I know there are several other book-threads, but these threads do not focus on novels per se...also, they are not really filtered for awesomeness. Please recommend none but awesome (or at least excellent) novels here. I will start by recommending The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler, which I have been reading lately and which is indeed awesome.

Also, I am about to go to the library, so it would be helpful if I could get a couple of recommendations in the next few minutes.

10/2/2010 1:47:09 PM

"A Piece of Cake" by Cupcake Brown (but it's a memoir)

10/2/2010 1:58:42 PM

Dune, Frank Herbert is p. good

10/2/2010 1:59:11 PM

Master your finances & Shake it up

10/2/2010 2:03:38 PM

^^^
memoirs are often interesting, and I like the sound of the title and author

^^
I read Dune like 12 years ago, but good call...it was good, and it's about time I read it again.

v I haven't read that


[Edited on October 2, 2010 at 2:14 PM. Reason : /]

10/2/2010 2:07:50 PM

Just to add some filthy to the list...

Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller

[Edited on October 2, 2010 at 2:12 PM. Reason : I imagine that everything I could recommend, you've already read.]

10/2/2010 2:08:14 PM

May i suggest that with each recommend novel, you give kinda a gist of what its about (genre, setting, etc)?

So one perusing this thread can quickly evaluate if they might want to check it out.

10/2/2010 2:13:23 PM

Can't say about ToC. I only read the dirty parts.

10/2/2010 2:44:08 PM

Quote :

"Dune, Frank Herbert is p. good"

understatement of the year

10/2/2010 10:04:58 PM

Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg.

This is a fast-paced detective story, marvelously written, and the ending is truly 10/10.

10/14/2010 10:23:12 PM

Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell

10/14/2010 10:24:50 PM

White Noise by Don DeLillo.

10/15/2010 12:04:14 AM

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon.

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Stephen Galloway.

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.

the Dark Tower series (7 novels) by Stephen King.

10/15/2010 12:16:38 PM

mrs frisby and the rats of nimh

10/15/2010 12:24:19 PM

10/15/2010 12:27:14 PM

Of Human Bondage by Sommerset Maugham

The Razor's Edge by Sommerset Maugham

Lolita by Nabakov

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Dune through God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert... it gets a bit silly after that, and I personally think God Emperor is the peak of the series.

10/15/2010 12:28:42 PM

^ The Trilogy his son wrote is pretty awesome so far. I'm in the middle of the second book right now. Going to read the other books his son wrote after I finish the trilogy.

10/15/2010 12:48:26 PM

Finished Too Fat to Fish about a month ago. (sorry not a novel) Powerful stuff. Can be read in one or two sittings.

10/15/2010 12:53:00 PM

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10/15/2010 12:57:22 PM

The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss is great and the sequel is coming out this coming spring. A speculative fiction/fantasy book that is a breath of fresh air from the staleness the genre has turned into since the 60s.

If for some reason you didn't read The Count of Monte Cristo in school, I definitely recommend checking it out. Or if you did read it and read the abridged version, the unabridged version is definitely worth it.

The Song Of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin is definitely worth it. Don't be scared off by the fact it gets grouped into "fantasy" as it is very, very good writing and some solid world building.

All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy

10/15/2010 1:01:14 PM

Quote :

"the Dark Tower series (7 novels) by Stephen King."

I was thinking about recommending this. I'm currently in the middle of Wizard and Glass (book 4). It might take a while to read though, it's over 4000 pages total.

10/15/2010 1:08:22 PM

Wizard and Glass was far and away my favorite of the series and stands as my favorite single book by King. Just amazing. The whole series is certainly a marathon read though.

*For aspiring Dark Tower readers--the first volume (The Gunslinger) is the weakest. Not bad by any means though--and do remember that King was 18 or 19 when he wrote it. The expanded version released a few years ago is better, but don't judge the entire series based on the first volume.

10/15/2010 1:56:36 PM

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

10/15/2010 3:22:01 PM

City of Thieves by David Benioff.

Read it. You'll be glad you did.

10/15/2010 3:52:56 PM

^
I read this...good recommendation, it was indeed awesome.

Vanity Fair by Thackeray. It's a very long book, but at times downright hilarious and of the highest literary merit.

12/10/2010 3:25:22 PM

the beastly epic - moby muthafucking dick

100%

12/10/2010 3:26:36 PM