What is the best book you have ever read by a male author and a female author?

[chaptazbru]

Mine is The Pursuit of Happiness by Douglas Kennedy

and

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton.

[craft1948]

I prefer James Herbert to Stephen King, and also enjoy Dean Koontz.

[chaptazbru]

It's one of my all time faves .....

[chaptazbru]

^ Film, A Town Like Alice.

[emmie]

I have yet to start the book i mentioned, the one Naomi talked about
Khaled Hosseni, A Thousand splendid suns, when i have, and finished it, will give you my thoughts.

[chaptazbru]

Couldn't get into Dean Koontz at all.

[chaptazbru]

Em - I hope you enjoy it as much as me and, I know, Naomi did. I LOVED it !

[emmie]

last book i whizzed through, but it does take time for me to pick it up and start.

[craft1948]

Have you read any of his 'Odd' books chaptaz?

[emmie]

I am not into horror stories, nor most Sci Fi, but adore Stephen Donaldson, his books on Thomas Covenant are fantastic. Rather Tolkien like but they go off into directions that has my head reeling.

[Deputy_sherriff]

A Million Little Pieces, by James Frey

[chaptazbru]

Craft - I tried to read a Dean Koontz book once about two years ago maybe and I could not get into it at all. Can't rememebr what it was called, but didn't like it I'm afraid.

[chi-chi66]

Well, in the past week, I have been rummaging in charity shops again..got a
whole lot of books, recommended on here, will list when I have sorted.

One author, by a lady looking for books, you may have read her.

Please gve you're comments em10, cos thats one that I found, and the
cashier said it's a good read but sad in places.

I have read Dean Koonz before and enjoyed, cant remember the title..but I have one now, awaiting reading...One Door Away from Heaven.

[nicyooyak]

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman fantastic book. Just finished the Hunter Games trilogy really enjoyed that too don't usually like female authors much!

Nicola Spindler, Braintree

[chaptazbru]

I can tell you chi-chi that if you are talking about A Thousand Splendid Suns, yes it is extremely sad in places and will possibly make you cry, but it is a truly fabulous book and one I am so glad I read.

[chi-chi66]

some of my latest finds...that people on here have read...

A Thousand Splendid Suns.........Khaled Hosseini.....£1.50
State of the Union.....................Douglas Kennedy.....£1.75
The Pilots Wife............... Anita Shreve............£1.20
The Book Thief........ Markus Zusak..........£1.49
The Forgotten Garden...... Kate Morton............£1.49
Labyrinthe.................................Ka
te
Mosse.............£1.95 (I relented!)
Sepulchre..................................Ka
te
Mosse.............£2.50
The Winter Ghosts......................Kate Mosse.................99p

Rosie..........Lesley Pearse.....£1.20
Stolen.........Lesley Pearse.....£1.20
Faith...........Lesley Pearse......£1.20

Lesley Pearse is the author that someone recommended in the shop.

[chi-chi66]

sorry^^ don't know what happened there when submitted! Hope you can
understand it!!

[chaptazbru]

State of the Union, Douglas Kennedy - another belter !
Just bought Hanging Hill by Mo Hayder. I would recommend Mo Hayder to anyone who likes a gripping, disturbing thriller which stays with you after you have read it ... (I've recommended her before - think Craft will like her books).

[bensmum]

I'm reading "The Falls" by Joyce Carol Oates at the moment. I've read some of her work before and she's very good, if not particularly easy at times.
I've read all of those Kate Mosse books chi-chi, really enjoyed them. I have "The Forgotten Garden" from the library so will read that next.
Will have to recommend Mo Hayder to my Book Group, we haven't read a thriller in a while

[TTG]

Any of the books by Peter James in the "Roy Grace" series.

[kawakiri]

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Donaldson
The Earthsea Trilogy, Le Guin