Hey, people who read books

[Socionics Is A Cult]

I've finished re-reading niffweed's suggestion of the cat in the hat, but now I need some more books to consume. I would preferably like to read some books from the Fucked-Up genre, along the lines of Camus, Plath and Mirbeau just because I seem to like reading from this particular genre...educate me, s'il vous plaît! I also like trashy novels involving lesbian angst, as well as semi-historical fantasies, preferably involving magic.

(Out of the books suggested, I thought Ender's Game was probably the best I read, though Stranger In A Strange Land was very good too - it's better written, I just don't like the ending so much. Not that it mattered, I guess . I read The Breathen by John Grisham, and thought it was O.K., but The Broker by him was pretty brilliant, so I guess I should read some more of his. I thought the ending of the His Dark Materials trilogy was a bit of a let down, though the books were very good otherwise).

[aestrivex]

die

[munenori2]

William Gibson is good
Kitchen was decent (can't remember what it was about really, but I do recall a positive response)
Haruki Murakami has some interesting reads
Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
and Red Dwarf: Better Than Life -------Brilliant
Terry Pratchett
Neil Gaiman
Armor by John Steakley
Osamu Dazai (his short stories tended to be better than his novellas, imo)
Notes From the Underground - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Candide - Voltaire
Twilight of the Idols/The Anti-Christ - Nietzsche
H.P. Lovecraft
The Future of An Illusion - Freud

[discojoe]

The Watchmen graphic novel

The A Song of Ice And Fire series by George R. R. Martin

[anon50557]

The Watchmen graphic novel

The A Song of Ice And Fire series by George R. R. Martin

I wholeheartedly second the A Song of Ice and Fire reccomendation. IN the five years since I discovered the author, they're still the books I reccomend most.
First book is A Game of Thrones.

[Wittmont]

If you like George RR Martin's stuff, you should check out Steven Erikson's books (the Malazan series), while you wait for GRRM to finish his next one in the series.

[eunice]

I think you might like books by Paul Arden:

-It's Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want to Be: The World's Best Selling Book

-Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite

-God Explained in a Taxi Ride

They are rather "fun" books to read, not as "preachy" as what the titles have suggested.

[anon50557]

If you like George RR Martin's stuff, you should check out Steven Erikson's books (the Malazan series), while you wait for GRRM to finish his next one in the series.

Hopefully the wait won't be too much longer I've actually read the first 4 books of the malazan series. I enjoy those books occasionally, and the width of the scope is great, but I wouldn't say I'm a great fan.
Are you familiar with Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing?

[Socionics Is A Cult]

Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers

My brother has just got this book - I'm going to have to steal it off him, then . Is that Freud book really any good? He scares me.

[munenori2]

Well, the book of Freud's I recommended is pretty interesting, as well as brief. Apparently Freud was an award winning writer in his time, which comes out in that one.

[force my hand]

The Dig, Alan Dean Foster - Lightweight sci-fi, but a great 'what if' story of exploration.

The Average American Male, Chad Kultgen - Offensive and funny. You can tell that the author is a fan of Bukowski and Ellis.

[cracka]

I read The Breathen by John Grisham, and thought it was O.K., but The Broker by him was pretty brilliant, so I guess I should read some more of his.

The Partner and The Summons by John Grisham are also really good and they are more like The Broker so you may like them too. Many of his books are made into movies so it's good to read his books beforehand since they are usually quite better IMO. When they do go to movie though, they are usually pretty close as far as the books go so by watching the movie first you may not want to read the book. When I bought The Client I started reading it and then remembered the movie so I never actually finished reading it because it was so close to what I had already watched on TV.