Feel free to add your own, and any information about them. We'll keep this thread up for a couple of weeks and then make a decision on the one to read next.

These are suggestions from previous threads, from different people, click for more info:

Filth by Irvine Welsh

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson

Perfume by Patick Suskind

Colors Insulting to Nature by Cintra Wilson

The Dancing Girls of Lahore by Louise Brown

How the Light Gets In by MJ Hyland

Museum by Rita Dove

Misconceptions by Naomi Wolf

Candy by Mian Mian

Sometimes A Great Notion - Ken Kesey

Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami

The Solitaire Mystery - Jostein Gaarder

The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy

I will re-suggest The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil by George Saunders.

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i think perfume would be good, since it's available everywhere as a result of the movie coming out
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Dracula or maybe Perfume

This seems very interesting and also short at 130 pages.

i have fear and loathing but i gave up pretty early because it seems the narrative of the film follows it almost exactly, will read it eventually.

i've read three of them, Solitaire, Notion, & Norwegian Wood. All fantastic, especially Notion.

I'm going to vote Dracula because i fancy reading that, and it's a classic.

Again, I have to say how utterly boring and tedious I find Dracula. I liked the few entries from the Demeter, but really, it's quite an intesive book for very little return. Perfume I haven't read, and although I was really going for it last time, I've just seen the film and it's fresh in my mind, so would rather read it later, so as not to compare them so much.

Kesh - glad to see you around. I've only read the first chapter or two of The Brief and Frightening Reign... but it's great. It's funny and bizarre, yet clear and simply written. I won't say it's a great work of art (although from a design perspective, the illustration is incredible) but I don't think that's a negative thing.

Oh, Dig For Fire, I forgot to respond to you there - I thought you'd like to see Notion in there - I'm really interested in reading it, but I suppose after having read One Flew... then maybe it's a bit soon to have another Kesey book? I really recommend you to read Fear and Loathing - I just made my boyfriend read it, and he loved it. I can't remember much of it at all - there's not much of a story to speak of and I can't forthe life of me remember the ending, but it's just such a funny read. The film is very close to the book, directly quoting it much of the time, but I (like everyone else, ever) have to say I prefer the book.

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happy indeed to see notion

i'll be happy with anything, even rereads, except i really don't like the sound of Perfume.

A Solitaire Mystery is really the sort of book i see kittyradioers enjoying, Jostein Gaarder is great, rarely is learning a subject such as philosophy so fun and accessible, though he concentrates more on the story and less on the philosophy in this one, Sofie's World is his real educational one, probably aimed at a younger audience too.

:X i've got to stop recommending.

pity to hear Dracula is a bore :O i almost never find books boring though, it's normally the author forcing in too much story that puts me off. All these gimmicks and twists gah.

anyway i shouldn't be reading much fiction atm i've got a dissertation to do :X

Me too! If it's not by Cohen or Hebdige, it's not registered in my world at the moment...

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i'll still read anything yinz pick. again, i don't want to read dracula because of the terrible reviews. fear and loathing plus filth don't seem like my cup of tea either....

I know it wasn't on the list, and I haven't even participated in the book club thus far, so who am I, right? But there's a new book out called Pink Steam by Dodie Bellamy and I've heard she's the new Kerouak. I haven't read it, but I've been dying to for some time now. That might be a good nominee for April, maybe?

I've got these three but I haven't read them yet, so I shall vote for them. I should add that I hope Perfume wins.

the last one you said, it sounds like a nice short GOOD read.

otherwise im not too fussed, i still mightnt join in.

I vote Filth, basically because I just bought it. haha

OH OH

or Fear and Loathing, because its one of my favourite Hunter books.

hehhh and Ive already read it..

OH and I hope its not too pretentious of me, but the F&L film was just...
not great. everyone should read the novel! haha

I just bought perfume, so even if we don't choose it, other ppl can talk to me about it if they want

-fear and loathing
-perfume

i've always wanted to read them, just never got around to it.

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Fear And Loathing
The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia
2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck (it would be nice to have a non-fiction, too)
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (if we're allowed, it's about 5 times more violent that the film)

But that last one on your list sounds damned interesting.

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I've heard a lot about this but never got around to reading it, then I was reminded of it when I read Jane Smiley's book about the novel:
Atonement, Ian McEwan

Of the books listed, I'm most interested in The Black Dahlia. And Solitaire Mystery, I see that every time I go to the used bookstore and ponder it b/c I enjoyed Sophie's World but I just haven't been moved to buy it. I would enjoy re-reading Norwegian Wood and Perfume. I'm curious but wary about Dracula... I think it would be interesting for discussion.

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The only book that's ever made me physically sick! It's great though, and would be interesting to discuss...

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