What to buy?
I read mostly Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Stefan Zweig, so I wouldn't know about those you mention...
I suggest you to just grab anything that looks interesting to you and go for it... Also, the book "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess is awesome.
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Anything by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, and Alan Moore is a good choice.
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Nope, Terry Pratchett got some really bad books, too. Stay with the stories of Death and you will be fine.
Try Neal Asher, if you are into Action packed Sci-Fi
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Terry Pratchett doesn't have bad books. Some are good and some are awesome.
Even the simple ones have some awesome ideas. But it's kind of each persons taste, his books covers a variety of themes and depending of you, you'll love the Witches, or the Guards, or the Wizards, or Death stories.
I recommend, without a particular order:
- The Discworld Novels (use a reading guide if you want, but the best ones IMHO are the Guards, the Death books and Small Gods)
- The Bromeliad Trilogy.
- Good Omens (here you have both Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman writing)
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Good Omens was a book i really disliked. It was written well but not that entertaining as other books were.
And of course he has bad books, too. No one is perfect and so he also has written some books that are not good.
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If you didn't like Good Omens, maybe he is not your cup of tea.
It's almost an Neil Gaiman-Terry Pratchett manifesto.
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yes, and i think that was the problem.
both of them are great authors for themselves but together they did not play well, as i had the feeling when reading this book.
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American Gods are great for one book, Black Company is great as a series ;) Start with Malazan only if you plan to read them all one after another without breaks, because if you do take breaks the amount of characters really gets crazy confusing.
If you want more recomendations, I'll leave this here, just ignore polish stuff ;)
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Voted for American Gods, also pick up Anansi Boys, the semi-sequel. Since it seems you have an interest in fantasy/urban fantasy I'd recommend the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher too.
Tbh I thought The First Law was awful.
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Second vote for Dresden Files. Just a note, though: the quality on the first two books is pretty average. It's only in the 3rd book that the series really finds its feet.
The first two are well worth reading, don't get me wrong, but they aren't where I'd recommend people start.
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The Black Company is good, not great but good. Malazan Book of the Fallen is... strange. First book is boring, may be the first half of the second too, then it becoes very addicting and you can't stop reading it... but last few books are very boring again (I didan't read the last yet).
American Gods is the best of this list... and in the first places in any list :)
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It's funny that you say that, since I actually quite enjoyed the first Malazan book but the second lost me halfway through. I don't know why, I enjoyed the army on campaign, the interplay of those two characters hunting for that one priest/heretic/whatever he was in the desert, and the continuing story of several of the first book's characters. I was still bored and found the whole book a slog, and I like such books normally.
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Malazan isn't worth it, it's super long, super complex, and honestly, super dull.
If you want fantasy, you should check out the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson.
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+1 for Brandon Sanderson. Love everything he does
I also just finished a series by will wight (may have been kindle only) that I really enjoyed as well
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+2 for Brandon Sanderson. I haven't read a single book by him that I didn't like to love.
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Black company is excellent, neatly flowing fantasy series with mercenary group trapped in dealings of greater powers. I'd recommend it because it's unique, dark and realistic, with no one (save for Chronicler) having plot or character shield. Even people that in normal fantasy would be protagonists/antagonists armoured with it better than a battle tank. Gaiman books are... well, nice, but sometimes he tries to complicate and plot twist just for the sake of complicating and twisting.
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Try the Foundation series by Asimov, or the Ender series if you like SciFi
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Jeez, I had the chance to buy all the saga yesterday for a ridiculous cheap price and instead I bough Brave New World and didnt buy any of the Foundation books because I though it had deep lore and I didnt want to get lost in it
Regrets.... (I'll go there tomorrow to check if the books were not sold)
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Second the recommendation of the Ender series, but only the first two books, i.e., "Ender's Game" and "Speaker for the Dead." The rest get bogged down in magical physics, pretentious spirituality and parochial politics.
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Why don't you use Amazon or Goodreads and have them suggest you a book as soon as you provide them with info on the books you have already read?
They are both extremely popular and with a huge success rate on their suggestions ( around 80% based on a case study i read created in 2014)
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I live in a place where none of those services are available and books are hard to find (unless you are looking for political books)
The last books I've got are second hand because the last batch of books from publishers like DeBolsillo (you may not know it) came here a year ago
EDIT: I forgot to say that sometimes you can see the books with movies adaptation in the stores, but only new movies like 50 Shades or the Hobbit, older books with movies like LOTR or Fight Club are hard to find
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you don't have to live in the Us to use Amazon or Goodreads. You are able to use them from every part of the world.
I am not talking about buying through those websites, i am talking about getting suggestions for what books to buy.
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Honestly i tried to get into Malazan Book of the Fallen but i just can't. I don't know about the rest of the series but the first one is all over the damn place, the interesting stuff is there but it makes so little sense and it feels so chaotic. May give it another chance some day. Also planning on giving Black Company a shot eventually.
I'd recommend Raven's Shadow, Codex Alera, Kingkiller Chronicle or the Lyonesse Trilogy if you're looking for more traditional fantasy. Atm i'm reading Robin Hobb's Farseer Chronicle and i'm really liking it.
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My fav authors are Clive Barker ( Imajica, WeaveWorld) , Jack Vance ( Demon Prince, Tschai Adventure Planet) and Pratchett ( Discworld)
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I'm a fan of Neil Gaiman. I prefer Anansi Boys, but I read American Gods, too. I think it's a great book. ^-^
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Only one person other than me voted for Malazan Book of the Fallen ? I'm so sad ... (ಥ﹏ಥ) (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
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There's 6 of us already. But I agree, they deserve more votes....
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Try "Saga" by Brian K. Vaughan, "Sandman" by Neil Gaiman, as well as "Watchmen" and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" by Alan Moore, if you haven't already.
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Watchmen is in my wishlist. I have been trying to get it for 2 years, same with Sandman. As for The League I'm not really sure if I should read it because it has many characters (or at least thats what a friend told me) and I dont know the story of most of them, so I was thinking on first read the books of at least half of the characters and then read the comic
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FWIW, I read "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" without extensive knowledge of the characters, and still enjoyed it a lot.
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Douglas Adams, The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Malazan Book of the Fallen is a must read. Just be aware of the fact that you'll have to buy a lot of books :)
It can be complex at times, but it all makes sense in the end.
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Try "The Carpet People" by The Same Author (or anything by this guy), "Boom" and "The Curious Incident of the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon.
BTW, reading ASOIAF right now-not a good idea.
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I watch the show and I have wanted to get the books since before the show. I finally got the first 2 books 2 months ago and Im about to finish the first one (the second one will be a bit hard to read because its in english and my main language is spanish.... and im still taking english classes)
While the show spoiled me 80% of the first book I think that by the 3rd book the spoilers will stop (or at least I heard that is in the 3rd book when the show starts to diverge)
Also, R+L=J.
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I see what you did there.
BTW, DONT CLICK HERE UNLESS YOU WANT THE STORY SPOILED. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
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I'm curious -- why do you say that about ASOIAF? Is it because the television series is (almost inevitably) going to spoil the books?
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Because The books are still getting written- currently George martin is writing the 6th and second last book of the series. Im already on a dance with dragons(5th in the series) and wondering what ill do when ive read that.
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I'd recommend The Kingkiller Chronicle if you didn't read it yet.
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The Dresden Files - By Jim Butcher. Also Codex Alera by same author.
Dresden Files - Witty Wizarding detective in the modern world, written in First Person and has 14 books i think?
Codex Alera - Fictional medieval age + element bending. Story of a child growing up to be a man (trying not to spoil). Third-person written
All books exist in epub/mobi format - which was how i read them. Obtain via dubious or legit means.
Your local library might even have a copy.
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I prefer physical books. And I saw Dresden Files in a library in January, it should still be there, I might get it next week
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while it is beneficial to read them from the start (so as to catch any references made), the author usually separates the stories quite well. You might miss a few references/going-ons, but they are separated well.
Unfortunately, i can't say the same for Codex Alera, but Dresden Files should take quite a while, so just ignore that one for now.
The Dresden Files: https://www.goodreads.com/series/40346-the-dresden-files
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Sup guys, lately I have been trying to gather all the interesting physical books I can while I can and read them later. ATM I am reading V for Vendetta and ASOIAF GoT (the name is too damn big)
I don't know which of these books I should get first and it would be great if someone could help me decide what to choose
Inb4, no, I'm not gonna read them in pdf
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