r32

Try reading the avenger by FredericK Forsyth, it'll keep you rivetted to the book, you wont be able to put it down, no big words either.....

GCollier

I disagree about the da vinci code. It's one of the best page turners I've read, and even my old man is reading it now...and he's read about 2 novels in the past 40 years! Agree with you about Catcher in the Rye though, I enjoyed it but it's definitely not the sort of book I would suggest for someone's first foray into literature for years.

I'm surprised no one has suggested Catch 22 (for a joke)

GCollier

Jean Michel Houellebecq is also very entertaining. "Atomised" I couldn't put down, but you might get some funny looks reading it on the train. "Whatever" is much shorter for those with a brief attention span.

GaryCat

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown is also a good page turner.

I also read a superb book about glue - I couldn't put it down

FrenchBoy

Couldn't agree more on both counts!

Catcher is the most overrated book of all fecking time!
The dog in the nightime is very good though.

Another vote for Terry Pratchett as a simple easygoing short read.

Or on a different tack, try The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller. Possibly the best graphic novel ever written.

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paulwrxboro

I was in the same boat as you never read a book in about 25 years and im only 35 (no bull ) i was at a mates house and he had a book called CASS auto biography about cass penant a football hooligan from london a great read
I then went on to buy frank skinner auto biography very very funny book i nearly pissed myself on a plane with that one
Then dave courtney stop the ride i want to get off again great book about gangland london im now on book 2
im not saying read these but read about someone you like or find intresting
good luck

Apparition

Clive Cussler books are good sort of James Bond at sea novels.....EG. Raise the Titanic. Far fetched but fun.
Also its going back a bit and maybe they're a bit old fashioned but Neville Shute wrote some good ones too.
Jack Higgins is good for a bit of derring do!
And Hammond Innes is in the same league.
Good on ya for giving whatever you read a go. Its always better than the screen.....you can make the subjects exactly what you want them to be and lose yourself.ENJOY !