What kind of books does everyone like to read?

What are your favourite books?

Favourite Authors?

Etc. Etc.

I dont' read anything other than text books but if I were to read then my favourite genre would be horror or thriller.

I'm a Sci-fi/Fantasy nut, I also love comedy. They are my main genres but I'll also read crime and thrillers, and the occasional trashy romance.

Favourite Authors:
Terry Pratchett (comedic fantasy)
Stephen Baxter (hardcore sci-fi)
Janet Evanovich (comedic romantic crime)
Alan Dean Foster (imaginative sci-fi)
Isaac Asimov (ditto)
Arthur C Clarke (ditto)

Take about a fifth of what Synopsis reads and that's what I read, plus a few historical books (a few autobiographies, War and Peace, ...)

He reads a fucking lot of books.

Synopsis: Read any H G Wells?

When I was younger I read a couple of his books. I have the musical version of War of the Worlds on CD.

:D

I'm kinda running out of reading material at the moment. I've made a half-hearted attempt at reading a book on Teutonic myth but... meh.

:D

Is that like Hard Core porn but sci-fi?

oh har de har har.

No I term sci-fi that really gets into the nuts and bolts of the laws of physics and their consequences hardcore sci-fi, as opposed to more imaginative sci-fi that just makes a barebones explanation of its technology and then concentrates on its plot.

I like the forensic crime stories

Jeffery Deaver (of Bone Collector fame)
Kathy Reichs
James Patterson.

And here comes the cliche, I love the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. No, I'm not some little gothling either.

Oh, and stuff like The Oydssey, Anthem, Animal Farm etc. Go the classics.

Ok Ill chime in

I like Sci-Fi (no I guess not HardCore Sci Fi :) ) and Fantasy

Sci Fi Ill read anything, but my favourite are star wars books (yes Im a massive star wars geek)

Fantasy, I only recently got into (LOTR doesnt count, everyones read that) with Robert Jordans Wheel Of Time series that thanks to my gf, Im now very much addicted to.

Ive read some literature that Alec pointed my way, such as Catch 22, Catcher in the Rye and The Things They Carried, I thought all were very good reads but I wouldnt know how to seek out such classics myself.

terry pratchet- disc world novels = awesome stuff
edgar allan poe - perverse horror, posh stuff.....short stories...... ( ? )
bryce courtenay - often sad, always touching and inspirational.
j k rowling - woohooyayeeyay! (to quote my favourite little sea-thing)

yeah, horror definitely. not a big chick lit fan, but anyone who is should DEFINITELY read Rachels Holiday by the queen of chick lit herself, marian keyes. its brilliant!

I've read the things they carried, it was a really good book.

I'm reading fear & loathing at the moment since I never got around to reading it.

Lately i've read Chuck Palahniuk, Pratchett, Some philosophy stuff; Foucault, Heidegger, some Ranginui Walker, Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts is a fantastic book, um, Matt Ruff - Set this house in order is quite good, some crappy murder mystery stuff by Henning Mankel, some architectural theory, that's about all I can think of.

Just out of curiousity, Ahmed, what Palahniuk novel/s have you read? My flatmate and I finished Lullaby at the beginning of the year and keep making lame references to the culling song at every opportunity.

Just read fight club recently.
I was going to buy lullaby sometime this week, but i've been stupidly busy and haven't finished Fear & Loathing yet.

Right then, I shan't say any more. Far be it from me to ruin the plot. Even though the culling song reference was completely unintentional.

Must get a hold of Fight Club. Grr, I'm going to have to buy it, seeing as the library never has it in.

Some British guy left it at my flat so I taxed it.

Some people have all the luck.

Stupid British...

I love John Grisham's legal thrillers. Alice Walker's great too ['The Color Purple']. Other than that I enjoy reading autobiographies, esp. by my favourite artists.

A few that have surprised me were real classics - Pride and Predjudice and Vanity Fair. Wickedly funny, very astute quite satirical. I'd never got into American classic lit that much (although I've read Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird etc) but did read John Steinbeck's East of Eden and again, was surprised at how good it was... it could still shock.

I do prefer contemporary novellists - wit, intelligence and dark humour are my prerequisites for enjoyment though. I don't read romances, chick lit or rambling horror / sci-f type novels (Stephen King is a big no).

Find for this year: A history of torture though the middle ages - it's a great read :D

fight club is currently in for sale at either the Hard to Find at Devenport or the other one over there - can't remember which, but it was there last weekend.

Evergreen Books? Down the road from Hard to Find? (and better IMO)

no good anyway, just remembered that Sarey is in Hamilton :dance:

Iain M Banks - seriously funny, philosophical, and cynical space opera (epic science fiction).

Patrick O'Brian - gripping action and characterisation from the 18th/19th century British Royal Navy. Seen "Master and Commander" with useless Russell Crowe? The novels are approximately a billion times better than that adaptation.