what are books you recommend for summer reading?

Answer 1

Sophie's world. A novel about the evolution of western philosophy.By Jostein Gaarder
The Celestine Prophecy. An adventure by James Redfield.
Star. Romance. By Danielle Steel.

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Answer 2

This site has the top 200 books in a list, or the top 100 and 20. The site is called the "Big Read" and is by BBC. I have printed the list and am wading through the 200. I think you will find something interesting here. Good luck.

Answer 3

Isaac Asimov; start with The Caves of Steel
Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Louise Engdahl- this is a young adult novel that raises interesting questions
...and I second the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (start with The Eye of the World)

Answer 4

Anything of George Orwell's, or Lafcadio Hearn, or Henry Miller, or the prefaces to G.B Shaw's plays, or the Analects of Confucius, or the essays of Walter Murdoch (Rupert's great uncle), or Plato, or 'may this house be safe from tigers' (forgotten author, in library downstairs but too creaky to find it and many others). I'd suggest looking at stuff not published now, especially for airports. Explore the catalogue, or reserve stacks of your library if it's old and good one. You'll find the real nuggets are usually buried. Not the latest commercial pop.

Answer 5

A dog's life by Peter Mayle
A Room of My Own by Ann Tatlock
The Blue Bottle Club by Penelope Stokes

Answer 6

Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are 8 books in the series beginning with stormfront. It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicago's only professional wizard who works as a detective.He stands between the general population who is ignorant about the supernatural world and the monsters-vampires,werewolves,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.

For a really funny vampire romance books read Argeneau book series by Lynsay Sands.The first one of the lot is 'Single white vampire'.Recluse vampire and novelist Lucern Argeneau finds his lair being invaded by his determined editor Kate.He has to hide the fact that he is a vampire from Kate,partake his daily blood quota and manage his family.His interfering all-vampire family doesn’t make things easier.Infact his mom thinks that Kate is perfectly suitable for him.

Another good series is the Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.The books provide an alternate take on vampires.People who are unjustly murdered call upon Artemis(Greek goddess) and she grants them a day to avenge themselves.After that they are recruited to her army to fight against evil.This series is romance based.Best of the series are 'Dance with the devil' and 'Seize the night'.

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.

The door to december by Dean Koontz.A psychiatrist's daughter was kidnapped by her ex-husband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.

The mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.

Landslide by Desmond Bagley.Bob Boyd wakes up in a hospital with no memory,the only surviver of an accident.He was burned badly all over and needed extensive plastic surgery which was payed by a mysterious sponser.He is told that he's a geology student with a bad history.However Bob recovers and gets on with his life.Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment.His accident and the Matterson family have more in common than he thought.

Rebecca Paisley-A basket of wishes.
Its about a fairy Splendour who is ordered to marry a human( a duke).The poor hero is confused by the woman who will shrink if not kissed regularly,drinks apricot face lotion.On top of that he is harassed by splendour's sister who even turns him into a snail.His cousin Emil thinks that Splendour is exactly what the doctor ordered for the staid ,boring Jordan.

Answer 7

The Plot Against America by Philip Roth. It imagines a world where Lindburg is elected to the presidency in 1940. (Facts -Lindburg was an anti-semite, America Firster who admired Hitler, and wanted to keep the US out of the Second World War.) It is told in the voice of a young Jewish boy in New Jersey and is painful and compelling.

Answer 8

I suggest Harry Potter
Jaws by Peter Benchley
White Shark by Peter Benchley
What Dreams May Come

Answer 9

here are all of the options that we have to choose from for our summer reading...maybe this will help you decide...



jennifer government by max barry

the good earth by pearl buck

girl with a pearl earring by t. chevailier

the bean tress by b. kingsolver

donald duk by f. chin

david copperfield by charles dickens

the secret life of bees by sue monk

and then there were none by agatha christie

house of the scorpion by nancy farmer

monkeys by susan minot

on the water by nathaniel stone

eleven seconds by travis roy

when i was puerto rican by e. santiago

at risk by a. hoffman

the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by mark haddon

between a rock and a hard place by aron ralston


i personally am reading, the girl with a pearl earrring, jennifer government, the good earth, and and then there were none


if you want more ideas...go to your library and i;m sure the librarian will have many good suggestions


good luck!

Answer 10

Anything by Jane Austin (Pride and Prejudice, etc);

Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley;

She Comes Undone (or She's Come Undone) by Wally Lamb;

I Know this much is true, by Wally Lamb;

Little Women, by Louise May Alcott;

Catcher in the Rye, by...I forgot....;

The Great Gastby;

Shakespeare;