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kanjisasahara · #11 (**permalink**) 02 Mar 2008, 00:47

neither here nor there - bill byrson
the great gatsby - f. scott fitzgerald
me talk pretty one day - david sedaris
catch 22 - joseph heller

kwjw88 · #12 (**permalink**) 02 Mar 2008, 12:57

Thanks for the list. What genre of books do they fall under though?

mafee · #13 (**permalink**) 02 Mar 2008, 19:10

Depends much on genre. I myself love detective and suspense so I would recommend a Japanese serie - Kindaichi.

One of the Japanese writers I'd like to recommend is Haruki Murakami. Read one of his stories and decide for yourself whether you like it or not. ^^

kwjw88 · #14 (**permalink**) 02 Mar 2008, 20:36

Thanks! Erm, are the translated versions for his books easily available?

Oh they made Kindaichi into a movie didn't they?

kanjisasahara · #15 (**permalink**) 03 Mar 2008, 10:56

travel
fiction
short stories/essays
and fiction/humor
respectively. some of the humor in catch-22 can actually be really black and sometimes insulting so dont try and take anything seriously.
me talk pretty one day and neither here nor there are both non-fiction and are funny in a weird sort of way. bill bryson is a really good writer. if you end up liking him he has a few other books. a walk in the woods and the mother tongue are good as well.

kwjw88 · #16 (**permalink**) 03 Mar 2008, 11:18

Thanks a lot for those recommendations. I'll look out for them when I'm not stuck reading my textbooks

They are some fun to read too, honestly...

Although, I was kinda expecting suggestions leaning toward the fictional nature...

Either way, I'll have fun reading them, ahha...