Fiction

FSogol

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15. My suggestions? Avoid popular fiction and go with a more literary bent. Try these:

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 02:28 PM

Jul 2012

Colson Whitehead "Apex Hides the Hurt" or "John Henry Days"
Michael Chabon "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" or "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay"
Paul Murray "Skippy Dies"
Jonathan Safran Foer "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
Anything by Sherman Alexie
Joshua Ferris "Then We Came to the End: A Novel" and "The Unnamed"
Brock Clarke "An Arsonist’s Guide to the Writer’s Homes of New England" and "Exley"
John Irving "The World According to Garp" and "A Prayer for Owen Meany"

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Could I get some fiction suggestions? [View all] rrneck Jun 2012 OP

Try Michael Connelly for legal and cop thrillers, Robert Crais for detective mysteries. Scuba Jun 2012 #1

Thanks! rrneck Jun 2012 #6

James D. Doss for Colorado mysteries - current day westerns... fadedrose Jun 2012 #2

Thanks! nt rrneck Jun 2012 #7

Two sites you should look at fadedrose Jun 2012 #3

The Left Coast Crime awards look interesting. nt rrneck Jun 2012 #8

fiction suggestions violetsurf Jun 2012 #4

I'm a pomo artist... nt rrneck Jun 2012 #9

Maybe the only one on DU pscot Nov 2012 #19

The Poisonwood Bible XemaSab Jun 2012 #5

On the Amazon list. Thanks! nt rrneck Jun 2012 #10

I'm going to suggest a few authors: bemildred Jun 2012 #11

Night Circus Mz Pip Jun 2012 #12

So many books, so little time. SheilaT Jun 2012 #13

Try Craig Johnson fadedrose Jun 2012 #14

My suggestions? Avoid popular fiction and go with a more literary bent. Try these: FSogol Jul 2012 #15

And Ciderhouse Rules by Irving... 2theleft Nov 2012 #17

James Howard Kunstler's World Made By Hand Moe Shinola Jul 2012 #16

"A Trick of the Light" by Louise Penny Lex Nov 2012 #18

If you like heist movies, SheilaT Nov 2012 #20

Try some Dickens Neonfilm Nov 2012 #21

Welcome to DU! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #22