I need a good book.

The last book I read wasAmerican Gods, by Neil Gaiman. It's a really good book.

Now, I'm looking for another really good book. Give me some suggestions.

Anything by Henry Rollins.

That and/or consult your Penguin Classics range.

Ishmael, then My Ishmael; Way of the Peaceful Warrior; life of Pi

I just finished reading this. It's good.

I recently read "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. It's great!!

Non-fiction

The Collapse of Globalism: And the Reinvention of the World
John Ralston Saul

Fiction

A long way Down
Nick Hornby

If you liked American gods, you could try Good omens (Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett) or The long dark teatime of the soul (Douglas Adams) both follow a very similar theme.

Other than that, I've just finished reading Monkey by Wu Ch'eng 'En, which I'm currently demanding that everyone should read.

I just looked up almost everything mentioned. I think I will read The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul. I read Good Omens, right before I read American Gods, and I really liked it.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Me too. I am in the mood for a depressing, morbid, possibly spooky, kind of emo fiction book. Any suggestions?

The Fuck-Up. Depressing through most of it, wonderful at the end.

seconded! a very quick easy and fun read

this one has always been my favourite all time read

Ooh, sounds interesting. I think I will go get it at the library. I see that the author has a few books out. Are the others any good?

Haha I've just gotten into him, so I'm not sure yet. I've started Dogrun though, and it's looking quite promising.

a definite.
I couldn't read the fuck-up the first time around.
Tossed to the corner as mediocre.
I might just give it another swirl.

Check out Slaughtermatic by Steve Aylett.

Of course there's always my favorite Cows .

But that book hands out seizures.

If you liked American Gods, try Neverwhere by Gaiman as well. I think it's even better.

Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson, was less scifi/fantasy than his normal stuff, but, really fantastic. Interesting stuff about culture and internet and marketing whoredom and jetlag. Tons of jetlag.

Pattern Recognition is Gibson's best novel yet, I think.

Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia, by John Dickie, is excellent. (Note: not about the American Mafia.)


[Edited on Aug 02, 2005 by waldo]

Goderic!

Did you read Neverwhere already?

I'm on the waiting list at the library to get this. I can't wait to read it.

house of leaves by mark z. danielewski
the perks of being a wallflower-by stephen chbosky

The Dice Man.

Best book I ever read.

Bourdain is the man. Buy all his books.

i'm seconding everyone else's Neverwhere suggestion, and adding

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
Glue by Irvine Welsh
All Families are Psychotic by Douglas Copeland
The Dark Tower 1-7 by Stephen King, if you're in for the long haul...