can anybody suggest some good books/ novels to buy and read fact or fiction ?
iam 3o years old have BPD and PTSD.
SO ANY BOOKS ABOUT BUILDING UP CONFIDENCE, ABOUT RELATING OR BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS..about ptsd or bpd itself.
im also into ghost stories and mystery novels, prefabally old novels…i like horror fiction to i.e – bentley little , clare mcnally….thoe old ghosty/ horror novels that you find on a dusty library shelf.
i like astronomy..
i dont like sports and not really into fantasy type stuff except lord of the rings triology and anything by jrr tolkien.
- ?e mousquetaire XVI
Tags: Astronomy, Jrr Tolkien, Lord Of The Rings, Lord Of The Rings Triology, Mystery Novels
April 4th, 2009 at 1:19 am
I liked Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge. It was a short read, but very good.
Summary as featured on chapters/indigo.ca:
Halloween, 1963. They call him the October Boy, or Ol’ Hacksaw Face, or Sawtooth Jack. Whatever the name, everybody in this small Midwestern town knows who he is. How he rises from the cornfields every Halloween, a butcher knife in his hand, and makes his way toward town, where gangs of teenage boys eagerly await their chance to confront the legendary nightmare. Both the hunter and the hunted, the October Boy is the prize in an annual rite of life and death.
Pete McCormick knows that killing the October Boy is his one chance to escape a dead-end future in this one-horse town. He’s willing to risk everything, including his life, to be a winner for once. But before the night is over, Pete will look into the saw-toothed face of horror–and discover the terrifying true secret of the October Boy . . .
Winner of the Stoker Award and named one of the 100 Best Novels of 2006 by “Publishers Weekly,” “Dark Harvest” is a powerhouse thrill-ride with all the resonance of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.”
April 4th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
“The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair is really good and quite an eye-opener.
“The Elephant Man” is good.
“Motherless Brooklyn”
“Ender’s Game”
“Flowers for Algernon”
April 7th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
If you liked Lord of the Rings, I recommend
Eragon and Eldest (Christopher Paloni)
Other good books:
The DaVinci Code (Dan Brown) is an awesome book, I just finished it.
The Husband (Dean Koontz) is good if you like scary, suspense.
TURNABOUT (Margaret Peterson Haddix) is good too.
Hatchet and The Transall Saga are some of the best books ever writen, both by Gary Paulsen.
April 8th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Have you read the Ann Rice novels (Interview with a Vampire)?
Iain Banks The Wasp Factory is also very good.
I have recently read Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the dog in the night time & a spot of bother, they are not the type of thing you say you like but I really enjoyed them and wasn’t really expecting to.
Edgar Allen Poe might be your cup of tea.
I like to find old out of print books in charity shops.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:30 am
hey i love books of all kinds but i was stuck for something to read and someone lent me The Cold Moon – Jeffery Deaver ive never read any of his books before but had heard some good things about him. After reading this it is safe to say I will be scouring for all of his books. The back of the book says~:
How long does it take to die?
TICK
His victims would say forever
TOCK
At each horrific crime scene, he leaves a clock ticking.
He calls himself the watchmaker. And its only a matter of time before he strikes again….. Its Ryhme time
The twists in this book are awesome!
Also if you like ghost, spooky type things the James Herberts-The Secret of Crickley Hall is really really good
The Caleighs have had a terrible year…They need time and space, while they await the news they dread. Gabe has brought his wife, Eve, and daughters, Loren and Cally, down to Devon, to the peaceful seaside village of Hollow Bay. He can work and Eve and the kids can have some peace and quiet and perhaps they can try, as a family, to come to terms with what’s happened to them…Crickley Hall is an unusually large house on the outskirts of the village at the bottom of Devil’s Cleave, a massive tree-lined gorge – the stuff of local legend. A river flows past the front garden. It’s perfect for them…if a bit gloomy. And Chester, their dog, seems really spooked at being away from home. And old houses do make sounds. And it’s constantly cold. And even though they shut the cellar door every night, it’s always open again in morning…”The Secret of Crickley Hall” is James Herbert’s finest novel to date. It explores the darker, more obtuse territories of evil and the supernatural. With brooding menace and rising tension, he masterfully and relentlessly draws the reader through to the ultimate revelation – one that will stay to chill the mind long after the book has been laid aside.
April 12th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
If you like horror fiction, you’ll love Christopher Golden.
The Boys Are Back in Town is a crazy high school reunion gone wrong. The main character begins to have multiple sets of memories, the most disturbing being the friend he remembers talking to the other week, but whom everybody else remembers dying in high school.
Straight On Till Morning is a modern(ish) horror retelling of Peter Pan. Basically, Wendy didn’t go by choice. It’s really good.
The Veil series is about mythical characters come true, but it has a sense of aloneness that I think might appeal to you.
Those are my favorites, but he has a TON more, both series and stand alone.
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon is newer, but has sort of an old, dusty, ghosty feel to it.
Arturo Perez-Reverte’s books are mysteries, they’re a bit slower moving, but they have that older feel to them. I really like The Club Dumas, and the Alatriste series.
I’m not normally a Dean Koontz fan, but I really like his new Odd series; Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, and two new ones by summertime.
Hope there’s something you like in here! Good Luck!
April 13th, 2009 at 7:46 am
A fascinating biography that is getting a lot of attention is “Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist” by Bradley Steffens. It tells the inspiring, true story of a medieval Muslim scholar who overcame bouts of mental illness to develop the scientific method two hundred years before the Europeans learned of it—by reading his books. It was just chosen by California Readers to be part of the 2008 California Collection. You can find reviews of the book and a sample chapter at
April 15th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Old mystery books – Josephine Tey, Arthur Upfield, Freeman Wills Crofts.
Ghost Stories – M R James (excellent), Herbert Russell Wakefield, Le Fanu (In a Glass Darkly).
If you liked ‘Lord of the Rings’ then Stephen Donaldson’s Thomas Covenant books may be a possibility. First one is ‘Lord Foul’s Bane’.
Books on PTSD – good one to start with is David Kinchin’s “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Invisible Injury”. Reading lists and downloadable booklets can be found via the MIND site.