Can anyone recommend any good recent books?

My favorite books (just to give you an idea of what I read):





White Oleander


The Kite Runner


Catcher in the Rye


The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon


The Sun Also Rises


Jodi Picoult books (The Pact, My Sister's Keeper etc.)





any ideas?? thanks :)

Can anyone recommend any good recent books?
"Lullaby" by Chuck Palahniuk





"Water Music" by T.C:Boyle





"Crazy" by Benjamin Lebert





"The World according to Garp" by John Irving





"The Stars' Tennis Balls" by Stephen Fry





"Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevallier





"The Coach" by John Grisham (no thriller ;-)
Reply:Anita Shreve write some good books. Gives you a great sense of the lives of the character's.





Some that are kind of period pieces:


Fortune's Rocks


Sea Glass





More modern:


The Pilot's Wife
Reply:I just finish reading Chuck Palahniuk's Diary: A Novel. It is really interesting.......kinda morbid but I love the raw emotions of the characters.
Reply:Here's a fantastic link to recently published books that book clubs are reading. Some of your favorites are on the list. I highly recommend: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Water for Elephants, Peace Like a River, The Glass Castle, River of Doubt. Happy reading!!!
Reply:You've made some interesting and excellent choices in your reading material! I think I can recommend some books for you.





I've been a big fan of Sonya Hartnett's books for some time. She's generally described as a YA (young adults) author but I think her books can be read and enjoyed by adults as well. I like how her books are not like a lot of typical YA fiction; that is, they don't always have happy endings. They're very realistic books, entertaining and they also make you think about her characters long after you've finished her books. Some of her titles that I've read:





Sleeping Dogs


Surrender


Thursday's Child


What the Birds See


Wilful Blue





All of the ones above are very good but my fave is Sleeping Dogs. It's about a family (mother, father, five children) who live on a farm and who also run a caravan (trailer) park. An artist who comes to stay at their park finds them interesting and mysterious. He sets out to discover their secret and does so to a devastating conclusion. I highly recommend this book.





Good luck and happy reading! :-)
Reply:Also loved What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman. If you liked Catcher in the Rye you'll prob. like Black Swan Green by David Mitchell. One year in the life of a British teenager..very good, funny, charming. Just read. He's the author of Cloud Atlas which is also supposed to be good.
Reply:The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
Reply:Siri L. Mitchell is one of my favorite authors, she's written some great stuff!!


God Bless
Reply:Laura Lippman's WHAT THE DEAD KNOW.
Reply:ooo i have read most of those and they are awesome!!!!!. i think i have a few in mind.


Sarah Dessen: "Someone Like You", "This Lullaby" and a ton of other books that are all good


ALICE SEBOLD- "The Lovely Bones"- BEST BOOK YOU WILL EVER READ, warning though you will definetly cry.


Sylvia Plath: "The Bell Jar" and her poetry


Anne Rice: i don't know if you are into fantasy but she has a whole line of vampire books that have been made into movies such as "Interview With the Vampire" and "Queen of the Damned"





happy reading =)