Recommend me some books!...Please.

Haven't read anything except medical books lately. I tried to make an ebook out of collection of stories that I've written in my blog after 4 years, and then I got something of 50 pages long.

Last time I read a science fiction book, it was Things Not Seen.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep from Philip Dick

Its the novel that Blade Runner is based .Even if you have seen Bladerunner the novel sets another tune :) . If you haven't seen Blade Runner...GOOOOOO!!!!!!!

I'm surprised nobody mentioned any Stephen King book. 11/22/63, on of his freshest work is simply great. It is quite long, but I was literally unable to put it down.

Also what others mentioned , Brave new world, 1984, Animal farm, H.p lovecraft, P.K. Dick . You cant go wrong with them.

The Name of the Wind and A Wise Man's Fear, from The Kingkiller Chronicle, by Patrick Rothfuss. I enjoyed them really much.

I haven't read a book since I was in school...

Narnia series are pretty cool...

Counselours and Kings Trilogy, if you're into forgotten realms.

Well, I was going to recommend you a bunch of books, but the most of them have been recommended here before.... I think I've not seen anyone talking abbout "Divergent" saga by Veronica Roth. If you like books like Hunger Games you'll love this one!

• Game of Thrones / A Song of Fire and Ice /
• Any book by Clive Cussler if you like action / good guy-bad guy stuff
• Lord of the Rings
• Alice in Wonderland (it's like a trip through the mind of someone on some strong drugs xD)
• South; Sir Ernest Shackelton's 1914-18 Expedition (non-fiction, account of the 2 and a half years they had below the Antarctic Circle, with no other civilization anywhere)
• Haven't read it, but it is on my 'to read' list: Touching the Void (again non-fiction, but supposed to be a superb read)
• Wardstone Chronicles (are awesome books)
• Chronicles of the Icemark (again an awesome series)
• Chronicles of Narnia
• His Dark Materials

Let's get some christopher Priest : try "the inverted world" and "The Affirmation".

I can't contribute to your books (since I don't know any) but when it comes to reading material how about this- fanfiction! You basically choose a show you really liked, or several(manga and anime usually have A LOT of fanfics)... and, well start searing for stories of it in some fanfic site that suite you. Here's the most popular one. Also crossovers, crossovers could be very interesting! Of course what you'll be looking for is down to your interests. Personally I have to say I've been very nicely surprised by the few absolutely wonderful comedies I've found there. :D

Start reading all Warhammer 40000 rulebooks and codices, preferably from the earliest on (no, seriously, you can skip the crunch and there's plenty glorious stuff to read) and also try to devour all that Black Library(well, not only BL) has to offer. No rulebooks here, just plain fluff. Won't throw titles at you, as they're too plentiful. Also, William Gibson, but only hard cyberpunk here. 40k still IS a gothic dieselpunk science-fantasy with strong mystical elements, so you should be all right. And Our Legiones would grow further ;]

Edit: One more vote for Lovecraft whom I somehow forgotten to recommend. Gotta work on concentration, getting worse still...

If you are into high fantasy, which is what I read most by far, any of these are solid reads...
Any of these Terry Brooks series will take a good chunk of time and they are all great. I favor the first two series because they are fantasy books that tie back into our world and time. Once you read those they also tie into the Shannara series a bit, and that series is way longer so I would take it on last.
Magic Kingdom for Sale.... SOLD (5 book series about a distraught lawyer who buys a fairytale kingdom.)
Running With the Demon series (Word and the Void trilogy)
Shannara series (a ton of books, some great high fantasy series)

Beyond those there are some amazing older series that can eat months of time, like Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. There are a ton of great Dragonlance series. I favor Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Jean Rabe, and Don Perrin but there are a TON of books and authors. I would start with Annotated Chronicles which was the start of it all and then see if you want to jump down the rabbit-hole of never ending reading that Dragonlance can provide.

I just started reading some books by Robin Hobb and am really enjoying them as well, Shaman's Crossing was fantastic.

If you are looking towards scifi then this is a good option, and possibly my favorite book of all time...
My favorite book to read (and re-read) is Captain Jack Zodiac. It is hard to desrcibe, kind of off the wall comedy sci-fi
I tent to prefer lighter sci-fi, Douglas Adams books are another good option in that regard.

If you prefer court drama then I would recommend Michael Connelly's books. I prefer them to Grisham's books (by and large) who seems to be more popular in the genre overall.

Discworld series! its awesome

The Count of Monte Cristo :D

you could try moby dick
though sometimes while reading that book, i thought i was reading a book about whales instead.
I would recommend white fang and the call of the wild by jack london. both are great read and might appropriate for your niece though it does get violent at times and someone gets killed... actually it probably wont be appropriate but still a good read if you like wolfs and the sorts.

Orson Scott Card's Ender Series

the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey. i recommend reading them in published order.

For you niece I would recommend Geronimo Stilton books, Diary of A Wimpy Kid

And make sure she reads some Tintin and Asterix & Obelix comics.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson

Interview with a vampire

It´s much better then the movie =)

Scanner Darkly & Do androids dream about electrosheeps by P. Dick
Lolita by V. Nabokov

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by L. Carroll (for your niece)
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