Suggestions for my first Nook Book?

[NewJeffCT]

I got a Nook for Christmas and nothing has really inspired me to download it so far.

I normally go for Fantasy/Sci-Fi books.

I read a few free samples so far, and felt they were "meh" from the samples.
The free samples were:
"Day by Day Armageddon" by JL Bourne
"A Shadow in Summer" by Daniel Abraham (first book of the Long Price Quartet series)
"The Way of Kings" by Brandon Sanderson

I read the hard copy of "Plague of the Dead" a month ago, thought it was decent, and was thinking of the sequel, but the author died at 26 years old and never finished the third book, so I'm not sure I want to read a book series that does not have a conclusion.

I was hoping George R.R. Martin's "Dunk & Egg" series was available, but apparently not.

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Mercutio01]

My Nook has a ton of books, many of them classics from when B&N was giving away four or five classics a week a year or two ago. Beyond that, it's full of sf/fantasy and some other random books. I just finished "Boneshaker" by Cherie Priest, which was entertaining, and "The Hunger Games" which was flawed but amusing.

Really, though, without a better knowledge of what you like and have/have not read, it's fairly futile. The selection of Nook books is way better now than when I first got mine, and nearly every book of fiction that I have looked at to purchase has a Nook Book version.

Frankly, if you want to save some money and haven't read a lot older novels, look through Project Gutenberg and find some excellent things to read there. All the John Carter of Mars books are on there, most of the Tarzan novels, all the Allan Quatermain, Dracula, Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes, etc, are all available for free.

 

[Alan Shutko]

Run, do not walk, to Baen! Baen Ebooks

Baen has both an extensive free library of books (often intro books for series) and books you can buy. You get them in lots of formats, without DRM. It includes a lot of classic SF as well: Heinlein, Laumer, and more.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I've yet to get any books for my iPad2, but I have a plan:

1) get a Bible, since I'm Catholic

2) get reference books I own and I'd deem essential- certain cookbooks, equipment manuals, RPGs (if i can find 'em), etc.

3) if they exist in electronic format, "coffee table" books, of photography- nature, museum collections, collectibles, etc., both for personal enjoyment AND as a gaming resource

4) filling in gaps in my novel collection by tracking down old classics books by the masters who have been marginalized in bookstores because they aren't JRRT or a best-seller of the past 5 years. People like Lieber, deCamp, Blish, Kornbluth, etc.

 

[NewJeffCT]

OK, I have not read much of what has come out in the last decade or so in terms of Fantasy & Sci-Fi, other than the last two George R.R. Martin books, and the Harry Potter series so I could discuss them with my daughter.

Trying to recall what I've read over the years before that:
Tolkien, of course.
Some of the Terry Brooks Shannara books many years ago.
The first 5 or 6 books of the Dune series.
The first 6-7-8 books of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time (Not going back to it, as I'd need to re-read those books to remember what was happening in them, and I forgot where I actually stopped);
the first several books of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series (no interest in continuing),
a whole mess of Piers Anthony from the 80s through the mid 90s;
most of the Robert E Howard's Conan books, as well as some of the non-Howard ones that came after; the first book in that Tad Williams series;
several HG Wells and Robert Heinlein books;
of the D&D books out there, I've read maybe the first 10 Drizzt books and the first six DragonLance books, but not really too interested in others;
all seven Harry Potter books;
two series' from David Eddings (Belgariad & Mallorean);
two series' from Raymond Feist.
Read the Narnia series in elementary school back in the day.
A bunch of Stephen King;

I'm sure I missed a bunch as well.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan - these have been surprising good reads to me.

Shadowdance Trilogy by David Dalglish, he also has a Paladin group and Half-Orc books out.

 

[Zaukrie]

B&N gives away a free book every Friday, get those.

As above, go to Baen books, and get free books.

The following are great for free books:

Project Gutenberg - free ebooks
What's New - Baen Books
The NOOK Blog - Barnes & Noble Book Clubs
ManyBooks.net - Ad-free eBooks for your iPad, Kindle, or eBook reader
Free eBooks at Planet eBook - Classic Novels and Literature

The Pathfinder novels are available on their site for $6.99, I think.

Project gutenberg has some hit and miss quality....

 

[NewJeffCT]

Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan - these have been surprising good reads to me.

Shadowdance Trilogy by David Dalglish, he also has a Paladin group and Half-Orc books out.

thanks - will check both series' out

 

[Relique du Madde]

Edgar Rice Burroughs so you can read John Carter before it is mangled by the cinema.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Too late for that...how quickly they forget: Princess of Mars (2009 Video)