I want to read other books besides Harry Potter and I can't find any...any suggestions?
2006-10-24 06:57:54 · 231 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
im not 25...subtract 10 years and then you'll get my age lol
2006-10-24 07:22:01 · update #1
i do read a series of unfortunate events - great books
2006-10-24 08:20:33 · update #2
I just finished "Dragon Rider" by Cornelia Funke - great book...and i think that im going to try Eragon next...wow - im getting a lot of answers on this. is it like the featured question or something like that?
2006-10-25 13:57:19 · update #3
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Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, The Chronicles of Narnia (but read them in order) Alan and Naomi, Bridge to Terabithia, A tree grows in Brooklyn, The Devil's Arithmetic, Tuck Everlasting, The Giver. Judy Blume and Roald Dahl are good Arthers.
2006-10-25 05:49:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Cornelia Funke: Inkheart and Inkspell
Jenny Nimmo: Children of the Red King: Midnight for Charlie Bone; The Time Twister; The Blue Boa and The Castle of Mirrors; Charlie Bone and the Hidden King; ( 3 more books to come yet!)
I haven't yet read The Time Twister or The Castle of Mirrors or Charlie Bone and the Hidden King, but I have bought and read Midnight for Charlie Bone and The Blue Boa. I'm going out this Saturday to buy the other books!
P.S. Can't wait until the release of Harry Potter Book 7 on July 7th next year!!!!!!! :-)
2006-10-26 00:20:40 · answer #2 · answered by sweetangelicnikki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Secrets of Droon (RL: ages 7-12)
The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet (1999): The first in a new series from the publisher of the Harry Potter books, this title tells the tale of Eric, Julie, and Neal, who are surprised and excited to discover that Eric's basement is in fact the entryway to another world, called Droon! They encounter magical creatures, wizards, and plenty of adventure.
Journey to the Volcano Palace (1999)
The Mysterious Island (1999)
The City in the Clouds (1999)
The Great Ice Battle (1999)
The Sleeping Giant of Goll (2000)
Into the Land of the Lost (2000)
The Golden Wasp (2000)
The Tower of the Elf King (2000)
Quest for the Queen (2000)
The Hawk Bandits of Tarkoom (2001)
Under the Serpent Sea (2001)
The Mask of Maliban (2001)
2006-10-25 10:36:08 · answer #3 · answered by TRINA 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Harry Potter is amazing.. first off.. lol
The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet
Journey to the Volcano Palace
The Mysterious Island
The City in the Clouds
The Sleeping Giant of Goll
Into the Land of the Lost
The Golden Wasp
The Tower of the Elf King
Quest for the Queen
The Hawk Bandits of Tarkoom
Under the Serpent Sea
The Mask of Maliban
Tom A. BARRON books like :
The Lost Years of Merlin
The Seven Songs of Merlin
The Fires of Merlin
The Mirror of Merlin
The Wings of Merlin
2006-10-25 06:22:14 · answer #4 · answered by lila 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know if perhaps for your age you might enjoy it or not but Dan Brown's books are pretty good, they mix a different kind of magic such as in the arts or technology with a fast paced plot.
The books Dan Brown has out are;
The Da Vinci Code
Angels & Demons
Deception Point
Digital Fortress
~ I've read Harry Potter & all of these & I thoroughly enjoyed them.
Also there's an author called Elisabeth Kostova who wrote a book called "The Historian" that I've read very recently. I devoured this book, its based around the legend of Dracula but its much more than your ordinary Dracula tale, lots of mystery with such great language throughout.
As other people have also said I would also recommend Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, Charles Dickens.
If your just a book fan in general you may enjoy the styles of Charlotte Bronte who wrote Jane Eyre, Thomas Hardy who wrote Tess of the D'Urbervilles & Far From the Madding Crowd among others, William .H. Thackeray's Vanity Fair, Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, Leo Tolstoy's War & Peace (huge book!) there's so many to choose from!
Good luck in finding what you're looking for....x
2006-10-24 23:48:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Redemption of Althalus by David and Liegh Eddings. This book was AMAZING!!! Its fantasy with a realistic tone like the Harry Potter books. It has a great cast of charactors and even though I've read it 3x already I'll still go back to it. Go to the Barnes and Noble site down below and type in the name of the book to read up on it, trust me you'll want to pick this book up!!! I wish I could tell you more about it but I don't want to ruin the surprises for you. :(
The Giver by Lois Lowry is a very good book too. It's a really different kind of book because it makes you think about one group of people in control, thinking a certain way, can really alter our complete perception of things. In this book people are actually told they can not perform simple tasks that us as humans do every day. If you are looking for a change from the norm this is what you want to read.
2006-10-26 04:13:58 · answer #6 · answered by IceyFlame 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love the Harry Potter books! Another series that has the same flavor is the Young Wizardry series by Diane Duane.
1. So You Want to be a Wizard
2. Deep Wizardry
3. High Wizardry
4. A Wizard Abroad
...and 4 others so far.
2006-10-26 02:31:10 · answer #7 · answered by JordanB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cornelia Funke Inkheart is great and so is the sequel Inkspell; Artemis Fowl is a must read for sure; The supernaturealists by Eoin Colfer; Tamora Peirce writes books that are females in a land called Tortall. the females generally have to overcome something to either become a night or do something very important in the land; Lois duncan isn't really related any to HArry potter but i love Harry and the books by Lois Duncan. Her books are of teens that have something spooky going on in their life; i also like Sarah Dessen. Her books are really Chick books romance novels but not mushy mushy. I'm 13 and i found them very interesting. Hope that helps out!
2006-10-25 13:21:57 · answer #8 · answered by sydsoccer15 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hey! I am fifteen too!!! And I too love Harry Potter and A Series of Unfortunate Events, another book that I would reccomend for books like that would probably be the Charlie Bone books and Eragon. I know this, isn't quite in the genre of books you are reading but, I also recommend Gossip Girls and Nancy Drew, Anne of Green Gables, and finally some books by Patrcia C. Wrede like Dealing with Dragons and such they are all kind of cute. But, I recommend Dealing with Dragons I think it's a series. BYE!
2006-10-25 10:30:53 · answer #9 · answered by Pheobe :) 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are a lot of great suggestions on here.
I am a lot older than you and I really enjoyed the seven books that made up "The Chronicles of Narnia".
Even at my age, 51, I enjoyed it. I read the second book, "The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe" when I was younger and never knew there were more or even a book that came before it.
I bought it at Wal-Mart for $19.99. That is not a bad price for seven books in one.
Hope you find something that can keep your interest for I too have a love of reading. I get lost in the pages. Literally live in the words of the book. I have to be careful what I read because of this too.
Have fun.
2006-10-24 19:56:49 · answer #10 · answered by Mary D 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
Inheritance Trilogy by Paolini is ok
Shannara series by Terry Brooks
The Forgotten Realms novels by Ed Greenwood and by RA Salvatore
The Avatar series (Forgotten Realms, couple of authors)
If you want a quick grin the Xanth series by Piers Anthony is worth reading through.
I'd also reccomend books like "Brave New World" by A Huxley, "Slaughterhouse 5" by K Vonnegut, and "Catch 22" by J Heller. These are more literary valued books but quite entertaining as well.
2006-10-26 03:35:50 · answer #11 · answered by piercesk1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋