It doesn't matter what kind, just not horror!
2006-09-21 08:17:38 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants / Second Summer of the Sisterhood / Girls in Pants (3 Book Set)
Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants: Even Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson) by Louise Rennison
2006-09-21 08:49:25 · answer #1 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question!
I just finished "The Emperor's Children" by Claire Messud. Its a good, thoughtful read.
If you want something light check out the the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich: "One for the Money", "Two for the Dough"... all the way up to the latest one, "Twelve Sharp." They're quick reads, very entertaining and fun, the first 11 are in paperback so they're not too hard to acquire or haul around.
If you're looking for non-fiction, I'd recommend "The 1 Percent Doctrine" by Ron Suskind. This is an examination of the time from before 9/11 to the start of the Iraq war. Its a seemingly reliable view of events as they transpired in our government and gives you great insight into the failures -- and some of the successes -- of recent years.
2006-09-21 16:34:27 · answer #2 · answered by DR 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that 'Outlander', by Diana Gabaldon, is an awesome book. I got turned on to it about 15 years ago. It is the first book in a series of five. I totally dig it. I don't even know how many times I've read it, but I own it now. The other books in the series are: Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, and A Breath of Snow and Ashes. It's about historical fiction, time travel, standing stones in Scotland, and a gorgeous red headed man. This little excerpt is from the book, Outlander. It is at the beginning before the story starts. Hope you like it.
"People disappear all the time. Ask any policeman. Better yet, ask a journalist. Disappearances are bread-and-butter to journalists.
Young girls run away from home. Young children stray from their parents and are never seen again. Housewives reach the end of their tether and take the grocery money and a taxi to the station. International financiers change their names and vanish into the smoke of imported cigars.
Many of the lost will be found, eventually, dead or alive. Disappearances, after all, have explanations.
Usually."
2006-09-21 15:28:53 · answer #3 · answered by mandylynn79_2000 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anything by Patricia McKillip
Anything by Stanislaw Lem
Anything by C.S. Friedman
Anything by Sharon Shinn
Anything by Terry Pratchett
The John Carter of Mars books by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey
Farenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Lord of the Flies
The Catcher in the Rye
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeline L'Engle
...and many more...
2006-09-21 15:27:48 · answer #4 · answered by gilgamesh 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jubilee by Margaret Walker, After the Night by Linda Howard, the Deadly Series by Brenda Joyce (Start with Deadly Love), The other Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey.
2006-09-21 18:30:09 · answer #5 · answered by nyasasmom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Here there Be Dragons by James A. Owen
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
2006-09-21 18:09:58 · answer #6 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George. I have been a voracious reader all my life and this is my all-time favorite book. Also, The Lovely Bones is a good one. Also, White Oleander by Janet Fitch. All these are really entertaining and hard to put down.
2006-09-21 16:28:51 · answer #7 · answered by dodlydink 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fountainhead by Ayn Rand
The Republic by Plato
To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee
Catcher in the rye by JD Salinger
Dom Casmurro by Machado de assis
Zen and art of the motorcycle maintenance by robert pirsig
100 years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Stranger by Albert Camus
And theres many more.......
Good luck (any of these should be a good read)
2006-09-21 15:35:48 · answer #8 · answered by vick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jane Eyre
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
If you like fantasy, check out Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series...I'm on book 5, and it keeps luring me in!!
2006-09-21 16:06:00 · answer #9 · answered by lucybelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
King Fortis the Brave - about a pair of twins pulled into a magical world where they are caught up in a battle for control of the land. Full of magic, adventure and humor it's one of my favorites.
2006-09-21 17:43:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋