What would you reccomend to Mr.King?

[hansel4150]

What book would you give to him if you had the chance?

[tillyn]

I think it would be the other way around for me. I cannot imagine the amount of books SK has read and enjoyed. (being an English teacher he knows a lot more about books than most of us.)

[ally88]

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver, amazing novel IMO. :smile2:

[aptpupil]

The English Dictionary.

I know for a fact that every word SK has ever written has come from this book.

It's obviously his source of inspiration. :wink2:

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

If he were ever looking for something to read (which I doubt) I would recommend reading the 'What Are You Reading?' thread in the Bred Any Good Rooks forum for ideas.

Long days and pleasant nights

[Born In Sin]

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. This book gave me nightmares. It is a true story about the ebola virus. Pretty scary stuff.

[boogerb53]

The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

[OhmyGod!]

Let the right one in - John Ajvide Lindqvist

Im curious if he would like it...

[Bryan James]

"Watership Down" by Richard Adams.

No explanation necessary.

BJS

[JRLauer]

I would hand him my first edition copy of Rose Madder (my favorite) and say, "Can you sign this for me?" I'm a selfish SOB what you want from me?

[pandora]

The Saturday Evening Post Treasury
Simon and Schuster

[bookworm101]

A book on how to get to my house for lunch and a ball game.:biggrin2:

[paulabertch]

I would recommend "The Lovely Bones" by Annie Sebold. Mostly because Mr. King writes his lead female characters as strong and intelligent women, and I think he would appreciate the lead female in this book.

[worddance]

Interesting question. No, he would probably not want or need my book suggestions, since he already does plenty of reading.

But if I did get the chance to suggest something, he probably wouldn't like anything I suggested because I would probably suggest something like Pride and Prejudice, if he hadn't already read it, or something else with a strong element of romance in it because that's what I like (which is why my favorite King books are Lisey's Story and Wizard and Glass).

Maybe I would suggest The Historian because it's a scary novel, based on the Dracula legend, but it's also very romantic. Or maybe The Time Traveler's Wife because it's such a fun concept.

Mary

[arachnapheobia]

I actually did a quick glance through my shelf to see what I had and realised that theres a butt load of SK, and then there are loads of stuff he mentioned in Danse Macabre.

But back to the main bit, did he read '1984' by Orwell? that'd be my gift to him.

[fredwise]

"The Danger" (Het Gevaar in dutch) is a great short story by Flemish author Jos Vandeloo. It has an unnerving and very realistic touch to it.

very short description : This guy works as a physicist on research projects for
nuclear physics. One day something goes wrong...

Basically this book can be seen as a thriller and one of its main themes is paranoia, which I am sure Mr. King will appreciate.

[Speedygi81]

Independence day by Richard Ford, simply on the basis of it's greatness.

[tak113454]

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. This book gave me nightmares. It is a true story about the ebola virus. Pretty scary stuff.

Oh man, I never read this but when I was a kid this came out and my mom bought it and just reading the back cover scared me to death! I had a serious childhood ebola virus complex. :eek2:

[Sundrop]

I'm not sure that I would recommend anything because I think my reading preferences are a lot different from Mr. King's. I don't usually enjoy other writers that he likes, so I'm fairly certain that he wouldn't like the ones that I enjoy---did that make any sense??:oo:

[ally88]

I would recommend "The Lovely Bones" by Annie Sebold. Mostly because Mr. King writes his lead female characters as strong and intelligent women, and I think he would appreciate the lead female in this book.

Hi, i read this book when it was first released, definitely a good read. I think this has recently been made into a movie or is in production at the moment, will have to look it up later.:smile2:

[jedicow]

the rising by brian keene.

[skyrow]

I really like Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles or even Woman in the Wall by Patrice Kindl.

[smooth operator]

Actually, I have been waiting for a chance to read a book he highly recommended. It is The Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus III. Iread about it in his column in EW.

[Autumnlyn]

Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Excellant Language....

[blunthead]

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. This book gave me nightmares. It is a true story about the ebola virus. Pretty scary stuff.The Hot Zone is a very good non-fiction choice.

[Aarny]

I wouldn't know where to start :P

[DelvianBlue]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It's nothing like the movie, and is told from the perspective of someone who is paranoid about government spies and quite clearly insane. It's one of the weirdest books I've ever read, and some of the things that go on in that asylum are pretty disturbing.

[Perse Jr.]

That's kind of like trying to figure out what to get a millionare for his birthday. He can buy anything he wants!

BUT, if I had to suggest something, I would probably pick "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card (awesome sci-fi series).

[terribilini]

Interesting question. No, he would probably not want or need my book suggestions, since he already does plenty of reading.

But if I did get the chance to suggest something, he probably wouldn't like anything I suggested because I would probably suggest something like Pride and Prejudice, if he hadn't already read it, or something else with a strong element of romance in it because that's what I like (which is why my favorite King books are Lisey's Story and Wizard and Glass).

Maybe I would suggest The Historian because it's a scary novel, based on the Dracula legend, but it's also very romantic. Or maybe The Time Traveler's Wife because it's such a fun concept.

Mary

i absolutely loved "the historian". i would recommend to sk a short story by shel silverstein called " the devil and billy markham".

[ally88]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It's nothing like the movie, and is told from the perspective of someone who is paranoid about government spies and quite clearly insane. It's one of the weirdest books I've ever read, and some of the things that go on in that asylum are pretty disturbing.

I really enjoyed this too:smile2:.
Whilst on the subject of asylums my all time favourite autobiography is Will There Really Be A Morning by Frances Farmer. This ladies life story detailing the hardships she encountered during her rise and fall in Hollywood truly is astounding. The chapters detailing her commital to an asylum are all the more powerful and emotive due to the fact they are real experiences being described first hand.
This book is brutally honest and shocking and each time i have read it i still feel a great empathy with her. I would highly recommend this book to anyone.