I'm looking for suggestions of new authors and books I might like.?

Question

I LOVE Chuck Palaniuk, and I read everything of his and Irvine Welsh's that I could. Now I need something new. I like stuff with druggies and other generally disturbing things, but nothing satantic or anything, just mostly interesting and well-written. Some other things that I like are A Million Little Pieces; Everything is Illuminated; Angela's Ashes (and 'Tis); Harry Potter series; To Kill a Mockingbird; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; and A Clockwork Orange. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Umm. Well you should try Twilight by Stephenie Meyer... It's one of my all time fav. books.  If you want a meaningful/fantasy book try the Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman... They're both good but my personal favorite is called My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.  Jodi Picoult is probably one of the best authors of all time. Read the description here:

Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate - a life and a role that she has never questioned… until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister - and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable… a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves. My Sister's Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life… even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes you like yourself less?

Characters

The book is narrated by seven different characters, six of whom narrate the main story, with Kate narrating the epilogue.

Andromeda "Anna" Fitzgerald was genetically engineered and conceived by IVF. She was born to provide a genetic match for her sister. She files a lawsuit against her parents for medical emancipation. She plays hockey but was not able to focus on it due to her commitment to Kate. She loves her sister Kate, and Kate loves her, but the lawsuit is tearing apart the family. Kate and Anna keep their close relationship though.

Katherine "Kate" Fitzgerald is the sister that has leukemia. She and Anna are each other's best friends. She doesn't like all the attention being in the hospital constantly; she just wants to have a normal life. She enjoys watching soap operas and had only one romantic relationship with a fellow leukemia sufferer who later dies. She becomes tired of all the time in the hospital, and wants to just live a normal life. She loves ballet and in the epilogue has a job as a dancing teacher.

Jesse Fitzgerald is Anna and Kate's older brother. Throughout the book we see him as a troubled pyromaniac child who starts a series of fires, takes drugs and steals cars. He identifies with Anna because they both feel neglected by their parents in favor of Kate. In the epilogue, he appears to have become a reformed character after joining the police.

Sara Fitzgerald is the mother of Anna, Kate and Jesse. She loves all three of her children, but often finds herself focusing on Kate and her illness rather than Anna and Jesse. She is a former lawyer and when Anna starts the lawsuit she decides to represent herself.

Brian Fitzgerald is the father of Anna, Kate and Jesse. Brian is a firefighter and has a love for astronomy. He named Anna after the Andromeda Galaxy.

Campbell Alexander, Anna's lawyer. He has a service dog named Judge, but hides the dog's purpose until near the end of the book.

Julia Romano is Anna's guardian ad litem for the trial. She is also the ex-girlfriend of Campbell Alexander and there is a subplot concerning their relationship. Towards the end of the book, Campbell and Julia resume their relationship and in the epilogue, it is revealed that the two are married.

It's becoming a movie in 2009

Answer 2

Beige - Cecil Castelluci

A year down yonder - Richard Peck

Esperanza Rising - Pam Muñoz Ryan

Riding Freedom - Pam Muñoz Ryan

In time of the butterflies - Julia Alvarez

Born Blue - Han Nolan

Catalyst - Laurie Halse Anderson

Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson

A Certain Slant of Light - Laura Whitcomb

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

Feed - M.T Anderson

The Giver - Lois Lowry

Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

Skin - Adrienne Maria Vrettos

I am the Messenger - Markus Zusak

The boy in the stripped pajamas - John Boyne

A Separate Peace - John Knowles

The House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer

Double Helix - Nancy Werlin

Rules of Survival - Nancy Werlin

Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro

The Supernaturalist - Eoin Colfer

My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult

A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly

From Here to Eternity - James Jones

Pendragon - D.J MacHale

Alex Rider Adventures - Anthony Horowitz

Maximum Ride - James Patterson

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp - Rick Yancey (comedy)

Sammy Keyes - Wendelin Van Draanen

The Inheritance Cycle (Eragon) - Christopher Paolini

Uglies series - Scott Westerfeld

The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien

Twilight - Stephenie Meyer

Answer 3

Haha, omg, when I opened this I was like "Hm, I wonder if she'd like Chuck Palahniuk."

Haha, he's my favourite.

I also enjoys like half the books you've listed.

I also really liked Running with Scissors by Augusten Buroughs.

Oh, oh my goodness.

You must, must, must read House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.

Seriously, you would LOVE it.

It's a bit hefty, and at parts you're just like "whaaat?" but it is sooooo good.

And I honestly bet that you would really enjoy it.

For sure. =]

Oh, East of Eden by John Steinbeck as well, that one was good too. =]

Answer 4

Ubiq by P.K.d**k .

:0)

Answer 5

Here's a list of books I've read recently. I've starred the must reads:

1. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote

2. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer *

3. New Moon - Stephenie Meyer *

4. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer *

5. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare*

6. City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare*

7. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

8. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks - E. Lockhart

9. Unwind - Neal Shusterman*

10. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

11. Uglies - Scott Westerfeld*

12. The Host - Stephenie Meyer*

13. A Great And Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray

14. Rebel Angels - Libba Bray

15. The Sweet Far Thing - Libba Bray

16. Pretties - Scott Westerfeld*

17. Specials - Scott Westerfeld*

18. Extras - Scott Westerfeld*

19. The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway

20. Peeps - Scott Westerfeld

21. The Last Days - Scott Westerfeld

22. Little Brother - Cory Doctorow

23. Gone - Michael Grant

24. Everlost - Neal Shusterman*

25. Evernight - Claudia Gray*

26. The Wizard Heir - Cinda Williams Chima*

27. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman

28. Lady Friday - Garth Nix

29. Superior Saturday - Garth Nix

30. Full Tilt - Neal Shusterman*

31. Physik - Angie Sage

32. Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox - Eoin Colfer*

33. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty & The Beast - Robin McKinley*

34. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer*

35. The Summoning - Kelley Armstrong*

36. Blue Bloods - Melissa de la Cruz*

37. Masquerade - Melissa de la Cruz*

38. Midnighters 1: The Secret Hour - Scott Westerfeld

39. Midnighters 2: Touching Darkness - Scott Westerfeld

40. Wake - Lisa McMann

41. The Alchemyst - Michael Scott

42. Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson*

43. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

44. The Dragon Heir - Cinda Williams Chima*

45. So Yesterday - Scott Westerfeld

46. The Adoration of Jenna Fox - Mary E. Pearson*

47. The Midnight Twins - Jacquelyn Mitchard

48. Sweethearts - Sarah Zarr*

49. Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin*

Answer 6

Forever Amber

Answer 7

You might like Nick Hornby. He wrote High Fidelity, About a Boy, and a few others. He's pretty decent.  

Answer 8

One author I absolutely adore is Martina Cole she writes  about gangland crime and always has so many twists and turns you never know what is coming next

Answer 9

Did you read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by the same guy who wrote Everything Is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer?   I have pretty similiar taste in books, and I would probably recommend David Sadaris (charming, not druggy really, but funny), Jack Kerouac (man's a great, read On the Road, but also read Dharma Bums and Subterraneans).  Try your hand at William Burroughs, perhaps, especially if you're looking for a challenge.  The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, you might like too.

Answer 10

"Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians," Brandon Sanderson,

"West with the Night," Beryl Markham,

"The Great Divorce," C. S. Lewis,

"Hope Rising," Kim Meeder,

"The Overachievers," Alexandra Robbins,

"Soul Mates and Twin Flames," Elizabeth Clare Prophet,

"Stranger in a Strange Land," Robert Heinlein,

"Hope's Boy," Andrew Bridge,

"The Martian Chronicles," Ray Bradbury, and

"The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce?", Free and Wilcock.