"Don't psychoanalyze me, it's a deep dark hole, you don't wanna go there!"

[soundandvision]

Okay my lovelies, I have a 25 book goal for 2010 and need your help. You, my fabulous flist, are comprised of bright wonderful well-read beings who need to rec me books. I won't put out any limitations, it can be whatever you like from what moves you to what makes you laugh or whatever you fancy. Fiction, Non-Fiction, Bios, Graphic Novels,

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[sweetinsanity]

I recommend the following:

-The Time Traveler's Wife OR Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger
-In a Sunburned Country - Bill Bryson
-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon
-Nineteen Minutes OR Keeping Faith - Jodi Picoult
-The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green - Joshua Braff
-Teaser - Jan Brogan
-Welcome to My World *Where English is Sometimes Spoken - Shannon Olson
-The Wrong Mother - Sophie Hannah
-The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King OR Kiss the Girls - James Patterson
-The Kid - Dan Savage
-The Godfather - Mario Puzo
-Lunatics - Bradley Denton
-Prettttty much any David Sedaris you can get your hands on. :)

I think I got a little carried away. However, the first three listed are the three most recommended. :)

[soundandvision]

haha You can never get carried away with books, Heather! ;)

Thank you for listing all of that, I'm really looking forward to checking them out!

[overtsock]

A few off the top of my head:

For fiction, anything by Patrick O'Brian, whether it be from the Aubrey/Maturin series or one of his stand-alones (I liked "The Golden Ocean" and "The Road to Samarcand").

For nonfiction, I like Mark Kurlansky, especially "Salt" and "Cod". "The Secret Life of Lobsters" by Trevor Corson is also a good read.

Chuck Klosterman writes about pop-culture from a social science standpoint, I think my favorite of his was "Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs".

I 2nd the David Sedaris rec. In the same vein are books by Augusten Burroughs.

Good luck in you goal! I'd be interested to know which books you pick, too.

[soundandvision]

Wow, thank you for all of that! I'm getting the list together and taking a trip to the library tomorrow (hopefully).

The Klosterman book sounds really interesting. I'm a total geek so social science is right up my alley! ;D

[scarlet_22]

ooh, ok, books...
anything by neil gaiman, david sedaris, and nick hornby. 'the hollow chocolate bunnies of the apocolypse' by robert rankin.
what else? it's hard to think of things off the top of your head... i'll let you know if i think of more :D

[soundandvision]

You know, I keep running across all three of those authors and still have yet to pick up any of their books. Authors totally added to my list, done and done. Thank you! And the Rankin book sounds really interesting!