name of the book… …After some circuitous Googling I’ve discovered that the book is called The Passage and it’s by Justin Cronin. The TV version was OK but didn’t really do the book justice. It still made it onto this list in 13th (spooky!!!) place though. I’d definitely recommend the book if you haven’t already read it. There’s a squeakwel or two as well. (Ed: it’s a trilogy. You read the first and second books but maybe not the third. Stephen King rates it apparently: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passage_(Cronin_novel)www.imdb.com/list/ls000076698?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
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Post by THE BEAST on Apr 6, 2024 14:48:30 GMT
got some good reads but nothing in those genres I'll take them, stick them down. It's not just for me I'm sure others will like a recommendation too currently reading: Jasper Fforde, start with "Shades of Grey" and then there is a sequel called "Red Side Story", he describes his own writing genre as "absurdist fiction", I personally find it a nice relaxing read that's not too challenging but highly enjoyable. don't know if I would recommend his other books, but these 2 were a clever and humorous read. I can also highly recommend John Scalzi, his "old man's War" series is brilliant sci-fi, start with the book "Old man's War" and you can chase up the sequels if you want to. He's got some great easily readable stand-alone books like "Starter Villain" which I think you might like just for its sly humour and its rampant piss take of the bond genre. I can also recommend "Agent to the Stars" & "Kaiju Preservation Society" as some nice easy reading you can zip through but, is at the same time, really captivating. Pierce Brown writes some interesting sci-fi, "Red Rising" is the start of a series and well worth reading, the next 2 in the series get progressively more involved with the whole storyline and then after that it goes to shit but the first 3 are probably worth reading. I would always recommend William Gibson, some of his stuff, most of it actually, has been made into TV or movies, the books are ALWAYS better. "The Peripheral" was a TV series that inexplicably they only made one series of, the book however is better. "Neuromancer" I think is going to be made into a movie soon but the book is great, there are loads of other books he's written, I would honestly recommend anyone of them. "Johnny Mnemonic" was also one of his although again the book is better. you should also look up "Burning Chrome". Neal Stephenson I can't recommend highly enough, I've never read one of his books I didn't like and they are so very clever and complex and engaging. You probably heard of "Snow Crash", if not pick it up. There are many many others. "Quicksilver" is book number one in his Baroque Cycle, followed by "The Confusion" and finally "The System of the World", it's a wonderful series. also of note is the Crypto series starting with "Cryptonomicon". But whichever of his books you pick up you can't pick the wrong one. lastly, you've probably read this guy, but Ben Aaronovitch is brilliant, all of his books are good but you really need to get them in order. the "Rivers of London" series (and indeed that is the title of the first book) may well be right up your alley, it's based in proper police procedurals, and set in proper police systems and practices however it mixes in fantasy and weirdness galore. I like the way it's set in contemporary Britain, the lead character is a black copper in the Met, who comes across something that changes his life. Can't recommend it highly enough, it gets a bit weird in places through the series but the writing is always brilliant and some of the comedy which is just scattered about within it just makes me giggle out loud (although when I try and tell the wife, she just doesn't get it… so maybe it's me?) anyway, enjoy. I've got more recommendations if you want them, obscure little modern rural fantasists like Cory Doctorow (the guy is brilliant) or Eliot Peper (also brilliant)… I could write a novel about people that write novels that I like to be honest *Late edit* someone just recommended this to me… Sounds like it might be up your alley as well? "The Price You Pay by Aidan Truhen "
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Post by yateleysaint on Apr 6, 2024 18:39:16 GMT
I’ve heard of Cory Doctorow in library circles but haven’t read any of his stuff.
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