Book Recommendations.

[Karelia]

I couldn't seem to find a thread about this, and I need some recommendations for some books.

I just finished the first John Carter book, and it's gotten me wanting to read some more novels similar to this. Mainly a good action/scifi novel with a cool main character(s). I'll pretty much read any type of book that isn't horror/occult. Anything similar to Star Wars/The Matrix in novel form would be cool. Mainly, books that take you on an adventure and feel like it's a different universe all together. (Don't mention LOTR or The Dark Tower series, already checked those out awhile back. t: )

These are books I have in mind to read at some point:

Dune
Neuromancer
Snow Crash
Foundation Series (Isaac Asimov, I Robot)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Having a hard time finding the original novel.)
Ready Player One
The Traveler (not sure about this one yet.)

Interested in some more Cyberpunk/Steampunk too.

Oh, and it can be a Young Adult-esque book too.

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

If you have Kindle, PM me your e-mail and I'll gift you a copy of mine (see link in sig for more details).

 

[Ash J. Williams]

Cyberpunk you say? Check out Glasshouse and Altered Carbon.

 

[Godsfireworks]

I would say the Hungry City Chronicles followed by Fever Crumb then the Chaos Walking series and then finally the Gone series.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I couldn't seem to find a thread about this, and I need some recommendations for some books.

I just finished the first John Carter book, and it's gotten me wanting to read some more novels similar to this. Mainly a good action/scifi novel with a cool main character(s). I'll pretty much read any type of book that isn't horror/occult. Anything similar to Star Wars/The Matrix in novel form would be cool. Mainly, books that take you on an adventure and feel like it's a different universe all together. (Don't mention LOTR or The Dark Tower series, already checked those out awhile back. t: )

These are books I have in mind to read at some point:

Dune
Neuromancer
Snow Crash
Foundation Series (Isaac Asimov, I Robot)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Having a hard time finding the original novel.)
Ready Player One
The Traveler (not sure about this one yet.)

Interested in some more Cyberpunk/Steampunk too.

Oh, and it can be a Young Adult-esque book too.

Read. Dune. Now. That's all I can say.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

I'd check out The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy, if I were you.

 

[redmarvel]

I'd check any Doc Savage (by Kenneth Robeson) books you can find.

Also, if you haven't read Perdido Street Station by China Meville, you might want to try that as well.

Two of the newest authors I've added to my reading list are Kelley Armstrong (you'll find her in Horror but her stuff really belongs in Fantasy) and C.E. Murphy (more Fantasy).

 

[Karelia]

I went BAM looking around, I saw the first Dune book was 800 pages. That's a little overwhelming for me. I do want to read it though.

Hah, I forgot about Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, isn't it a pretty humorous book?

 

[HLReasby]

I've got two books out of my Sekhmet's Light trilogy out with the third one due out in the next couple months. They're modern fantasy with an Ancient Egyptian mythology theme. Another writer described them as "Isis meets Wonder Woman".
Akhet: Sekhmet's Light, Book One
Peret: Sekhmet's Light, Book Two

My husband has also put out his first novel in his Children of Divinity series. I like to call them "Marvel's Avengers meets James Bond". They're superheroes, but there's a strong undercurrent of espionage and intrigue as well.
Awaken: The Children of Divinity, Book One

 

[redmarvel]

I went BAM looking around, I saw the first Dune book was 800 pages. That's a little overwhelming for me. I do want to read it though.

Hah, I forgot about Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, isn't it a pretty humorous book?

Yes, it is funny. However it's a weird sort of funny. Some people get it, some don't.

However, if you're looking for funny definitely give it a try, I would also recommend "Callahan's Cross-Time Saloon" by Spider Robinson (along with the rest of the series) and almost anything by Piers Anthony or Robert Asprin. They all fall in the funny category (though you do have to enjoy puns with all 3 of these authors)

 

[BobJM]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy.

 

[HULKFish]

Go to www.marlsbeth.com and download Chapter 1 and 2 for free! If you are a fantasy reader... It is in book format though, so if you're looking for a digital book, Marlsbeth is only available in 610 pages of paper-printed glory! E-book will happen, just don't agree with the publisher as of yet...

Here's an excerpt from Chapter 1:

Gnadolin was a village built and inhabited by the sons of man, hidden from the perpetual gaze of the Dark Armies. Positioned to the northeast corner of the dreary Slotherin Mountains, these people dwelled within the fortified parish and hesitated to venture beyond the emerald bowers of Green Wood, which surrounded. The perils of life amid the harsh realm were real.​

Hemmed in by the healthy forest of Green Wood on all but one side, the township of Gnadolin held the grim ridges to its back. The ridged mounts protected their posterior and from behind the protective walls of lumber lived simple folk. These barriers held belfries, operated the duration of the day and night in this nameless town. Nameless to most others, Gnadolin was wary of travelers.​

Violet haze of moonlight and amber glow of golden lanterns mingled over the village. Stars danced across the clear, spherical, midnight blue horizon. Smoky in appearance, the chill of the night lifted discernable breath amid the silvery moonlight. ​

Onward he reminisced from the gentle rocking of his saddle.​

 

[Dark Sentinel]

Well, while we're recommending our own books I might as well join in the fun and recommend mine t:

Mathion: Book One of the Mavonduri Trilogy by Jeff Shanley http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004NIFH8A/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_RI2dpb0F5EQJN

Synopsis:

In an ancient time long lost to legend, a race of men known as the Wolven inhabited the land of Ánovén. To the north lay the land of Kânavad, home to a brutal, savage race we know today as Werewolves.

At the age of seven, the Wolven prince Mathion encountered a dying White Wolf, and received two gifts that would forever change not only his life, but the course of history itself. Centuries later, now with a White Wolf at his side, Mathion gathers together a small band of warriors, consisting of both friends and family. Their mission: help the city of Kihar defend itself against an advancing army of werewolves. Along the way, Mathion learns of a secret that he has carried with him his entire life, and a power that can change the tide of a war that has raged between the Wolven and the Werewolves for over twenty thousand years. Little does Mathion know that his enemy is well aware of this secret. And they will do anything to obtain the final piece of a puzzle that, if completed, could condemn the world to eternal darkness. When someone close to him is captured alive by the enemy, Mathion attempts the impossible: to venture into the enemy's homeland itself, and infiltrate the stronghold of Lord Azgharáth, the oldest and strongest of the werewolves. With this choice, events are set in motion that will hurtle these lands toward a final confrontation, and an epic journey is begun that will change everyone's lives forever.

THE MAVONDURI TRILOGY recounts the life of Hâr-Mathion Mavonduri, last king of the Wolven kingdom of Ánovén, and his destiny to overthrow Azgharáth the Betrayer, High Lord of the Werewolves. In the millennia since the destruction of these lands, his tale has been lost to us...until now.

 

[queendarkness12]

Darren Shan's The Thin Executioner is good, it's his best since the sixth Demonata book.

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[R_3]

Since you like action/sci-fi, Michael Crichton's (author of Jurassic Park) State of Fear is tremendous. It has a political thriller feel with intense global disasters.

It's been several years since I've read it but I was reading a bunch of Chrichton's work a while back and he has a lot of good books.

 

[Rasalom]

The Andromeda Strain

 

[Victarion]

A Cure for Cancer by Michael Moorcock

 

[Rasalom]

The Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson.

 

[m4st4]

Hyperion by Dan Simmons - incredible literature.

 

[Codex Tesseract]

There's a narrative-focused book I always recommend to anyone interested in sci-fi: Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon. It's very slow-paced so you'll know a couple chapters in if it's for you, but the main character is someone you end up loving so much that you can't help but see the story through her eyes. It's one of the only sci-fi books (outside Pratchett) I would describe as charming. But it's also thought provoking.

I also fell in love with the Culture series by Ian M. Banks. It has similarities to Dune although it's a tad less serious. First book in the series is called Consider Phlebas.

 

[queendarkness12]

Any good books with witches in it?

 

[Lilyheye]

You can read some Chinese classic books such as Pilgrimage to the West/ Journey to the West /The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
/ A Dream in Red Mansions (The Story of the Stone) / Heroes of the Marshes(Water Margins)

 

[CyclopsWasRight]

Can anyone recommend any book similar to Mass Effect. Where there's many alien races and a lot of them are in coalition with Earth?

Also some Sci-Fi books that are like crime thriller mysteries

 

[Apollo]

There are hundreds of Star Wars books to read such as the most popular ones like the Thrawn Trilogy, the Dark Lord/Vader trilogy or the New Jedi Order.

 

[Marvolo]

Has anyone here read The Deep by Nick Cutter? I've got 3 credits to use on Audible, and I'm eyeing it.