I'm having a hard time finding which books I actually like. Any suggestions? I do like the Chronicles of Narnia and Series of Unfortunate events, if that helps.
2006-12-17 13:23:46 · 16 answers · asked by ניקול 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Joe’s Boys by Louisa. M. Alcott
Harry Potter book series by J. K Rowling
Holes by Louis Sachar
Seven Daughters & Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen
Wind, Sand & Stars by Antoine De Saint - Exupery
Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Overcoat, The Nose and Other Short Stories by Nikolai Gogol
1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahaeme
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
The Catcher in The Rye
A Clockwork Orange
The Lord of The Flies
Brave New World
The Handmaid's Tale
Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Old Man and The Sea
ENJOY!!
p.s: I like
2006-12-18 17:49:49 · answer #1 · answered by ~ ANGEL ~ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I highly, highly, highly recommend Stephen R. Lawhead.
He's written five trilogies of fantasy and/or historical ficition books, plus at least three others that I know of and his new book about Robin Hood is coming out soon.
His books:
Dragon King trilogy (fantasy in the cast of Middle Earth & Narnia):
In the Hall of the Dragon King
The Warlords of Nin
The Sword and the Flame
Empyrion Saga (recently picked these two up, but I haven't read them yet. They're more science fiction):
Empyrion I: The Search for Fierra
Empyrion II: The Siege of Dome
The Pendragon Cycle (this is actually two back-to-back trilogies about the Arthur legend. These are really good!):
Taliesin
Merlin
Arthur
Pendragon
Grail
Avalon
The Song of Albion (highly imaginative neo-Celtic fantasy):
The Paradise War
The Silver Hand
The Endless Knot
The Celtic Crusades (the Crusades from the point of view of a family from the northern Scottish isles):
The Iron Lance
The Black Rood
The Mystic Rose
Byzantium (about an Irish monk and his adventures on a trip to Byzantium)
You'd probably also like books by Madeline L'Engle (A Wrinkle in Time), Anne McCaffery (Harper Hall Trilogy, Dragonrider books, The Ship Who Sang) and Zilpha Keatley Snyder (look for "The Egypt Game").
2006-12-17 21:48:46 · answer #2 · answered by Elise K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try some of the newer classics!
Catch-22: Joseph Heller
A Clockwork Orange: Anthony Burgess
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Ken Kesey
The Bell Jar: Sylvia Plath
The Joy Luck Club: Amy Tan
I am sure you would enjoy the Harry Potter series as well. Dont go out and buy the books, either. Hit up your local library!
2006-12-17 21:51:16 · answer #3 · answered by paige_alicia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried Oprah's book club? I really like books like the Series of Unfortunate Event's also but I just read a couple off her list and they were pretty good. The one I liked the best that I reccomend every one to read is A Million Little Pieces by James Frey. A couple of other good ones that I have read are The Cedar Post and Joy both by Jack R. Rose. And I am David by Anne Holm. Good Luck
2006-12-17 21:38:00 · answer #4 · answered by ~p♥kes~ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if you will like this series, but i LOVE "Uglies", "Pretties" and "Specials" by Scott Westerfeld. They are AMAZING. You will never be able to put them down. It is more of a teen fiction type book, but it doesn't matter what age you are. It has PLENTY of adventure, romance, and some mystery. It's an adventure just reading the back of the book. They are about 400 pages each. But it is worth your wild. They are just breath-taking. You should check them out, they are just amazing, I HIGHLY HIGHLY Recommend them.
Also try Harry Potter if you like the Chronicles and stuff like that.
2006-12-17 22:59:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Little Princess is an awesome book and so is eragon if you liked the cronicles of narnia. also i would read the lion the witch and the wardrobe and the books from that series if u again ebjoyed the chronicles of narnia.
2006-12-17 21:34:39 · answer #6 · answered by nina 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are all types of series' out there that might appeal to you. One is the 'March to' series by John Ringo. You might even try books by Dennis McKiernan and Raymond Feist. Or if you like magic and all that that entails try both of the series written by Trudi Cananvan. They are excellent reads. Or David Eddings writes heroic fantasy. Edmond Thomson has a series sort of like Eragon but better in my opinion. Mercedes Lackey and Marion Zimmer Bradley and Andre Norton are the Grand Dames of Sci-fi/fantasy and they are superb. David Weber has a fantasy series out and so does David Drake whose Lord of the Isles series are a good set of reads too. Have fun and happy reading.
2006-12-17 22:05:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though they are a bit dark, a series of books I think you might like are the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. They're more in style of Lord of the Rings, they're not as much horror as many of his other books are.
2006-12-17 21:26:14 · answer #8 · answered by Joy M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish you mentioned your age, that would make it easier.
I hope this list helps:
A Long Way From Chicago
The Hobbit
Treasure Island
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Marley and Me
The Diary of Anne Frank
Of Mice and Men
Little Women
A Dog's Life
2006-12-17 22:28:10 · answer #9 · answered by Puff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mr and Mrs Happy by Steve Ducie.
Anything by Nicholas Sparks.
2006-12-17 21:43:22 · answer #10 · answered by Catie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋