Book Recommendations

anyone got any.

[gingerbreadman]

About to go on holiday. Need a couple of books to take. Anyone got any recommendations.

[Mike12345]

What kind of books do you like to read? :)

[gingerbreadman]

The last book I read was "Boo Hoo" the story of the creation and demise of boo.com.

Last summer was "Chariot of the Gods".

Year Before was "Mr Nice".

I'm looking for something preferably non fiction.

[Mike12345]

The Apocrypha is an interesting read, but its not really light hearted enough for a holiday. But interesting all the same.

It a bit of the mark, but its not fiction at least ;)

[edit_g]

Don Delillo? Underworld - if you're going away for a month... ;) White Noise is another good one.

Stupid White Men, Michael Moore.

[digitalghost]

Umberto Eco - Fiction

Focault's Pendulum
Name of the Rose

Robert Anton Wilson - Hilarious Conspiracy Fiction

Illuminatus! Trilogy

John Man - Non-fiction

Alpha Beta: How 26 Letters Shaped The Western World
Gutenberg: How One Man Remade the World with Words

[BlobFisk]

Kingdom Beyond the Clouds - Jonathon Gregson
To the Ends of the Earth - David Yallop
In Gods Name - David Yallop

[stever]

Non-fiction action:

Touching the Void - Joe Simpson
Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer

Non-fiction travel and stuff

Jaguars Ripped My Flesh - Tim Cahill
Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature - David Quammen

Non-fiction history

Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century - Barbara Tuchman
Nathaniel's Nutmeg - Giles Milton

[limbo]

Catch 22 - by Joseph Heller gets five smilies, :) :) :) :) :)