Can you recommend some good mystery novels for me to read? The last mystery novels I read that I really liked were the Hilary Tamar series by Sarah Caudwell. I liked those because they were fairly light and not gory. But I especially liked them because the dialogue/narration was sharp, witty, and wry. What are some other mystery writers who write like this? [more inside]
posted on Jul 25, 2008 - 33 answers
Book recommendation: Looking for a modern novel that revels in the modern metropolis: its mass of strangers, dark pockets, finds beauty in filth and filth in beauty.
Examples: Witchgrass by Raymond Queneau, Bright Lights Big City by Jay McInerny, Paul Auster
posted on Jul 23, 2008 - 22 answers
Help me find this book about people abducted by nontraditional faeries! [more inside]
posted on Jun 26, 2008 - 4 answers
About six years ago, a friend lent me a fantasy book, I'm trying to figure out what it was called.
The main character was raised (and possibly summoned) by a wizard deep in the forest, near the beginning of the book the wizard's power starts to flag and the young boy has to leave.
He ends up in a castle and when he hears certain words it triggers memories from his past life.
posted on Jun 8, 2008 - 6 answers 
Can you think of examples of movies based on novels (or short stories) that are very, very faithful to the source work? [more inside]
posted on Jun 1, 2008 - 70 answers
What one book will allow others to gain the truest insight into the soul of each city or region [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 16 answers
The title of the novel also appears in the book as a chapter title. Apparently, there's a name for it. What's it called?
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 4 answers
MysteryNovelFactFilter: I'm reading a mystery novel and the protagonist triumphantly announced she knew who did it because a) the victim broke his neck after a long fall and b) the police revealed this info to her. Is this actually possible? [more inside]
posted on Mar 29, 2008 - 11 answers
Looking for books about the absurdity of life in an office or corporate environment [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 32 answers
I want to read this book again. [more inside]
posted on Feb 28, 2008 - 6 answers
Help me remember title of really explicit and racy romance novel from the 70s or 80s please! The main character was a young orphaned woman who was in love with her rich caretaker who was a male family member who took her virginity so roughly that she required surgery and was left barren. [more inside]
posted on Feb 16, 2008 - 3 answers
I remember reading this sci-fi book a long while ago, but I can't remember anything easily googleable. Can anyone help identify it? [more inside]
posted on Feb 10, 2008 - 2 answers
What is the 19th Century illness that disfigures Esther Summerson of Dicken's Bleak House? [more inside]
posted on Jan 6, 2008 - 9 answers
Help me find a specific type of time travel novel. [more inside]
posted on Dec 10, 2007 - 20 answers
BookFilter: I've recently gotten done with Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger
(link here). I'm looking for more books like it. [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2007 - 19 answers
Is there a definitive resource on the web for finding literary agents who represent science fiction and fantasy? [more inside]
posted on Apr 6, 2007 - 13 answers
Anybody know any good novels either about or a good chunk of which is set in the Caribbean? [more inside]
posted on Mar 21, 2007 - 40 answers
I'm going to Barcelona this weekend and wanted to get a book for the flight and for when I'm relaxing over there. Does anyone know of any good books that feature the city quite prominently? I'm happy to consider fiction, non-fiction, sporting, historical or political books, anything that you might have enjoyed and that you think might help me engage that little bit more with what Barcelona has to offer.
posted on Feb 25, 2007 - 10 answers
Help me find a Sci-Fi / Fantasy book whose title I've forgotten! [more inside]
posted on Feb 13, 2007 - 3 answers
Once I've made my sci-fi novel available via Lulu.com, will it still be viable to shop around to agents and editors for potential mass-market publication? Are there factors that influence it? For example, if it sells a lot, is it considered a good buy by a publisher, or has it basically had its first run?
posted on Dec 8, 2006 - 9 answers
Has Finnegans Wake ever been translated? How?
posted on Oct 20, 2006 - 36 answers
What's the most exciting novel you've ever read? I mean this in the simplest sense: an exciting plot. I'm looking for page-turners. Novels that keep you on the edge of your seat and refuse to let you sleep until you finish them. I'm looking for genre novels -- but I don't care what genres: Mystery, thriller, sci-fi, etc. (though sci-fi/fantasy has been done-to-death here, so I'm really more interested in other genres.) Oh, I care about words. So no matter how exciting, I'll quit reading if the prose is crappy. [more inside]
posted on May 25, 2006 - 148 answers
I am trying to remember the titles and authors of two possibly linked young adult novels. [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2006 - 10 answers
BookFilter - I'm trying to remember the title of a book involving two RAF pilots who bail out and end up exploring an underground world. [more inside]
posted on Mar 6, 2006 - 6 answers
What is this post-apocalypse book that features "New Sealand"? [more inside]
posted on Feb 28, 2006 - 11 answers
What is the Great Australian Novel? [more inside]
posted on Jan 18, 2006 - 49 answers
