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NEW TO READING BOOKS

Name: Anonymous 2009-06-02 22:51

Hey book, ive never read a book all the way through, i only read magazines or the web. What would you suggest i read?

Name: Anonymous 2009-06-03 23:24

Depends what you want to get into.  There are actually some good "teen fiction" novels that can appeal to older readers, and they're usually pretty short (The "Bartimaeus Trilogy" is very good).  Neil Gaiman's "Interworld" was really good (he co-wrote it with another author, but I can't remember who), and it's pretty short (only about 150-200 pages).  You could also try some books of short stories (Gaiman has several good ones, as do Stephen King and many other accomplished authors).

If you want something heavier and kind of dark, try Stephen Erikson's "The Malazan Book of the Fallen" series.  It's 8 books thus far, with two more to come, and each book averages around 1000-1500 pages.  There's also Ian C. Esslemont's "Tales of the Malazan Empire", which is on book 2 of 5 so far.  Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series is also good, and the books are about half the length of Erickson's.  I don't know much about non-fantasy series, though, as I'm not really that interested.  I also read Angels and Demons recently, and while it wasn't great, it was alright.

If you're looking at sci-fi, I'd recommend William Gibson's "Neuromancer" or Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game", which were both pretty good and not very long.

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