Book recommendation?

I've been on a reading slump for over 3 months now and I have honestly no idea what to read. The last book I finished was The Catcher in the Rye and that pretty much got me back on track again.

To narrow it down, I'm looking for a good crime/thriller/mystery/(maybe even horror) novel, so any recommendation on those would be great. Anything else is fine too, just throw in names.

And I was also wondering if anyone has read The Godfather by Mario Puzo, and if its any good, please tell me. I have watched the movies (with barely any memory of it) and played the first game as well, which I thoroughly enjoyed xD

Thanks

I'm more of a fantasy book guy, so I can't really give good recommendations for crime novels. I never could get into crime books, just not my cup of tea apparently.

@ferrari2001: Any fantasy recommendation would be great too.

I've read Game of Thrones and started Clash of Kings 9 months ago, but can't get past page 80, the reading slump thing again. Anything similar to recommend? I have not read the LoTR trilogy, not sure why but will someday.

If you want Fantasy, you can try, The Stormlight Archive Saga by Brandon Sanderson. It's in my opinion the best of modern fantasy novels. Really any of his work is actually pretty good. I'm currently reading the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan as well which so far has been quite fantastic, although I hear later books are a slight drag. If I ever finish A Wheel of Time I plan to start on The First Law trilogy by Joe Ambercrombie.

Scrotie McBoogerballs?

My favorite book is The Dharma Bums by Kerouac. So obviously I recommend it

Also, Gone Girl was really good.

@ferrari2001: The Stormlight Archive Saga looks interesting, I've heard about Brandon Sanderson but never thought about picking up one of his books. Will definitely try that soon. I've started Joe Abercrombie's Best Served Cold, and his writing is fantastic.

Just read The Big Sleep if you're looking for crime shit. If you're looking for modern sci-fi or fantasy, try Gone Away World or the Vandermeer series starting with Annihilation.

@Abbeten: Gone Away World seems cool, will look into it xD

The Cuckoo's Calling or A Casual Vacancies, both by J.K. Rowling and both amazing.

For fantasy the Mistborn trilogy was amazing for me, and, to a lesser degree, the Black Magician trilogy, by Sanderson and Trudi Canavan respectively. John Scalzi also writes funny and cool sci-fi books (Old Man's War or Redshirts), if you're into that.

push through A Clash of Kings.. its an amazing book.. but if you want something different try out The Remaining series by DJ Molles.. very good survival horror books with lots of action and a good story

anything by China Mieville.

Inherent vice by thomas pynchon

A few come to mind..

120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

@ianhh6: I've tried reading the Cuckoo's Calling but failed to get past page 50- should I try it again? And I've read John Scalzi's Old Man's War but never thought about checking out his other books. Thanks.

@thegamingjunkie: In my opinion if you have to force yourself to read a book, don't bother. If you liked Old Man's War though, odds are you'll like the rest of the books of that series. And if you like Star Trek or know a few of the tropes, Redshirts will be a funny read :D

The Godfather book was as compelling as the movie (one of the few times that has happened). It was very hard to put it down. I enjoyed both and recommend both.

Crime with a touch of scary? You can't go wrong with Hound of the Baskervilles (Doyle)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Larsson)

Silence of the Lambs (Harris) scared the &^%$# out of me!