I'm having trouble finding good books
All the ones I've read recently have been shit. Misspent Youth by Peter Hamilton was dire, Trudi Canavan's The Magicians Guild was rubbish, Claudine by Collette was quite good but too short and now I've got a trashy Phillipa Gregory book to read that isn't even fun enough to redeem it. Any suggestions?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:07, 5 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Same answer I always give.
Christopher Brookmyre. All of them bar two are works of black comedy literary genius. And the other two are merely very good.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:09, Reply)

Generally with Brookmyre - the older the better.
Pandaemonium was a bit shit.
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:35, Reply)

White Line Fever by Lemmy
It's a great Autobiography.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:10, Reply)

It surely is.
The Lemmy documentary is out on DVD now (Amazon have just shipped mine). It's excellent.

You can borrow it along with the Saxon film if you like.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:12, Reply)

I'm going to rent it on Love film.

( girlinthehole, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:13, Reply)

The anecdote about his shorts is fucking hysterical.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:14, Reply)

I'll make a note, thanks
I quite like biographys
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:24, Reply)

The second one in the Trudi Canavan trilogy is better than the first
but they are teen fiction, I believe.
I suspect you're either too cynical or too intelligent to really enjoy most of my favourite books...
(berk, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:10, Reply)

I think I've got pickier
As I've got older. When I was 9 or 10 I would happily read Anne McCaffrey, but by the time I was 14 I couldn't stand them. My requirements are simple, wellwritten, thoughtprovoking, original and fucking amazing haha. The market is saturated with shit books though.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:21, Reply)

Well written and entertaining/enjoyable are all I ask for
I've even been known to compromise on the well written bit. I'll have a rummage through my books when I get home and see if I can't suggest something.
(berk, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:44, Reply)

The Magicions (only spelt right) by "Lev Grossman".
I'm reading it at the moment and really enjoying it.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:10, Reply)

Have you read Anthony Burgess?
His Enderby books are quite enjoyable.
( girlinthehole, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:12, Reply)