Any suggestions for books to read?

I like fiction but can't find anything worth reading anymore. I'm looking for new writers. Tired of the same old stuff.

What have you been reading?

Which genres, etc.?

The best novels I read last year (actually the only ones) were by Alberto Moravia--Contempt and The Conformist.

I'm looking for new writers. I just get tired of the mass produced stuff. I can travel in most genres.

I got a ist of a bout twenty books I haven't read. Thanks for your help.

I Recently read good fiction by:

Anita Shreve
Audrey Niffenegger

What genre are you interested in?

RL

My ideas are getting old. I need a new direction. Anything that gives me ideas to get even with the Bush Administration.

My recomendations are all going to be Science Fiction since that's almostmost exclusively the Fiction genre I read in terms of new stuff.

Ken MacLeod is a recent personal discovery of mine. His "Learning the World" is fantastic, intelligent, funny and fun. Newton's Wake and his Engines of Light series are also excellent. "Newton's Wake" is a bit more space opera but done intelligently. The "Engines of Light" gets you a little more poltical and social commentary, very interesting.

You know, I never read science fiction. I think you gave me a direction. Thanks for the leads.

He's a young-ish British author. Give "Cloud Atlas" a whirl. It's very, very good.

Grab any of his books. Laugh out loud funny. Twisted sense of humor.

http://www.amazon.com/Castle-Forest-Novel-Norman-Mailer/dp/0394536495/sr=8-1/qid=1170440810/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-0166799-5194364?ie=UTF8&s=books

I'm excited about that one, but haven't read it yet.

I'm generally into the heavy hitters of the Lost Generation and WW II eras. Though my favorites are the Beats and slightly later -- Kerouac, Burroughs, Bukowski and Tom Wolfe, not to mention that fellow in my avatar box.

I'd also definitely recommend Philip Roth -- dude's a God -- as well as the aforementioned Mailer and the other WWII-vet writers. Plus, if you've never gotten into the previous generation -- Hemmingway, Fitzgerald, etc. -- they're worth reading, definitely.

Going outside America, I can't recommend Gabriel Garcia Marquez enough. Heck, it's almost worth learning Spanish so you can read it in the original language!

I'm looking for the new Burroughs, Bukowski and Kerouac. Like who's the new Terry Southern. I'll try Marquez. thanks

Forgive me for having the temerity to offer suggestions! :P

Kidding aside, Marquez is freakin' awesome. 100 Years of Solitude is his best work -- and one of the best novels of all time, for that matter -- but all his stuff's real good.

Its a fantasy novel....

memories of my melancholy whores - gabriel garcia marquez
the alchemist - paulo coelho
saving fish from drowning - amy tan
ines of my soul - isabel allende
saving the world - julia alvarez
wild fire - nelson demille

This is so exciting. I'm so outa touch with new novels and even old ones.

I am a voracious reader - at least 3 books a week.

Possiby the best thing he's ever written.