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I read this book over and over again as a child: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sterkarm_Handshake

Oh oh and I just remembered Jill Murphy's stuff- Worst Witch and the Large Family! And Jill Tomlinson's books like The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark! Plop :love:

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ste_mc_efc

Original post by maskofsanity

Apathy and Other Small Victories.

this.

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Kolya

the posthumous memoirs of bras cubas

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Oliviaonthetrain

Original post by wildrover

Cracking taste :smile:

Aww, thanks! :smile:

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ophqui

The danny wallace books (join me and yes man mainly)
Tucker max - i hope they serve beer in hell
Patton oswalt - zombie spaceship wasteland
Bill maher - new rules
Jim norton - happy endings
Artie lang - too fat to fish

Not all novels, but certainly funnier than terry pratchett :rolleyes:

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Alian

not a novel but Hagar the Horrible is good (lots of short comic strips in a book).

500 Mile Walkies is also good (+ a novel).

Tristram Shandy

The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien (probably even better in Gaelic)

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TheUsername42

Could anybody recommend me some modern 'war' books that are non-fiction, i really enjoyed ones like Sniper One and Apache though need another read to take on holiday!

thanks

Hellfire by Ed Macy

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_11?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=chickenhawk&x=0&y=0&sprefix=chickenhawk

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dispatches-Picador-Michael-Herr/dp/0330255738/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310864715&sr=1-1

gogogo

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Pochi_X

What are some good books for beginner, prefer the ones that doesn't use unusual vocabulary.

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dakyras

Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

Original post by Pochi_X

What are some good books for beginner, prefer the ones that doesn't use unusual vocabulary.

What sort of literature are you interested in? I would suggest To Kill a Mockingbird. In my library it is in the Teenage section so I guess it would be fitting. :smile:

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wanderlust.xx

Harry Potter is probably what got me into reading. Then I just started reading what I like (popular books, science fiction, fantasy).

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Pochi_X

Original post by dakyras

Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

I will look into that.

Original post by xoxAngel_Kxox

Eh I am 23 years old, what I meant is something that doesn't use high and advanced vocabs.

Original post by whattheheck

What sort of literature are you interested in? I would suggest To Kill a Mockingbird. In my library it is in the Teenage section so I guess it would be fitting. :smile:

Something outwordly, fantasy, no sci-fi whatsoever.

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DarkSenrine

Original post by Pochi_X

I will look into that.

The author of that post is clearly joking. That book is reserved for literary scholars of the highest echelon and masochists only.

Even people with English Literature PhDs struggle to understand it.

If you want something challenging but at least comprehensible then I'd suggest some Aldous Huxley like Brave New World or Eyeless in Gaza.

Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro is also a very good start for repropelling yourself back into literature. Before I read that I hadn't picked up a book for 2 years, and now I read at least two a month.