The SMB Book thread

[sedling]

Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein.

 

[Dibble]

Victoria by Knut Hamsun. On the surface, a romance, and lost love. The way this short book is written and the end is both beautiful and devastating.

 

[Boz33]

One of the last books I read, along with 'The Guvnor' by Lenny Mclean. Decent, but not great. Just 2 books of anecdotes really. I'm not big on autobiographies tbh.



Already have it. It was the first book I thought of and downloaded. Loved the original film.

The Stand looks like it's a must-read for me.

Sound like you like horro type stuff try silence of the lambs, Thomas HarrisHarris

 

[Lester Ballard]

Blood Meridien - Cormac McCarthy
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
The Stand - Stephen King
Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurty
Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh

Read them all, you'll not be disappointed.

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell is an old favourite of mine.

Swan Song by Robert McCammon - I read this recently and really enjoyed it.

...and another shout for Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. I'm constantly re-reading these. I always read Hogfather at Christmas.

Oh, aye The Aquariums of Pyongyang was really interesting.

Swan Song is very very good like.

 

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[Deleted member 1394]

It - Stephen King
Legend - David Gemmell
Winter King, Enemy of God, Excalibur - Bernard Cornwell

 

[TNT73]

Leon Uris - Trinity

 

[tonyfromalnwick]

Anybody read any of Umberto Eco's stuff ? I tried Foucaults Pendulum and gave up very early on.

 

[bk]

A Season with Verona

I loved that too.

 

[Deleted member 5265]

Time for a Tiger by Anthony Burgess. Satire of British colonial rule in 1950s Malaya. His first novel. Loved it. 9/10

 

[Deleted member 40035]

Jack Rod - The best club ever

0/10 I'm sure its good for him but its not so good for us fans, wa wa wah

 

[cluffy]

Cancer Ward by Solzhenitsyn is class and surprisingly funny.
Always loved The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury
Loads more...

 

[PaulRamone]

Anybody read any of Umberto Eco's stuff ? I tried Foucaults Pendulum and gave up very early on.

Why did you give up?

 

[bmp1970]

Bravo two zero..

Only kidding..

Down and Out in Paris

George Orwell

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

Don't normally read novels but a couple that spring to mind are Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres (ignore the crap film) and The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Both great reads.

 

[fyl2u]

Adventures of Wim? Thought is was disappointing to be honest. The original was a one-off.

No the other one... The Search For The Dice Man!

 

[zwartekat]

A couple of novels I recently re-read and found just as good as first reading:

Restoration by Rose Tremain

Under The Net by Iris Murdoch

 

[tonyfromalnwick]

Why did you give up?

I just found it very hard going. Have you read it?

 

[PaulRamone]

I just found it very hard going. Have you read it?

Yeah, I think it's worth persevering with, it explains a lot of conspiracy theories that have been around for years. I'm reading The Prague Cemetary at the minute, which is similar, both good books but quite complicated to follow.

 

[Monty Pigeon]

Yeah, I think it's worth persevering with, it explains a lot of conspiracy theories that have been around for years. I'm reading The Prague Cemetery at the minute, which is similar, both good books but quite complicated to follow.

Me too. Just started it.