I'm looking for books, either fiction or non-fiction, that take place in Knoxville, Tennessee or other nearby places in East Tennessee. [more inside]
posted on Jun 6, 2008 - 11 answers

Recommend some bed-time and weekend fiction or non-fiction reading that will keep me enthralled after a long day or a long week [more inside]
posted on Jul 22, 2007 - 31 answers

Do you have any recommendations for solid creative non-fiction magazine columns or the like? [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2006 - 4 answers

I just finished the last book on my Must Read list. Help make me a new one. [more inside]
posted on Oct 27, 2006 - 57 answers

Has anyone come across a good website that accurately generates book recommendations, based on what you've read and enjoyed? [more inside]
posted on Oct 25, 2006 - 10 answers

My mom loved The Secret Life of Bees and The Year of Magical Thinking. She couldn't get through much of The Time Traveler's Wife. What else might she like? [more inside]
posted on May 5, 2006 - 30 answers

Good french books by good french authors? [more inside]
posted on Nov 28, 2005 - 34 answers

Please recommend children's books about great cities of America and/or the world. [more inside]
posted on Sep 28, 2005 - 16 answers

I'm interested in learning about Japanese history pre-1900. What book(s) should I be reading? [more inside]
posted on Sep 22, 2005 - 5 answers

Please recommend some good novels about people between 25-35. [more inside]
posted on Aug 30, 2005 - 24 answers

I'm looking for a really good story--I feel like I'm drowning in books but there's nothing I really want to read. I'm tired of all these 'literary' novels where nothing really happens, or the big best-sellers that are all action and no substance. I don't really care what genre, fiction, nonfiction, anything is fine as long as it really sucks you in. [more inside]
posted on Aug 7, 2005 - 82 answers

What are your favourite historical fiction novels? [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2004 - 47 answers

I just got done reading Ishmael by Daniel Quinn for class. Now, I have to find a book that also deals with nature in the same regard to read (ie, we're destroying it- go fix it! Though it could be how nature is ours to control and we should actually exploit it more). Preferable, though not necessary, for my own pleasure would be something that intertwines religion and science with nature (from a negative or positive standpoint) into the book.
posted on Sep 8, 2004 - 15 answers

As a lay...very lay...student of Roman Republic and Empire, and anticipating the upcoming HBO/BBC series Rome with relish, I'm reading everything I can get my hands on about both Republic and Empire. Currently I'm reading an abridgement of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire I just inherited. What next? [insert Latin for "more inside" here].
posted on Sep 2, 2004 - 19 answers

My wife likes reading biographies and memoires, particularly of women in culture and the arts. Think "Reading Lolita in Tehran" rather than, say, "Mornings on Horseback." Any recommendations for a birthday present?
posted on Jul 26, 2004 - 17 answers

I need to recommend a book for a male, teenage, esl student. Which book would you recommend to a person who says he's kind of interested in science fiction but doesn't like to read?
posted on Jul 9, 2004 - 26 answers

Please recommend fantasy novels for someone who doesn't like fantasy novels (more inside).
posted on Mar 23, 2004 - 59 answers