Need Book Reccomendations?

Hi. I love getting book recommendations. I'll provide a list of books I like just to give you an idea. Thanx in advance!





Barbara Kingsolver - Bean Trees, Pigs in Heaven, and Prodigal Summer


Picoult - Plain Truth and a couple others





Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (but didn't like Peony..)


Crescent


Garden Spells





Piers Anthony and Nicholas Sparks





And anything by Native American authors





Please do not suggest anything too dark. And i've already got that Vampire series book suggested to me a thousand times.


I am a well educated adult so please nothing from the Young Adult section.





Thanx again!

Need Book Reccomendations?
The Girl with No Shadow


Harris revisits characters from 1999's bestselling Chocolat in this equally delectable modern fairy tale. More than four years have passed since Vianne Rocher pitted her enchanted chocolate confections against the local clergy's interpretation of Lent in smalltown France; since then, Vianne has renounced magic, changed her name to Yanne Charbonneau and moved with her two daughters to Paris's Montmartre district. There, Yanne embraces conformity and safety, much to the dismay of her increasingly troubled older daughter, Anouk. When Anouk becomes entranced with Zozie de l'Alba, an exotic itinerant who happens upon a job at the new shop, and the relationship grows increasingly sinister, Yanne must call up all of Vianne's powers, culinary and mystical, to save her family. Harris again structures the narrative (told in alternate chapters by Zozie, Yanne and Anouk) around a liturgical season (in this case Advent). Harris gives fans much to savor in this multilayered novel, from the descriptions (including Yanne's mouthwatering chocolate confections, Zozie's whimsical footwear and Anouk's artistic efforts) to the novel's classic, enduring theme of good vs. evil—and the difficulty of telling the difference.











Unaccustomed Earth


Starred Review. The gulf that separates expatriate Bengali parents from their American-raised children—and that separates the children from India—remains Lahiri's subject for this follow-up to Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake. In this set of eight stories, the results are again stunning. In the title story, Brooklyn-to-Seattle transplant Ruma frets about a presumed obligation to bring her widower father into her home, a stressful decision taken out of her hands by his unexpected independence. The alcoholism of Rahul is described by his elder sister, Sudha; her disappointment and bewilderment pack a particularly powerful punch. And in the loosely linked trio of stories closing the collection, the lives of Hema and Kaushik intersect over the years, first in 1974 when she is six and he is nine; then a few years later when, at 13, she swoons at the now-handsome 16-year-old teen's reappearance; and again in Italy, when she is a 37-year-old academic about to enter an arranged marriage, and he is a 40-year-old photojournalist. An inchoate grief for mothers lost at different stages of life enters many tales and, as the book progresses, takes on enormous resonance. Lahiri's stories of exile, identity, disappointment and maturation evince a spare and subtle mastery that has few contemporary equals.








The Host: A Novel


Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.





Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.





Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves-Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.





Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time.
Reply:Time Travelers Wife, Poison Study by Maria V Snyder, Veil of Roses, Other Boylen Girl, Lovely Bones, March, Eat Love Pray, Last Lecture, Three Cups of Tea, Water for Elephants, Memory Keepers Daughter, Thousand Splendid Suns, Unaccustomed Earth, Love Walked In, Belong to Me, Remember Me, Good In Bed, Breaking Her Fall, Lost and Found, Then She Found Me, Past Secrets, Secret Life of Bees, Thirteenth Tale, Names My Sisters Call Me, History of Love, P.S. I love You, Inheritance of Loss, Whole World Over





Most of these can be found in the fiction literature section
Reply:Hi RedPower, I never have enough time, and now as a Y/A addict I have even less! So I don't read much fiction, but have you read, "The Lakota Way" by Joseph Marshall III? It gives such a great perspective of the Lakota philosophy. Oh, and I recently read "Ride the Wind" by Lucia St. Clair Robson. It is the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, the white wife of the Comanche Nacona, and mother of Quanah Parker, the last of the Comanche to surrender at Fort Sill, OK. While it is fiction, it is based on actual events.





Happy readings!
Reply:Try reading some Mo Yan (Red Sorghum is a good starting point.)





I loved a Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo





I also really liked The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak.





Sherman Alexie is a fantastic Native American author. His latest is YA, but the rest of his stuff is for adults.





Louise Erdrich is another Native American author. I'll admit I've only read her stuff for children, but it was very good and she has several adult novels.





Hope that helps!
Reply:I'd suggest Battle Royale if you were into that kind of thing, but it doesn't seem like you are so my suggestions are:


Summerland by Michael Chabon


Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (good for both children and adults)


Anything by James Herriot (if you like animals)


A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (satire)


In Cold Blood by Truman Capote


As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner


The Incident of the Curious Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon


The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho


Anything else by Paulo Coelho


The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka








Hope this helps. I know they might not be your usual type, but they are really great books.
Reply:I really like Ted Dekker's books. They are a little dark, but have light endings. One of his books that isn't dark is called "Blink of an Eye." Some of his other books that you may like are Black, Red, and White. They are a trilogy.
Reply:Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. One of the best books I've ever read. A classic too.





Also check out Chuck Palahniuk. He's genius! I suggest Invisible Monsters, Diary, and Survivor.
Reply:well my sister im reading a book now that really really has gotten me so intrested im cherokee and apache but this book focuses on my cherokee side but its so great its called voices of my ancestors its great teachs alot about our tribes prior to when the whites invaded... very good


wado


~Cherokee74
Reply:I just finished Year Of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks. It is subtitled a novel of the plague. Its quite good. She also recently published People Of The Book - very different but also quite good.
Reply:I highly recommend anything by these authors:


Clive Cussler


Terry Pratchett


William Martin


Christopher Moore


Jack Du Brul


James Michener


Neil Gaiman


Laura Joh Rowland
Reply:I love all of Meg Cabot and Sophie Kinsella's books. I am in the process of reading Emily Giffins books now. They are really great authors.
Reply:The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde.
Reply:John Connoly's "The Book of Lost Things" is really really good. It's like a modern-ish fairy tale about a young boy who goes to this other world to find his mother who died of cancer. Even though it's like a fairy tale and it's about a little boy, it's geared to adults. It is a little dark but not terribly so.





Also, I really enjoy just about anything by Charles de Lint. It's contemporary fantasy and while not written by a Native American, there are a lot of Native American themes.





Since you like Piers Anthony and are obviously a fan of humor, I recommend "Lamb" by Christopher Moore. It's about Jesus' childhood pal Biff. It's absolutely hilarious! (Just make sure you're willing to have a sense of humor when it comes to the Bible. ;))





"The Wild Reel" by Paul Brandon


and


"War For the Oaks" by Emma Bull are also worth the time it takes to read them. :)

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