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been watching far too much tele the last few years and was wondering if there any ideas on any good books to read. true crime / crime novels, i heard the new stephan king book is good, but is it heavy going ?
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Best Seller and 12 million copies sold worldwide but... The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo BY Stieg Larsson is a pretty rivetting thriller.
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It's a big heavy.
The Stieg Larsson novels have been amazing sellers - everyone i've spoken to who's read them said they couldn't put them down. Also the Harlen Coban novels are supposed to be ok. If you like True Crime the book "Columbine" is extremely well written. In more general Fiction - "The Road" is one of the best novels i've read in a very long time. |
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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Thank me later. Not much crime but a tincy wincy bit better than Stephen King. |
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vanity fair is very good. The film was a nice adaptation too.
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Anything by Cormac McCarthy :-)
Just bought to Larsson ones - 550 pages each. Better be good. |
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Cormac McCarthy :x
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the daddy of them all.
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote |
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I tend not to rate women crime writers too highly, but I always enjoy the Barbara Nadal books featuring Inspector Cetin Ikmen.
They're based in Istanbul, where I used to live. |
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the daddy of them all.
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote ********************************* If you liked that you'll love this etc Executioners Song and or Oswald's Tale by Norman Mailer. Gary Gilmore and Lee Harvey respectively. |
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Kinky Friedman - anything - easy reads and quite fun.
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I'm reading 'Seeing Red' at the moment, the book by referee Graham Poll.
It's 400 pages of him saying that he's not the tw@t everyone thinks, but the message I'm getting very strongly is that he's a tw@t. |
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Just bought Reyes' selection from Amazon.
Holiday reading for my snowboarding trip. |
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send it over when you've finished mate. lost mine !
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garlicbread 13 Jan 20:37
I'm reading 'Seeing Red' at the moment, the book by referee Graham Poll. It's 400 pages of him saying that he's not the tw@t everyone thinks, but the message I'm getting very strongly is that he's a tw@t. **************************************************************** Not half as much a tw@t as you are for buying it. ;-) |
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i;d like to read that too. Bit grim though isn't it?
I never quite got why people like True crime. My sister is reading a book about Shannon Matthew's family and all that business. Bit Grim. |
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I guess it's because truth is often stranger than fiction, Rusty.
Have you ever read about Sawney Bean? There's a grim tale if ever there was one. |
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LA Confidential by James Ellroy is a great read, as is American Tabloid by the same writer
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Good point Carlo, though in my defense, I had a £25 WH Smiths voucher and no need for further porn.
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I've recommended this book several times, but just in case anyone missed it:
Fast Company by Jon Bradshaw. I rate it as a must for the gambling minded. Bradshaw spent a year on the road with six legendary hustlers: Titanic Thompson; Minnesota Fats; Bobby Riggs; Tim Holland; Puggy Pearson; and Johnny Moss. Fascinating and wonderfully written. |
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It's a slim volume and available on Ebay for 99p.
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cheers all
i will try The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , and also fast company. i will also get murder machine, about the gambino mob family. any other suggestions welcome. any on interested in true crime, the westies is another good book on dis-organised crime in new york. |
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I can recommend 9/11 Commission by Thomas Kean. Hilarious.
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relentless is a great thriller with a great storyline that draws you in immediatly
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Just about to start 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' and have ordered 'The Road, nice to see both on this list.
Finished Faceless Killers, a Wallander book, it was ok. |
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Clockwork 13 Jan 21:25
I can recommend 9/11 Commission by Thomas Kean. Hilarious Praise the Lord and pass the probe, Clocky's back! I hope you're well :) |
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I went through a period about 8 years ago of reading the 'classics' to make up for the fact I was wasting my life in a well-paid but essentially pointless job. Vanity Fair broke me. I'm not saying it's not a great book, but my GOD what a start. The first paragraph goes on for about three chapters. Some of the sentences are longer than entire children's books. I tried and tried and tried again, but couldn't get past the second page without my mind wandering to football.
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^ Sounds like every one of the Harry Potter books. Utter tripe.
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Conn Iggulden has written 3 superb books about Genghis Khan. I'm not a historical fiction book reader but had these recommended - they are fantastic and a must read.
2 books into the Harry Bosch thrillers by Michael Connelly - v good also. |
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lol, there's been a few threads about Michael Connelly, bit of a naughty pleasure IMO.
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Try Proust, Sparky, particularly A la recherche du temps perdu . It makes Thackeray seem like a snappy wee piece.
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garlicbread...as I shall call you...I read the first and stopped there...but there's no denying a HUGE number of people have enjoyed them, so perhaps it's us who've lost the magic.
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Obviously I started watching the films once Hermione was legal, mind.
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Orioles? War and Peace? I was led to believe that was the biggest effort? Maybe it's just the longest.
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no Vikrham Seth's A Suitable Boy is the longest novel in general release i think. 600,000+ words
L Ron Hubbard wrote some tripe that rambled on for 10m words or somthing but Seth's novel is considered the longest proper novel i think. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_novels
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It's not the length, it's the construction, Spark.
Oddly enough, that's what my tattoo says. |
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Well yeah I wasn't claiming it was THAT long (I've said that before) but I saw a list of the family members mentioned and that went on for several pages alone!
Moby Dick is a decent read, but I love the bit about a quarter the way in where it just turns into a whaling manual! Inspiring stuff...which i didn't read! |
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I enjoyed reading Harry Potter.
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Moby Dick is superb. One of the greatest books I've ever read.
Next to Asterix and the Secret Agent. |