Books

I love to read. I frequent giant book retailers every chance I get. I also hang around second-hand book shops scouring for best buys.

I thought of sharing few titles for you. Never mind if most of these fiction books do not have the specialty “Harry Potter” books can proffer your profound imaginations, I like them anyway.

Note: Links to books will direct you to Amazon Store.

ALICE WALKER
– The Color Purple (No wonder this classic won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Superb!)

ARLENE CHAI (A Filipina Writer from Sydney Inspired by Life in the Philippines)
– The Last Time I Saw Mother

ARUNDHATI ROY
– The God of Small Things (Winner of the Booker Prize)

DAN BROWN
– Angels and Demons (A breathless adventure)
– The Da Vinci Code (This one is the master of thrills!)

DAVE PELZER (A true-to-life story; very moving.)
– A Child Called It (1st book)
– The Lost Boy (2nd book)
– A Man Named Dave (last book of the series)

DAVID BALDACCI (He writes with so much passion)
– The Simple Truth
– Wish You Well
– The Christmas Train
– Last Man Standing
– Split Second

DAVID GUTERSON (Writes with impressive details)
– East of the Mountains
– Snow Falling on Cedars

DAVID SEDARIS
– Me Talk Pretty One Day (cool read)
– Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (great collection of essays)

DUONG THU HUONG
– Memories of Pure Spring

EMILY GRAYSON
– The Gazebo (If you are into love stories, try this book)

ERNEST HEMINGWAY (There’s power in his writings)
– The Old Man and the Sea
– Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises

GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
– One Hundred Years of Solitude

GEORGE ORWELL
– 1984 (I never imagined I would love this classic)

HAMPTON SIDES
– Ghost Soldiers

JOHN GRISHAM
– A Time to Kill
– The Summons (wonderful plot)
– Bleachers

JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
– A Confederacy of Dunces

JOHN KNOWLES
– A Separate Peace (…jealousy, irresponsibility, denial and insecurity; two boys in an interesting plot.)

JOHN STEINBECK (I like these classics)
– To a God Unknown
– Of Mice and Men

MARK KRIEGEL
– Bless Me, Father

MATTHEW TRIGG (A close friend and an aspiring author)
– Guttersnipe (Kindle Edition) (His first book and it is for free on Amazon! Read my book review here.)

MITCH ALBOM
– The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Great writing approach. The last person the lead character meets is a Filipina girl.)
– Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson (A little book full of insights)

PAOLO COELHO
– The Alchemist (a lovely masterpiece!)
– Eleven Minutes: A Novel (excellent concept)
– By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness
– The Valkyries (finding angels)
– The Pilgrimage (seeking for the sword)
– The Fifth Mountain: A Novel (a trial of faith)

PETER CAREY
– True History of the Kelly Gang (Winner of the Booker Prize)

PETRU POPESCU
– Almost Adam (Finding the missing link and the ascent of humankind. Note: Amazon is selling it for less than $2!)

ROBERT JAMES WALLER
– Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
– Border Music
– Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend

ROBERT NEWTON PECK
– A Day No Pigs Would Die

VENERO ARMANNO
– Strange Rain

VICTORIA HOLT
– House of 1000 Lanterns (A thousand? It is a quality story-telling)

YANN MARTEL
– Life of Pi (A modern classic. A boy and a tiger in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? Update: I liked the movie a lot!)