10 Book Challenge

[OB1]

Its the only Iain Banks book I've read, and its not the sort of stuff I usually read. Some of it was funny, some of it pure genius, but some of it was very disturbing. There's one particular chapter that describes what sent Eric over the edge and it was fucking horrible. Its stuck with me ever since.
I've never had the urge to go out and try another of his books.

I think this could spawn a new list of ''disturbing books'', Irvine Welsh's Marabou Stork Nightmares was in that category for me. Harold Robins' Nevada Smith had some shocking events that left a deep impression, too.

American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis

Definitely the most disturbing book I've read.

 

[idahoblues]

I originally wrote my ten out on the spur of the moment but have given it a little more thought and can't believe I omitted two of my all time favourites and books that I think of often;

Shogun
Tai pan
Clavell is an amazing story teller

 

[mad4city]

I think this could spawn a new list of ''disturbing books'', Irvine Welsh's Marabou Stork Nightmares was in that category for me. Harold Robins' Nevada Smith had some shocking events that left a deep impression, too.

American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis

Definitely the most disturbing book I've read.

The White House by DM Foster was harrowing.

 

[shackattack]

brian clough-nobody ever says thank you -jonathan wilson
mark e smith - renegade
graham johnson-the devil(stephen french)
tom doyle-billy mackenzie/maverick life of
thomas healy-i heard you calling in the night
grace maxwell-falling and laughing,the restoration of edwyn collins
barry hines-kestrel for a knave (kes)
martin dillon-the shankill butchers
pema chodron-the places that scare you
phil scraton-hillsborough the search for truth

 

[Cellarite]

Glue - Irvine Welsh
The Road to Los Angeles - John Fante
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Weirdo, Mosher, Freak - Catherine Smyth
All Played Out - Pete Davies
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
The Chimp Paradox - Steve Peters
1984 - George Orwell
Full Time : The Secret Life of Tony Cascarino
Closer - Deborah Curtis

 

[Mozzer]

martin dillon-the shankill butchers

Without digging up any N.I politics, that book is more horrifying than anything Stephen King could write.

 

[Paladin]

martin dillon-the shankill butchers

Without digging up any N.I politics, that book is more horrifying than anything Stephen King could write.

I have just bought this for my Kindle thanks to your recommendation. I previously read Martin McGartland's 50 Dead Men Walking, another good book about the conflict.

 

[Andy TheCatalyst Morrison]

The Passion - Jeanette Winterson
It's Not About The Bike - Lance Armstrong
The Good, The Mad, The Ugly - Andy Morrison
Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby
Long Walk To Freedom - Nelson Mandela
The Crow Road - Iain Banks
The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Gruffalo - Julia Donaldson
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Starter for 10 - David Nicholls

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

A Taste Of Honey
Kestral for a Knave (Kes)
1984
Animal Farm
Original Bert Trautman book
The Wrong Boy
Saturday Night Sunday Morning
Kicked into touch
Morrissey's Manchester
Teenage Kicks

 

[jimmy blue shoes]

A Taste Of Honey
Kestral for a Knave (Kes)
1984
Animal Farm
Original Bert Trautman book
The Wrong Boy
Saturday Night Sunday Morning
Kicked into touch
Morrissey's Manchester
Teenage Kicks

Ha, Thought The Wrong Boy would be on your list, mine too. Quality book.