Help me please! Nothing to read

I hated the way My Sister's Keeper ended. Absolutely hated it.

My Sisters Keeper by Jodie Picoult is a family saga and also a court room drama. A real page turner. This little girl A has cancer so her mum has another baby to harvest the bone marrow; but as the baby grows up to be little girl B, the cancer returns. When A needs an organ transplant, kid B takes her family to court to sue them to retain the rights over her body ie not to donate. Its really interesting but also emotional and has been made into a movie - there is loads of action and very fast paced.

If you know someone who knows someone who knows the author, maybe you can suggest them to make the book available on the Kindle.

Re authors similar to Ballard - There is one: Will Self. I read his collection of short stories called The Quantity Theory Of Insanity, which was pretty good. His themes and writing style are quite similar to Ballard's which I thought was amazing, until I read that Will Self is a huge J G Ballard fan.

Will Self's book Umbrella was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2012. I read and thoroughly enjoyed this book (and was in awe of Will Self's insanity talent). I think it is as close to Ballard's The Atrocity Exhibition as it is possible to get, and even raises the bar with the stream-of-consciousness style he holds throughout the book with no paragraphs nor punctuation. Definitely one of the two hardest books I've ever read, but also one of the most rewarding.

Thanks for the advice CoteDAzur Ill check those out, have you got any other authors in a similar vein?

Sorry to hear about Computer 1 not being available, was thinking about it quite some time ago I read it and was because a family member got hold of a copy as they were 'three handshakes' from the author.

That book Computer One looks interesting, but it doesn't seem to be in print.

If you liked J G Ballard's Super Cannes, Millennium People, and High Rise (which are very similar books) take a look at his collection of short stories Vermillion Sands. And if you feel up to it, check out The Atrocity Exhibition. I couldn't come back to the real world for about a week after I finished that book.

Apocalytpic - try Computer one

www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-One-Warwick-Collins/dp/0714530336

or maybe Last light

www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Light-Alex-Scarrow-ebook/dp/B003TO59QY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420471413&sr=1-1&keywords=last+light

Some of J G ballards stuff like Super Cannes, highrise, and Millennium People - I enjoyed all of these off the wall thrillers.

I've just started reading the Merrily Watkins series by Phil Rickman - crime with a bit of woo (Merrily is a vicar who is on the exorcism team, but this aspect is very well done), very accurate on the local history too

Have you read The Suspicions of Mr Whicher? About a real crime. I really really enjoyed it.

I agree with mo hayder 'bird man' and the treatment were brilliant but not enjoyed later ones. Have you tried liane moriarty little lies? Read this recently and thoroughly enjoyed it.

I remember a book from way back called Simeon's. Bride from a budding author I thought I'd follow up on, but never did. Alison Taylor. Don't know if she wrote any more after that one, but it was a pleasant enough quick read. I wouldn't go out of my way to buy a copy (having read it) but if I came across it on a charity bookshelf I'd add it to my own.

I read The Good Girl recently - that's an enjoyable, page-turning psychological thriller.

Am also half way through Daughter and am enjoying that too.

I've seen the film of American Psycho and really wanted to read the book afterwards. But I couldn't find it in any of the stores

I read the book first. Far better than the film, and a slightly different story. The film is to all intent and purposes about a serial killer, whereas the book is actually a biopic of an obsessive compulsive, and you don't actually know if he is a serial killer, or just someone imagining he is a serial killer. It is more of an examination of his insanity.

I really couldn't get into any of Brett Easton Ellis' other books, but Americal Psycho is one of those American Classics in the traditional sense.

Neil Gaimans The Ocean At the End of the Lane is £2.99 on kindle at the moment. downloaded it last night and stayed up til 3 reading it .

If you haven't read any of the Vera or Shetland series by Ann cleeves that sounds like your cup of tea

I thought the rapture by Liz Jensen was better than the uninvited. For other post apocalyptic stuff, how about the leftovers by tom perotta or the testament of Jessie lamb by Jane rogers

I've seen the film of American Psycho and really wanted to read the book afterwards. But I couldn't find it in any of the stores :(.

Would you be interested in non-gory crime thrillers that take place in different places?

Jason Goodwin writes historical crime/detective fiction about Ottoman-era Istanbul. A dead body in the palace, the detective is a eunuch etc. They are pretty good. Start with The Janissary Tree.

Eliot Pattison writes great crime thrillers that take place in modern Tibet under Chinese occupation. A Chinese detective who gets on the wrong side of Chinese authorities gets chucked into a gulag in Tibet, makes friends among Tibetan inmates, and solves a murder. Great insight into the clashing Chinese/Western and Tibetan/Spiritual viewpoints. Start with Skull Mantra.

Barbara Nadel writes about crimes in contemporary Istanbul. She has a pretty good local info and grasp on social issues.

I really liked Jean M. Auel's books, particularly The Valley of Horses and The Mammoth Hunters, I thought they were beautiful books.

I second Denise Mina, especially her Garnethill trilogy.

I also recommend The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne - sort of crime fiction but the crime story interwoven with the troubled childhood of the lawyer on the case. I found it really gripping.

I thought the first two were good. Birdman and The Treatment I think, but I'd have to go check. Some of the later ones were a bit weird though. Not the same calibre of writer an Val McDermid.

Just couldn't get into Jo Nesbo.
Like Mo Hayder and Val McDermid.

Have you read American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis?
Did he ever kill anyone?

I really like apocalyptic fiction and recommend this thread.

I have also just finished 'Amity and Sorrow' which I rather liked (about a polygamist family escaping their abusive father)

The Unit by N. Holmqvist is page-turner ish and a great translation.

I read Elizabeth is Missing earlier this year and it was quite compelling - a mystery with a twist.

I can't wait to get lots of books for Christmas - just need to find some time to read them