I need a good book to read please give me some ideas?

Answer 1

Here's a list of books I really enjoyed: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Ordinary People by Judith Guest, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurry, Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams, The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Snow Falling on the Cedars by David Guterson, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony, The Collector by John Fowles, The Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Cabinet of Curiousities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Wicked by Gregory Maguire, Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst, Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, and the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. If none of these interest you, sign up for an account of Amazon and do recommended reading. You enter the books you have read and it will give you recommendations based. It's usually how I choose what to read next, plus you can read reviews and plot summaries.

Answer 2

A Walk To Remember, The Notebook, A Bend In The Road, Mystic River, Where The Heart Is, Gone With The Wind, The Horse Whisperer, Plain Truth, Salem Falls, The Pact

Answer 3

The True Confessions of Charolette Doyle, Fever 1793, Devils Arithmetic(the title means something diff. than how it sounds), Dovey Coe, Crispin Cross of Lead, The Other Side of Dark, ummmm..... Skeleton Man. These are all very intriging books. They might not be at a level of like what you would consider collage or maybe not high school but these books are all extremely interesting. I was In Battle of The Books for 3 years & these were just a few of the wonderful books I read.

Hope I helped,
~Giggles

Answer 4

All books of Marian Keyes

All books of Anne Rice

The Harry Potter series

The Lovely Bones

Answer 5

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.

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,fallen angels,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.

Werehunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.The books in the series are Nightplay,Dragonswan,Stroke of midnight,Unleash the night.These are romance novels.You can read not only about were-wolves but also about were-dragons,were-panthers,wer... and were-tigers.The heros are handsome,powerful and with a mysterious past.Interesting reading.The best of the lot is Night play.

Dragonjousters series(joust,alta,sanctuary) by Mercedes Lackey.The setting is ancient Egypt.Hunger, anger, and hatred are constants for young Vetch, rendered a brutally mistreated and overworked serf by the Tian conquest of his homeland. But everything improves when a Tian jouster requisitions Vetch to become the first serf ever to be a dragon boy. His training is intense, and his duty clear-cut: to tend his jouster, Ari, and his dragon, Kashet. He discovers that, because Ari himself had hatched Kashet, the dragon is different from others that have been captured live in the wild and must be drugged to be made tractable. Vetch finds he really likes and understands dragons, and soon he becomes the best dragon boy of all. He still harbors anger, however, toward the Tian invasion. Could he, perhaps, hatch a dragon, and then escape to help his people?

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.

Answer 6

How old you are? What types of books do you like to read? what is your definition of a good book? That said, go to the ALA website and see listings of recommended books by genres and ages.

Answer 7

Non fiction:The Bible, The Purpose Driven Life


Fiction: anything by Daphne DuMaurier, Penelope Stokes, or Ann Tatlock

Answer 8

Empress Orchid by Anche Minh

Harry Potter series

Angels and Demons by Dan brown

A bag of bones by Stephen King

Answer 9

If you're into challenging (but very rewarding) books, try *Jane Eyre* or *Crime and Punishment.* If you want something a little easier but still well-written, try anything by Margaret Atwood or Alice Hoffman. My favorite Atwood book is called *The Handmaid's Tale.* My favorite Hoffman book is called *Here on Earth.*

Answer 10

A Little Princess