11-30-2010, 08:38 PM | #31 |
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As L J mentions Bonfire of the Vanities on the blog, I recall liking the audio read by Tom Hanks.
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11-30-2010, 09:07 PM | #32 |
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Whoa! Tom Hanks did an audiobook of Bonfire? I don't usually listen to audiobooks, but that's tempting (obviously I haven't read it yet).
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I must apologize -- I seem to have had a super-senior moment! I was thinking of the Random House version read by John Lithgow, which is abridged.
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12-01-2010, 09:58 PM | #35 |
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We read In Cold Blood in high school English ... though nary a word of Shakespeare.
I've got Murder is Binding on my audio TBR pile - I'm a fan of the author's other series featuring psychic Buffalo P. I. Jeff Resnick. |
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Is it published under another author name? I don't see another series by her on goodreads.
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My suggestions:
His Illegal Self - Peter Carey Breath - Tim Winton The Collector - John Fowles |
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This might help: Literature Map is a handy site that lets you enter the name of an author you know -- and gives you the names of similar authors.
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Oh wow, I'd forgotten about that. Thanks Steve!
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I am a big fan of Jane Gardam. Although I haven't read her most popular (well-known) novel Old Filth, I can highly recommend The Queen of the Tambourine.
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Here's a list of good recent literary fiction which I've read in the past year:
Parrot and Oliver In America by Peter Carey Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel Doghead by Morten Ramsland The Lacuna By Barbara Kingsolver Netherland by Joseph O'Neill The Infinities by John Banville City of Thieves by David Benioff A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan |
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I enthusiastically agree with the recommendations (on Page 1 of this thread) for "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese. I enjoyed the book so much that I have since read several other non-fiction books he wrote. I'm hoping he writes more novels, as "Cutting for Stone" was one of the best books I've read in a long time. I've recommended this book to several of my friends (although I don't believe any of them have read it yet).
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Best recent book I've read is The Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore. Best by far.
Everybody loves Michael Chabon. I haven't read any of his books available as ebooks so I can't make a specific recommendation, but you can hardly go wrong here. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, historical fiction, controversial view of the English Reformation. Annie Proulx, The Shipping News, a novel. Close Range, her best book of short stories. Also That Old Ace in the Hole, a humorous Western. |
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