Please Help Need Book Suggestions?????

Question

The kind of books that im into are fantasy/fiction/adventure..kind.. well fantasy relaly. I like the harry potter/inkheart/inkspell.. kind of books. Please a suggestion and a summary of why u suggest it and a short summary of what it is about.

Answer 1

I recommend the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. It is a modern-day fantasy, and the first in a series.

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http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/

http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/rr.html

http://www.overbooked.org/index.html

http://www.hclib.org/pub/books/iyl/index.cfm

http://www.whichbook.net/

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/

http://www.nextfavorite.com/?tabid=66

Answer 2

Any of the books by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes would work. She is supremely talented. She writes about shape-shifters, vampires, witches, etc.

Hawk Song and the other two connected books would be right up your alley. They're about these races of shapeshifters who are in the midst of war. One race can shapeshift into birds (Avians) while the other can shapesfift into serpents (Serpient). They must find a way to stop the war that has been going on for so long no one remembers how it began. The series continues with the daughter of the original pair (from the first book) and so on. Great books. I love everything by that author.

I test read a book a while back for a publishing company called "Murkmere" and it was really enjoyable as well. It's set in a time when everybody believes in signs and portents. There is speculation on whether the young girl in the book is actually part swan (shapeshifter). It has a very touching, yet sad ending,

Answer 3

The Grey King, in The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper. About King Aurther in the present time. Well, actually a little while ago. The book won a Newburry Award in 1976. Lots of adventure and magic.
I also second the vote for Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern. They are THE ancestor of a lot of the dragonn fantasy books out there that involve telepathy and fighting evil.

Answer 4

Neverending Story by Ende and THe Little Country by Charles De Lint. Think Inkspell, but better. Both are stories about books that come to life and draw people in.

Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix. The first one in the series is Mister Monday in which a young boy almost dies and instead finds himself given a magic "key" to a day of the week. He has to fight and defeat Mister Monday to save himself, his family and-eventually finds out- the world. As the books progress through later days of the week he fights more Morrow Days and finds out more about his destiny. Definatly original fantasy that I reread way too many times!

Answer 5

Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
Really Good book and great start for someone who is just starting to get into adult Fantasy books. I'm not good with summaries, so here's the write up from the book:
"Long ago, so the Storyteller claimed, the evil God Torak sought domination and drove men and Gods to war. But Belgarath the Sorcerer led men to reclaim the Orb that protected men of the West. So long as it lay at Riva, the prophecy went, men would be safe. But that was only a story, and Garion did not believe in magic dooms, even though the dark man without a shadow had haunted him for years. Brought up on a quiet farm by his Aunt Pol, how could he know that the Apostate planned to wake dread Torak, or that he would be led on a quest of unparalleled magic and danger by those he loved - but did not know? For a while, his dreams of innocence were safe, untroubled by knowledge of his strange heritage. For a little while....."

This is the first of 5 books and I highly recommend them.

Answer 6

If you like Harry Potter and Inkheart, give King Fortis the Brave a try. It is about a pair of twins who are brought to a magical land. Rodney, the boy twin, is mistaken for the legendary King Fortis, whose return has been prophesied. The land has been enslaved by Haeron, a wicked sorceress and the twins find themselves unwilling participants in the battle to defeat the sorceress. It's really a great book full of humor and action that I know you will love.

Answer 7

I am currently reading "Wicked", the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West, by Mark McGuire. The story is the prequel to The Wizard of Oz. It puts a whole new light on the story. I saw the Broadway play in Atlanta and it sparked enough interest for me to get the book. The book is much more detailed about the life of Elphaba (Wicked Witch) and Glinda (Good Witch)

Answer 8

Shoestrings--No Time For Dinosaurs
ISBN: 0976955504

Kyle age 14, his sister Teresa, age 12 and another girl, Sonja find themselves in a world that existed 65 million years ago just as the comet that caused the dinosaurs' extinction is about to hit. A bizarre device is the invention of the children’s fathers, scientists, who are unaware their children accidentally stepped into the time capsule as it was in the process of being transported. The children find a dinosaur called a Bambiraptor—a cross between a reptile and bird (it really existed!). It becomes their pet. The children narrowly escape the comet's fiery aftermath—thanks to a shoestring!

http://www.justbookz.com/viewdetails/bid/340

Answer 9

Try The Count of Monte Cristo... not focused on magic or supernatural events, although it is full of everything a good adventure book requires: murder, deceit, unwarranted imprisonment, poisonings, love, disguises, hidden treasure, the aristocracy, an island, French people, pirates,... basically it has everything. It has also passed the test of time, and is today considered a classic.

It is the story of Edmond Dantes, a Frenchman who is arrested on his wedding day and sent to a political prison, on trumped charges of loyalty to Napoleon Bonaparte. He escapes from prison to seek out the man who invented these false charges, so as to have his vengeance.

I wish you all the best!

Answer 10

The Dark Elf series by R.A. Salvatore. I suggest them because they are a great set of books. Salvatore has a way of making you feel as if you are right there. The Dark Elf takes you on a journey in the magical world of the underworld and beyond. The characters, though fantasy, seem very real.

Answer 11

Well I agree with happy magic about Philip Pullmans Dark Materials Trilogy.
I would say try the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce. It's about a girl and a boy who are twins. Thom is sent off to become a knight, while Alanna is sent to a school for girls. But Thom doesn't want to to become a knight and Alanna does. They switch places. Alanna, know known as Alan, goes off to endure the years of being a page and a squire...while concealing her sex. She befriends a guy on the streets and works though alot of problems with him. Thom goes off to learn about magic. It is a really excited book that I couldn't put down and I still read it like every year.Alanna endures bullies and friends and love. But I won't tell you anymore because that would surely spoil it if you do read it. I hope you do and find that it is to your taste. If it is try Pierce's other quartets. They are all amazing.