Good Books?

Any book by John Irving
"The God of Small Things" - Arundhati Roy
"The Elagant Universe" - Graham Browne
"The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and The American Voice" - Greil Marcus

2007-01-05 17:47:21 · answer #1 · answered by jcboyle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I remember this really good book I read in like 7th grade...it's called "Searching for David's Heart" by Cherie Bennett. I think it's actually a movie now and was aired on ABC Family. It's just the best book you will ever read. And I really think that if you pass up the chance to read this then you're really missing out.

I also loved "Where the red fern grows" by Wilson Rawls. Its a book about a boy who wants 2 coon dogs, but his parents are poor. He finds an ad in the paper for two pups for 50 bucks. He works for 2 years and saves up the money. He travels out into the city to get his pups. He trains em and they become the best coon huntin dogs. In the end, the pups died( lil ann, the girl, died because she couldnt live w/o old dan) and old dan died after he had a fight with another animal. Where they were burried, a red fern grew. Its really a sad story of never giving up. I loved it a lot.

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2007-01-13 13:39:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

The Acorn People
Marley and Me
Rebecca by DuMaurier
The Locket by Evans
Joshua by Joseph Girzone
The Unexpected Mrs. Polifax by Gilman
To Kill a Mockingbird
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton Porter
A Walk to Remember by Sparks
Boookends by Liz Curtis Higgs

2007-01-06 11:27:44 · answer #3 · answered by Puff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

i read a lot so i could name hundreds of books that i think are good, but i don't really know authors. here are some books that i find good:

the sisterhood of the traveling pants seris
a candle in the darkness
witch child
twilight child
the harry potter seris
the 911 seris by terri blackstock
no small thing by natale ghent
echoes byt danielle steel

that is just naming a few! i hope you might read some of the books i suggested if you have not already. hope i helped you a little!

2007-01-05 23:51:38 · answer #4 · answered by hellothereeveryone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

A really good book would be "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt.

Good authors: Frank McCourt, Dave Pelzer, Mitch Albom, Sue Townsend.

2007-01-06 06:06:56 · answer #5 · answered by xander 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I like Jim Butcher, he is an awesome fantasy writer and his books will make you laugh out loud! He has incredible plot twists and there is never a dull moment. He has two different series- The Dresden Files which is like Harry Potter only WAY more adult and The Codex Alera which is more of a Young Adult Series

2007-01-06 00:03:03 · answer #6 · answered by catluvr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

HOw reading schanged my life by Ann Quindlen, any books by Francisaca Lia Block, I would start with the Weetzie Bat series, any books by Nick Bantock, Utopia by Sir Thomas More.

2007-01-05 23:41:39 · answer #7 · answered by amazon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

A good book is called My Brother Sam Is Dead. One good author is Andrew Clements.

2007-01-05 23:30:58 · answer #8 · answered by Phil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I'd recommend "Don Quixote" by Cervantes (latest English translation by Edith Grossman) since it's ranked No. 1 as listed in the 100 meaningful books of all time voted by 100 authors from 54 countries in 2002. (For details, please visit the web site below.)

2007-01-06 05:24:26 · answer #9 · answered by Arigato ne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Read anything by Stephen King or Stuart Woods. Try reading the "Left Behind" series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins.

2007-01-12 23:11:53 · answer #10 · answered by Brown eyed girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

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