Member of the Month

abjectwoe
May, 2025

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Book recomendations?

profile picture
chicknfriedsteak
Posts: 984 - Karma: 4,693
Working an extremely boring job right now and I've been listening to audio books, but the last couple I've bought and listened too have been really heavy nonfiction books. I need something a little more interesting for a while. Historical fiction would be great, but really anything that focuses mostly on one character and has a catchy plot.
9 years ago
1 0
profile picture
.frenchy
Posts: 18231 - Karma: 12,403
the holy bible
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
chicknfriedsteak
Posts: 984 - Karma: 4,693
.frenchythe holy bible


Did you even read the qualifications?
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
.frenchy
Posts: 18231 - Karma: 12,403
chicknfriedsteakDid you even read the qualifications?


do people actually read the original post?
9 years ago
1 0
profile picture
Iraq_Lobster
Posts: 1866 - Karma: 4,903
I absolutely love The Count of Monte Cristo. It's got a really catchy plot but it does get confusing, especially keeping track of the characters. If you haven't read it you definitely should.
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
chicknfriedsteak
Posts: 984 - Karma: 4,693
.frenchydo people actually read the original post?

Fair enough
Iraq_LobsterI absolutely love The Count of Monte Cristo. It's got a really catchy plot but it does get confusing, especially keeping track of the characters. If you haven't read it you definitely should.


Just read it last spring, I loved it too, such a great book
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Hugh_Conway_jr
Posts: 746 - Karma: 467
Joseph Boyden.

Three Day Road & Through Black Spruce.

....the Orenda is also supposed to be good, but I haven't read that yet.
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
chicknfriedsteak
Posts: 984 - Karma: 4,693
The referenced post has been removed.


sure
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
turnt_table
Posts: 56 - Karma: 88
chicknfriedsteakHistorical fiction would be great


.frenchythe holy bible


Everything checks out here
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
GayWolf420
Posts: 38105 - Karma: 129,820
I hope they serve beer in hell is gr8
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
FishChowder
Posts: 244 - Karma: 222
I am reading the second book in The Name of the Wind series right now. The first book took me 100 or so pages to get into but it is a good story.
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Spagett+
Posts: 3499 - Karma: 14,884
Finnigan's Wake is the only book worth reading tbh
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
dkirse
Posts: 822 - Karma: 659
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski is absolutely such a great read. Or anything by Joan Didion (especially Blue Nights or The Year of Magical Thinking).

Also Just Kids by Patti Smith is a fantaaaastic read. I read it during the time I backpacked through Europe and it was so so so captivating.
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
pants.OS
Posts: 138 - Karma: 602
the tao of wu.its written by the RZA
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
cydwhit
Posts: 5079 - Karma: 43,074
I just read the Underground Railroad, it was pretty freaking awesome. Shantaram if you're looking for something long and thinkey.
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
.lencon
Posts: 6753 - Karma: 17,197
Are there any outdoorsy books people like? I've read some fictional climbing books and really enjoyed those.

I need to start reading again and reading more. And I need to start reading some books that are higher level.
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
DFJ
Posts: 707 - Karma: 1,337
.lenconAre there any outdoorsy books people like? I've read some fictional climbing books and really enjoyed those.

I need to start reading again and reading more. And I need to start reading some books that are higher level.


I really liked Barbarian Days
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
chicknfriedsteak
Posts: 984 - Karma: 4,693
.lenconAre there any outdoorsy books people like? I've read some fictional climbing books and really enjoyed those.

I need to start reading again and reading more. And I need to start reading some books that are higher level.


If you have any interest in anthropology or just trying to understand humans in general I'd suggest "Sapiens" For what you would think might be a heavy read it's actually super interesting, well at least most sections. Also "Icebound" it's about true story about a woman who spent a year at the south pole as a doctor in the 90s, it's hilarious, hard to put down and also very interesting.
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
.lencon
Posts: 6753 - Karma: 17,197
chicknfriedsteakIf you have any interest in anthropology or just trying to understand humans in general I'd suggest "Sapiens" For what you would think might be a heavy read it's actually super interesting, well at least most sections. Also "Icebound" it's about true story about a woman who spent a year at the south pole as a doctor in the 90s, it's hilarious, hard to put down and also very interesting.


Might have to check those out. I'm in a general anth class right now and it's pretty interesting.
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
parmacetti
Posts: 11 - Karma: 26
All the Lights We Cannot See by A. Doerr. Although the book contains historical flaws, the overarching story is quite powerful.

Night by E. Wiesel. Short but impactful.
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Campeador
Posts: 7516 - Karma: -1,227
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Campeador
Posts: 7516 - Karma: -1,227
Sorry, I had to.

But in all honesty "The Egyptian" by Mika Waltari is one of the best novels of historical fiction ever written.
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Ninskasi
Posts: 120 - Karma: 41
dkirseHam on Rye by Charles Bukowski is absolutely such a great read. Or anything by Joan Didion (especially Blue Nights or The Year of Magical Thinking).

Also Just Kids by Patti Smith is a fantaaaastic read. I read it during the time I backpacked through Europe and it was so so so captivating.


Also Naked Lunch by Bukowski is great.
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Ninskasi
Posts: 120 - Karma: 41
dkirseHam on Rye by Charles Bukowski is absolutely such a great read. Or anything by Joan Didion (especially Blue Nights or The Year of Magical Thinking).

Also Just Kids by Patti Smith is a fantaaaastic read. I read it during the time I backpacked through Europe and it was so so so captivating.


NinskasiAlso Naked Lunch by Bukowski is great.


JK its by William S Burroughs Sorry!
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
All_Alpine
Posts: 183 - Karma: 458
"City of Thieves" by David Benioff. Two protagonists getting into some serious shit during the super raw conditions that was the Germans siege of Leningrad. Best book I've read in a couple of years. Was legitimately bummed when I turned the last page...10/10 would read again.
9 years ago
0 0
profile picture
SpinesGroped
Posts: 8 - Karma: 13
I've read The Soul Summoner by Elicia Hyder. This book grabbed me from page one. Where Sloan and her best friend start bantering about Sloans uncanny ability to "read people" and call people to her without knowing why. Sloan has lived with her 'gift' mostly trying her best to ignore it. Welcome Nathan McNamara into the book (why yes I did welcome him!!). Charmer and policeman trying to prove a string of serial disappearances of young women (including his sister) are connected and tied to one man. Soon he is seeking out the unwilling Sloan for help after his amazing assessment skills tell him she's more than a good looking sassy Public Relations officer for the district.
Add humor, suspense, kidnapping, murder, romance, and a cast of love-able rich characters (including a very nice distraction who just may be gifted like her) and you have a masterpiece that is The Soul Summoner. it's a big win for readers like me who want it all.
9 years ago
0 0
All times are Eastern (-4); Currently it's 9:36AM