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Sidney Sheldon, Dan Brown and John Grisham lead all the way. Though my all-time favorite novel is 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven'-Mitch Albom.
Do give it a read. :)
I have heard about "The five people you meet in heaven" ! I'll give it a try this winter
 
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The adventure and full on thrillers:-
The Hunger games series (awesome)
The Harry Potter series (epic, especially the last parts)

The heart-touching leaving you speechless ones:-
My Sister's Keeper and Handle with care by Jodi Picoult
Where Rainbows end and Thanks for the memories by Cecelia Ahern


If you are looking for mystery then Dan brown is good, The Da Vinci code and The Lost symbol
 
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-Paranoia is a 2004 novel written by Joseph Finder
Paranoia is the story of Adam Cassidy, whose prank jeopardizes his low-level job at a technology corporation. His superiors give him the chance to save his job if he agrees to an undercover corporate espionage assignment at a rival company
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-Whiteout (2004) is a thriller novel written by British author Ken Follett about the theft of a deadly virus from a lab in snow-covered Scotland.
When a rabbit being tested on to find a cure against a deadly virus, a more dangerous form of Ebola, is stolen from a lab in Scotland. Toni Gallo, head of security, knows that she has failed. But soon things turn out to be a lot worse when the virus itself is also stolen, with inside assistance, to be used in a terrorist attack. Through a Christmas Eve blizzard, and without much help from the local police, Toni has to chase the thieves to recover the virus and save the future of the lab as well as prevent a dangerous outbreak. Meanwhile, she's falling in love with her boss, who is having the family over for Christmas at his nearby mansion.
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-Web of Deceit 2003 by Mark Curtis .a British journalist, writer, and historian specialising in investigative journalism.
New York attorney Jennifer March is haunted by the mysterious and savage slaughter of her family on the same night that her father disappeared, never to be seen alive again. Two years on, his corpse is discovered frozen into a remote glacier in the Swiss Alps, the victim of a bizarre murder, and Jennifer sets out for Europe to find answers. It's a journey that's meant to unravel the frightening mystery of why her family was butchered, and to help uncover a dark secret at the heart of her father's past. But instead, Jennifer March finds herself running for her own life, as her investigation draws her into a terrifying web of deceit, murder and betrayal, and a deadly conspiracy to hide an explosive secret.
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-No Time For Goodbye BY Linwood Barclay
On the morning she will never forget, suburban teenager Cynthia Archer awakes with a nasty hangover and a feeling she is going to have an even nastier confrontation with her mom and dad. But when she leaves her bedroom, she discovers the house is empty, with no sign of her parents or younger brother Todd. In the blink of an eye, without any explanation, her family has simply disappeared.
Twenty-five years later Cynthia is still haunted by unanswered questions. Were her family murdered? If so, why was she spared? And if they're alive, why did they abandon her in such a cruel way?
Now married with a daughter of her own, Cynthia fears that her new family will be taken from her just as her first one was. And so she agrees to take part in a TV documentary revisiting the case, in the hope that somebody somewhere will remember something - or even that her father, mother or brother might finally reach out to her...
Then a letter arrives which makes no sense and yet chills Cynthia to the core. And soon she begins to realise that stirring up the past could be the worst mistake she has ever made...
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-The Broker is a suspense novel written by American author John Grisham and published in the United States on January 11, 2005. The novel follows the story of Joel Backman, a newly-pardoned prisoner who had tried to broker a deal to sell the world's most powerful satellite surveillance system to the highest bidder.
Joel Backman is "the Broker"- a Washington power broker-lobbyist. But his life falls apart when a deal collapses involving a hacked spy satellite that nobody knows about, and Backman ends up in jail. Six years later, the political wheels in Washington have turned and other power-hungry men are eager for his blood. Bargains are made, and after an outgoing disgraced president grants him a full pardon at the behest of the CIA, he finds himself spirited out of the prison in the middle of the night, bundled onto a military plane, and flown to Italy to begin a new life. He has a new name and mysterious new "friends" who will teach him to speak the language and to blend in with the people in Bologna.
But something isn't quite kosher in this new setup, and he is under constant surveillance. In fact, his own government is setting him up for professional assassins from China, Israel, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and other countries. The CIA intends to sit back and wait to see which one gets him first, while trying to solve the biggest mystery to hit the US government in decades; seeing who built this seemingly impenetrable and most advanced satellite ever.
It turns out to be China. Despite having low satellite technology, they stole the information from the U.S.
Backman survives several assassination attempts and manages to establish communication with his son, Neal Backman. He escapes surveillance and returns to his home to contract a new deal with the US government. The CIA is told about the satellite, along with the taking of the satellite's program. Backman then goes returns to Italy and lives wih Francesca.
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-Mosaic by Soheir Khashoggi
Set against the bustling backdrop of New York City and the exotic splendor of Jordan, Mosaic is a story of love and betrayal, of a clash of cultures and traditions---and one woman's struggle to rebuild her life.
Like many working mothers, Dina Ahmed has become adept at juggling her family and her work. She's the owner of Mosaic, a thriving floral design business, and has been blessed with success, beauty, and, most important, a happy family.
But when she returns home one day to discover that her six-year-old twins have vanished, Dina is forced to admit that her life and her marriage were not as perfect as she'd once believed. After many desperate phone calls---and anxious hours spent piecing the puzzle together---Dina accepts the terrible truth: Her husband, Karim, has taken the twins to his homeland of Jordan to raise the children with his family there.
The authorities can do nothing to bring Dina's children back, and even her father's contacts in the U.S. State Department are of little help. Karim's family is wealthy and powerful, and even though Dina is half Arab herself, her options are limited.
Distraught, but determined to fight, Dina travels to Jordan to confront her husband and to enact a desperate plan to get her children back---but at what risk?
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-Blood Memory by Greg IlesHailed by Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code) for his "utterly consuming" suspense fiction, New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles melds forensic detail with penetrating insight into the heart of a killer in a southern town.
Some memories live deep in the soul, indelible and dangerous, waiting to be resurrected....Forensic expert "Cat" Ferry is suspended from an FBI task force when the world-class odontologist is inexplicably stricken with panic attacks and blackouts while investigating a chain of brutal murders. Returning to her Mississippi hometown, Cat finds herself battling with alcohol, plagued by nightmares, and entangled with a married detective. Then, in her childhood bedroom, some spilled chemicals reveal two bloody footprints...and the trauma of her father's murder years earlier comes flooding back. Facing the secrets of her past, Cat races to connect them to a killer's present-day violence. But what emerges is the frightening possibility that Cat herself has blood on her hands....
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Sidney Sheldon, Dan Brown and John Grisham lead all the way. Though my all-time favorite novel is 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven'-Mitch Albom.
Do give it a read. :)
Jon Grisham the first proper mature novel i read is by him THE BROKER.. a wonder his novels are. .
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-Blood Memory by Greg IlesHailed by Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code) for his "utterly consuming" suspense fiction, New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles melds forensic detail with penetrating insight into the heart of a killer in a southern town.
Some memories live deep in the soul, indelible and dangerous, waiting to be resurrected....Forensic expert "Cat" Ferry is suspended from an FBI task force when the world-class odontologist is inexplicably stricken with panic attacks and blackouts while investigating a chain of brutal murders. Returning to her Mississippi hometown, Cat finds herself battling with alcohol, plagued by nightmares, and entangled with a married detective. Then, in her childhood bedroom, some spilled chemicals reveal two bloody footprints...and the trauma of her father's murder years earlier comes flooding back. Facing the secrets of her past, Cat races to connect them to a killer's present-day violence. But what emerges is the frightening possibility that Cat herself has blood on her hands....
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What do u think about Greg Iles? I started reading for him recently and am currently reading " The Quiet Game".
 
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WELL THE book have some details for him that DAN Brown. of DA vinci Code obviously. has said his novels resonate.
He would have become a film director if not writer and he thinks writer have more ability to affect the story and whole drama and scene. He had been a musician. His family claim his tendency to seek solitude most annoyance. this all represent that there is a large portion in him reserved for feeling. He had experienced life. Gone through harsh and glad tome times. He had absorbed every thing inside him and as a sponge soaks all the water around it and Iles probably keep sprinkling the experience he had absorbed over him. This give an emotion a soul to his writing. There is fight for life. There is loss. There is cry in his stories that you have lost every thing and have no where to go. Then there are beams of hope. There is something worthwhile that you leave everything and grip last rope of hope. and you start finding it out. webs start popping. Things get better. There is something in his words that make you feel all he had.
I have written this analyze because i went on to wake up till 3 o clock i fever few weeks back just to finish Blood memory. and probably when i start off with writing my own novel i experienced the same emotions too.
What do u think about Greg Iles? I started reading for him recently and am currently reading " The Quiet Game".
 
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has anybody read enid blyton's the magic faraway tree?
(when younger, of course.)
nO BUT I HAVE READ THE OTHERS fIVE GO DOWN TO SEA OR The mystery of hidden house.
See there are two types of Kiddo BOOKS the girly ones. Marry kate and ashley or sweet valley twins(i love them . i really do)
and boyish ones i.e Hardy Boys. The finding outer series . So far enid Bylton is best author in this later kind. He talks a lot abut food. but makes a good scene and a good novel. Hardy boys and others are often whta i always hate.
 
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