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[Captain Oblivious]

i would like to second neverwhere and the satanic verses
also, a fine balance, shantaram, a life of pi, the book thief, the historian.

[embitteredatheist]

I haven't read Shantaram. Is it good?

Also recommend Mark Danielewski's 'House of Leaves'

[Captain Oblivious]

Shantaram is definitely up there on my favourite books list. it is a life changing book, and i don't say that lightly.

[Matty]

wow, it just occured to me how long it's been since I last read a book. I was halfway through The Neverending Story when i lost it.

[heartstringz]

The Kite Runner.  It's great, so much better than the movie!

[peppamintdynamo]

Good Omens. What is the What. The Bell Jar. Persepolis. You Shall Know our Velocity.

[red_roses1337]

Thanks for all the suggestions!
I'm really psyched to read them all... :]

[AvatarOfAmbiguity]

Someplace to Be Flying, Mulengro, Forests of the Heart, Moonlight & Vines, The Onion Girl, and Dreams Underfoot by Charles DeLint;

Prodigal Summer, The Poisonwood Bible, Small Wonders, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver;

Anansi Boys and American Gods by Neil Gaiman;

Lillith's Brood trilogy by Octavia Butler;

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russel;

and Gardens in the Dunes by Leslie Marmon Silko

And The Red Tent and Wicked if you haven't already read those. And the George R. R. Martin Clash of Kings series (though heads-up -- they're addictive, and the series isn't finished yet)

[The Angel Raliel]

anything by lovecraft, Dunsany or other writer of wierd fiction.....China Meiville....
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seusse

[Breschau]

Lucifer by Mike Carey.

It's a spin-off from Neil Gaiman's Sandman series, and like Sandman it was originally a comic series that can now be bought in the format of 10 graphic novels (trade paperbacks, if you prefer).  I really like Carey's interpretation of the title character, and the story is pretty epic in scope (but similarly to Sandman, there's a number of little side-stories that are largely unrelated to the main plot - I especially like "Bearing Gifts").  Also it has plenty of Mazikeen

I maybe even like it more than Sandman itself.

[Bad Kitty]

Almost anything by Tom Robbins. "Jitterbug Perfume", "Skinny Legs & All", "Even Cowgirls Get The Blues", "Another Roadside Attraction".

Almost anything by Francesca Lia Block. "Weetzie Bat", etc.

"A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius" by Dave Eggers.

"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse.

"The Art of Happiness" by HH the Dalai Lama and Dr Howard C Cutler.

"Alice's Adventures In Wonderland/Through The Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll.

"Harpo Speaks!" by Harpo Marx.

"I Need More" by Iggy Pop.

"How To Talk Dirty And Influence People" by Lenny Bruce.

"Silly Verse for Kids" by Spike Milligan.

[guuurrrrrllltakeiteasy]

The Kite Runner.  It's great, so much better than the movie!

Obviously. The book is always better.



The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Beautiful Miscellaneous by Dominic Smith (This one is going to turn into a movie this year)

[my beautiful idiot]

Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson

I just finished that a  couple weeks ago.  I thought it was great.

It really is. I've always like Craig Ferguson as a comedian, but I have to say he's an amazing writer.



Another book I forgot to mention is The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood.

[Ryuzaki.]

I'm recently obsessed with Etgar Keret, especial the short stories in the nimrod flip out.
strongly recomend him.

[The Angel Raliel]

also go read the What are you reading now? thread as it has pages and pages of interesting books to read