Gift Ideas: 10 books for every taste!

I love to read ... even if the time available to do it is always so little! But the Christmas holidays are approaching and certainly manage to find some 'room to grow also my passion. On second thought, I think a good book is one of the most exciting to find gifts under the tree! Precisely for this with some friends who like to read like me (and thank you for the valuable contribution they have given me) I have compiled a list of 10 most beautiful books read so far ... to maybe give you some ideas if you're still undecided on some present to do at Christmas! ... Good reading!

DRAMATIC

The scent of Patrick Suskind

And 'the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a man so brilliant as villain. His obsession is the scents, which can recognize the ingredients perfectly. Party in search of the perfect fragrance, Jean-Baptiste cross all of France in the eighteenth century and manages to achieve its goal, but using highly unorthodox methods.

"Wonderful, reading the book you can really hear all the perfumes described! Unreal story, how real are the feelings that can generate up to a point of no return! Absolutely not arbitrary. "
ELOISE

"With this book you are unable to enjoy the art of writing can awaken a sense that nobody would be possible through the word smell. A dynamic book, definitely not taken for granted and only in his original story of the protagonist JBG, a genius and like all geniuses transformed his passion into a form of manic and obsessive able to take him into action unimaginable. "
TATIANA

THE BRIDGES OF BUDAPEST Betty Schimmel

The book tells the story of a young Hungarian girl who attends the Nazi invasion of Budapest. From that day her life changes completely and reach the pinnacle of the tragedy in October '44, when he and other innocent people will take her Viggo to a concentration camp in Austria. But the hour of death has not yet come for you ...

"A young love that is lost during the hard times of Nazism, only to find himself, when perhaps it is too late ... maybe. Hoped to the last, for a happy ending! "
NANCY

FANTASY

CYCLE Shannara by Terry Brooks

The struggle between the forces of good and evil becomes increasingly fierce. Will Allanon to help Shea to take over the legendary Sword of Shannara, a powerful talisman that can destroy the dreaded Lord of deception? And who can ensure the survival of the magical plant dell'Eterea, which for centuries prohibits the demons to disrupt the earth? And the heir of Shannara aiutarà Allanon once again, fighting the Ildatch, the book of black magic, which threatens the peoples of the Four Lands?

If you liked "The Lord of the Rings" will not be disappointed even by Shannara. What I like about Terry Brooks is that it leaves you fantasize about this imaginary world that says, inhabited by Humans, Elves, Orcs, Druids and many other living beings gifted with magic and extraordinary abilities, but also a lot of humanity and, most importantly, courage !
Alessia

THE TWILIGHT SAGA by Stephenie Meyer

The love between Bella Swan, a girl so clumsy as passionate, and Edward Cullen, vampire "vegetarian" so beautiful but dangerous, it seems highly unlikely. There really is no hope for the young? Their love will defend not only by werewolves and vampires thirsty for revenge, but also from the same Edward, who barely manages to control his vampire instincts in the presence of the beloved.

Romantic, in some moments I have even moved ... from reading the 4 volumes in one breath ... also because not last long without knowing how it ends between the sweet and awkward beautiful vampire Edward!
ELOISE

You know that mix of anxiety, fear, happiness, passion and unleashed in you from first love? Here, Meyer is able to describe in an incredibly poignant story of love born between Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. The whole is topped off with a lot 'of mystery, imagination and surprises!
Alessia

Love, passion, fear, abandonment, friendship, action, adventure, suspense, all these emotions are palpable in the Twilight saga, a fantastic adventure where the protagonists fall in love (but not only!) Will be spontaneous and natural as reading it, rapid , moving at the same time can keep you for hours tied to the words and living the dream scene success!
TATIANA

THRILLER

The 6 SUSPECTED Vikas Swarup

Vicky Rai, the son of the powerful interior minister of Uttar Pradesh, was killed by a gunshot during a party at his villa near Delhi. The police identify six suspects: an aborigine, a star of Bollywood, a retired official, a mobile phone thief, a young Texan, and, finally, himself the father of Vicky. Who among them is the murderess? Through the lives of six suspects, the author recounts the complexities of Indian society.

The Indian company seen by 6 points of view, especially corruption, but also the humanity of some characters. Each of the 6 suspects has its fair amount of cynicism and speculation, but certainly the murderess is the one which least expected!
ELOISE

Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson

Lisbeth Salander hates men who hate women, but unfortunately with them during his life has had and will have to do. The young Swedish hacker will not lose but of mind and, thanks to the strong, determined character manages to indict those who have hurt me. To help her many friends in the enterprise, including Mikael Blomkvist, a famous journalist, editor of the Millennium.

Much has been spoken of this trilogy, which came out in record time even movies! Intriguing, mysterious, glacial, but mostly it's you, Lisbeth our heroine ... she drags us, you the mad genius, she is a character that will remain in our hearts a long time!
ELOISE

Mitica Lisbeth! Woman is determined, courageous and indomitable, has a very difficult and moody, as cuorioso and fascinating. The Millennium trilogy tells a compelling story and unpredictable, which leaves in suspense until the end.
Alessia

ADVENTURE

SHANTARAM by Gregory David Roberts

Greg, brilliant young student of philosophy and political activist at the University of Melbourne, was sentenced to 19 years in prison for armed robbery. Escaped from the maximum security Pentridge prison, he will find shelter in Bombay. Contact with the Indian company will change lives and the boy will turn into a "Shantaram," a "man of peace of God."

I think I can consider the best book I ever read! is so varied .. ranging from the war on addiction, love of the Indian mafia ... is to be considered then that is a true story (novel, but basically true), the facets are so interesting that we are to approach, enter and sink into the huge Indian subcontinent aviluppandoti with its thousands sfumatore not let go out ... this book made me literally fall in love with India!
ELOISE

Not had the success they deserve: beautiful book, well written and worthy of the attention of Johnny Depp who has bought the rights for a movie! I look forward ...
NANCY

Definitely my favorite book! A book for anyone who wants something more, within a reality of life shared with the protagonist in all the nuances of Indian poverty, wealth, violence, friendship, and why not, love. To savor leisurely lingering over the words and their meaning.
TATIANA

THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

We are in Barcelona in 1945 and Daniel, son of an eleven-hand book seller, is in possession of a book "cursed" found at the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. The discovery will change the course of the life of the boy and catapulted into a maze of mysteries and secrets between present and past.

Fascinating, describes a Barcelona of times, making you come and go without giving you respite from its history, past and present, fiction and reality ... hard to come off!
ELOISE

Compelling novel: suspense to no end!
NANCY

Dedicated to those who like adventure and suspense, intrigue and passion. Beautiful.
TATIANA

HISTORICAL

FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS by James Bradley

James Bradley, son of one of American soldiers who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima through the stories of his father and his comrades reconstructs those tragic events, pausing to reflect on the painful consequences of that war inflicts on the human soul and the concept of heroism. It 'true, there have been men who have returned home alive, but at home have found themselves confronted with the dramatic experience ... and the battle was just as tough.

The anxiety, fear, suffering and hopes of a group of young Marines during the bloody battle of Iwo Jiwa, have become the symbol of a nation because immortalized in one of the most famous pictures of World War II, that of time which the Marines hoist the Stars and Stripes on Mount Suribachi. A book of war that will not be a statistical overview of the battle but sopprattutto the story of how young people then faced one of the most tragic moments in the history of 'Humanity.
LUCA

The Hitler's Willing Executioners by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen

Goldhagen, known Harvard professor, examine more closely the figures of "enforcers" of the Holocaust and reinterprets the German company of that time and his radical anti-Semitism, describing a terrible and shocking picture. Contrary to popular belief, the perpetrators of the genocide were not only volumes SS or Nazi members of parliament but also simple and ordinary citizens.

A very interesting book on the subject matter, albeit sometimes chilling descriptions of the systems implementation.
LUCA

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