Reading
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Recommended books
These are a collection of one- or two-off books I’ve particularly enjoyed. Authors whose work I consistently like are listed in the next section: Recommended authors.
- The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
- Mark Haddon
- Fiction
- Vernon God Little
- DBC Pierre
- Fiction
- The Princess Bride
- William Goldman
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
- Jung Chang
- Biography, History
- American Psycho
- Bret Easton Ellis
- Fiction
- Glamorama
- Bret Easton Ellis
- Fiction
- Lord of the Flies
- William Golding
- Fiction
- Catch 22
- Joseph Heller
- Fiction, Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
- About a Boy
- Nick Hornby
- Fiction
- High Fidelity
- Nick Hornby
- Fiction
- Three Men in a Boat
- Jerome K. Jerome
- Fiction
- The Gun Seller
- Hugh Laurie
- Fiction
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Harper Lee
- Fiction, Children’s Books
- Life of Pi
- Yann Martel
- Fiction
- All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy)
- Cormac McCarthy
- Fiction
- Angela’s Ashes
- Frank McCourt
- Biography
- A Monk Swimming
- Malachy McCourt
- Biography
- Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About
- Mil Millington
- Fiction
- The Deed of Paksenarrion
- Elizabeth Moon
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Holes
- Louis Sachar
- Children’s Books
- The Catcher in the Rye
- J.D. Salinger
- Fiction
- Cryptonomicon
- Neal Stephenson
- Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- The Diamond Age
- Neal Stephenson
- Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- The Lord of the Rings
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- The Hobbit
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- A Confederacy of Dunces
- John Kennedy Toole
- Fiction
- Slaughter House Five
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Recommended authors
I’ve pretty much enjoyed anything written by the following people. In many cases their works are part of an on-going series; if that's true for the author you select I’d strongly recommend reading their books in the order in which they were written.
If you’re looking for a quick book recommendation then see the previous section: Recommended books.
- George MacDonald Fraser
- Fiction
- Scott Adams
- Humour
- Mark Billingham
- Crime, Suspense, Thriller
- Bill Bryson
- Travel writing
- James Lee Burke
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Lee Child
- Adventure, Thriller
- Michael Connelly
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- John Connolly
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Robert Crais
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Louis de Bernieres
- Fiction
- Carl Hiaasen
- Fiction, Mystery
- Tami Hoag
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Joe R. Lansdale
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Elmore Leonard
- Crime, Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
- Henning Mankell
- Crime, Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
- Ed McBain
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Val McDermid
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Terry Pratchett
- Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
- Philip Pullman
- Children’s Books, Religion & Spirituality, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Ian Rankin
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- John Sanford
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Wilbur Smith
- Fiction
- P.G. Wodehouse
- Fiction, Humour
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