Suggest me some reading material

[Cataschism]

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I just finished reading The Kite Runner in high school. Good book ya'll should check out.

[psufan]

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Battle Creek is good. It's about this baseball team in Michigan.

Would someone please explain the Da Vinci Code to me? I heard so much but know so little about it.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb.

I'm reading it right now for my comp. class and I'm really enjoying it.

[pk500]

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Anything by James Ellroy. "L.A. Confidential," "The Black Dahlia" or "American Tabloid" are good places to start.

Ellroy is the best crime fiction writer alive.

Take care,
PK

[Jimplication]

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Well I think it's time that I start reading again, but I don't know what to read. I was thinking about buying The Da Vinci Code and some others, but I don't know of any good ones. So, does anyone know any good books?

More details would help narrow the suggestions..

Are you looking for literature, popular fiction, non-fiction? What genre?

The three best books I've read of late are A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, Atonement by Ian McEwan, and At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen.

McEwan is the best, and easily the most talented, writer I've ever read; he truly has a gift. A Confederacy of Dunces is a hilarious book set in New Orleans about a thirty year old man that lives with his mother, and At Play in the Fields of the Lord is set in the Amazon rainforest and recounts the experiences of a family of religious colonists and their attempts at converting the natives.

All are very good books, and very unique, both in setting and writing style. I'm reading McEwan's Saturday now, and it is even more technically impressive than Atonement, which is a pleasant surprise.

[mike01]

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Fantasyland by Sam Walker. It starts off a little shaky, but picks up steam through the middle and the ending is great.

This was my first time reading anything by Sam Walker but I really like his writing style.

YES!! I just finished reading that a day or two ago, took me about 3 sittings to do it in. So many awesome and hilarious things about that book. If you want to talk about the book or just fantasy baseball in general PM me I'm always game.

[N51_rob]

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The Da Vinci Code
Now I Can Die In Peace (Bill Simmons' book)
Game of Shadows (the book about BALCO and steroids)

I've read The Da Vinci Code and Now I Can Die Peace this year (school year really, so September to now) and I'm reading Game of Shadows right now, it's fascinating stuff.

I would co sign on Game of Shadows. I finished it this weekend. It is facinating to think that THG would still be an unknow perfomance enhancing drug if it wasn't for a fight between Victor Conte and Marion Jones' old track coach. Great read for any sports fan. IMO.

[Acid]

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I would co sign on Game of Shadows. I finished it this weekend. It is facinating to think that THG would still be an unknow perfomance enhancing drug if it wasn't for a fight between Victor Conte and Marion Jones' old track coach. Great read for any sports fan. IMO.

Yeah, I'm like 180 pages into it right now, just got started reading on Monday.

It's fascinating stuff and I just get sucked into it, haha.