I need a new book to read......?

Question

In the past I have read books by Anne Rice, Christopher Rice, Diane Duane, Eoin Colfer, J K Rowling, Tamora Pierce, Lynne Ewing.
Dan Brown

What do you think I would like to read next. Most of these people I have read all of their available works and now I need something new.

plus Christopher Paolini

not interested in non fiction

Answer 1

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke is probably up your alley. It involves magic, supernatural beings, and a good deal of humor.

Answer 2

Hmmmm...

Anything by Shannon Hale is freakin' incredible! Start with The Goose Girl, then read Enna Burning. She has one for independent readers that's probably below your level, but her latest book River Secrets is comin out this fall.

Libba Bray is awesome too. A Great And Terrible Beauty is phonomonal. So is Rebel Angels.

A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass is a beautiful touching story.

Anything by Sonya Sones is great.

Answer 3

Try Terry Prachett, if you haven't already. You might enjoy Robin Hobb's Assassin trilogy. V.C. Andrew's Flowers in the Attic was good, I just read it, and found it enjoyable. You might like Howl's Moving Castle, by Diane Wynn Jones. Also, if you haven't tried Tolkien yet, I'd reccomend you do, based on the authors you listed.

Answer 4

Try eragon & eldest by Christopher Paolini. Theyre the best books in the world.

Answer 5

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.

Hunter's moon,Moon's web are novels written by Cathy Clamp and C.T. Adams about a werewolf Tony Giodone who is an assassin-for-hire by profession.It is written from Tony's first person POV (point of view).Tony meets his new client, one Suzi Quentin. She wanted someone offed. Well, this is child's play to our boy...um...wolf...Tony. Only she knocks him for a loop when she tells him the name of the person she wants killed - herself!So begins the story.

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.

Another supernatural detective series is Nightside book series by Simon R.Green.John Taylor, the main character, is a private eye specializing in finding things. He literally has a private eye, one he can open and find anything. This power only works in the nightside, but anytime he opens it, his enemies (and he does not know who they are, but they have been hunting him since he was young) pick up on his presence like his gift is a homing devise. He as quite a reputation, some of which is true, some not and it gets him into trouble, or sometimes out of it, but it is the fact that some of it has nothing to do with him so much as that he is his mother's son. A mother he never knew and no one will tell him about. One big case is covered in each book, but underlying tensions build up higher and higher running through out the series.

If you like supernatural romances try Sherrilyn Kenyon,Lynsay sands,Suzan Sizemore,Rebecca Paisley(A basket of wishes)

Answer 6

Have you tried Laurell K. Hamilton's "Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter" series? Set in St. Louis, MO. Anita's a necromancer who raises the dead for a living and hunts vampires on the side. Definitely mixture of genres--horror, action, fantasy. Every book is a page-turner!

Answer 7

Try Bag of Bones by Stephen King, not his usual macabre tale, but disturbing nonetheless. It is food for thought, an interesting read.
If you have a taste for novels of different cultural backgrounds, Things Fall Apart is another good one. The writer is Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian writer. Also 'Green Days By the River', I do not remember the author's name, sorry.

Answer 8

My favorites are Patricia Cornwell and Sue Grafton. If you enjoy mysteries Sue Grafton's novels are easy reads...but Patricia Cornwell's series about Forensic Pathologist/Coroner Kay Scarpetta is fantastic. I'm addicted and can't wait until the next book!

Answer 9

Two books:

"Running with Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs

and

"Dress Your Family in Corduroy" by David Sedaris

Answer 10

My very favorite auther is P.D. James. Those are british whodunits. My favorite genre. But it seems to me that you like to lean towards the unusual. Why don't you try any of the discworld books by Terry Pratchett. They are a hoot and thoroughly enjoyable.