Guest lemon Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Michael Crichton, Stephen Cannel, Mario Puzo, John Patterson, David Baldacci. I've read most of their books at least twice... Any suggestions on similar authors of the Action/Suspense, and Legal genre? My problem with these authors is that they write too slow... Try mo, bro, si Jeffrey Archer, The Eleventh Commandment & First Among Equals Quote Link to comment
Guest lemon Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Here's another interesting reading: JEMIMA J. (by Jane Green). Gives an enlightening view of women and women's point of view. Quote Link to comment
tambay Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Harper Lee (To k*ll a Mockingbird), at dahil sa romantikong tao ako, syempre fave ko si Jane Austen, especially yung Persuasion, at si Judith McNaught (Paradise). At ang walang kamatayang si JD Salinger (pero hindi sya romance novelist ha). I also read Sheldon and Grisham books. during my teens, i was hooked with Agatha Christie's stories..... Quote Link to comment
MODERATOR Alex_Corvis Posted August 5, 2003 MODERATOR Share Posted August 5, 2003 sa kin Anne Rice, astig kasi yung vampire chronicles nya eh.Tapos lahat ng fantasy tsaka adventure.Rowling, Tolkien, tapos me bago, Garth Nix.Historical Leon Uris sakin. pero wala pa ring tatalo sa Willy Wonka ang the chocolate factory!!! Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 favorite ko and travel lit.....enjoy ako kin Paul Theroux and Tim Cahill. Also humor by Dave Barry. Binabasa ko din yung Harry Potter books ng anak ko hehehe.... Quote Link to comment
little_brown_spider Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 Kasama pala ako dito sa mga SF and F genre fan club. If you guys want to try another good fantasy author, try reading The Recluce Saga by L.E. Modesitt Jr., If anybody already read it, i'm just curious about your comments about it. btw i just finished reading Robert Jordan's 10th book in the wheel of time series, Crossroads of Twilight and I felt kinda disappointed. very engrosing books ni modesitt, complet ka ba sa books nya? Na try mo na books ni Martin? I'm into SF&F genre, horror, mythology. Though kung walang ginagawa, kahit anong book pwede na. Quote Link to comment
tedaks Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 I'm now reading Ernest Hemingway's For whom the Bell Tolls. Now I know why he got a Noble Prize for Literature. I read Wild at Heart last week tapos pag natapos ko yung Hemingway this week balik ano ng national bookstore bili ulit ako ng iba pang Hemingway....... I also read Unbearable lightness of Being, muntik ko siyang hindi ma bear ang tagal kong binasa...... Quote Link to comment
artlicks123 Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 James Hamilton Patterson - "Ghosts of Manila" Gruesome opening scene, but goes on to explore the lives of Urban poor in real depth - its excellent, the guy obviously loves the Philippines - quirkiness and all!He also wrote "Playing with Water" Much more peaceful book - it's a novel, but based on his time spent living with fishing communities in Marinduque Quote Link to comment
razor boy Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 actually, i haven't read any good books lately ... i'm partial to Stephen King's novellas and short story collections, and horror / sci-fi in general . have read almost all of Tom Clancy's works too . cyempre, medical textbooks and journals. continuous learning process needed eh . Quote Link to comment
Headroom Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 Took some university subjects studing English and mixed literature and romantic poetry and prose so have some favourites from that: Geoffery Chaucer, Robert Browing, Randolf Stow, T.S Eliot, all Shakespeare. More modern include fantasy by the master Tolkein, Raymond E Feist, David Eddings and Robert Jordan. Also like biographies, books on history especially military I am actually really bummed out that I do not have as much time anymore to read as i used to and there are too many good authors that I enjoy to mention. Quote Link to comment
lord_rochester Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 i like jeffrey archer 1. not a penny more not a penny less (the best) 2. a quiver full of arrow 3. honor among thieves 4. first among equals 5. prodigal daughter hope i could read some of his other books.. (don't have the time yet) just bought robert ludlum's the gemini contenders and the road to gandolfo... i'll read it when i have the time. i also like richard bach's jonathan livingstone seagull...hmmmm...what else... i'm starting hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (thanks to trillian)what else.... hehe the harry potter series of course.... local authors f. sionil jose....my brother my executionermasshaven't read the rest of his books then steven javellana's without seeing the dawn... i was addicted to shakespeare in high school... read othello, macbeth, hamlet, all's well that ends well, midsummer night's dream, the tempest, hmm... twelfth night (probably my favorite) , romeo and juliet... king lear... what else... dami eh.. don't remember all... don't really have the time to read now .... in a few months time siguro... any recommendations???? for more books to read???? Quote Link to comment
propaganda Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 Best book of all time? Wow, that's hard. Catcher in the Rye... JD SalingerThe Gift of Acabar... Og Mandino & Buddy Kaye The writers I follow: Bob Ong, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Christopher Buckley, Lemony Snicket, Pablo Neruda, Paulo Cuelho. But of course shower me the classics anytime. Quote Link to comment
leonscalone Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 Just finished reading Jeffrey Archer's "Sons of Fortune". Thanks pretty_she! Currently reading Yossef Bodansky's "Bin Laden..." Quote Link to comment
Matrixxx Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 d ako mahilig sa books, playboy mag lang ang gusto ko. hehehe Quote Link to comment
mig 22 Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 I love the three books written by Thomas Harris, namely: Silence of the LambsHannibalRed Dragon And some of Tom Clancy's writings Quote Link to comment
insomniac Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 trainspotting - irvine welshthe secret books of paradis - tanith leethe dune chronicles - frank herbertthe silmarillion - jrr tolkienon the road - jack kerouakexpanded universe - robert heinlein Quote Link to comment
Chi-Chi Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 all books by nicholas sparks is nice... i suggest "the notebook" Quote Link to comment
molato Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 man's search for meaning by victor frankl Quote Link to comment
pcrpogi Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 my fave is shogun by james clavell (1000+ pages but I read this 3x) i've read books bytom clancyjohn grishammichael crichtonrobert jordangeorge rr martinrobin hobbjonathan kellermanstephen kingstephen baxter Quote Link to comment
Gendo Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 hmmm... off the top, eto yung mga authors na naalala ko.. tom clancy, frederick forsyth, nicholas sparks, r.a. salvatore, stephen king, john grisham, michael crichton, f. scott fitzgerald, mga ilang philosophers (Philo major kasi ako e, pero enjoy din sila basahin! ). di ko na gaano maalala yung iba kasi naka-tago na yung mga books e Quote Link to comment
EfrenBataReyes Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 stepmy fave is shogun by james clavell (1000+ pages but I read this 3x) i've read books bytom clancyjohn grishammichael crichtonrobert jordangeorge rr martinrobin hobbjonathan kellermanstephen kingstephen baxter wow, halos pareho tayo ng mga authors na fave ah, kulang lang sa sinabi mo yung mga sci fi and fantasy authors tulad nina arthur clarke, isaac asimov, tracy hickman, jrr tolkien... in summary : tom clancy - love all his books, especially lahat kung san andun si jack ryanjohn grisham - not really into his books, although medyo ok naman yung movie adaptation nung books nyamichael crichton - good books too, sphere and jurassic's much better sa book than movierober jordan - quantity in pages of his books, but not qualityjonathan kellerman - liked reading his psych-thriller books at first, may character din syang ala-jack ryan ni tom clancy, pero it wears off pag nakabasa ka na nung the rest ng books nya about this characterstephen king - alam ko sikat sya but im not much into his booksjames clavell - sana yung binasa mo na lang is yung sponsored/edited nyang book ni Sun Tzu, the art of war also very highly recommended, frederick forsyth, robert ludlum btw, remember franklin w dixon? yun lang po Quote Link to comment
Prettychic Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 ur welcome leonscalone!!! mali pa ang spelling mo. anyways!! just finished with Bad Company by Jack Higgins and will start reading THE NOTEBOOK, by Nicholas Sparks. I know this will be a tearjerker. Quote Link to comment
why_not! Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Whats your favorite book you have read? Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare. * Harriet Martineau the alchemist by paolo cuello Tuesdays with MoreThe notebook Quote Link to comment
MarkXXX Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Anyone read the Da Vinci Code? Talk about THE MOTHER OF ALL CONSPIRACY THEORIES! Quote Link to comment
P4l1k3r0 Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Any novel by Tom Clancy. Quote Link to comment
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