Hmm, books... Well, I've recently been told that Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series is godlike, which is enough of a recommendation for me to go and find it when I can.
I nearly always recommend anything by Katherine Kerr Diane Duane. Despite being for kids I like Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness and Immortals series. I wouldn't say they're particularly deep or epic, but they're a nice read and I like the characters in them. It's been a long time since I last read either of them though, so they may be better or worse than I remember them to be.
W.G Beasley's The Japanese Experience is a surprisingly good non-fiction read about the history of Japan. Surprising only because it was a compulsory buy for university and in my previous experiences they are very rarely interesting to read recreationally. I enjoyed reading it far more when I didn't feel like I had to for the sake of my degree.
I can't think of anything else really amazing that I've bought relatively recently that I'd recommend. Not unless you enjoy screaming in frustration at idiotic 2 dimensional characters, threadbare plots and their associated plot-holes and a clumsy style of writing. Even then I'm not entirely sure I want to admit to anyone who just happens to stop by what kind of rubbish I've been reading! :D
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Hmm, books... Well, I've recently been told that Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series is godlike, which is enough of a recommendation for me to go and find it when I can.
I nearly always recommend anything by Katherine Kerr Diane Duane. Despite being for kids I like Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness and Immortals series. I wouldn't say they're particularly deep or epic, but they're a nice read and I like the characters in them. It's been a long time since I last read either of them though, so they may be better or worse than I remember them to be.
W.G Beasley's The Japanese Experience is a surprisingly good non-fiction read about the history of Japan. Surprising only because it was a compulsory buy for university and in my previous experiences they are very rarely interesting to read recreationally. I enjoyed reading it far more when I didn't feel like I had to for the sake of my degree.
I can't think of anything else really amazing that I've bought relatively recently that I'd recommend. Not unless you enjoy screaming in frustration at idiotic 2 dimensional characters, threadbare plots and their associated plot-holes and a clumsy style of writing. Even then I'm not entirely sure I want to admit to anyone who just happens to stop by what kind of rubbish I've been reading! :D