Recommend Fictions

[Spectre]

Guys, I am often travelling between two cities and had made up my mind to read books during the train journey

Please suggest some good fictions - detective, mystery

Cheers

 

[kauzy]

Angels n demons... Godfather...

 

[Bluffmaster]

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay.

 

[hmasalia]

Mathew Reilly

Dan Brown

Jeffery Archer

Sidney Sheldon

Check out the works of these authors

 

[nukeu666]

kane and abel-jeffery archer

as the crow flies-jeffery archer

LOTR

sherlock holmes collection

 

[hemi]

Journey to the center of the earth by Jules Verne

 

[Vince]

Cant go wrong with Mario Puzo
Arthur Hailey - Detective

 

[freak86]

ludlum's prometheus deception...very good read...

 

[jith77]

detective, mystery...not my taste...except for dan brown

will esponiage or action do??...if so try

jack higgis...the eagle has landed

anything by fredrick forsyth...except phntom of manhattan and avengers...eg., negotiator, icon or dogs of war

robert ludlum...holcroft convenant, bourne identity

nelson demille...cathedral

archer...11th commandment

sheldon...if tomorow never comes

mathew railey...ice station

 

[cool_dude]

WHAT ??? The guy says detective/mystery and nobody mentions Agatha Christie??? That's ridiculous! She is the queen of mystery boyz!

BTW, Edgar Allan Poe/Sir Arthur Conan Doyle(Sherlock Holmes stories)/ Sir Erle Stanley Gardner(Perry Mason stories) are some great writers too!

 

[Bluffmaster]

Although i haven't read Darkly Dreaming Dexter , the TV series based on the novel is awesome so i figure novel ought to be good.

If anybody here has read the novel , plz write a short review.

 

[stellarhopper]

whatever u do...read atleast one arthur hailey book!
preferrably either 'hotel' or 'airport'
u'll find a nu world....

u can also try some fast gunslinging western action....anything by louis l'amour

LOTR is excellent...but if u plan to read only in trains...chances are, u wont be able to finish all 3 books...

for something in the detective/mystrey section..
agatha christie-the murder of roger ackroyd
one of my all time favs...amazing twist at the end!

for italian mafia stuff:
anything by mario puzo:
godfather, the sicillian,the last don,omerta...

if u have some inclination to law, pik up a john grisham

jeffery archer is another genius
his short stories books are jus mindblowing: cat o' nine tails/quiver full of arrows
even other books are excellent:kane and abel/the prodigal daughter/shall we tell the president...these three make a series.
'the fourth estate' is another great work.

if u like international politics go for tom clancy
the hunt for red october is a great book

 

[Spectre]

Thanks Guys :hap2:
I will go and check the mentioned author's works

one more Q: Any Fiction book lending stores/library in Chennai (pref Annanagar) that anyone know off....

 

[main_trouble]

godaan by munshi premchand

war and peace by tolstoy

both are best works of fictions in history of mankind IMHO

and for non fiction gofor

my experiments with the truth -> most honest autobiography from greatest man ever to walk this earth

the war of rats by david l robbins -> get ready for cat and mouse games between two snipers in WW2

 

[stalker]

Thanks Guys :hap2:

I will go and check the mentioned author's works

one more Q: Any Fiction book lending stores/library in Chennai (pref Annanagar) that anyone know off....

theres one good place where i was a member. this place is close to the Tower Park... its in the lane next to the anna nagar club(the place wid the huge elephant statue). just the lane next to it.

cheesy name... sree 'something' lending library i think. spent my 10th standard vacation sucking the place dry

 

[kippu]

detective huh.... nancy drew , hardy boys and famous five

 

[Spectre]

theres one good place where i was a member. this place is close to the Tower Park... its in the lane next to the anna nagar club(the place wid the huge elephant statue). just the lane next to it.

cheesy name... sree 'something' lending library i think. spent my 10th standard vacation sucking the place dry

Rhythm N Blues - ??

I was also a member long time back, they have shifted to new place, cant find the new address of contact
Very good place for non-academic books

 

[stalker]

nah nah.. not rythm and blues...

wait.. i'll show the place on google

its called Easwari Lending Library. they have a very nice collection.

 

[Spectre]

nah nah.. not rythm and blues...

wait.. i'll show the place on google

its called Easwari Lending Library. they have a very nice collection.

Thanks mate, that was very kind of you

I have seen this place before...haven't visited yet, will go and see

Any idea on the membership rates ?

 

[stalker]

i was a member like long long back.. back then i had to pay a 100 buck registration(refundable) fee and about 10-20 bucks per book at a time.