Book recommendations and reviews

[umair127]

I can recommend Miserable from Victor Hugo.
Great novel about real people in 19 th century in French, their circumstances, struggles, suffering, etc.
Great book!

Your right ,the book is a  masterpiece ,i almost forgot about the famous Jean Valjean!This book contains a little bit of everything. By the time you're finished you've had a bit of military history (the whole Waterloo section), several political essays from both the "royalist" and "republican" side of things, some education about how Europeans cities, such as Paris, have grown from the middle ages to modern times, and a fair bit of philosophy of the meaning of life, the difference between right and wrong, and the relationship of duty to morality.

[KonstantinosM]

Fiction:

A Song of Ice and Fire (only if you have about 15 days of free time)

Non-fiction: Into the wild
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[ahmedjadoon]

I can recommend Miserable from Victor Hugo.
Great novel about real people in 19 th century in French, their circumstances, struggles, suffering, etc.
Great book!

There is also a movie based on this book. Les Misérables http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1707386/?ref_=nv_sr_1 It has won 3 academy awards.I would like to know which is better in this case Book or Movie?

[umair127]

I can recommend Miserable from Victor Hugo.
Great novel about real people in 19 th century in French, their circumstances, struggles, suffering, etc.
Great book!

There is also a movie based on this book. Les Misérables http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1707386/?ref_=nv_sr_1 It has won 3 academy awards.I would like to know which is better in this case Book or Movie?

You should read the book first!I didn't like the movie that much,probably because is a musical. But there is another movie with the same name,a little old ,it came out in 1998,which was very good and i recommend you to see it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119683/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhhsylxYafE

[ahmedjadoon]

Fiction:

A Song of Ice and Fire (only if you have about 15 days of free time)

Why bother reading this book if there is a TV Serial which is a lot better.Its famous all over now Games Of Thrones.

I can recommend Miserable from Victor Hugo.
Great novel about real people in 19 th century in French, their circumstances, struggles, suffering, etc.
Great book!

There is also a movie based on this book. Les Misérables http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1707386/?ref_=nv_sr_1 It has won 3 academy awards.I would like to know which is better in this case Book or Movie?

You should read the book first!I didn't like the movie that much,probably because is a musical. But there is another movie with the same name,a little old ,it came out in 1998,which was very good and i recommend you to see it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119683/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhhsylxYafE

Thanks for suggestion.I'll try both.

[Este Nuno]

Fiction:

A Song of Ice and Fire (only if you have about 15 days of free time)

Why bother reading this book if there is a TV Serial which is a lot better.Its famous all over now Games Of Thrones.

I haven't read the series personally but I've heard from many people that the books are better than the series. Also, the books go more in depth and introduce other characters that are not included in the HBO adaptation.

[coinsandcoins]

A good fiction series I would recommend would be Eragon (Eargon, Eldest, Brisinger, inheritance).

it's in amazing book series With a good Plot.

With Magic, Dragons, Dwarfs, elves, battles, and many other things that make it a great series.

[KonstantinosM]

Why bother reading this book if there is a TV Serial which is a lot better.Its famous all over now Games Of Thrones.

Because things happen in the book much differently and make a lot more sense.

The book is like a parallel universe.

I like the book and the show almost equally but I find that the book has much more to offer (higher immersion factor).

[Baitty]

Anyone read Fight club? I know you have you must have it's one of the best books I have ever read much better than the movie.

[Daniel91]

I can recommend Miserable from Victor Hugo.
Great novel about real people in 19 th century in French, their circumstances, struggles, suffering, etc.
Great book!

Your right ,the book is a  masterpiece ,i almost forgot about the famous Jean Valjean!This book contains a little bit of everything. By the time you're finished you've had a bit of military history (the whole Waterloo section), several political essays from both the "royalist" and "republican" side of things, some education about how Europeans cities, such as Paris, have grown from the middle ages to modern times, and a fair bit of philosophy of the meaning of life, the difference between right and wrong, and the relationship of duty to morality.

Yes, I agree.
Fantastic book, the best I read in my life.
To this very good review above I can add one more important point.
This great story is very good example of moral values, goodness, living for the sake of others by the main character, Jean Valjean.
Despite all evil things happened in his life, all bad luck, he remained honest, good man and helped a lot people during his life.
This man is really very good example for all of us and this story always inspire me.