I am going to start reading fiction any suggestions of authors and or books?
I’m new to reading fiction. I usually only read to learn. But if I was going to start , any suggestions of authors and or books?
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Historical fiction is a favorite of mine…maybe the century trilogy by Ken Follett. Anything by Edward Rutherford.
Thank you
I like mysteries, so when I first started reading for pleasure, I read Agatha Christie.
It’s not uncommon to learn something from a novel. I do it all the time.
I learn what it means to be a human being.
Think about it: when you read a novel that deals with a topic you don’t know anything or much about, you can learn a lot. I recently read an excellent book set in Denmark and Greenland – I learned a LOT about the culture of those two countries, not to mention a lot about snow and ice and icebergs.
What are your favourite non fiction books?
What are your interests? I enjoy anything scifi, historical romance, murder mysteries, biographies, dystopian. I do not like horror. Give us an idea of what you want. ?
I love psychology and human behavior. Some of my favorite movies are gangster movies, silence of the lambs, hangover, due date, and then I also like movies that make me think. Not sure if this helps, but if I could find books like these movies I would be set!
Try reading Dean Koontz, intensity. It surly was! I also liked Stephen King’s The Stand. Both of those seem like books you may enjoy. Good luck!
Will do. I actually have the stand on hold
I actually liked intensity better. Also, Hunger Games is really good.
Try any of Ann Rule true crime books. Just what you looking to read ?????????
Josh! Fiction is about humanity so should be interesting to do if you find the right novel.
Welcome to the wonderful world (s) of fiction!
Try Red Dragon. It’s the prequel (or sequel) I don’t remember, to Silence is the Lambs. It scared me so much it was the last creepy book I ever read.
Silence of the Lambs is a great book!! Try the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy slow at first but well worth it!!
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote – nonfiction that reads like a novel, so it might be a good bridge for you.
A Dark Adapted Eye by Ruth Rendell (aka Barbara Vine).
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson.
Donald Westlake’s Dortmunder series, about a gang of hapless crooks, are great stories that will keep you laughing, too.
Steinbeck.
Omg yes. The human condition.
Stephen King.
Paulo coelho
Authors….Jodi Piccoult, John Grisham, Louise Penny, Wally Lamb, Greg Iles, Stephen King
Emily Richards
I highly recommend reading the novels (and essays) of GORE VIDAL.
i seldom read fiction too but I AM PILIGRIM by Hayes was really something you should start on.
Jodi picoult
I would say, amble around in a library and read a page here and there to see what appeals.
Good idea!
Try “Servant of the Bones” by Anne Rice. No vampires.
John Sandford, Patricia Cornwell, Jody Picoult, Sandra Brown.
Lisa Genova – she is a neuroscientist who writes VERY good fiction. Her first book was Still Alice, which explores/explains Alzheimer’s. In her latest novel, Every Note Played, the main character is a pianist who suffers from ALS. Through Genova’s well-developed characters, we learn a lot about the disease as well as its emotional toll on the patient as well as his family and caregivers. Her books provide a good transition from nonfiction to fiction because you learn while caring about the subjects.
I would say start with historical fiction and if you enjoy those then move to other fiction novels.
Go to your local independent bookstore and ask the staff. They love that!
THree Men In A Boat by Jerome K. JeRome. LOts of psychology in that.
Don Wilmslow, he’s done a few but Power of the Dog is a cracker, Mexican cartels, CIA, government corruption but without the cheese of Patterson!
The Force is really good too. It was my first Winslow novel. Planning to read Power of the Dog and The Cartel soon.
Ann Patchett, Donna Tartt, Jonathan Franzen