Books-What Are the Must Read

[Deuce Bigolo]

We have all had our pot shot at the contest
so what would you cecoomend as a wortwhile read

Bear in my mind how smart you are

The one time your IQ might be useful

For mine I haven't read anything better than Magician(the author unedited version) by Raymond Feist

cheers
B...OZ

[philk]

For me its Tom Clancys Red Storm Rising but I am slightly biased cos I love everything he has done!

Jason

[Peter]

The Complete Works of Shakespeare.

A man cannot consider himself educated until he has read some of the Bard.

[steve56]

the avengers,randall/hopkirk/the prisoner/the fugitive books.

[bfu]

before he wrote 'captain corelli's mandolin', which came high in the big read - (and trust me it's much better than the film), he wrote his excellent south american trilogy.

- the war of don emmanuels neither parts,

- senor vivo and the coca lord,

- the troublesome offspring of cardinal guzman

[The Last Word]

To advocate contemporary lit., I'd say anything from James Kelman or Kazuo Ishiguro, but if you want specifics, then it's 'A Disaffection' from the former and 'The Unconsoled' from the latter.

(Oh, and if you want an 'up all night' thriller that isn't the size of a housebrick, then Brian Moore's 'The Colour of Blood' remains unbeaten)

--
"Let's do it..."

[Lizard]

Anything by Babara Cartland, does it for me........................LOB!

[Ace]

Catcher in the Rye by JD Sallinger is a MUST read.

[steve56]

what about jackie collins,lol.

[Ace]

Whilst in hospital in 1989, I read a Jeffrey Archer book, Kane and Abel, and it was excellent, and I DO Mean that. Made no difference to me that he was a Tory and now an ex-prisoner