01-09-2010, 03:39 AM | #1 |
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Your #1 Fiction read after 1901 (NO Sci-fi or Fantasy)
I would like to read outside my norm.
I have a good idea of what is available in the Fantasy and Sci-Fi areas, excluding these two areas what work of fiction would you recommend written after 1901. |
01-09-2010, 04:21 AM | #2 |
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Only one? Much too hard. How about three, spread across the last century?
Kim, by Rudyard Kipling. Available in a nice edition I put together, here on Mobileread. First published in 1901. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Forester. Unfortunately not yet available as an ebook. First published in 1950. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. First published in 1998. |
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You have pretty much the whole genre of detective fiction open to you: Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, etc. Far too much to be able to make any single recommendation.
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01-09-2010, 04:36 AM | #4 |
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Ill second Rudyard Kipling with Captains Courageous. Figured 1897 was close enough to 1901. But I haven't as of yet found a really good epub of it. Still looking. I have a 3/4 that I haven't looked at yet. So when I do and if they cut the mustard Ill post it here.
This one is very nice with a nice cover. Done by Infogrid Pacific. Even has a table of contents which a lot of them don't. Which bums me out. Its 3/4 way down the page. They also have PDF but I didn't look at it. I prefer epub. http://www.infogridpacific.com/igp/A...d%20Resources/ So I looked at 6 of them in epub format. And a few didn't open. 3 looked ok. But the one I posted above was easily the best. Hope you enjoy it. Last edited by Guns4Hire; 01-09-2010 at 05:02 AM. |
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Something that is probably quite outside what you normally read - and a bit of a page-turner, is "Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters. I can't say I have one no. 1 read - it all depends on mood - and as I have discovered, my taste has developed quite a bit over the last 20 years. |
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01-09-2010, 05:11 AM | #6 |
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'The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck
Of course, there are loads of great 20th century books by heaps of great authors, and I've only read a fraction of them - but GoW is the one that knocked my socks off the furthest (28.4m if you're interested). |
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I agree that the mystery and thriller section is where you should focus. I am not much of an Agatha Cristie man, but I love pretty much anything by Tony Hillerman (RIP).
Probably "Talking God" would be the one non SF/Fantasy book I would choose if I was sent to a desert island with only the one book. |
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Thomas Mann
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01-09-2010, 06:51 AM | #10 |
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I can't name just one but...
The World according to Garp - John Irving or Last Night in Twisted River The Road - Cormac McCarthy or No Country for Old Men The Sun Also Rises - Hemingway Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant - Anne Tyler |
01-09-2010, 07:22 AM | #11 |
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If you liked Sherlock Holmes stories, nearly all Dr. Thorndyke ones (more scientific than Holmes) are available here.
I think lots of Edgar Rice burroughs books (Tarzan/John Carter) are here as well. |
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Joseph and his brothers by Thomas Mann
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I have read a few crime/mystery novels. I am just looking for a few books in areas that are new to me. So any suggested book or two or three will give me some food for thought.
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Thanks for the input, but I am looking for any specific book or books that pop out at you. I am not looking for an author or authors.
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