Rose Madder (1996)- A story about the battered wife of an abusive cop. After so many miscarriages due to the husband (Norman) not wanting a child, Rose flees the relationship into a faraway city into the open arms of a battered women's shelter. However, Norman won't let her go.
The Dark Half (1989)- (synopsis taken from the back of the Signet paperback- 1990) Thad Beaumont would like to say he is innocent. He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the series of monsterous murders that keep coming closer to his home. He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the twisted imagination that produced his bestselling novels. He's like to say he has nothing to do with the voice on the phone uttering its obscene threats and demanding total surrender. But how can Thad disown the ultimate embodiment of evil that goes by the name he gave it- and signs its crimes with Thad's bloody fingerprints? One of Stephen King's best works, if you ask me.
Dreamcatcher (2001, Movie 2003)- Four kids save an exceptionally gifted Down's kid in their childhood, drift away and come back to save the rest of humanity. Hell, just read it for the Shit Weasels. (Shit weasels are great, man.)
Everything's Eventual (2002)- Short story collection. This book includes a story about a fucking psycho maitre d' (Lunch at the Gotham Cafe), a hellish trip into the world's shittiest cosmic theme park where no one escapes (That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is In French), and an evil painting that slaughters without remorse (The Road Virus Heads North). An A+ in my book.
The REDWALL series (1987- ?) A series based on anthropomorphic (read: animals acting as people) characters set in a medieval-esque time period. Its made for children, but I read it until I was sixteen. Very good for people who liked things like Watership Down, or want to share the magic with their kids.
Julie Garwood
I don't think I could pick any of her books and isolate them. I think all of her medieval romances are fantastic. They're full of the lovey-dovey porn-for-people-with-imaginations with breaks of humor right where they're needed (think Snow White beating the living shit out of her Prince, the fucking to make up for it.) My reccomendations are as follows: The Gift, The Lion's Lady, The Secret, Gentle Warrior, Honor's Splendor, The Bride, Castles, Rebellious Desire, Saving Grace, Ransom, The Prize, Prince Charming, The Wedding, The Clayborne Brides series (One Pink Rose, One Red Rose, One White Rose), and For the Roses. The Clayborne Brides series comes before For the Roses. *sigh* I love her, and some day I will collect all of her books.
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