After this year and the next, I will be off to college. I have a few novels to read during my leisure time or when I'm just bored. I'm only familiar with a few authors and I know people are reading books written by different authors. I just want some opinons on books I could bring or some authors I can try.
( I have books from Brian Jacques, John Grisham, Danielle Steel, and Sir Walter Scott.)
2006-09-28 14:34:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Keep them coming. I gave you all thumbs up. Thank you.
2006-09-28 14:56:22 · update #1
Thanks for the tip Ava.
2006-09-29 10:57:30 · update #2
Read some Hermann Hesse - his novels are all about the search for self and the sort of thing you really appreciate when you're in your late teens. Very readable and enjoyable too (obviously). Would recommend "Demian" for starters, maybe "Narziss and Goldmund" and "Siddhartha" too.
Enjoy...
2006-09-29 00:42:14 · answer #1 · answered by hosmer_angel 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Try books by Ruth Rendell, Barbara Vine, Ian Rankin, Michael Conelley and Wilbur Smith.
2006-09-28 22:17:00 · answer #2 · answered by Totoru 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
American Gods and Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Otherland by Tad Williams
Bones of the Moon, Jonathan Carroll
2006-09-28 22:10:45 · answer #3 · answered by jennybeanses 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
2006-09-29 11:01:05 · answer #4 · answered by laney_po 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like James Patterson. What I can't figure out is how you will have time to read these books in college? I certaintly didn't. Once I read all of my textbooks, the last thing I wanted to do was read anymore.
2006-09-29 14:40:52 · answer #5 · answered by aya 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dumas, DuMarier, Defoe, Dickens, Tolstoy, Poe, Dostoyevsky. The list could be endless.
2006-09-28 21:43:10 · answer #6 · answered by karen wonderful 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I like horror stories, but Steven King is too far out there for me. So, I like to read anything by Dean Koontz, or John Saul. If slightly fictional with a little bit of truth is your deal, then Dan Brown (Author of Davinci Code) has a line of books out preceeding the Davinci Code. I like to use my imagination, no facts please.
2006-09-28 21:43:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Here are some lists for the "College Bound" that will put you in good shape for making the most of your education.
http://als.lib.wi.us/Collegebound.html
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/outstandingbooks/outstandingbooks.htm
http://www.educationplanner.com/education_planner/preparing_article.asp?sponsor=2859&articleName=College_Bound_Reading_List
2006-09-28 21:40:19 · answer #8 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋