Hey Drac, I just started a similar thread, not having taken the time to do a search for previous such requests. My bad. Anyway, here are a few recommendations in response to your request for book suggestions. I assume you mean both serious and fun, fiction and non-fiction? For what it's worth..........
* Mayflower, by Nathaniel Philbrick (non-fiction. The REAL story of the Pilgrims and their first hundred years in the New World. Not deconstructionist, but it definitely gives facts that will alter the traditional image we were all taught in elementary school!)
* Harlan Coben (mystery fiction. I'm really enjoying his books at present. Very well written, believable and entertaining characters, good plot lines.)
* Jayber Crow, by Wendell Berry (Excellently written fictitious memoir of a backwoods barber. A literary feast!)
* Frank McCourt's books -- Angela's Ashes, 'Tis, Teacher Man. All great reads. Heartbreakingly funny, as only the Irish can produce.
* Annie Dillard's work, especially For The Time Being. Non-fiction. Very thought-provoking. Poetically written prose.
* A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving. Fiction. TERRIFIC!
* Anything by Pat Conroy (fiction. Poignant. Moves me to both laugh-out-loud joy and real tears...and I'm not a cry-baby! Wonderful!) |