Planning to start a collection . Help Please !
2006-07-28 08:06:14 · 27 answers · asked by Harish 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
- Russel Hoban's Riddley Walker
- Lester R. Brown's Plan B 2.0 (environmental book)
2006-07-28 10:21:59 · answer #1 · answered by Hidden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely the following books:
~The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis:
1. The Magician's Nephew
2. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
3. The Horse and His Boy
4. Prince Caspian
5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6. The Silver Chair
7. The Last Battle
~ The His Dark Materials Trilogy, by Phillip Pullman:
1. The Golden Compass (coming out as a movie in 2007)
2. The Subtle Knife
3. The Amber Spyglass
and a short companion to this trilogy is Lyra's Oxford
~The Giver Trilogy (It doesn't have an official name, I just call it this), by Lois Lowry:
1. The Giver
2. Scattering Blue
3. The Messenger
~By Madeleine L'engle:
1. A Wrinkle in Time
2. A Wind in the Door
3. A Swiftly Tilting Planet
4. Many Waters
5. An Acceptable Time
~ The Young Wizards Series, by Diane Duane:
1. So You Want To Be A Wizard
2. Deep Wizardry
3. High Wizardry
4. A Wizard Abroad
5. Wizard's Delimma
6. A Wizard Alone
7. Wizard's Holiday
8. Wizards at War
*These are more of a "fun" read, but they do have some very interesting concepts in them that make them more than worthwile
~Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
~The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Hope some of these will interest you!
2006-07-28 16:12:58 · answer #2 · answered by mocaica 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fight Club- Chuck Palahniuk
Lullaby- Chuck Palahniuk
The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky(spelling?)
Set this house in Order- Matt Ruff
Invisible Monsters- Chuck Palahniuk
Catcher in the Rye- JD Salinger
Speak- Laurie Halse Anderson
Chronicles of Narnia( the first 3 are my favorite)
A Clockwork Orange- Anthony Burgess
2006-07-28 15:20:49 · answer #3 · answered by takingoverme248 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Angels and Demons
The Time Traveler's Wife
the Life of Pi
A Wrinkle in Time
Chronicles of Narnia (all of them)
Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter
Animal Farm
Pride & Prejudice
Jane Eyre
The Da Vinci Code
2006-07-28 17:08:25 · answer #4 · answered by sasmallworld 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PLEASE, can we get away from the Bible and the Da Vinci Code, neither of these qualify as literature.
Plague Dogs: Richard Adams: written from the point of view of a dog used in vivisection which escapes, not for kids
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel, by Susanna Clarke: about the intersections between reality and imagination
The Island, by Aldous Huxley: about the concept of a perfect society
My Year of Meat, by Ruth Ozeki: a look at the inhumanities of raising cattle for meat
Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card: hard to define, but absolutely stunning conclusion which couldn't be guessed at
Liber Kaos: non-fiction: tries to marry quantum physics with ceremonial magic. Doesn't get much more thought-provoking than that, surely!
Collapse, by Jared Diamond: non-fiction: looks at how societies are destined to survive or collapse based on certain factors
2006-07-28 22:58:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A collection is a great idea! Here are a few that really got me thinking:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (about judging people.)
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (about believing everything people tell you.)
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (about the true intentions of people.)
Night by Elie Wiesel (about the unfairness of prejudice and how good will prevail in spirit if not in body.)
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (about exactly how powerful love can be.)
The Bible (about just how flawed man is, and how yet God loves us.... and other themes too, of course!)
This is a good start. Good luck and happy reading!
2006-07-28 15:18:46 · answer #6 · answered by ~S~ is for Stephanie! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a book addict! I love books and can name MANY good ones for you!! I have so many LOL
First I must say is the Bible. The most thought-provoking book you will ever read.
IF you like dogs, or just great stories, try books by "ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE" they are really awesome.
"The Great escape" by Paul Brickhill (it's better than the movie!)
"The Longest Tunnel" by Alan Burgess (it's really really cool!!)
Those are my current favorites. And they are VERY good I must say! Alot of them are also true stories which is really cool. I mean, if it really happened it is amazing! If it is fake, anyone can make something up, it's not cool because it never happened. True stories are cool, they really happened, people actually did that!!
Have fun w/your collection!! Sounds like a REALLY fun project!!
2006-07-28 15:12:11 · answer #7 · answered by Jenn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well my book collection is :
1) catcher in the rye ( its gr8 )
2) pride and prejudice ( i'm sure u heard about it )
3) sence and sensiblity - jane austen ( touching story )
4) a tale of two cities ( didnt read it yet )
5) the scarlet letter ( an ok book )
6) macbeh ( nice even thought i like Hamlet more )
7) jane eyre ( my fav book ever )
8) the alchimist ( awesome book )
i hope my simple collection will help u !
2006-07-29 08:00:54 · answer #8 · answered by somebody 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Truman Capote's In Cold Blood
and
Albert Camus' The Stranger
2006-07-28 15:29:55 · answer #9 · answered by green-aly-gator 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure how thought-provoking these books are, but they sure are a lot of fun to read:
Harry Potter
King Fortis the Brave
Eragon
Artemis Fowl
They are great additions to any collection!
2006-07-28 15:19:53 · answer #10 · answered by Caveman 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋