Hello! New Years Eve is coming up, most of us are on vacation right now. So I wondered, does anyone have suggestions to books I can read during the holdays? Now, I do not mean chess books, but plain fun litterature novels. Your answers will be most appreciated.  Have anyone of you read or seen Pride and Prejudice? Such a great masterpiece by Jane Austen ^^;    

"The Fixer" by Bernard Malamud is probably the best novel I have ever read (I'm 52).  it is powerful and at times disturbing.  it won't make you laugh but it probably will make you think. 

"El paraiso en la otra esquina" by mario vargas llosa.

its a very good book about the life of french impressionist painter Paul Gaguin and at the same time the story of his grandmother who was a feminist who faught for the rights of french laborers.excellent! the story centers mostly on gaguin's life on the french polynesian islands of the pacific ocean and his genuine dislike of modern society. the story of his grandmother is also very absorbing.

Thanks! I will read them both, they sounded interresting.

read twilight again it's awesome i love the books i have read them  3 times each cool

hahah, just finished the 3rd book - Eclipse :D I liked it much more than the second because Edward played a bigger part there :D Going to start reading the third book soon :D

Dump Twilight and pick up "Economics in One Lesson" by Henry Hazlitt.

http://www.amazon.com/Economics-One-Lesson-Shortest-Understand/dp/0517548232

whatev ericmittens twilight is so much better then economics in one lesson the title already put me to sleep but twilight i can't stop reading you should read it too fitzdarcy it's awesome to have you as a friend by the way me and you can talk about twilight when ever you want too

 Are you a 12 year old girl?

Relax, people have different tastes. I ordered all of the books, looking forward to start reading them ^^    And Twilight saga is not only read by teenagers, I know of many adults reading the books. But let us not argue and rather suggest great books....

Some of my favs:

The Death and life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs

American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis

100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Man,Economy,and State by Murray Rothbard

Thank you ;)

To ''freezenyr''; I just read the Fixer by Bernard Malamud, and I thought it was a good book. It was so sad to read how Yakov Bok and jews in general were completely mistreated. So, how do you think the trial went, in the end?

I would have liked a prolonging of the end of the book though, but otherwise a great one! Thank you for recommending that one.

100 Years of Solitude - a magnificent book

And Their Eyes Were Watching God (Nora Zeale Hurston)

Our Town (Thornton Wilder) - a play but an important read

A Raisin in the Sun (Hansberry) - another play but universal

Animal Farm - if you haven't read it

Thanks!

You should trie 2 read some books of Paulo Coelho.

H's a pretty good writer,his writing isnt 2 heavy and i fel he always lets you think further about life i you are or have read5ing) his books.Check it out,maybeyou like it,who knows????,

Greetz;cafeaulait

I sure will! Merci mon copain!

 late entries:

A SAILOR'S LIFE  by Jan de Hertog

MY LIFE IN THE MAFIA  by Vincent Teresa

A DAUGHTER OF HAN  by Ida Pruitt

Maybe you can find one of these by the next New Year