I'm going on holiday in 4weeks for a fortnight and need some book reccommendations to keep me busy :)

I havent read for pleasure in like 5 years, as I've had A levels and a degree to keep me busy and have always felt guilty for reading a novel as i know i should be reading my text books! :rolleyes:

So... where to start... I'm not really into romantic slush... Not too keen on predictability. I like something to keep me guessing with a twist in the tale...

Can anyone help?
Any reccommendations will do!

Cheers! :thumbsup:

Lucky you - Carl hiiassen? It's ace!

I love Marian keyes, She has a new one out which i've not got round to reading yet but definately "Is there anybody out there?" and "Rachels Holiday" are both worth reading! They are more funny than thriller/action though.

Anything by Bill Bryson, Book of Dave by Will Self.

I love Marian keyes, She has a new one out which i've not got round to reading yet but definately "Is there anybody out there?" and "Rachels Holiday" are both worth reading! They are more funny than thriller/action though.

Marian Keyes is my secret guilty pleasure.:hihi: Isn't she just fantastic?

Dean Koontz - Velocity.. didn't want to put the book down! Not roamntic as such but has a definate twist!

Anything by Jodi Picoult she tells every story from the view of a number of Characters in each book. Sounds odd but it really works and makes a good book with some twists.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The Savage Garden by Mark Mills

Anything by Iain Banks

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The Savage Garden by Mark Mills

Anything by Iain Banks

Bloody hell, light reading there Taxi.

Bloody hell, light reading there Taxi.

They've what I've read recently. My own preference for holiday reading is detective stuff or thrillers, Frederick Forsyth, Stephen Booth, Ngaio Marsh, stuff that I don't mind leaving in a hotel or hostel somewhere. I'm currently building up my collection of trash for my hols in September

Ideal non-dumb holiday reading:
Jasper Fforde: The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots
Anything by Christoper Brookmyre, especially The Sacred Art of Stealing
Tim Cocky's undertaker series (The Hearse you came in on, Hearse of a different colour etc)

If you have a library card, you can use the online catalogue <http://hip.sheffield.gov.uk> to order books for collection from your local library. It's a great way to indulge for free.

Ideal non-dumb holiday reading:
Jasper Fforde: The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots
Anything by Christoper Brookmyre, especially The Sacred Art of Stealing
Tim Cocky's undertaker series (The Hearse you came in on, Hearse of a different colour etc)



Jasper Fforde is brilliant :thumbsup:

Jasper Fforde is brilliant :thumbsup:

... especially if you like unexpected twists.

Oooo thanks guys, keep em coming! :thumbsup:

Stephen Booth, Black Dog
Marian Keyes, Last chance Saloon
Any Maeve Binchy
Any Rebecca Shaw
Sabine Kuegler. Jungle Child

A weepy but nice book is The Lovely Bones by Anne Sebold.. it's about a girl who was murdered at a young age telling the story from heaven...

A weepy but nice book is The Lovely Bones by Anne Sebold.. it's about a girl who was murdered at a young age telling the story from heaven...

Yes i like that one, have you read Lucky by the same author?

Yes I have - I much prefered the Lovely Bones though.

Paulo Coelho? That's pretty good holiday reading, I read 'The Alchemist' in an afternoon! 'The Zahir' wasn't so good though

Carl Hiaasen is a good call, very readable.

'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time' by Mark Haddon

Tom Holt, Terry Pratchett, Colin Bateman (all readable, all funny)

And yeah, Iain Banks, as long as you're a little twisted :twisted:

I also read Statues without Shadows - An autobigrophy by Anna Swann of woman who was orphaned at a very young age. She decides to research her family history and realises that her Mother and Father had very interesting stories to tell.. It was a great book!

James Herbert books are my fave, Once is the best by far

Eeeek, I wouldn't go with the Ann Sebold stuff, it's depressing IMO. I've read them but although interesting they were not a pleasure.
I do like Jodi Picoult and although it can become worrisome or depressing in places it generally improves and makes better holiday reading IMO.
I thought the Book Thief was totally over rated and pretty bland.

Girl, how many holidays do you have a year exactly? Your never in bloody sheffield!! :hihi: :hihi:

Anything by Stephen King....The Stand is a brill holiday read....:D

There's always the Bible and a copy of Shakespeare...

James Herbert books are my fave, Once is the best by far

Not to mention The Spear ...i totally agree , i love all his books !:hihi:

Anything by Jodi Picoult she tells every story from the view of a number of Characters in each book. Sounds odd but it really works and makes a good book with some twists.

I agree, she is a really good writer.. once you've read a few of her books though they're all quite similar but the twists are always different so it's all good! My sister's Keeper (very weepy though), Plain Truth and The Pact are my personal favourites :thumbsup:

"Hells Angels" by Sonny Barger - Awsome book about how 'The Hells Angels' came about, what they got upto and were they are today :thumbsup:

Girl, how many holidays do you have a year exactly? Your never in bloody sheffield!! :hihi: :hihi:

:hihi: I know... Its my favourite thing! I love little breaks away (london, Paris etc) and then summer hols such as Spain and Turkey... I cant help it!

"Our Story Begins", a collection of short stories by Tobias Wolff, considered by many to be the finest writer in the genre today.

Anything by Torey Hayden, Martina Cole, Mariann Keyes, Sophie Kinsella.

Or a good one I just read...Belle De Jour!!! RUDENESS!! :o

Or a good one I just read...Belle De Jour!!! RUDENESS!! :o

It's also a great film, with the incredible Catherine Deneuve.

It's also a great film, with the incredible Catherine Deneuve.

I haven't seen it....I don't know if my innocence could take the film...:roll:

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka and her second book is even better: Two Caravans. Very funny, was grinning to myself like a loon when reading Two Caravans.

Chocolat and Lollipop shoes both by Joanne Harris. I've read the first loads of times and am just reading the second. It's brilliant.

Or the Shopaholic series is a good quick read if you fancy something a bit more easy going.

I've just finished "Siouxsie Sioux's Descent into Speedwell Cavern" by Little Lord Fauntleroy, and what a cracking read it was!

Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
The Boleyn Inheritence - Philippa Gregory
The Cider House Rules - John Irving

The Cider House Rules - John Irving

Just about anything by John Irving is worth a read.

Just about anything by John Irving is worth a read.

I gave up half way through his last one. There's only so much child abuse I can take.

Just finished Anne Tyler. Digging to America, it was different from my usual stuff, but really enjoyed it.

Just finished Anne Tyler. Digging to America, it was different from my usual stuff, but really enjoyed it.

Yeah, now that is a great book.

Wild Swans and Memoirs of a Geisha would also rank in some of the best books that I've ever read. As would Marge Piercy's The Longings of Women and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

Yeah, now that is a great book.

Wild Swans and Memoirs of a Geisha would also rank in some of the best books that I've ever read. As would Marge Piercy's The Longings of Women and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

I was just about to post about Memoirs of a Geisha myself, just finished it, I want to read Wild Swans too- at the moment I am reading the Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall, only in a fe wpages so its too early to say...