Could anyone suggest what books to read during my winter break?

Question

I enjoy reading mystery and romantic books.

Answer 1

anything by Nicholas Sparks and Nicholas Evans, and I think you'd like Nora Roberts too.

Answer 2

You MUST read "Uglies", Pretties" and "Specials" by Scott Westerfeld!! They are the BEST series ever. They are mystery, romance, adventure and so much more. It is more of a teen book, but it doesn't matter what age you are. I LOVE THESE BOOKS. I can't get enough of them. They teach you a lesson kinda. To me, it feels as if it taught me what true love was. I don't know if you like that stuff, but i absolutely enjoy and will NEVER get tired of this series. I Highly recommend these books. You might not sound interested, but ANYBODY and EVERYBODY should read these books. It's an adventure just reading the back.

Answer 3

Harry Potter by J. K Rowling
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Joe’s Boys by L. M. Alcott
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
Lemony Snicket’s series of Unfortunate Events
The Catcher in The Rye
A Clockwork Orange
The Lord of The Flies
Brave New World
The Handmaid's Tale
The Old Man and The Sea

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ENJOY!!

Answer 4

I have two ideas for each genre:

Mystery:
Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspear
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Takes place after The Great War (WWI) in England. Is the first book in series; the second book in the series, Birds of a Feather, is wonderful (better than the first, but they do need to be read in order).

The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield
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It's a similar to Jane Eyre, but not really (it's kind of a contradiction). But it's written in the Victorian/Gothic style. A real- page tuner.

Romance:

The Dream Trilogy, by Nora Roberts is one of my favorite ones

Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon; This books begins what is probably the best romantic series I've ever read.

Answer 5

Cut to the Quick, by Kate Ross! It's a Regency detective mystery, but there's a little bit of romance, too. Or, Tea with the Black Dragon by R.A. MacAvoy, which is a mystery set in modern times with some nice fantasy and romance elements, too.

Answer 6

This one is kind of like a mystery... But also adventure/ treasure hunting... Map Of Bones by, James Rollins.
CyberNara

Answer 7

Books by Kathy Reichs, they're murder mysteries with a bit of romance.

Answer 8

The door to december by Dean Koontz.A psychiatrist's daughter was kidnapped by her ex-husband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.

The mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.

The Vivero letter by Desmond Bagley.Jeremy Wheale's well-ordered life is torn apart when his brother is murdered by a mob hit man, whose bait was a family heirloom - a sixteenth-century gold tray. The trail takes Wheale from Devon to Mexico and the wild tropical rain forests of Yucatan. In dense jungle, he helps two archaeologists locate the rest of a fabled hoard of gold - treasure from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the Mayas. But his brother's enemies are on Wheale's trail, and with them are the Chicleros, a vicious band of convict mercenaries.

Landslide by Desmond Bagley.Bob Boyd wakes up in a hospital with no memory,the only surviver of an accident.He was burned badly all over and needed extensive plastic surgery which was payed by a mysterious sponser.He is told that he's a geology student with a bad history.However Bob recovers and gets on with his life.Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment.His accident and the Matterson family have more in common than he thought.

Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum.Forget the movie.The book is the real article."The Bourne identity" is the story of a man without a past, rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by some fishermen. He is very ill, and his body has suffered the impact of many bullets. The man is taken by the fishermen to a doctor in a nearby island, who helps him to recover physically and mentally. Our protagonist doesn't remember who he is, but with the help of the doctor he finds some clues he doesn't like too much. He only knows for certain some things, for instance that his face has been altered by plastic surgery, that he knows a lot about firearms and that he carried on him a microfilm that contains the code to an account of four million dollars.

In the Swiss bank where the account is he also finds a name: Jason Bourne. But... is he Jason Bourne?. He cannot remember, and if it were for quite a few people, he won't. From the moment he leaves the island onwards, our man without a past will be followed, and attacked. He doesn't understand why, but he reacts in order to stay alive. Add to this already interesting mixture a woman he takes as a hostage, Marie, a number of assasins (including the most famous assassin in the world, Carlos), and the possibility that he is, as a matter of fact, also an assassin, and you will understand why this book is so good. The main character will be hunted all throughout the book not only by the "bad guys", but also by the "good" ones (mainly agents from the USA Government). You won't be able to stop reading this book, and you will find yourself asking aloud to nobody in particular "who on earth is this man?" and "what started this whole mess"?.
Warning:A character gets raped.

Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are 8 books in the series beginning with stormfront.It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicago's only professional wizard who works as a detective.He stands between the general population who is ignorant about the supernatural world and the monsters - vampires,werewolves,fallen angels,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.

Rebecca Paisley-A basket of wishes.
Its about a fairy Splendour who is ordered to marry a human( a duke).The poor hero is confused by the woman who will shrink if not kissed regularly,drinks apricot face lotion.On top of that he is harassed by splendour's sister who even turns him into a snail.His cousin Emil thinks that Splendour is exactly what the doctor ordered for the staid ,boring Jordan.

Mary Balogh-Lady with a black umbrella(Funny romance).The heroine is always rescuing the hero-whether he wants to be rescued or not.

Lynsay Sands-A bride promises her father that she'll obey her husband 'always'.I mean 'always'.The poor groom didn't know what he was going to get when he was coarced to marry the king's daughter.

Anne Gracie-The perfect rake.The heroine just wants to save her sisters from their abusive grand father.However one lie led to another and another.The hero was perfectly willing to go along with the charades.

Really great romance novels
You belong to me-Johanna lindsey
A dark champion,Born in sin-Kinley Macgregor
Angel rogue,One perfect rose,The wild child-Mary jo Putney
Mary Balogh-Slightly tempted,A famous heroine,The temporary wife
The de burgh bride-Deborah Simmons
Isn't it romantic-Ronda Thompson
How to treat a lady-Karen Hawkins(and the rest of the Talisman ring series)
Lord of the storm,The sky pirate-Justine Davis
Tracy anne warren-The wife trap

Answer 9

You can go to the Saskatoon public library and ask about the author Catherine Palmer and they will show you were to find her books or ask about love inspired books they will also show you those ones.

Answer 10

How about some nice Harlequin novels and if you're into youthful mysteries you can try some Nancy Drew!!!!!