<p>I am a big fan of Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot as well. Murder on the Orient Express is GREAT! When I was 16, I spent the summer with my grandparents, and I read all of my grandfather's Agatha Christie's which featured Miss Marple as well. I loved them (but I am a girl). I believe Hercule Poirot would be more appealing for guys. For Agatha Christie fans, ages ago I read a book about her life. I cannot remeber who wrote it, but it was a great mystery itself!
Happy reading!</p>
<p>Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides - really different and totally engrossing
The Night Listener by Armisted Maupin - psychol. thriller
Dogs of Babel
Kissing in Manhattan
A Map of the World
The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
Crow Lake</p>
<p>That should get you started...</p>
<p>hahaha to be honest, Hercule Poirot is not much of a "guy's" detective hero, that's more like Holmes. Poirot is ....really quite feminine in lots of ways. like his overdressing at every occasion, etc. have any of you guys seen the BBC shows adapted from the novels? They're pretty good, tho sometimes they twisted the stories around, but i still thought they were pretty good.</p>
<p>Catch-22 </p>
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<p>the kite runner</p>
<p>James Patterson (the Alex Cross series)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
anything by Bill Bryson (esp. Short History of Nearly Everything, A Walk in the Woods, In a Sunburnt Country)</p>
<p>try the power of one by bryce courtenay. its AMAZING. and its the kind of book that got everybody reading when we had to read it at school. its ot a difficult book but it really is incredible. every single person, from dumb jock to stoner to nerd absolutely loved it.</p>
<p>Sorry but Im going to hi jack this thread</p>
<p>I'm into books like...all of Dan brown's books except for digital fortress.</p>
<p>Harry Potter.</p>
<p>Halo Series.</p>
<p>I hated John Grisham's books.</p>
<p>So any suggestions?</p>
<p>this has nothing to do with that post above me BUT, if ur brown & u havent read The Namesake, please DO SO asap.
then go watch the movie with kal penn coming out in march =)</p>
<p>I LOVE:
JAMES PATTERSON
JOHN GRISHAM
CATHERINE COULTER
SUE GRAFTON
MICHAEL CONNELLY </p>
<p>Any books that these people wrote.
I read every book that these people wrote literally also..</p>