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I thought I'd start this thread to recommend good books currently being sold on the Kindle for under 50 cents. Each book is linked to its Amazon Kindle page.
Prices are as of 11/04/08. I have no idea how often (or if) they fluctuate.
NOTE: I don't have a Kindle yet (ordered but not yet shipped), so I haven't actually bought/read these books. They seem to be good though. Forgive me if I'm mistaken.
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
- Author: Marian Keyes. Price: 24 cents. Genre: Romance
Seems like a British "chick lit" book. Even though I'm a man, I'm actually somewhat tempted because the premise sounds wacky enough.
The Nightwalker
- Author: Thomas Tessier. Price: 25 cents. Genre: Horror
Apparently praised by Stephen King in Danse Macabre (which personally I found to be a horrible, incoherent, rambling mess of a book, but I think I'm in the minority opinion there...). The plot certainly sounds like an interesting variation on the werewolf tale.
Indestructible Jews
- Author: Max Dimont. Price: 25 cents. Genre: History
I'm not Jewish, but almost 500 pages and 4,000 years of history sounds like it could make for a good read. EDIT - ADDED NOTE: It's apparently not just a straight-up historical account. According to the reader reviews, some areas of the book seem to include controversial/debatable/disputable "facts" and certain things written by the author appear to be quite politically-charged and biased. I hesitated keeping this link up for that reason, but since I haven't read the book myself and it's only 25 cents, I decided to let it stay. Just keep all of the above in mind if you decide to drop a quarter on this.
If you have read any of the above books or have your own Kindle bargains to recommend, please post in this thread...
Prices are as of 11/04/08. I have no idea how often (or if) they fluctuate.
NOTE: I don't have a Kindle yet (ordered but not yet shipped), so I haven't actually bought/read these books. They seem to be good though. Forgive me if I'm mistaken.
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
Seems like a British "chick lit" book. Even though I'm a man, I'm actually somewhat tempted because the premise sounds wacky enough.
The Nightwalker
Apparently praised by Stephen King in Danse Macabre (which personally I found to be a horrible, incoherent, rambling mess of a book, but I think I'm in the minority opinion there...). The plot certainly sounds like an interesting variation on the werewolf tale.
Indestructible Jews
I'm not Jewish, but almost 500 pages and 4,000 years of history sounds like it could make for a good read. EDIT - ADDED NOTE: It's apparently not just a straight-up historical account. According to the reader reviews, some areas of the book seem to include controversial/debatable/disputable "facts" and certain things written by the author appear to be quite politically-charged and biased. I hesitated keeping this link up for that reason, but since I haven't read the book myself and it's only 25 cents, I decided to let it stay. Just keep all of the above in mind if you decide to drop a quarter on this.
If you have read any of the above books or have your own Kindle bargains to recommend, please post in this thread...


