2007-01-05 08:14:39 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
my FAVORITE books
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1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon (sequel to Twilight)
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1. Eragon by Christopher Palini
2. Eldest (sequel to Eragon)
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Alex Rider Series
1. Strormbreaker
2. Point Blanc
3. Skeleton Key
4. Scorpia (my favorite)
5. Ark Angel
6. Snakehead (coming in 2007)
2007-01-05 09:12:22 · answer #1 · answered by Jenny 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Stiff: The curious lives of human cadavers, Mary Roach
Not In Kansas Anymore, Christine Wicker
And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts
A Distant Mirror, Barbara Tuchman
The Great Mortality, John Kelly
Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron, Bethany Maclean and Peter Elkind
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, Bill Bryson
2007-01-05 08:36:33 · answer #2 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you like, but here are some books with broad appeal; some memoirs--The Liar's Club, Mary Karr--excruciatingly funny account of growing up in Texas; The Tender Bar, J.R. Moehringer about a kid raised not only by a mother and sisters, but by the men in the bar where his mother worked--it's a tribute to those male role models; Dave Sedaris--Me Talk Pretty One Day; though in essays, they are laugh-out-loud funny; Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard--a woman sets out to understand her relationship with the land around her, and through that, some spiritual insights (Christian, but not heavy hitting); Anne Lamott--Traveling Mercies; essays that are funny and tender about struggling with the absurdities of life and faith. There are lots more---travel literature, historical nonfiction, biological nonfiction; you name it. Go to Amazon.com and type in what you're interested in and you will get a greater breadth of books--with people telling you how they liked them or didn't like them--than you can get here. We don't know what you're interested in--but you can tell Amazon and it will plunk out some good ones. You can also read excerpts on most books--this will let you know in 5 or 6 pages whether it's right for you.
2007-01-05 08:35:20 · answer #3 · answered by JStueart 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson is a terrific read if you're into architecture, serial killers, or Chicago.
"The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary" by Simon Winchester is fascinating if you are a word person.
If you like memoirs, there are always old standards like Frank McCourt's work or "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" by Dave Eggers. It's a little pretentious, but very creative and funny.
2007-01-05 08:27:01 · answer #4 · answered by parker1922 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Ghost Soldiers - an account of a rescue mission to retrieve American POWs from the Japanese.
I would also recommend Alive - the story of the Uruga\uayan rugby team who had their plane crash in the mountains....really amazing story of survival.
Other than that, for a light read Marley and Me was fairly quick to fly through.
And Bill Bryson's travel tales are really entertaining (try A Walk in the Woods).
Sex Lives of Cannibals is another travel story by Troost I believe...also very funny.
2007-01-05 08:31:19 · answer #5 · answered by Sean 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend - Jeffrey.S.Victor (the title says it all)
Fast Food Nation
Freakonomics
OH this one was brilliant.... The Know-It-All - A.J.Jacobs about a guy who goes on a mission to read the entire Britannica Encyclopaedia. It sounds dull but it really isn't.
Popular Culture sections in Bookshops will always have a good selection.
2007-01-06 10:07:16 · answer #6 · answered by violet_vomit 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
The Varieties of Scientific Experience by Carl Sagan
Yup... books by Bill Bryson.
Also Stephen J. Gould, Matt Ridley, Natalie Angier.
Try the best writing of each year in Science, Nature, Sports, or whatever your particular interest might be. These are excellent articles-- the best of the best.
2007-01-05 09:44:46 · answer #7 · answered by joanmazza 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any of the books regarding Black Elk, Fools Crow,Rainbow Eagle.
Hells Angels the B-17 not Motorcycle Club
To Hell and Back -- Audie Murphy most decorated soldier of WWII
2007-01-06 05:28:40 · answer #8 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The Farfarers: Before the Norse" by Farley Mowat
"The Proud Tower" by Barbara Tuchman
"The Victory of Reason" by Rodney Stark
"The Blessing" by Gary Smalley & John Trent
"Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China" by Paul Theroux
"The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom and John Scherrill
2007-01-05 08:29:09 · answer #9 · answered by Elise K 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
David Sedaris' memoirs are great: check out "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Demin", Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day. Self deprecating and astute.
If you like travel memoirs I'd recommend Jan Wong's Red China Blues and Thomas Friedman's Between Beirut and Jerusalem.
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2007-01-05 11:21:02 · answer #10 · answered by sassback8 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Biographies are good non-fiction books. I personally like the ones that cover personalities that are dead at least 50 years. Great source of history-- Second best non-fiction books are those that cover the historic period of your choice. And third, is any subject that sparks your interest. I personally read books on writing, forensics, and crime figures.
I write historic fiction and tend to like the crime fiction genre.
2007-01-05 08:32:16 · answer #11 · answered by Wanda K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋