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[savemyskin]

I am going to Hong Kong in two days. This trip involves two 17 hour flights. I need some good page-turning fiction. I like Michael Crichton/John Grisham/Tom Clancy stuff but I hardly read any fiction. I think semi-disposable fiction will keep my interest better than the philosophical non-fiction I usually read.

Okay, ideas?

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[anonymous]

... new job related? I like Nassim Taleb's 'Fooled by Randomness'. Also, 'The Doomsday Book' by an author I don't quite remember. Kind of a cheesy historical fiction premise, but it has some characters that are redeeming.

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[savemyskin]

I actually just bought 'Fooled by Randomness' last week. I think it falls into the "philosophical non-fiction" category though.

The other one sounds very much like Crichton's 'Timeline'...

[gunga_galunga]

If you like murder/mystery stories then get some Lawrence Block. Either "Hit Man" or his early Matthew Scudder series like "Ticket to the Boneyard" or "A Dance at the Slaughterhouse". They are page turners, quick reads, and have some great character development. You're a New Yorker, right? The Scudder books are all based in Hell's Kitchen.

[pinchersofpower]

i love vonnegut, i can always reread him. tom robbins is good too, esp "skinny legs and all" but i'm afraid both authors will provoke thought. stuck at work right now, but i'll look at my overstuffed bookshelves tonight and come up with some more ideas.

[savemyskin]

Yeah nothing thought-provoking, please. Vonnegut is great but not what I'm looking for right now.

[pinchersofpower]

okay how about Thomas Harris - Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Black Sunday - all page-turners, hard to put down, or Douglas Adams - The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy series - makes me laugh out loud (prob not so good for confined spaces tho...).

[savemyskin]

Those are perfect suggestions! So perfect that I have already read and loved all five of those books. =)

[poppoppop]

It might be cliche but I say just get all the Chuck Klosterman books if you haven't read them all already. Otherwise, I dunno.. I absolutely love to read but i pretty much am not into fiction.

[savemyskin]

I haven't read any of them but have always wanted to. Good call.

[electric_honey]

in that crichton/grisham/clancy style, james rollins is supposed to be good. his newest one is called map of bones.

[savemyskin]

Thanks! I will check him out. You are a good person to ask this question to!