Reccommend a book?

Question

Lois Lowry is a great author. I loved her books such as the Giver and Number the Stars. I need a book that is really good. it doesn
t have to be by Lois Lowry though. If you are afraid that some book that you want to recommend is too complicated for me I can manage. I like books such as Life of Pi, The Giver, and the Harry Potter books. Some types of books that I like are mystery,books involving the troubles in Germany, adventure, and lots of interesting things. Please recommend a book.

Answer 1

Kitchen, By Banana Yoshimoto
Cordelia's Honor, By Lois McMaster Bujold
A Confederacy of Dunces, By John Kennedy Toole
The Border Trilogy, By Cormac McCarthy.

These are all interesting, adventurous, and great to read.

Answer 2

The Diary of Anne Frank
Pollyanna
Little Women
A Room of My Own
Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood
Six Months to Live
No Promises in the Wind
Fifteen
Going on Sixteen
Girl of the Limberlost
Treasure Island
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Joshua
Joshua and the Children
A Gown of Spanish Lace
When Calls the Heart
Enjoy!

Answer 3

If you like both Harry Potter books and mysteries, then I'd recommend a book called "Justin Thyme" - although it's a teen book, it looks like it's getting quite a cult adult following (if the web site is anything to go by). I found it fascinating - the theories about the nature of time itself, and trails of hidden cryptic clues embedded into the text. Even the identity of the author is concealed somewhere in the book. And although I'm far older than the target audience, I find myself continually being drawn back to it, hoping to discover just one more clue. Few adults books have done that for me recently ... and it's great to find a book that, for once, the entire family can ALL share and talk about; that CERTAINLY hasn't happened since we all read the last Harry Potter!
There's a website if you want more info:
http://justinthyme.info/
If you want to check out the book on Amazon click here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Justin-Thyme-Tartan-Panama-Oxridge/dp/0955357004/ref=cm_pdp_profile_reg_itm/203-9915083-6090310?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1C2MIMTSUK3SE&colid=1K4PUKPH24JD8

Answer 4

I'd recommend anything you can get your hands on by Rodman Philbrick. My favorites are "Freak the Mighty," "Max the Mighty" and "The Last Book in the Universe." Short, punchy and very well written.

"Animal Farm" by George Orwell might also be a good bet.

If you like mystery, try out some Raymond Chandler -- "The Big Sleep" and "The Little Sister" are two personal favorites.

Good luck!

Answer 5

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (set in Nazi Germany; fiction)
In My Hands by Irene Gut Opdyke (World War II; autobiography)
The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender (Holocaust, autobiography)
I Have Lived A Thousand Years by Livia Bitton Jackson (Holocaust, autobiography)

Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld (another futuristic utopia/dystopia) Uglies; Pretties; Specials

Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton (YA fantasy/mystery)
Here there Be Dragons by James A. Owen (YA fantasy/adventure)

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (YA fantasy)

Answer 6

Please read Terri Jentz's true account of her brutal attack 30 years ago as told in "Strange Piece of Paradise." She and her college roommate had traveled to Oregon to take place in a nationwide biking event cross country. Only a few days into their trip while camping in a park, they were assaulted by a cowboy with an axe/hatchet who drove a pickup and parked it on top of Jentz while he attacked her roommate. Both women survived physically but the psychic scars remain. This book recounts the event against the back drop of Jentz's attempts to find out who did the deed. It is an extremely literary account of a brutal attack that typifies the prevailing attitude about violence toward women. She is relentless in her investigation and takes readers along for the painful and poignant journey. We meet interesting, brave and sad people along the way.

YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!

Answer 7

TEMPLE by Matthew Reilly. AMAZONIA by James Rollins. THE CODEX by Douglas Preston. Anything by Dennis McKiernan except THE CAVERN'S OF SOCRATES which even he says wasn't that good of a book, and he was right. But all of his other works are great. Almost anything by Michael Stackpole. List gets bigger the further I go. Happy reading.

Answer 8

You should read "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood. Very good book!

Answer 9

yeah, i didn't read the whole details thing that you have. sorry. here's my recommendations:

vampire book romance:
twilight and new moon by stephenie meyer
silver kiss by annette curtis klause

werewolf:
blood and chocolate by annette curtis klause