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Confessional by Jack Higgins was good, and although I have never read it, The Day of the Jackal is widely praised (and a great film adaptation as well).

That's actually a different novel with the same name as the one by Laurell K. Hamilton!

As far as horror, there's a new novel called A Twisted Ladder that delves into mental illness. It sounds like it may be similar to Shutter Island. I just started on The Waiting Room by T.M. Wright and really like his style - subtle yet intriguing. Some older titles you may want to check out are...

The Serial by Cyra McFadden was hilarious. Several of Elmore Leonard's novels have really funny dialogue, and Vonnegut's "Slapstick" had me laughing throughout.

Don't pay attention to what others say - and there are others out there your age who love it, it just may take a while to find them!

I am trying to find the title of a book I stumbled upon recently that concerned the bones of Jesus. They were in Israel and the Vatican was going to send in a special forces team to get them.

Here are a few short stories - The Swimmer (John Cheever) Closing Time (Neil Gaiman) Three Miles Up (Elizabeth Jane Howard)

He would probably love Jack Higgins. Very fast-moving stuff and not wordy. He's written a TON of books - a bunch of WWII novels (dealing with spies and special missions) but has done quite a bit of contemporary stuff as well, some about the IRA and various terrorist groups. Easy to find at used...

The Long Way Back (Reinhart) - People in a sailboat try to make it back to the U.S. after a nuclear war Airship Nine (Block) - A passenger-carrying blimp is spared from WW III as it sails over the North Pole and rendezvous with a Soviet ship. Dr. Strangelove - The plot of the movie was based...

I second this - such a great novel. And yes, stay far away from the movie!

You may want to try The Parallax View by Loren Singer. It's an older book that deals with a conspiracy centered around an assassination. It is quite different from the movie it spawned -which is a masterpiece - but very good.

I recently spent a few hours in my local used bookshop looking for commercial aviation novels that have (pun intended) slipped under the radar - stuff other than that written by Block or Nance. I was pleased to unearth a number of interesting books. I'm currently reading "Between the Thunder...

I began reading it two weeks ago, and have honestly not been thrilled. The dialogue is odd at times, Nick is hard to like, and the pace slacks too much, especially during the romantic trysts. The mafia storyline is overdone and confusing as well. I'm also frequently driven to snacking when I...

I'm looking for novels or short stories dealing with the Bermuda Triangle - anyone have any titles?

Don't give up hope! I suggest locating some used book stores - most will carry or order new material for you if you need it, and the staffs are usually helpful and enthusiastic. The reality of "first run" stores is that they have to keep their selection fresh - even books that came out just a...

Peter Benchley wrote a book a few years back called "Amazon" that sounded interesting.

I'm not familiar with that novel, but there was a short story called "Come Dance with Me on my Pony's Grave" by Charles L. Grant about a Vietnam vet who adopted a war orphan and brought him back to live on a ranch. Don't want to give too much away, but it dealt with the supernatural. It was...

I second going with Vonnegut - great stuff, and easy to get either new or used.

This sounds a lot like "Dead and Buried", which was a movie that was based on a short story and had a tie-in novel written by Chelsea Quinn Yarborough. I've never read the story, but the film is good - a few logic holes in the plot, but some good genuine scares and a great performance by the...

I have been searching for novels based around sharks (other than Jaws and the Meg series) but have not had much luck on the net. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'd also welcome any novels about other types of fish.