I need a book list.?

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I am an avid reader, at least one book a day, and i need opinions on what to read. I prefer mystery novels, but i'm open to anything.  I've read all J.D. Robb, Tami Hoag, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, all of the famous authors, i've read from cover to cover, but i know there are others out there that are just as good, they just haven't been found yet.  It doesn't have to be mystery, i just finished "A million little pieces" and "my friend Leonard" and really enjoyed both.  I don't like Romance or anything star treky!  Please help!!!!!

Rose D · Accepted Answer

I'm not sure how well our tastes mesh, but here are some that I've enjoyed that I can think of off the top of my head:


Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (this is the first book in a series, so if you like it you can read the rest later)
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (again, first in a series)
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Anything by H.P. Lovecraft
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Lamb by Christopher Moore
Sparrow by Maria Doria Russell
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
The Keep by F. Paul Wilson
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
The Gates of Fire by Stephen Pressfield
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A Heinlein
Dune by Frank Herbert
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters ( first in a series)

Pixie D · Answer

Anything by Robert Cormier (SP?) He wrote the Chocolate War and I Am the Cheese. 
Also try a book called Tsosti. It's great!

natedawg008 · Answer

You might have to slow down or start re reading books. I do not know for sure if you have read these guys but John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald are all great.

Kerrie S · Answer

oz_mystery_readers will make sure you are never without something to read: http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/oz_mystery_readers/

Here are some to try:

VOICES by Arnaldur Indridason
THE BROKEN SHORE by Peter Temple
SCARED TO LIVE by Stephen Booth
ABOVE SUSPICION by Lynda La Plante
THE HOUSE SITTER by Peter Lovesey
ECHO PARK by Michael Connelly
THE MURDERERS' CLUB by P D Martin
RAVEN BLACK by Ann Cleeves
TOUCH OF FROST by R. D. Wingfield
LOOKING GOOD DEAD by Peter James
FIREWALL by Henning Mankell
SHOOTING ELVIS by Stuart Pawson
SPIDER TRAP by Barry Maitland

I need a book list.?

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