I need a reading list, so, enter your favorite book, and if I can find it at the library, I'll read it. Go crazy, I'll read anything =)
2006-06-30 04:50:55 · 36 answers · asked by mury902 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
23/ female
2006-06-30 05:03:09 · update #1
Could you keep to one book? I really want to try to read all the suggetions...but at this rate it will take months or years.
2006-06-30 05:47:59 · update #2
Well, first off, how old are you?
2006-06-30 04:52:06 · answer #1 · answered by Kara 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorite is Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. Some of the books that I enjoyed and had to read in high school were:
A Seperate Peace - John Knowles
To Kill a Mockingbird
Death of a Salesman
Our Town
Of Mice and Men
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lord of the Flies
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
2006-06-30 04:59:35 · answer #2 · answered by dmc81076 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's an author who'll have you on the edge of your seat. If you like Fantasy. Much like "Lord of the Rings"
Robert Jordan (Author)
The Wheel of Time ™ (series now has 11 books)
The Novels;
The Eye of the World
The Great Hunt
The Dragon Reborn
The Shadow Rising
The Fires of Heaven
Lord of Chaos
A Crown of Swords
The Path of Daggers
Winter's Heart
Crossroads of Twilight
Knife of Dreams (newest)
To enjoy this series best Start at the beginning.
2006-06-30 04:59:02 · answer #3 · answered by Insight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a 22 year old female and I enjoy romantic comedys. The ones below are ones I've read within the past year and LOVE!!!
"She's Come Undone" Wally Lamb (Oprah's Book Club)
"Patty Jane's House Of Curl" Lorna Landvik
"White Oleander" Janet Fitch
"Watermelon" Marian Keyes
"Sushi For Beginners" Marian Keyes
I'm currently reading "The Big Bad Wolf Tells All" by Donna Kauffman and it's good so far!!! Hope this helps you pick one!!
2006-06-30 05:46:25 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shattering glass (gail giles)
Fat, clumsy Simon Glass is a textbook geek, and all three of Rob's posse hates him, each for his own reasons. But Rob is driven by the need to prove his power, and so he decrees that they will take on the seemingly impossible task of making Simon popular. They take him shopping for a better look, get his hair styled, teach him how to behave. Rob extracts painful sacrifices and uneasy moral compromises to achieve the goal, but each of his followers has a hidden empty place and a related secret that holds them in bondage to his manipulations. Soon Simon is on his reluctant way to becoming Class Favorite, but then he begins to show a dark, cruel side, and an ability to do what the others can't--defy Rob. The complex interlocking motivations of these five move the story inexorably to a startling bloody catharsis.
this book was amazing, i read it softmore year and did a project on it.. if ur in high school its somewhat easy to relate to, i read the book within a day, i couldnt put it down!
2006-06-30 04:55:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith - must read
and these books are freakin amazing...probably won't count for school but read just to LAUGH! -- anything by Laurie Notaro
her first book is called The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club. Hilarious
2006-06-30 04:54:00 · answer #6 · answered by squintsmcgee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1984
Brave New World
A Clockwork Orange
Wicked
East Of Eden
Great Gatsby
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Breakfast At Tiffany's
Uglies
Pretties
Specials
The Maltese Falcon
2006-06-30 05:37:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahhh, this is MY kinda topic!!!
My fave authors (ANYTHING written by them is EXCELLENT):
Madeleine L'Engle
V.C. Andrews (Flower in the Attic & subsequent books)
Victoria Holt (<- & Phyllis are similar. They both write with a mixture of suspense, mystery, & romance.)
Phyllis A. Whitney
Tony Hillerman
Agatha Christie
C.S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia)
Mark Twain
J.K. Rowling
Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451)
Dan Brown
Stephen King
James Patterson (Cradle & All, 3 Blind Mice, Maximum Ride series, The Beach House, etc. FANTASTIC writer!!)
Christopher Paolini (Eragon, Eldest)
Janet Evanovich
Nora Roberts
Fern Michaels
Elie Wiesel (Night-about the Holocaust)
Danielle Steel
Take your pick out of all these authors. They're all excellent. :)
2006-06-30 05:12:29 · answer #8 · answered by SingingStar7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The World According to Garp by John Irving.
To Kill A Mockingbird (even if you've read it, I believe it's worth a second read) by Harper Lee.
Vernon God Little by (whoops, I forget...).
Thirteen Stories (a must!) and Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenter by JD Salinger.
Enjoy.
2006-06-30 05:44:07 · answer #9 · answered by ishotvoltron 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like Nuwanda said, the Mediator books are good.
The DaVinci Code (it's awesome)
The Harry Potter Series
2006-06-30 04:55:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just started reading Pride & Prejudice for the billionth time. It's a great summer book! Before that, I read Madame Bovary, which was excellent but a bit depressing - doesn't put you in a summer-y kind of mood!
2006-06-30 04:54:11 · answer #11 · answered by flying.daggers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋