any suggestions for book to read this summer?

Question

i'm 19... i'm a female...i'm a christian...i enjoy anything from thrillers to historic stories to cute love stories, or even random books...any suggestions?

Answer 1

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is a really good read. I couldn't put it down. I think I read the whole book in three days. It has a unique perspective. It is the only book I have ever read where the main character is not living. It is the story of a girl who dies and goes to heaven where she watches her family go through the mourning process. I don't want to give too much of the plot away. I know it sounds depressing, but honestly it is a wonderful book.

Answer 2

Gone With The Wind, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, etc.

Anything by L.M. Montgomery. If you've read the Anne and Emily series already, then you might try some of her other novels, or her collections of short stories. They are great. Some are romantic. Some are funny. I like her novel A TANGLED WEB.

I suggest Eugenia Price. She has a series that goes through the beginning of the nineteenth century (1806ish) through the Civil War. The first book is Savannah. The series is great, and I absolutely loved it as a teenager. (She's a Christian too)

You might already be familiar with the work of Janette Oke, but if you're not you might enjoy her work. She has many series. Mostly pioneer stories. They're very good.

Frank Peretti has many novels available. Some of his novels include This Present Darkness, Piercing the Darkness, the Prophet, the Oath, the Visitation, monster, and house. I've read all but his latest, House. My favorites are The Visitation, This Present Darkness, and Piercing the Darkness. All are action-packed, and some are definitely in the thriller category.

Answer 3

Definitely the Kite Runner. It's a book about a boy in Afghanistan and his relationship towards his loving and caring father, who wants his son to be braver and more courageous than he is. U will Absolutely love the book to death and u will not be able to wait for the next book by khaled hosseini, he's an incredible author. It's an amzing book made from honor, loyalty, respect, pride, redemption,fear, guilt, and most important Love. You will be so and very glad that You read this book. I am writing books and reading books, and this is the best book i have ever read. It's better than my books. But hey, u can only count on yourself to trust me and get the book. It's amazing, and It's unforgettable and You will not forget it throughout your life. And this is a fact. Follow you heart for the choice of your book, because your heart will act and react to the book you read.

Answer 4

E. T. A. Hoffmann: Devil's Elixir
I think this suits the best all the 3 criteria you gave. It's a thriller with a love subplot taking place in the Medieval Ages, and the main character is a talented priest-to-be, who is tempted by the devil... It's a great suspending classic, you must read it.

Answer 5

For the love stories......
Danniel Steele's 'To Love Again'....its purely romantic tragedy,
'Pride and Prejudice' or 'Mansfield Park' by Jane Austen are the comic romance and romance respec.
'Common Passions' whch has a lot of suspense too
and even the entire series of Sidney Sheldon and especially 'The Sands Of Time' and 'Nothing Lasts Forever' is a great mixture of suspense....romance and the courtroom drama.
For historic one's
I liked 'Illyiad' by Homer.......
slightly romantic ones are....'Sweet Treason' by Marie-Louise Hall....and 'The Deserted Bride' by Paula Marshall....its a good 1!

Answer 6

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.

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.

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'.

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.

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.

Answer 7

A Boy Called It. It is about a little boy whose mother does awful things to him.. It is a very sad story and true. You must read it if you haven't already. Or Flowers in the attic by V.C. Andrews. This book is about 4 kids locked in an attic by their mother and grandmother. These are awesome books and you must take my word on it and read them.

Answer 8

Survivors by Zion Ben Jonah

Answer 9

Time Traveler's Wife

Answer 10

harry potter books are ok, Siddartha by herman hesse, Wendy`s complex by Dan Kiley, The godfather by Mario Puzo, Silence of the lambs by Thomas Harris, Chronicles of narnia (1-7)