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I have recently run out of reading material. I'm not a huge reader, I often won't read for several weeks in a row then finish a book in a week or two.
I largely prefer sci-fi and fantasy books. I am not much of a fan of modern era (setting) books. Unless someone knows a book that has a story similar to the game Hitman: Blood Money 
Recently (This year) I have read Jack Whyte's Arthurian and Templar series, I read all of A Song of Ice and Fire, and The Inheritance Cycle.
In times gone by, the series that really stick to my head were Redwall, the Potter Series, and Artemis Fowl. (Bet no-one can guess my age now )
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Do not read this unless you want to enter the realm of half forgoten-ness.
I remember one book, very long, that had some strange story line to it. I doubt anyone will be able to follow me, because I don't remember the name of the book let alone the characters.
The main character was a tribal fellow, immensely powerful but not magical in any way. The setting was some post-apocalyptic medieval fantasy mix where cities swept away by sand storms and abandoned. He meets a witch-doctor person thing that he does not trust but unwillingly begins to adventure with her.
Damn I can't remember much at all. I just remember liking that book a lot, yet I can't remember anything about it.
I do not shy away from a book with difficult language, or a book that is very long. If the story engages me at all in the first few chapters I will demolish it within a few weeks.
Some people have recommended Stephen King to read, but the amount of books he has written is astounding and I do not think I would know where to start.
Anyone want to point me in a good direction?
 
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Millenium series is very nice. Its 3 books written by a swedish author talking revolving around crime fighting and brutality towards women
girl with the dragon tattoo
girl that played with fire
girl that kicked the hornets nest
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Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy if you haven't already.
Also I enjoyed the Black Magician Trilogy.
If you want a book that will make you think, Godel, Escher, Bach: An eternal golden braid.
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The Black Magician Trilogy sounds interesting.
After GEB. o.o
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If you want a very compelling story that is currently being written that is both as entertaining as pure fiction and deep as a nonfiction title pick up Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.
I devoured this book and its relatively unrelated sequel in a few weeks, despite hating reading outside of my requirements for classes. I had to read the first for class over a month but I was looking forward to reading it. At any depth of "reading into the story" the novel is quite good. The characters are real and complex, the faceless future it portrays is very telling of our current trends, and searches into the heart of being human as well.
Its a series that isn't complete yet, just so you know.
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The king killer trilogy sounds right up your alley. First book is called "The name of the wind".
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I think you would really enjoy "The magic goes away" books by Larry Niven / Jerry Pournel.
It consist of several short stories and two books (The burning city, Burning tower and a 3rd book called Burning mountain is currently being written). The short stories are all collected in the The Magic Goes Away Collection and deal with a time before the setting of the books.
The setting is California several thousand years ago in which a world has to deal with the fact that the source for their magic (mana) is slowly disappearing. For instance there are unicorns in this world but when they go towards places low on mana they slowly loose their horn and become regular horses.
The two books can be read independently as each follows it's own story arc but deal with the same characters. They are among my favorites and the cooperation of Larry Niven / Jerry Pournel has yet to disappoint me. The short stories are entertaining but not as good as the books.
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DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNE
I recently finished Dune a few months ago. Honestly, it was kinda hard to get into during the first few chapters since it throws a lot of weird terms and names at you right from the start, but the story really picks up and gets gripping once everyone lands on Arrakis. It's a legendary book and hugely influential in the science fiction genre (Tatooine = Arrakis), and I personally enjoyed thoroughly.
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The Trial And Death Of Socrates - Dialogues By Plato
One of the greatest things I have ever read in my life.
It isn't sci fi or fantasty, technically non-fiction. But wow the wisdom within the words is incredible. You could almost imagine it as fantasy ^.^
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I'm telling you right now, just pick up The Hunger Games and read them! I was a little skeptical at first as to why everyone was raving about them but they really are just a good read for anyone of any age :/ I just finished the third one and I loved the series!! Aside for that I would STRONGLY and I mean STRONGLY recommend reading Ender's Game if you haven't already. It has won many awards and was written some many years ago but still to this day is a great book!
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Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood(TLers made me read this, I'm passing on the suggestion!)
Richard Dawkins - The Greatest Show on Earth(absolutely not fiction though)
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Well, as mentioned before, The Black Magician trilogy is great. The Chronicles of Amber is also a great fantasy series. If you can find it, then Moira trilogy by Henri Loevenbruck was great as well imo.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel takes places in modern times, but there are lots of historical figures and traveling to weird places.
For sci-fi, again if you can find it, I'd recommend When the gods died.
And last, but not least The Last Legion by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, it's based on historic facts, but still is sci-fi.
As for the book which you can't remember in the spoilers, it tends to remind me Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian/Hyborian ages.
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The Malazan Book of the Fallen - it's a truly epic fantasy tale with tons of characters that are all memorable/unique and all play important parts in the story, whether they are gods or mortals. I'd write a big review on it, but this author has done a far better job describing it than I could.
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I enjoy and would recommend the following:
the "Cloak and Dagger" series by Anne Lesley Groell (good luck finding these though, I swear I have the only copies in a 700-mile radius) edit: here's a link
the "Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan, currently being finished by Brandon Sanderson
other series by Brandon Sanderson, including the "Stormlight Archive", which currently only has one book completed
and yes, Dune.
e: the book in your spoiler sounds like a Conan the Barbarian book. Robert E. Howard is one of the more well known authors of these but Robert Jordan also wrote some, as did other authors.
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How about you stop taking all these advices for teens and adolescent books and start reading adult books like Brave New World, Lolita, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1987, We any other actual good books for adults.
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Hah! I have fond memories of those 3 series too, and you like both Sci-fi and Fantasy so I will recommend my favourite authors from both (my two favourite authors actually).
If you are feeling like an epic fantasy read, I would recommend The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. There are 13 books in the series with the last one on the way and they are all huge, approx 700-1000 words, so it's a large time investment but it is certainly worth it.
If you are looking for Sci-fi and shorter reads, I would recommend anything by Philip K Dick, I have read about 7 of his books so far, and have enjoyed them all for different reasons. They can be hard to understand or follow sometimes, mostly because of the style in which he writes just the general mind-fucks he likes to create. You would be hard pressed to ever predict what is about to happen though, which is part of what makes them so entertaining.
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On March 11 2012 18:01 Catch]22 wrote:
How about you stop taking all these advices for teens and adolescent books and start reading adult books like Brave New World, Lolita, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1987, We any other actual good books for adults.
I was gonna flame the trashy fantasy/scifi "literature" but then I read this post so I'm just gonna quote it.
Here it is again,
On March 11 2012 18:01 Catch]22 wrote:
How about you stop taking all these advices for teens and adolescent books and start reading adult books like Brave New World, Lolita, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1987, We any other actual good books for adults.
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On March 11 2012 18:01 Catch]22 wrote:
How about you stop taking all these advices for teens and adolescent books and start reading adult books like Brave New World, Lolita, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1987, We any other actual good books for adults.
Brave New World is an extremely exceptional book! i would highly recommend it  especially if youre willing to analyze the deep meanings in it
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