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  • Recommend me a book.
  • turtleheading
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    Something good please. Any genre really.

    Cheers

    Naranjada
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    Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel.

    I’m half way through and it is excellent, a brilliant account of a very crucial period of our history. I was in doubt that I would enjoy it but she is an exceptional writer.

    I will be reading the sequel.

    richmars
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    Running with the Kenyans

    If you’d like something a bit sporty.

    funkrodent
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    Topical I know, but Life of Pi is a fantastic read. For a book that won the Booker, it’s very readable

    aa
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    the tibetan book of living and dieing

    br
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    Germany 1945

    Amazing/horrible, and it actually happened.

    Merak
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    The average american male.

    ThePinkster
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    Before I Go To Sleep, S.J. Watson.

    Although the story sounded interesting I thought it was going to be a it of a chicklit style book.

    Couldn’t have been more wrong. Definitely worth a look.

    superstu
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    Matterhorn is the best book I’ve read this year.

    trail_rat
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    Screwed

    Ronnie thompson

    Not my usual book but i was stuck on a rig and a colleague had just finished ir.

    djflexure
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    Somebody off here recommended Reamde to me and I enjoyed it over the summer.

    cheeezzy24
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    RealMan
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    Peace and War.

    (Not War and Peace.)

    superfli
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    “You’ve gone too far this time sir” cycling adventure book which was recommended to me. I really enjoyed it.

    FOG
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    A green one

    fotheringtonthomas
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    “Born to run in cool” as is “Feet in the clouds ” BIT RUNNY THOUGH

    darkcyan
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    I meant john updike – rabbit series – captures the male condition perfectly.

    bikebouy
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    project
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    wiggins book now 9 quid in tesco as opposed to 22 quid

    johnny_met
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    Whyte1
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    Child 44

    patriotpro
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    Acid House by Irvine Welsh

    bokonon
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    The Power of Maps, Denis Wood.

    takisawa2
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    “The Passage” by Justin Kronin.

    monkeycmonkeydo
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    Continental drifter by Tim Moore.Almost makes me wish I owned a Rolls-Royce.

    icarus
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    Plus 1 for Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes,brilliant story.

    theendisnigh
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    Proof of heaven. Really good, everyone should read it.

    IvanDobski
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    1Q84 – mad but good.

    Dark Matter – ultimate winter ghost story. Don’t read in a bivvy!

    Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – best book I’ve ever read.

    lesoxdh
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    The Painted Man

    sweepy
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    That ‘Dark matter’ recommended above is a blinding book, it’d be better to read it in the winter for the ambience.

    avdave2
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    Another vote for Wolf Hall. Not only the best book I’ve read this year but one of the best I’ve ever read. Naranjada have you got to the account of Anne’s coronation, the page describing the gargoyles is stunning, I haven’t read a page of fiction that well written since I got to the last page of The Grapes of Wrath nearly 30 years ago.

    garage-dweller
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    Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Cawardine factual, critically endangered species, Adams’ writing style. An easy to read but saddening book.
    Desparation by Stephen King (or The Shining or Misery)
    Blood, tears and folly – potted history of British ww2
    To Kill a Mocking Bird
    The Dark, Moon, Fluke, Ghosts of Sleath or Once by James Herbert
    Not much sophisticated I’m afraid and very much at the non challenging end of the spectrum.

    hammyuk
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    “A Blink of the Screen” Terry Pratchett

    Moe
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    Mad, Bad and dangerous to know. Epic! Reeling in the years (Radcliffe) is great for easy read.

    Travis
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    Another for 1Q84

    Read the Trilogy in 2 weeks. Just couldnt put it down.

    mobes
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    Another vote for Child 44 here. Great book

    mechmonkey
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    Shantaram – Gregory David Roberts
    1Q84 or Norwegian Wood or tbh anything by Haruki Murakami
    Master and Margarita – Bulgakov, a philosophical parody of soviet society. One of the very few books I’ve been back to more than once.

    kiwijohn
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    “The Monkey Wrench Gang” by Edward Abbey.

    noteeth
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    The Singapore Grip by J.G. Farrell – darkly comic account of the British disaster.

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