Books! Need Books!

[kriadydragon]

I got myself a Borders gift card for Christmas. Yay! Now the dillemma. What books to get? Except for the Dresden Files and a few Mangas, I haven't really been reading all that much. One, because fanfic distracts me. Two, because I've yet to find anything that really, really pulls me in like Dresden Files has. I'm incredibly picky, and have stopped reading books for little more than them being too wordy or trying to be too philosophical.

So I need book recs - fantasy and/or Sci-fi. Can be adult or young adult. And not "yeah, this was kind of an amusing story" types, but something you felt was really, really, really good. I'm looking for something that will catch my attention, hold it and never let go. Something full of action and adventure. Bonus points if there are no heavy sex scenes, which is basically my only squick when it comes to published books (sex scenes in general but the smaller, barely detailed ones are easier to skip over.)

I would really appreciate the help.

Comments

[bratfarrar]

For Pratchett, I'd probably start with Guards! Guards!, which has one of the best dedications (or inscriptions or something--can't remember the proper term) ever. The other Night Watch books, in order, are: Men At Arms, Feet of Clay, Jingo (in which Vimes arrests two armies for disturbance of the peace), The Fifth Elephant, Night Watch, and Thud!.

Or go read Going Postal, which is about a conman who's given the task of resurrecting the quite defunct postal service, and is probably my favorite Pratchett.