I'm looking for some good books to read
all answers welcome :D
2006-12-29 19:30:31 · 36 answers · asked by DeeDee 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
i will be reading all that are posted on here.
I read books pretty fast (usually within few hours) due to having learnt how to speedread in school, which I believe is sometimes a disadvantage for me.
2006-12-29 23:08:36 · update #1
in reply to Tappy Feet: I read all kinds of books and be it fiction or non-fiction ..
i do however tend to sway from horror books, but everything else is great.
I like to keep my mind active
2006-12-29 23:14:37 · update #2
LadyFraser: thank you hehe
just for everyones info - im 31
2006-12-29 23:16:16 · update #3
Favorite books: The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
And Then You Die - Iris Johansen
All The Dead Lie Down - Mary Willis Walker
Death Train to Boston - Dianne Day
Demon Seed - Dean Koontz
You Belong to Me - Mary Higgins Clark
Tell Me Your Dreams - Sidney Sheldon
vVanity Fair - William Makepeice Thackery
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
Night - Elie Weasle
The Scarlet Letter - Nathaneal Hawthorn
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Interview With A Vampire - Anne Rice
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
The Tale of The Body Theife - Anne Rice
Memnoch The Devil - Anne Rice
Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice
1984 - George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Diary - Chuck Palahniuk
The Magicians Nephew - C.S. Lewis
Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
Heaven - V.C. Andrews
Dark Angel - V.C. Andrews
Ruby - V.C. Andrews
Pearl In The Midst - V.C. Andrews
All That Glitters - V.C. Andrews
Melody - V.C. Andrews
Hearts Song - V.C. Andrews
Unfinished Symphony - V.C. Andrews
Music in the Night - V.C. Andrews
Olivia - V.C. Andrews
Butterfly - V.C. Andrews
Crystal - V.C. Andrews
Brook Raven - V.C. Andrews
Runaways - V.C. Andrews
Orphans - V.C. Andrews
Misty - V.C. Andrews
Star - V.C. Andrews
Jade - V.C. Andrews
Cat - V.C. Andrews
Into the Gardens - V.C. Andrews
The Wildflowers - V.C. Andrews
Rain - V.C. Andrews
Lightning Strikes - V.C. Andrews
Eye of The Storm - V.C. Andrews
End of the rainbow - V.C. Andrews
Cinnamon - V.C. Andrews
Ice - V.C. Andrews
Rose - V.C. Andrews
Honey - V.C. Andrews
Falling Stars - V.C. Andrews
Shooting Stars - V.C. Andrews
Willow - V.C. Andrews
WIcked Forrest - V.C. Andrews
Twisted Roots - V.C. Andrews
...thats about all i can think of off the top of my head
2006-12-29 19:33:03 · answer #1 · answered by Leechwife 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Under age five: I Am A Bunny
Age 5-8: Charlotte's Web, and the Bobbsey Twin and Nancy Drew Series
Age 9-12: The Elizabeth Gail Series (about a foster girl who gets adopted) and a whole lot of Judy Blume books! (Blubber, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Superfudge, Are You There God, It's Me Margaret, Deenie, etc.)
Age 13-18 The Chronicles of Narnia, and all of Madeleine L'Engle's books for young readers (from A Wrinkle In Time, to The Arm of the Starfish, An Unacceptable Time, etc.)
University: Travel Humour by Bill Bryson (Notes From a Small Island), and some of Madeleine L'Engle's books for adults (Two-Part Invention, A Live Coal In The Sea, A Severed Wasp...)
Adulthood: Books by Anne Lamott and Annie Dillard, Biographies (Aman, They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky, Ghandi, etc.)
2006-12-29 19:42:49 · answer #2 · answered by ladyfraser04 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First off, you might also want to search for questions similiar to this, I know I have seen some in the book section.
Anyway- depending on what type of books you like-
Series- Christy Miller series (Robin Jones Gunn), Harry Potter (JK Rowling), The Inheritance Trilogy (Christopher Paolini), Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia. Oh, and just about anything by Meg Cabot (especially the series about Suze) or Robin Jones Gunn who I already mentioned. Good luck finding something.
2006-12-29 19:44:49 · answer #3 · answered by shea_8705 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Best singular? That's too hard. I'll give a list of some of the all time best I've ever read.
Notes from the Underground - Dostoevsky (translated by Mirra Ginsburg)
The Scarlet Letter - Hawthorne
1984 and Down and Out in Paris and London - Orwell
Catch-22 - Heller
Man and His Symbols - Carl Jung (edited by)
The Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell
The works of Nietzsche
2006-12-29 19:38:21 · answer #4 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you love& like to read. That should be the real question. Me I prefer contemporary romances. I would recommend Julie Garwood- Mercy, Christina Skye-Hot Pursuit,Karen Robards-Whispers At Midnight, Charotte Hughes-Hot Shot. Hot and Steamy,I mean you will be sitting in front of a fan that's how hot I mean Shannon Mc Kenna- Behind Closed Doors. now there is book 2,3 of this type. I've read only this one. Because now I have started Harry Potter book 6. I have read 1-5. This is different because I've always loved children books they are easier to read then you just move up. Enjoy :}Giggles66,
2006-12-29 19:52:17 · answer #5 · answered by Giggles66 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maguham.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Berry Smith.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
2006-12-29 19:47:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's way too hard... but some of my favorite writers include: Anne Tyler, Amy Tan, John Irving, Larry McMurtry, Robert Morgan, and Barbara Kingsolver. You can't go wrong... and if you haven't read Dickens yet, you must... also Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth. This could go on forever. Toni Morrison. Sue Monk Kidd, Billie Letts. Read "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb.
2006-12-29 19:38:58 · answer #7 · answered by Hey Polly 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Woooaaa....great list of books Leechwife...see quite a few of my favs there...and a few Ill look out for:)
Add these to your list....
The Stand - Stephen King
Needful Things - Stephen King
Desperation - Stephen King
The Talisman - Stephen King & Peter Straub
The Ninth Buddah - Daniel Easterman
Angels & Demons - Dan Brown
Weaveworld - Clive Barker
The Power of One - Bryce Courtney
Dragon Tears - Dean Koontz
Midnight - Dean Koontz
Lightning - Dean Koontz
PEACE!!!
2006-12-29 19:48:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of my favorites is called The Fire Inside,by Steve Delshon.He talks to different kinds of firefighters from all over the country about their work on and off duty.It includes a lot of inside stuff the general public doesn't know about.Strangely,the book came out BEFORE 9-11.
2006-12-29 19:36:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A Lesson Before Dying
2006-12-29 19:34:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are sooooo many GREAT books to read! Of course, answering your question is a challenge in that we don't know what type of book YOU like....so....here's some ideas based on my tastes: 1.) Emma/Pride & Predjudice or anything Jane Austen; for wit, romance and lot's of fun. 2.) Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis; for a great tale of a very human hero who struggles to live in and out of the "box". 3.) The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova; for suspense and historical adventure....4.) ....mind candy: anything by Julie Garwood or Julia Quinn. Good luck and Happy Reading :)
2006-12-29 19:39:27 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋