Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen. It's a memoir of the author's time spent in a psychiatric hospital and life prior to it and after. It's full of crude humor and I think it's just very honest (brutally). It's short, around 180 pages and I read straight through it in a little over 2 hours because it was so interesting, pulled me in and I never wanted to stop reading it.
- kitsch:
A good one is Jane Eyre by another one of the Bronte sisters, I adored that one to no end.
- belikov.:
- Does anyone know of anything that is similar to Wuthering Heights? Particularly set in the same time period. But I don't want anything by Jane Austen.
In terms of pre-20th century science fiction - there are robots/mechanical women in The Sandman by E.T.A. Hoffmann and The Future Eve byAuguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam and they're both a lot of fun to read. When it comes to modern/contemporary literature - the Dune (by Frank Herbert) and the Ender's Game (by Orson Scott Card) series are worth a read. Vonnegut wrote incredibly creepy scifi so I don't really like reading his books, although he's really brilliant. I've read Slaughter House Five and Slapstick by him and then I chickened out - but if you're not that fainthearted I think you're going to like his novels. I've heard really good things about Doris Lessing's scifi series - Canopus in Argos, but I haven't read any of her scifi novels. I did read her short stories and novellas about Africa (which were absolutely lovely) so if I were you I'd try out her books too.
- budgie:
- Any really amazing science fiction? I haven't really read a lot but I would like to read more. Any kind really, I'm not fussed.
I've read Douglas Adams and some HG Wells, but that's about it. I also plan on reading Jules Verne, Arthur C Clarke, Frankenstein, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Uglies.
Thank you
Thanks :D I'll definitely check them out.
- Mr W. H.:
- In terms of pre-20th century science fiction - there are robots/mechanical women in The Sandman by E.T.A. Hoffmann and The Future Eve byAuguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam and they're both a lot of fun to read. When it comes to modern/contemporary literature - the Dune (by Frank Herbert) and the Ender's Game (by Orson Scott Card) series are worth a read. Vonnegut wrote incredibly creepy scifi so I don't really like reading his books, although he's really brilliant. I've read Slaughter House Five and Slapstick by him and then I chickened out - but if you're not that fainthearted I think you're going to like his novels. I've heard really good things about Doris Lessing's scifi series - Canopus in Argos, but I haven't read any of her scifi novels. I did read her short stories and novellas about Africa (which were absolutely lovely) so if I were you I'd try out her books too.
The Pink Carnation series are very good.
- kitsch:
- Any historical fiction?
Somewhere along the lines of the Victorian era or with France as the setting?
Look into John Green. Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines. Most of his work is from a guys point of view.
- Blackness:
- I'm looking for a good young adult, fiction book, written in a guys point of view?
Tracey Chevalier is quite good. She wrote Girl with a Pearl Earring, which I actually haven't read, but I have read The Lady and the Unicorn. Which is very good.
- kitsch:
- Any historical fiction?
Somewhere along the lines of the Victorian era or with France as the setting?
Have you read Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy? That was a challenging book for me (in terms of length because it is very long to get through) but it is an amazing book to read.
- epicblackwriter:
- I'm looking for a very challenging book, don't mind the age you see but i like classics and most genres. Help please.
I've read both The Lost Diary of Don Juan by Douglas Carlton Abrams and In Lucia's Eyes by Arthur Japin and they were both really wonderful as historical fiction biographies plus they're set around the same period. Also quite good is Stephane Audeguy's The Only Son which is about Rousseau's infamous brother, but a lot of the book is concerned with the French revolution so you kind of have to be a bit interested in French history to like it. But do give it a try, Audeguy's a very very underrated writer.
- belikov.:
- I'm looking for something similar to Isabel Allende's Zorro.
Either based around the same time period or a really good fictional biography with the same sort of style.
The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen, and Camille by Tess Oliver.
- ninjay:
- I really need a "filler" book to read.
I've just finished two rather intense books and would really like an easy, fluffy romance to read for a bit.
Something fairytale like, without being completely unbelievable.
And maybe something a little sexy. You know, without being ridiculous and Mills and Boon-ish.
Any suggestions would be so greatly appreciated.
Oh my gosh! I thought I was going for a bit of a long shot. Ah!
- Mr W. H.:
- I've read both The Lost Diary of Don Juan by Douglas Carlton Abrams and In Lucia's Eyes by Arthur Japin and they were both really wonderful as historical fiction biographies plus they're set around the same period. Also quite good is Stephane Audeguy's The Only Son which is about Rousseau's infamous brother, but a lot of the book is concerned with the French revolution so you kind of have to be a bit interested in French history to like it. But do give it a try, Audeguy's a very very underrated writer.
I'm going to the library tomorrow to see if I can get any of them. Thank you so much, Andy! 
