what are some good books to read???

Question

all i have left to read at my house are heidi and some book that i got in 3 grade. and im almost done with both of them

i like books where people die. but i dont like things about any kind of war. i also like mysteries

Answer 1

It depends on what you like really. Some good recent books I've read are "House Of Sleep" (can't recall who it's by) and "Are You Experienced?" by William Sutcliffe (it's NOT about Hendrix).

Other than that, Anne Rice is good (but I'd guess you've read them). I'm personally a big Stephen King fan. If you like comic fantasy then anything by Terry Pratchet is great. "The Book of the New Sun" is a good, if exceedingly long sci-fi by Gene Wolfe. I'd recommend anything by George Orwell. "Brave New World" is a good read. "The Electric Koolaid Acid Test" by Tom Wolfe is good, if you can get over the dated and sometimes cringe-worthy late 60's narrative. Tolkien is great. I'd check out the Silmarilion if you have read the Rings trilogy and the Hobbit, but nothing else. Douglas Adams is hilarious. Check out the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series. But read them in order or they won't make much sense. Bill Bryson is my favourite writer of the moment. Very engaging writer who amuses and informs. His books are unbelievably well researched. His work is non-fiction, however.

There are loads of good books to get. As you might guess from the list, I'll read most things (provided they are well-written). Give stuff that you might have previously avoided a chance. I'm always surprised at how I really enjoy some of the least likely books. "Tales Of The City" series is a case in point.

Happy reading.

Answer 2

a number of those are from woman perspectives, some would be a sprint "girly woman" to your liking yet others could be ok. i've got left the two type on and you will come to a determination. Meryll of the Stone (Brian Caswell) Picnic at putting Rock (Joan Lindsay) Stranger with my face (Lois Duncan) enjoying Beattie Bow (Ruth Parks) My Sister Sif (Ruth Parks) Hitch hikers handbook to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) Holes (Louis Sachar) Lord of the jewellery / The Hobbit Eragorn trilogy Narnia The Golden Compass Interview with a Vampire (Anne Rice) Requiem for a Princess (Ruth M Arthur) searching for Alibrandi (Melina Marchetta) Angels Gate (Gary team) Sisterhood of the vacationing Pants Pelican's Creek (Maureen Pople) The Diary of Anne Frank To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) The Shiralee (Dárcy Niland) Into the Wild (John Krakauer) Chocolat (Joanne Harris) Harp in the South; undesirable guy's Orange; Missus (Trilogy via Ruth Parks) the place the middle is (Billie Letts) My place (Sally Morgan) Little women (Louisa would Alcott) Rebecca (Daphne De Maurier) the three Muskateers (Alexandre Dumas) something via the Bronte sisters or Jane Austen despite you do don’t run The December Boys (Robert Noonan)

Answer 3

Some of Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Tolstoi, Dostoievsky or Edgar Allan Poe

(or salvadorean authors like Roque Dalton, Salarrue, Carlos Luis Fallas or Manlio Argueta)

Answer 4

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.

Read both Odd thomas and Forever odd by Dean Thomas.These books are about Odd Thomas who see dead people and is compelled to solve crimes.

The Vivero letter by Desmond Bagley.Jeremy Wheale's well-ordered life is torn apart when his brother is murdered by a mob hit man, whose bait was a family heirloom - a sixteenth-century gold tray. The trail takes Wheale from Devon to Mexico and the wild tropical rain forests of Yucatan. In dense jungle, he helps two archaeologists locate the rest of a fabled hoard of gold - treasure from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the Mayas. But his brother's enemies are on Wheale's trail, and with them are the Chicleros, a vicious band of convict mercenaries.

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 5

If you like fantasy, like the Harry Potter books, and if you haven't already read them, try the C. S. Lewis Narnia series, starting with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and concluding with The Last Battle. They are good, exciting reads, but also thought-provoking and uplifting. Then move on to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea series, and Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight series. If you like these you might want to go back to the Susan Cooper sequence called The Dark Is Rising and the Lloyd Alexander Prydain series, beginning with The Book of Three. Both of these series begin with books apparently written for younger readers, but as the characters grow the maturity of the books increases. And adults like them, though they were originally written for younger readers.

For realistic fiction, you still can't beat books by authors like M. E. Kerr (one of her latest is What Became of Her, but my favorite still is her own life story Me Me Me Me Me), S. E. Hinton (The Outsiders, etc.), Robert Cormier (The Chocolate War, I Am the Cheese, and After the First Death), Paul Zindel (The Pigman), Judy Blume (often censored), and especially Francesca Lia Block (Weetzie Bat and others).

Winner of the 2005 Margaret Edwards Award, Block has been described as an author who is able to "deal with complex issues such as blended families, the many types of love, and the sometimes heartbreaking real world challenges teenagers face. In Block’s Shangri-L.A., there is pain and sadness, but love, magic, and hope prevail." (See http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/margaretaedwards/maeprevious/05block.htm)

My two daughters' favorites--and from your description of yourself as a reader, I think you might agree--are the Flambards series by K. M. Peyton. (K. M. Peyton is actually a pseudonym for a husband and wife team, Kathleen and Michael Peyton.) These are British books but they are the happy/sad story of three (or four) young people who become mature adults in the series, facing tragedy, overcoming obstacles, and find themselves. The books are set before, during, and after World War I, and one of the main characters is a flyer, but the are NOT war stories.

Enjoy!! And good luck in finding just the book you will like!!!

Answer 6

I agree with the first answer, anything by V.C. Andrews. I'm also a huge Nicholas Sparks Fan. He is amazing. Also Mary Higgins Clark

Answer 7

Since you didn't say how old you are, here is a list that's good for anyone over the age of twelve.
WATERSHIP DOWN-Richard Adams
THE PLAGUE DOGS-Richard Adams
FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON-Daniel Keyes
If you are over 25 skip the first 100 pages and read HAWAII-James Michener. He takes historical events and adds fictional characters. Amazing

Answer 8

Little women' , Good wives' - by louisa may alcott
Adam Bede,
Wuthering Heights ,
for mysteries, try Enid Blyton and Carolyne Keene.
Also try 'Goosebumps' by R.L.Styne.

Answer 9

Try Mill on the Floss by George Elliot.

Answer 10

why not try the fantasy world in "the Healer's Keep" by Victoria Hanley. Healer's Keep is where students gifted in the healing arts are trained....and its for you to find out what happened inside the KeeP.