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pking36330 · 09-16-2009, 07:34 PM

Try Anathem by Neal Stephanson, and I'm not even going to tell you the genre because if you begin reading it without knowing, that will be one of the twists.

Another one that had several 'didn't see that coming' moments was "Rule of 4" by Ian Caldwell.

The biggest twist for me was the middle book "Lasher" in The Mayfair Witches series, but you have to read "The Witching Hour" for "Lasher" to make sense and then deliver a big twist. I thought The Mayfair Witches series, including all three books, were much better written than any of Anne Rice's vampire series. That might be because we all know what vamps can do, but we're never quite sure what's possible with the characters in The Mayfair Witches series.

In Sci-Fi, one of the better twists is in the second book of the Ender series, "Speaker for the Dead" and you get the joy of one of the best sci-fi books ever written as the first book "Ender's Game." "Ender's Game" is recommended reading in a Fortune 10 corporate executive training program that I attended, and one of the best fictional leadership books I've ever read.

09-16-2009, 07:34 PM	#8
pking36330 FT Parent PT Reader Posts: 322 Karma: 187838 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Alabama Device: Shocked by how much I've read on an iPod Touch received as a gift!	Try Anathem by Neal Stephanson, and I'm not even going to tell you the genre because if you begin reading it without knowing, that will be one of the twists. Another one that had several 'didn't see that coming' moments was "Rule of 4" by Ian Caldwell. The biggest twist for me was the middle book "Lasher" in The Mayfair Witches series, but you have to read "The Witching Hour" for "Lasher" to make sense and then deliver a big twist. I thought The Mayfair Witches series, including all three books, were much better written than any of Anne Rice's vampire series. That might be because we all know what vamps can do, but we're never quite sure what's possible with the characters in The Mayfair Witches series. In Sci-Fi, one of the better twists is in the second book of the Ender series, "Speaker for the Dead" and you get the joy of one of the best sci-fi books ever written as the first book "Ender's Game." "Ender's Game" is recommended reading in a Fortune 10 corporate executive training program that I attended, and one of the best fictional leadership books I've ever read. Last edited by pking36330; 09-16-2009 at 07:37 PM.