If so what kind of books can you recommend to a bookaholic?
2006-08-17 16:33:24 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Lovely Bones
Bel Canto
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
Cry the Beloved Country
The God of Small Things
Midnight's Children
The Beet Queen
Sweetness in the Belly
The Shipping News
A Hundred Secret Senses
The Bonesetters Daughter
East of Eden
Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars (a set of 3 books)
Beloved
The Life of Pi
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Winters Tale
The Secret Life of Lobsters
Light on Snow
The World According to Garp
The Secret Life of Bees
Smilla's Sense of Snow
War and Peace
Enjoy!
2006-08-17 16:43:24 · answer #1 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This isn't a chat room and I like to read.
I recommend http://www.gutenberg.org for tons of uncopyrighted books. You have to read all the classics, being a bookaholic and all.
2006-08-17 16:43:11 · answer #2 · answered by shmux 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would help if you explained what kind of books you like. These are my current top picks:
A Room with a View by EM Forster
Felix Holt: The Radical by George Eliot
Sender Unknown by Sallie Lowenstein
A Well-Timed Enchantment by Vivian Vande-Velde
The Blue Girl by Charles DeLint
2006-08-17 16:40:40 · answer #3 · answered by mythic120 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, Dear, this is NOT a chat room.. there is a reason they call it Yahoo Answers instead of Yahoo CHAT..
regarding the books.. your reading list should contain books that cover your interests first of all.. then you want to expand yourself into areas you have never really thought about before.
My suggestions would be to read history. I like to read novels based on the lives of true historical figures.. for example, I recently read a short novel based on the life of MRS. Robert E. Lee. Open yourself up to all possibilities when you read.. you will be amazed at what will interest you.
2006-08-17 17:15:35 · answer #4 · answered by Nancy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Right now I'm reading the following books:
Stumbling on Happiness (it's about why people don't really "know" what would make them happy in life - NOT a self-help book)
The Anonymous Lawyer (fiction)
The Omnivore's Dilemma (it's about the way our food choices have developed/changed/been altered in the USA - it's actually really interesting)
2006-08-17 18:12:36 · answer #5 · answered by Seeka007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i do. but it depends on how old u are and what kind of books u like to read. I'm 13 and i read mysteries, scary, adventurous, scandalous, and like clique kind of books. my favorites are the gossip girl series and the clique series. I've also read this book called "the coldest winter ever" and i loved it but it's scandalous. and i used to read the baby sitters club series. and there was this one really good book called blue song or song blue or hold on I'll remember.........okay i can't remember but it is about this girl named leshaya. it might just be called blue and it's about this girl who wants to be a singer when she gets older and she's determined to make it. and she had a really crappy life growin up and stuff and it's a really good book. i remembered it is called "born blue" by Han Nolan and it is such a great book. and then there was this other book called "no laughter here" by Rita Williams-Garcia which is also a really good book. they aren't scandalous ones or any of the other genres i named. they're more realistic fiction/drama.
2006-08-17 16:41:26 · answer #6 · answered by Darling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you like fantasy, give King Fortis the Brave a try. It's about a pair of twins that are transported to a magical world where they are caught in the middle of a battle for control of the land. It has humor, action and adventure and is one of my favorite books!
2006-08-19 02:56:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this isn't a chat room, buttttttt anyway,
i love reading fantasy books such as harry potter. i can't stop once i start reading them. some other good books are
-brave new world (aldous huxley) the beginning is pretty slow, but it definitely gets better.
-to kill a mockingbird (harper lee) i'd be hard put to find another favorite book, since its been mine for about 4 years now :)
-metamorphasis (franz kafka) its pretty short but i really liked it. the first pet i'm getting is going to be named mr.samsa!
-scarlet letter (nathaniel hawthorne) it was a bit hard to understand but it was really good
-huckleberry finn (mark twain) it was a cute book.
-pride and prejudice (jane austen) i thought that book was hilarious. you have to appreciate dry humor and old time humor to think its funny, though
2006-08-17 17:03:34 · answer #8 · answered by swimchic2807 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what book you'd like to read. Novels, Comics, etc.
The book I just read is Memoirs Of A Geisha.
2006-08-17 16:40:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't stay away from Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia. Great books!
2006-08-17 16:55:23 · answer #10 · answered by ebethohlhaut 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋