Needing a New Book To Read
 

I am on a quest to get back to reading for pleasure (like I used to do all the time) and not just ***** books. Recent books I've read (both rec. on this forum) have included Vernon God Little (really liked it) and God Wants You to Roll (loved it). So I'm pretty open...edgy, satirical fiction or very captivating (though not so much historical) non fiction. So it's wide open here...any ideas? I'm buying a book (or several) today.

Jeff

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I'm reading The Sea The Sea by Irish Murdoch and enjoying it a lot.

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The Human Stain by Roth
The Emmigrants by Sebald

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The Dark Tower series, by Stephen King. Say what you will about him being a hack, this series is remarkably different from anything he's ever done. It's really more of a fantasy/science fiction/western. It's a series of books and they all rank among my favorites. Start with The Gunslinger and read your way through them. You'll be happy you did.

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If you want to try something differant from run of the mill biz, try The Lover, by Marguerite Duras

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Vurt

It's certainly not run-of-the-mill.

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I've read some good Latin American literature and recommend:

The House of the Spirits- Isabel Allende

The Death of Artemio Cruz- Carlos Fuentes

Love in the Time of Cholera- Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

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The movie is also really great.

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Another Roadside Attraction, or Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. Good stuff

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As far as satire goes a favorite of mine has always been Voltaire's "Candide"