reading material

[incitatus]

I will shortly run out of on-tube literature. Recommendations please.

[bobbobley]

i read vernon god little at the start of my travels last year and loved it. this was before it won the booker so maybe everyone has recommended this to you, or you may have read it. if not, pick it up it is excellent.

[froggequene]

The Lovely Bones by Lucy Sebold, I think that's her name but it shouldn't be difficult to find. The English Passengers by Matthew Kneale, has multiple narrators, set in 19th century in England and Australia, has a nicely ironic twist at the end. Anything by Giles Milton, a historian but a good writer and story teller. Wild Swans by Jung Chang. 1984 & Animal Farm by George Orwell, just as relevant to our times, scarily so actually. An Instance of Fingerpost by Iain Pears, a murder mystery set during the Restoration with 4 narrators, each using the information and their own perspective to relay events but only the 4th narrator knows everything. Also, The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Millerson, 3 men are sent to build a fence and accidentally kill the landowner then it starts to get strange, an oddly compelling book. The Restraint of Beasts and An Instance of Fingerpost might be hard to get hold of though. Anything by Terry Pratchett, you have been warned, you will want to laugh out loud.

[treaclefight]

life of pi, most memorable book of this year for me.

[Janetex]

Why not just bite the bullet, cut to the chase, play handball or bingo, get onto an even playing field, touch base with your mother-in-law en av a roit awl whinge afftawoods.

[cool breeze]

Anything by Michael Moore at the moment. Dude, Where's my country Stupid White Men top stuff!

[Waterwolf]

If you're on the Tube, try '253' by Geoff Ryman, which is set on a Tube train.

[TRINITY]

Skallagrigg, by William Horwood, was reccomended to me on here and is amazing book. Check it out

[mikewith]

Waterwolf, I do believe you're trying to scare inci. (It's a good book, though - or at least a good concept). My favourite book is 'Inside USA' by John Gunther. Not the lightest commuter read, but compelling and full of interest.

[chimpy]

you may have already read these but.....What a carve up or The Rotters Club by Johnathon Coe .Depending on wether you want fiction or not I am currently reading Into the Silent Land by Paul Broks...interesting,funny and sad.

[Gef]

Do you like any particular genre?

[incitatus]

good sci-fi, good anything. not so much historical fiction because i rant at errors. most classics except thomas hardy who was an overrated bore.

[boognish76]

All my life I avoided Lorna Doone like the plague, believing it to be a Bronte-esque overwrought melodramatic romance. However, finding myself stuck in a cottage for a very wet week in Wales ealier this year with only LD and Catherine Cookson on the bookshelf, I decided to give it a go. Wow! It's actually a fantastic adventure yarn, lots of action, quite funny in parts and not at all the girly romance I was expecting. If you've not read it I heartily recommend it.