don't need fiction all are true stories
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
Just finished Outsider by Stephen King. A 350 page novel crammed into 475.
Used to like his books, but not so sure about this one.
Now on Many Rivers To Cross by Peter Robinson.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Somehow missed it, last year. Thanks for the heads up, Tris.
I've had a copy of it on my bookshelf for nigh on 40 years! Still haven't read it. Will add it to the pile next to my bedside table.
Just a matter of time, methinks. Perhaps you could do the honours?
Admittedly, it's a while since I read AP, but at the time I thought it was the most disturbing and depressing book I'd ever come across.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Fiction
I'll take any of the Stuart McBride books. Murder, gangsters and laugh-out-loud black humour.
Henning Mankell's Wallander books are also a good read. I've only read one Rebus, which I enjoyed, and hopefully will read a few more soon.
Aside from crime novels, I really love the James Herriot books.
I was a massive fan of the Alienist by Caleb Carr when I was in my early teens, it was one of the first proper 'grown up' books I ever purchased. One where by judging the book by its cover was an unqualified success. The TV dramatisation on Netflix caught the essence of the writing rather well.
Non-fiction
May I recommend Do No Harm by Henry Marsh. It's a book about the rials and tribulations of being a brain surgeon.
Defending the Guilty: Truth and Lies in the Criminal Courtroom by Alex McBride is also an eye-opener.
Non-fiction:
The Ascent of Man - Jacob Browski
Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond
The Doors of Perception - Aldous Huxley
Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell
The Kon-Tiki Expedition - Thor Heyerdahl
London: The Biography - Peter Ackroyd
Nairn's London - Ian Nairn
The Road to Wigan Pier - George Orwell
Fiction:
The Beach - Alex Garland
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
The Hitchhiker's Guide(s) to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Honorary Consul - Graham Greene
The Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy
Reunion - Fred Uhlman
The Thirty-Nine Steps - John Buchan
Typhoon - Joseph Conrad