Can someone tell me about some good books to read this summer?

Question

I am a total reader and I want a good list of books to read this summer, so if someone would please give me a couple of names.... children or young adult books preferred, because I'm not an adult.

Answer 1

"sidney sheldon" is my favourite writer.. he's a very good one.. he's called "the master story teller"
he has a method of writing that keeps u turning pages and never wanna stop! his books r thrillers..
u can start with "if tomorrow comes".. its VERY good "the sands of time" is also a very good one.. here is a list of SOME of his books, in no particular order:
- rage of angels
- the doomsday conspracy
- if tomorrow comes
- the sands of time
- tell me ur dreams
- bloodline
- the naked face
- morning, noon and night
- best laid plans
- the other side of midnight
- memories of midnight
- are u afrid of the dark?
- the sky is falling
- the stars shine down
- master of the game
- the other side of me (his newest, his lifestory and probably his last book)

Answer 2

If you like fantasy try the Dragon Jousters series by Mercedes Lackey.The first book 'Joust', is about Vetch a young serf who is rescued by a Dragon Jouster from his cruel master.He becomes a Dragon boy(one who takes care of dragons).Later he secretly hatches his own dragon.The later two books are about how he escapes to his native Alta and how the war between Alta and Tia ends.The setting reminds you of Ancient Egypt.

Take a Thief by Mercedes Lackey is about a young boy Skif who is ill-treated by his relatives.He later falls in with a gang of thieves and becomes a master thief.Later he gets bonded with a talking horse and is admitted to a Herald's College.

Also try the Famous Five book series by Enid Blyton.Its about 4 kids and a dog.They solve mysteries.

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.

Chrestomanci chronicles by diana wynne jones is also for kids and young adults.But read it in the correct order

Also the Mars book series by Edgar Rice burroughs is quite good.He's the guy who wrote Tarzen.The princess of mars is the first book in the series.You can get his books from gutenberg.org.and the scaramouche too.

Answer 3

The Giver, by Lois Lowry
The Man Who Loved Clowns, by June Rae Wood
The Outsiders, by SE Hinton
The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls
Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
The Chosen, by Chaim Potok
My Antonia, by Willa Cather
Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare

Answer 4

If you havn't read harry potter READ IT! also the "Dragon Rider" is a fantastic book! (i read most fantasy).. also i liked "Hoot" the book.let me think........."The Hobbit" was a good book and....."BFG" was a GREAT book! alot of Roald Dahl books r good so i recommend him.I also LOVED Alanna The first Andventure.Now if u look for it somewhere it might be put as "Alanna the first adventure" or "The first Andventure" or "song of the lioness" but its worth the looking for! believe me! Another great book is "A castle in the window" but if u dont enjoy piano and midevil times then it might not be that good to u.One more is "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi.its a REALLY good book! now as u can tell i love to read and i hope to write a book but i probbaly wont recommend THAT.hehe well hope u enjoy a couple of these!

Answer 5

Good light reading - Shane (by Jack Schaefer); Romance - Lorna Doone (by R. Blackmore); War chronicles - The Dam Busters (oops, I forgot the author); Science fiction - Nightfall short stories (by I Asimov); Short stories/various - Cricket on the hearth (by Charles Dickens); To be utterly disillusioned of life - Madam Bovari (by Gustav Flaubert - though i am sure you'd never get what it is of!) and so on.

I certainly recommend Lorna Doone - but make sure you get a new English edition as it is easier to understand that way, this book is victorian romance at its best. Shane, on the other hand is a boys book with lots of adventure and suspense and sure as anything very good read for young. Now don't go and read Dam Busters (true story) and Madam Bovari, as they are not intended for very young and might not be for your taste. But do read Asimov - Nightfall, the short stry version is the best science fiction ever and voted so. Easy to understand and thrill to read. If you just want short stories in general, go for Charles Dickens or why not Little Princess by F. Hodgsen?

I ask you to read not new authors as there is that magic in the books of the by gone age. read and discover. Enjoy and good luck.

Answer 6

Bluish by Virginia Hamilton
Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
Number the stars by Lois Lowry
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Cay by Theodore Taylor

Answer 7

Zig zag by Ellen Wittlinger
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
Loser by Jerry Spinelli
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
The Messenger by Lois Lowry
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
Dragon Rider Cornelia Funke
Thief Lord Cornelia Funke
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
Specials by by Scott Westerfeld
The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
The City of Ember by by Jeanne DuPrau
The People of Sparks by by Jeanne DuPrau
Ella Enchanted by by Gail Carson Levine
The Wish by Gail Carson Levine

I for one did not like this series but it's probably because I'm a tomboy: the Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor seems pretty good for you.

Answer 8

The Clique novels by Lisi Harrison
Angels and Demons; THe DaVinci Code by Dan Brown (mature readers)
That's all I've been reading lately.

Answer 9

A good young adult book is "The Diary of Anne Frank."

Answer 10

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S.Lewis was an awesome book, I couldn't put it down!
and the Harry Potter books are fantastic, I really enjoyed them.
I hate to read most things too!