Can someone please recomend me an Epic book to read!!

Drop The Leash 10

The Narritive Life of Fredrick Douglass

Fifthelement

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

Those sound sweet. What type of fantasy are we talking here?

It's got it all . . . Dragons, mystics, magic, demons, wights, ice-cold walking dead type creatures, knights, princesses, murder, incest, Xian-type themes, swarming hordes a la Ghenghis Khan. It's a series that I keep going back to and re-reading.

Pax!

OffHeGoes29

Mario Puzo's "The Godfather"

markymark550

What's the deal on the Klosterman books? I've read/heard people mentioning that they like his books, but I don't know much about him or his work. Someone please elaborate for me.

Hitch-Hiker

You want Epic? Read Dune. Best.Book.Ever.

Snake

Oxxys wrote:

I like fiction preferably especially thrillers, conspiracies, fantasy, etc, etc.

THANKS A BUNCH

Tom Clancy. My favorite is "Without Remorse", its about a man who is taking out a drug and prostitute ring after they kill his girlfriend.
Very awesome, keeps you interested throughout the entire book. And Clancy is a very good narrator.

Hitch-Hiker

Snake wrote:

Tom Clancy. My favorite is "Without Remorse", its about a man who is taking out a drug and prostitute ring after they kill his girlfriend.
Very awesome, keeps you interested throughout the entire book. And Clancy is a very good narrator.

Very true. I've read rainbow six and Patriot games. When Clancy does action you just can't put it down.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

RA Salvatore books are good i think.

JonnyPistachio

Personally I loved the Anne Rice Vampire Series and the Witch books too. The Witch books start out as a slow read, but pick up and they pay off in the long run.

Wilds

Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zalazny.

The Complete Book of Amber is all 10 stories.

Good times.

AmentsChick

To Kill a Mockingbird. Seriously. AWESOMENESS!! I had no idea how good th is book was!!

dunkman

Oxxys wrote:

I was just browsing the What I'm currently reading thread.....and didn't find something I found to interesting.... HELP PLEASE!!!

Please no "chick" books

I like fiction preferably especially thrillers, conspiracies, fantasy, etc, etc.

I also like shit like Chuck Klosterman....

Oh Yeah and tell me a little bit what its about!!

THANKS A BUNCH

A Quiet Belief In Angels

RJ Ellory

"...Never before have I felt compelled to write a review of a book. However, A Quiet Belief had such a profound affect on me, it would be an injustice not to.
In keeping with many other reviewers comments, this book is a riveting tale. From the moment the story opened in 1939 through the eyes of twelve year old Joseph Vaughan, I was hooked.
The story covers fifty years of Joseph's life, and tells how his life is linked and overshadowed by a series of grisly murders of young girls.
Set in a small town in the deep south of America, A Quiet Belief evokes a haunting atmosphere of the people and the times.
It had echoes of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and fully deserves all the accolades it's getting. For a british author to capture the period in america so well, is a measure of his talent.
The book would make a great film...
Brilliant. If there was ever a book to read before you die, this is the one...."

i found it 'epic'

riffrandall

"Man Gone Down" and "The Emperor's Children" are the two best books I've read this year. "Man Gone Down" has the edge.

hoopinman

NYbenben wrote:

Greatest "MAN" book of all time...

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max... ABSOLUTE INSANITY and one of the best books i have read in years...

you will piss yourself laughing.

I also like his book "Assholes Finish First"

The Champ

http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=285292

Lizard

Gone with the Wind is pretty epic!!!!

muppet

That is a great series. Another one, which has been mentioned before in other book threads, is George R R Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice series. Currently there are: 1) A Game of Thrones 2) A Clash of Kings 3) A Storm of Swords and 4) A Feast for Crows. There are three more eventually forthcoming. They are kind of a medieval fantasy type of series. Completely engrossing. Happy reading.

Couldn't agree more with that suggestion. Such a brilliant series, and not your typical LOTR type fantasy books. Very dark, gritty and more medieval than fantasy (although there are some magical aspects). I understand that a HBO TV series is in negotations, so get on the bandwagon before everybody else does

The Dark Tower series is great as well as other people have said, but I thought the last few books were a bit naff.

Vedderlution_Baby

Fifthelement wrote:

It's got it all . . . Dragons, mystics, magic, demons, wights, ice-cold walking dead type creatures, knights, princesses, murder, incest, Xian-type themes, swarming hordes a la Ghenghis Khan. It's a series that I keep going back to and re-reading.

Pax!

I'm definately going to check that out.

pearljammin41

Michael Crichton is good...

Wobbie

If, by "epic," you mean "long," here's two very long and very good books (IMHO)....

I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb. The best book I have ever read.

Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer. Both are around 1000 pages long and I've read both, multiple times (something I hardly ever do).