Looking for good book recommendations

I presume you mean fiction? Anything by Cormac McCarthy. No Country for old men, the border triology, The Road. All good. Room Emma Donoghue.
 
John Grisham
Bernard Cornwell, though every book is the same, rugged hero, incompetent superiors, gets the girl, wins the battle, defeats evil nemesis. Maybe a genre for the lads

Ever watch Downton Abbey?
I adored this book, one of the richest billionaire families in England and within three generations lost everything
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Diamonds-Great-English-Dynasty/dp/0141019239
But covers a lot like life for working people, issues about inheritance, the Kennedy family, trade unions, bit of everything realy.
And it's all true
 
"The Quants:How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It" by Scott Patterson.
Excellent read - although it is about the current market decline, so some may consider it as more domesday reading! It looks at money was moved and what caused the markets to go in to a tailspin in 2007. How credit default swaps etc. came about and the affect they had.

http://www.amazon.com/Quants-Whizzes-Conquered-Street-Destroyed/dp/0307453375
http://www.marketfolly.com/2010/03/quants-by-scott-patterson-book-review.html

Edit - Boomtobust given your username it could be right up your (Wall)street!
 
I like this website for recommendations - you input your favorite books and it gives you suggestions based on this!
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Vanilla said:
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Any genre really. Have just finished a biography by the author Patricia Highsmith; a colourful life to say the least!

Some good recommendations there.

That's a great site Themetunegal.

Sunny, Mrs Boomtobust is a fan but not really my cup of tea but I will admit I read her first book. I thought the film adaption was dreaful though.
 
Im absolutely mesmerised by the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R R Martin - I havent spoken to my husband in days.
 
Have just finished 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' - Stieg Larson. Great work. Started reading it, couldn't stop. I woke at 5am yesterday, read it for 2.5 hours, then picked it up again at 10.30 and read till 1.

Also just recently finished 'One Day' - David Nicholls. Documents two people's lives on a certain day of the year and what they were doing on that day. Very very good, laughed out loud at times, and also bawled my eyes out.
 
Purple said:
I must buy them for Mrs. Purple :D
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Guy in a convertible on a bumpy back road gets pulled over by a bike cop.

"What can I do for you Garda?" he asked.

"Sir, you wife fell out of your car two miles back!" exclaimed the Garda.

The man looks over at the empty seat beside him, then back to the Garda.

"Oh, thank God for that!"

"I beg your pardon sir?"

"I thought I'd gone deaf!"
 
I'm reading Bill Brysons "Home" at the minute. Very interesting if you're into quirky facts
 
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