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Zob's Top Reads
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items It started as the Benable prompted practice list. I didn't sign up to recommend books, but I got slightly diverted and addicted 😆. A theme of escaping to unfamiliar worlds, historical and/or fantastical, has emerged in my fictional book choices. Non...
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A list of some of my favourite novels. I sometimes binge an author when I find one I like, but I'm limiting myself to one book per author here, for variety. Adjusted to USA links for my American visitors.
My first recommendation is the book that popped into my head when asked for a book I love 🙂 I remember particularly enjoying the part set in the Dutch outpost.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
The next book that comes to mind, a subtle and strange tale from Haruki Murakami.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Recommendation no.3 is the Secret History by Donna Tartt. Compelling characters, tension, paranoia and murder on the campus.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
No.4, I had to have some sci-fi in here. The first of the imaginative Culture novels from Iain M Banks.
Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks
To round off my first 5, Under The Skin by Michael Faber. A great read, and it's always interesting to see the difference between the book and the film treatment.
Under The Skin by Michel Faber
Need a bookmark for my book recommendations? This one features my zombie robin logo, sleepingwalking back to his nest, with “Unwind your mind with a book” on the reverse. You can customize that text using “Personalize this template” on the Zazzle pro...
Zobin Logo Unwind Your Mind Bookmark
I've covered history and fantasy, this escape is into ‘the extreme’. Any Chuck Palahniuk book would fit, I've chosen Lullaby, a novel about a killer poem.
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
For many years I only knew Salman Rushdie as the victim of religious death threats (!), and assumed his writing would be serious, polemical, perhaps non fiction. This novel is both richly fantastical and historical, and also funny.
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
A sweeping multi generational tale in the magical realism genre.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I came to Stephen King very late, having only experienced his work through film adaptations (which I believe he often doesn't rate). Now I'm intrigued to learn more about the Dark Tower world after reading the first in the series, The Gunslinger.
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King
A rich, historical tale set at the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
Birds Without Wings by Louis De Bernieres
"Feed your imagination with a book" is the caption on the reverse of this, my second bonus bookmark recommendation, designed and drawn by me. Use “Personalize this template” on the Zazzle product page to edit the text if desired. Spot the robin from ...
Feed Your Imagination Magic Pie Bookmark