What was the best book you read this year ?

Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia

I am trying always to read a book not related to management and this month I am reading Great Expectations for Dickens and it is the best for this year so far , so how about you ?

Posted: Apr 19, 2018 5:13 PM (Updated by author: Apr 19, 2018 6:23 PM)

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Dinah Young Project Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William County Springfield, Va, United States

Apr 20, 2018 8:57 AM

Replying to Kiron Bondale

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That is my second favorite Stephen King book (after The Stand), and definitely in my top ten list of fiction books.

It's unfortunate that none of the TV or film versions have really captured that sense of nostalgia and pre-teen/teen angst which King brought out in the story...

Kiron

I loved The Stand as well. And I remember when reading IT I actually had to close the bathroom door after the scene where the werewolf came up out of the toilet. I don't think any movie based on a Stephen King book has captured the intensity of his books.

Posted: Apr 20, 2018 9:20 AM

Dinah Young Project Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William County Springfield, Va, United States

OK. I love books so I am over excited about this thread. My tastes are rather eclectic. So here are some recommendations from me.

If you are looking at classics there are a couple that I read that were really good:
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Historical
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society By Mary Ann Shaffer
Anything by James Michener

Supernatural
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Dracula lives)
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly (Lost in a dangerous world of children's stories)

Make you cry (sorry it is the story of a dog)
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Hostage drama
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Posted: Apr 20, 2018 9:43 AM

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