Whats the best read-outloud story you can think of?

Question

My fiance and I read outloud every week and were running out of books to read! We read the harry potter series, princess bride, neil gaimen's short stories, Ray Bradbury, The neverending story, the last unicorn and the hobbit series.. Any other idea's? were not into romantic stuff.. Thanks!

Answer 1

Dick and Jane?

Answer 2

This one isn't too long, but "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" is a lot of fun. I read it to a class and we all enjoyed it.

Wonder if you'd like any Anne McCaffrey books (Pern series) or Katherine Kurtz (Deryni series), Piers Anthony (Xanth and Adept series) since you did list some fantasy books that you read in the past.

And if you do Cell, as someone else suggested, I know Misery was one of King's that I responded to verbally at times though I was reading to myself (like UGH!, OW). The Stand is great, too.

Pretty cool you two enjoy doing this!

PS: I just thought of some others I enjoyed. Laurell Hamilton has a series about Anita Blake, vampire slayer. The first 5-7 books in the series are pretty good - then it starts getting crazy. Did you know vampires are people, too, and have rights like everyone else? See? Learn something new all the time.

Answer 3

Looking at the other titles you say you've liked, I'd definitely try some Susan Cooper. "Over Sea, Under Stone" is a good introduction to her stuff--and there are 3 or 4 more in that series. If you really are game for something even creepier, you've got to check out Daphne du Maurier's short stories--the ones from later in her career. So forget Rebecca and Jamaica Inn, but if you don't check out The Birds (she wrote the story that the Hitchcock movie was based on, and it's WAY better and scarier), Don't Look Now, Not After Midnight, The Apple Tree, etc., you'll be missing out! She's good! Enjoy.

Answer 4

Check out short stories by Isaac Asimov and Edgar Allen Poe. "The Cask of Amontillado" is an excellent read-aloud story. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is also great. Under Asimov, one that will really move you is "The Ugly Little Boy." Not even Asimov himself could read that one without getting emotional.

For light-hearted poems, try the poetry of Robert Service "The Cremation of Sam McGee" and Baxter Black "The Oyster". Waddie Mitchell has another one that is hilarious called "A Cowboy Buys a Bra." You might be able to find that one on the internet. It's wonderful.

Oh, I recently met Waddie Mitchell. He swears he did not buy his wife a bra, but a friend of his did. The experiences in the poem are TRUE.

Answer 5

Read the two part young adult novel, Beyond the Western Sea, by Avi. Book one is Escape from Home, Book two is Lord Kirkle's money. It's a great read.

Two other young adult books that make great read alouds are:
The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Bronze Bow, both are by Elizabeth George Speare.

More adult, I'd recommend Having our Say, by Sarah L Delaney & A. Elizabeth Delaney.
Also, Six of One, by Rita Mae Brown
Did you already read Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

Answer 6

For just a short read, I like "The Most Dangerous Game", by Richard Connell.
It's fun to read with an accent when general Zaroff's speaking.
I also think "The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle", by Avi, is a great read-aloud story!
I think it's so cool you two are doing this. What a fantastic idea! :)

Answer 7

I especially love the stories by Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Little Princess is famous, but there is also The Lost Prince, The Secret Garden, and Little Lord Fauntleroy. For all I know, there may be others. (Anyone?)

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Answer 9

I think creepy stories make for good reading aloud. Patricia Highsmith, Edgar Allan Poe.

Or Jane Austen. She came from a big reading out loud family so she knows how to write for that.

Answer 10

I love to read autobiographies or biographies. Right now I am reading one on Georgia O'Keefe. There are plenty to choose from. Jane Fonda, Bill Clinton, Mike Wallace, etc.

You might enjoy Kurt Vonnegut.

Have fun!

Answer 11

Try something different... how about "Cold Mountain"? It is a beautifully written book, won an award for the novice author, and was made into a good movie (although, of course, the book was better).