Here are some books I've liked/disliked....Recommend me some new ones

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Books I've liked:

A Confederacy of Dunces
The Stranger
Anything by Dan Brown
Anything by John Grisham

Generally, I like books with fast moving, exciting plots and minimal clutter in the writing style.

Books I've Disliked:

"Classics" like A Tale of 2 Cities, Shakespeare, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, etc.

Generally I dislike anything we are forced to read in class.

I hate cluttered, overly descriptive writing. I want to be able to read the book and understand it completely with minimal effort.

[guids]

Also, could I get a review of See no evil? Were the blacked out parts a pain in the ass, did it ruin highlights of the book?

[spamuell]

You'd like Harry Potter. I realise this might seem like I'm mocking you, "haha what an idiot who enjoys simple books with two-dimensional characters where minimal effort is needed, he should be reading children's books", but I'm not, Harry Potter is just excellent and you'll like it.

[diebitter]

stephen king - misery, green mile, the different seasons collection

hemmingway - old man and the sea

[asofel]

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I hate cluttered, overly descriptive writing. I want to be able to read the book and understand it completely with minimal effort.

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Hmm...have you ever read Finnegan's Wake? If not I think you'd like it.

[mike l.]

i dont know if youll like it, but the only novels ive really liked were those by vonnegut, only the later ones though like breakfast of champions and later. i like hocus pocus and bluebeard a lot for instance.

[guids]

I like most things by Mark Twain, I think itd be up your alley, as far as not being convoluted. Other books Im reading/re-reading, that are good
Bookie
Freakonomics
The way of the wiseguy

[theBruiser500]

"I hate cluttered, overly descriptive writing. I want to be able to read the book and understand it completely with minimal effort. "

Me too and I've read a lot of great books, unfortunately since you said you like Dan Brown you won't be getting any suggestions.

[gumpzilla]

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Me too and I've read a lot of great books, unfortunately since you said you like Dan Brown you won't be getting any suggestions.

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Wny not try and open his mind and turn him on to The Good [censored] if you hate Dan Brown all that much?

[Los Feliz Slim]

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I hate cluttered, overly descriptive writing. I want to be able to read the book and understand it completely with minimal effort.

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Hmm...have you ever read Finnegan's Wake? If not I think you'd like it.

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Really, anything by Joyce. Also Thomas Pynchon and David Foster Wallace.