what good books do you recommend?

Question

i love reading. gimmie some titles!!

okay i wasnt necessarily asking for a certain kind of book but since you insist... i dont really like reading spiritual novels, just literary classics. well i will read anything but here are some of my favorites : Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, The giver, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Fahrenheit 451, A Tale of Two Cities, Night, Enemy Women, To Kill A Mocking Bird, Romeo and Juliet, anything by Sophocles, Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, King Lear, Things Fall Apart, Chick Soup for the Soul Books, Their Eyes Were Watching God, A Raisen in the Sun, Jane Eyre, Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, modern teen drama novels as well (im 16 - gotta love the drama), etc.

ANYTHING!!

oh yeah theres an exception for the "religious, spiritual" category.. C.S. Lewis!! i love him so any books by him as well.. also my fav author so far is Ray Bradbury

Answer 1

Dear Ashley:

You did not offer your gender, age, or type of interests. I don't know if you like mysteries, adventure, romance, or, like me, a good in-depth study of human nature and its ordeals. For a slow read on wonderful character studies, Erich Segal offers a number of books that deal with faiths ; Harvard University and the struggles of undergraduates and politics in that ivy league monument. His books are epochs and his best works, to me, were:

1. "Acts of Faith" - A minority faith and leaving it behind. . .
2. "The Class" - The members of a Harvard Graduating class
3. "Prizes"- Student and Professors vying against each other for the Nobel.

You can see, I tend to be a more "intellectual" reader type. For spiritual insights, mysticism and an in-depth study of the character of many, many clergy in the Church of England - and laced with dry British humour, I recommend Susan Howatch in her Bestselling series (same characters continued) with the following titles. She follows a theme of the "play of light and dark in the human spirit " and psychic experiences :

1. "Mystical Paths"
2. "The Wonder Worker"
3. "Absolute Truths" - etc.!

These two authors can hold you in very worthwhile reading for the next year. Both were on the New York Times Bestseller list for numerous works.

One last mention: Anne Tyler. She writes in-depth character studies on very unique, strange characters. She is most famous for "The Accidental Tourist" also a motion picture, but her best books, I thought, were:

1. "The Clock Winder"
2. "A Slipping-Down Life"
3. "Celestial Navigation" - etc.!

Anne Tyler is a magical writer. She wrote over 16 books. You can read her more quickly and be busy for 6 months, at least.

Again, I'm in the dark as to your taste.

Best regards, Lana

P.S. FOR CLASSIC LITERARY NOVELS YOU MUST BEGIN READING JANE AUSTEN'S WORKS:

1. Northanger Abbey
2. Emma
3. Sense and Sensibility

Her works are some of the greatest of all time. Begin Jane Austen - at the Library. You won't want to quit. She'll keep you going for 6 months to 1 year !

P.P.S. Just dusted off my old library at home and saw my Sinclair Lewis books. Classics. Good emotional stories with good depth of character aspects. Try Sinclair Lewis':

1. Arrowsmith

Did you ever get around to The Scarlet Letter? One of the Classics.

Answer 2

A Certain Slant of Light - Laura Whitcomb A Kiss In Time, Beastly, Cloaked - Alex Finn Anna Dressed in Blood - Blake Blood and Chocolate - Annette Klause Carrier of the Mark - Fallon Dark Lover – Ward Falling Under - Gwen Hayes Grave Mercy - LaFevers Haven - Kristi Cook Sea Witch - Kantra Sookie Stackhouse Series - Charlaine Harris Vampire Academy – Mead

Answer 3

Spiritual Books: Awaken, My Soul! ,Journey, My Soul!, Spiritualism...A Way of Life, More Life in The World Unseen, Becoming a Spiritualist
(available at the bookstore at: www.nsac.org)
Anatomy of A Seance, Other Powers, Radical Spirits, Developing Your Psychic Powers.

Answer 4

Wish you'd said more about yourself - age group, other interests, etc., 'cos it's difficult to make recommendations in the dark, so to speak. Fiction: try Harry Potter, of course; Neville Shute's 'A Town Like Alice,' Mark Salzman's 'Lying Awake,' and Kathryn Hulme's 'The Nun's Story' if you can find a copy - it might be out of print.

Non-fiction: try 'Dead Man Walking,' by Helen Prejean; 'Testament of Youth,' by Vera Brittain; 'The Right Stuff,' by Tom Wolfe.

They cover a pretty wide field and range from exciting to inspiring. And my best wishes to you ... who knows, one day you might start writing them!!

Answer 5

Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Answer 6

I guess it really depends on what type of books you like. I love Ted Dekker. He is a Christian author who writes fiction and he has been compared to Dean Koontz and Stephen King. I also like James Patterson, Nicholas Sparks and Mary Higgins Clark.

Answer 7

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

Answer 8

depends on the genre you perfer I personally like mystery and fantasy so most of the books I know about are those kinds

Answer 9

cats cradle, catch 22, and of mice and men