What is the best non fiction book,(novel )you have read

[Caribeing]

I enjoy biographies, true crime, etc but would like to try more novels, last one I read was Alice Sebold The Lovely Bones. Favourite classic was The Mayor Of Casterbridge.

[excelsior-1]

'my family and other animals'

an autobiography by the naturalist gerald durrell.

an amusing recollection of his childhood.

[Zacs-Master]

Your question contradicts itself, did you mean fiction (fings wot r made up) or non fiction (fings wot r true, allegedly)?

[erin-x]

Am I being stupid or aren't novels usually fiction?

Anyway.. My all time favourite book is The Shining by Stephen King. If you like The Lovely Bones you may like some Torey Hayden books. She is one of my mum's favourite authors.

[jamesnan]

If you like crime novels, read any of Lee Childs books, excellent all of them

[Duncer]

If you liked The Mayor Of Casterbridge then I thoroughly recommend Hardy's other works. A genius if ever there was one.

[dotty.]

non-fiction - Tis herself- Maureen O'hara
fiction - Shirley- Charlotte Bronte

[Caribeing]

Sorry meant to say fiction!

[thenry]

'Sons and Lovers' by D.H. Lawrence is a wonderful book and it is semi-autobiographical.

[horseshoes]

Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy. In fact all Hardy's books.
I like the James Herbert horror books too for more "trashy" reading.

[funnygirl]

Just finished reading 'the accused' by Mark Gimenez and it was unputdownable.
This is a crime novel.

[naomi24]

Classics like Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice are my favourites - and I can read them time and time again - but regardless of what I read in the future, among the newer books, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak will always remain near to the top of my list. Unforgettable.

[Duncer]

Naomi - I love you even more.

[Duncer]

Would add "Forgotten Voices of the Holocaust" by Ian Smith, and "Stalingrad" by Jonathan Bastable.

[naomi24]

Awww.... shucks. :o)

[dotty.]

had your head turned there naomi, steady girl

[dotty.]

seriously, if you loved Jane Eyre you realy need to read Charlotte's Shirley, it's very very intense but very very good.

[Duncer]

I've always admired good taste, and they are two excellent books. We could read them together when snuggled up in bed in out jammies.

[Jennykenny]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned 'To kill a Mockingbird' - I can happily read it over and over.

[BlueToffee]

To Kill a Mockingbird

[naomi24]

Dotty, I've read all the Bronte's books including Shirley. Emily's 'Wuthering Heights' is another favourite - and Anne's 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'.