Monday, October 11, 2010

Official Book Recommendation Post

Hi,

This post is intended to give people a place to recommend books to me for this project.  Just post in the comments or send me an email and I will update it so everyone can see it.

Recommendations so far:

Rebecca by Daphne De Maurier (Maggie)
The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (Nick)
The Belgariad and The Mallorean by David Eddings (Nick)
Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony (Nick)
The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny (Nick)
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (Mom)
A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving (Tripp)
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe (Tripp)
The Infinite Jest  by David Foster Wallace (Chris G.)
Cryptomonicon by Neal Stevenson 
(Chris G.)
The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker (Chris G.)
The John Dortmunder Series by Donald E. Westlake (Dad)
The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. (Jana) 
The Leopard (Italian: Il Gattopardo) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 

Recommendations which I've already read:
  • Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Jason)
    •  (11/21/2011)
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Chris G.)
    • I read this book as part of this project (9/24/2011)
  • The Things they Carried by Tim O'Brien (Tripp)
    • I read this book as part of this project (8/26/2011)
  • Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (Tripp)
    • I read this book as part of this project (6/13/2011)
  • The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Jackie)
    • I read this book as part of this project (4/25/2011)
  • Never Let Me Go by Kazou Ishiguru (Chris S.)
    • I read this book as part of this project (3/20/2011)
  • The Book Thief  by Markus Zusak  (Chris G.)
    • I read this book as part of this project (2/24/2011)
  • The Professor and the Madman  by Simon Winchestor (Tripp)
    • I read this book as part of this project (12/17/2010)
  • Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Rhonda)
    • I read this book as part of this project (12/7/2010)
  • Feed by M.T. Anderson (Tripp/Jana)
    • I read this book as part of this project. (11/29/2010)
  • The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway (Dad) 
    • I read this back in high school and would like to read it again one day
  • Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (Tripp)
    • I read this a few years ago and loved it.

47 comments:

  1. How about Rebecca? It's on the BBC list, and it's a really good one!

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  2. Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss
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  4. Hi Jason,
    I recommend Life of Pi - it seems that readers either love it or hate it. I loved it.
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  5. A few recommendations, most of which I can let you borrow:

    Feed, by M.T. Anderson;
    A Prayer for Owen Meaney, by John Irving;
    The Right Stuff, by Tom Wolfe;
    The Professor and the Madman, by Simon Winchester;
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    Tripp

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  6. I would add my endorsement to Feed as well and while on the young adult recommendations can I add The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Everyone I have recommended this to has loved it. Sort of Lord of the Flies meets reality TV with a touch of Enders Game. The third book is not as strong as the first two but it is still satisfying. Currenly I am reading The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough. It is so fascinating if you are looking for some very readable nonfiction. I am full of book suggestions (especially since I do it for a living) so I better stop here :)

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    Chris

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