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Hello

I am spending much too much time away from home recently, and I am devouring books. Can anyone recommend an author and some books? As books are incredibly subjective, I like intelligent, hopefully humourous in places, books. I enjoyed the following authors:

Michael Crichton
Terry Pratchett
Dan Brown (well, the DaVinchi code anyway)
Stephen Fry

Thanks.

Steve.

duSTI's PA

Just finished reading Angels & Demons by Dan Brown excellent and just starting on the Da Vinci code

Geisha , was a really good booked funny and eye opening, can't remember the authors name .

Big a1

Any of Bill Brysons, Down Under and Walk in the Woods are particulary good.

Robert Ludlam, the author of the books that the Jason Bourne Trilogy are based on.

Lance Armstrongs autobiography...Its not about the bike is the first and Every second counts is the follow up.

Tony Hawks...Round Ireland with a fridge.

Duncun Falconer...similiar to Andy Mcnab but better than his recent efforts.

De Warrenne

Try 'Vernon 'God' Little' by MDC? Pierre.

Very dark look at America/Mass Media etc, but very funny at the same time

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series.

There are 10 books in the whole story! I'm on book 4 at the mo

Alcazar

D1CCY

Kathy Reichs - greusome forensic stuff.
Tom Clancy - Jack Ryan stories, not the op centre ones.
Ken Follett - Pillars of the Earth. Best book I've ever read.
Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers guide.
Alison Croggan - The Gift (Tolkein ish).

The Zohan

Another vote for Bill Bryson - any of his books really although my favorite is 'A walk in the woods'

FrenchBoy

I thought that was pretty good too.

You might want to try:

The curious incident of the dog in the night time - Mark Haddon
(very enjoyable book - you can finish it in one day)

Survivor - Chuck Palahnuik (the guy that did Fight Club - in fact anything by this guy is good!)

Senior_AP

Stig of the Dump.

A real classic.

PaulT00

If you like Pratchett you might enjoy Robert Rankin, Douglas Adams (Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy etc) and Tom Holt.

Something a bit heavier - try some Iain Banks or Iain M Banks - the former are "mainstream" fiction, the latter SciFi but it's the same guy. The Player of Games, Against a Dark Background and so forth.

And another vote for Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything is very good.

16vmarc

Iain Banks : The Wasp Factory
Alex Garland : The Beach
Irvine Welsh : Filth
Joseph Heller : Catch 22
Bruce Campbell : If Chins Could Kill
William Sutcliffe : Are You Experienced?
Nick Hornby : Fever Pitch