Just about any Graham Greene book: The Power and the Glory. The Quiet American, The Ministry of Fear, The Comedians, Our Man in Havana etc.
Ask HN: What are some great fiction reads for someone that reads non-fiction
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Re: Ask HN: What are some great fiction reads for someone that reads non-fiction
#12I'll second someone else's recommendation for The Martian, that was just a really fun read you can just burn through because it is so enjoyable.
If you want another really fun read, Ready Player One was fantastic.
I've also enjoyed the Old Man's War saga, there are 6 books but you can skip book 4 since it is a retelling of book 3 from the POV of another character. This is a space saga and I really like the universe he created.
In the hard sci-fi genre, I really enjoyed The Forever War.
And for just pure world building fantasy, the Game of Thrones books (The song of Ice and Fire series) are some of the best written books I've ever read.
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#13Since the theme of procrastination and self-discipline is quite popular on HN, I would recommend OP and everyone here "Oblomov" and "Frigate Pallada" by I.A.Goncharov.
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#14I'll agree with everyone saying The Martian and add The Neanderthal Parralax (Trilogy) by Robert J Sawyer
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#15The power of One by Bryce Courtney.
Wow. If you ever wanted to see how a fiction book could make you feel and appreciate literature.
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#16The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. This trilogy is a great mash up of science history and sci-Fi (almost)
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#17I rarely read fiction, but am loving "Sacre Bleu" by Christopher Moore. If you like art, artistic and clever turns of phrase and plot, comedy about serious things, wonderfully twisted fictionalized versions of historical figures and events, then you will enjoy it.
Wikipedia: "Sacrebleu" is a very old French profanity meant as a cry of surprise or happiness.
The book lives up to both of those feelings.
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#18Anything by Haruki Murakami. Start with "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" and never look back. Supernatural and super good.
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#19My favourite book to recommend is 'Carter Beats the Devil' by Glen David Gold. Perhaps the best praise I can give it is that I've recommended it quite a lot, with many varied friends and relatives reporting they found it most enjoyable.
I find it difficult to describe why I personally love it, but if you get into reading fiction, think about putting it on your shelf.
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#20I read Non-Fiction also, but in school I remember really enjoying Animal Farm. Basically I felt it was basically a Non-Fiction book with a Fictional story to get the points across.