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Please give details, I want to know what good books are out there.

2007-01-20 12:06:00 · 25 answers · asked by Janey 1 in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

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Visitors by Bob Chapman suitable for all ages.

2007-01-20 22:28:00 · answer #1 · answered by burtbb0912 4 · 1 0

that would depend on your age and what genre you enjoy, when I was a kid I loved Babysitters club and anything by LM montgomery. especially the Emily trilogy. I love Sci-Fi and Fantasy. I recommend anything by Mercedes Lackey (personal fav is The Fire Rose still) R A salvatore's Drizzt Collection. yes I mean the entire thing. its awsome. the Witch world series by Andre Norton, Catherine Asaro's Skolian Empire Series, if you're more into romance Nora Roberts 3 sisters Island trilogy or the Key trilogy, Catherine Asaro's Charmed Sphere Series or Mercedes Lackey's 500 Kingdom series. Horror just about anything old from Stephen King (he's kinda wimped out in more recent novels) and for mysteries I recommend Agatha Christie's 10 little Indians. or Lillian Jackson Braun's series with the siamese cat (I'm kinda hit and miss I only read it if I think it sounds interesting)
a suggestion, if you are a regular at your local Library ask them what they suggest. I've found some really interesting books that way, but I do live in a small town where everyone knows everyone

2007-01-20 14:20:01 · answer #2 · answered by tiger b 4 · 0 0

1 favorite oh My I'm a total book addict. here are a few of my favorites but barely the tip of the iceburg
a childs garden of verses Robert louis Stevenson
The little prince
All 3 of the Yaya sisterhood books
Where the heart is
Fried green tomatoes at the whistlestop Cafe
Soocery & cecilia or the enchanted chocolate pot
The whole set of Narnia books
Thew queens own fool.
I could go on all night. I love a good book a quiet day with a good book and a cat in my lap who could ask for anything more.

2007-01-20 14:22:15 · answer #3 · answered by poetsheart 2 · 0 0

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

2007-01-20 12:37:15 · answer #4 · answered by soapy 1 · 0 0

My favourite book is Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird.

Its also nice to read biographies because it gives you an better understanding of some famous celebrities. One which I enjoyed reading was Grace Kelly's biography because her real life was very much different from her on screen persona.

If you like Stephen King novels, I recently found an author Mark Billingham, his books are also interesting.

2007-01-20 15:16:57 · answer #5 · answered by Kroner 2 · 0 0

I haven't read any books in a while, but I do remember The Stand, and It by Stephen King were very good books. They are very long, like 1000 pages plus each, but are both definitely worth the read.

2007-01-20 12:09:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Hard to pick out just one.I'll name some of my favorites.

Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are 8 books in the series beginning with stormfront.Each novel in the series is told from the fictional perspective of Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden (named by his father after Harry Houdini, Harry Blackstone, Sr., and David Copperfield). Dresden is the only professional wizard in modern-day Chicago (he is in the phone book, under "Wizards").In the world of The Dresden Files, magic is real, along with vampires, demons, spirits, faeries, werewolves, and more. The general public that Harry Dresden works to protect does not believe in magic or the large array of dark forces which regularly conspire against them. This makes it tough for Harry to get by as a working wizard and private eye.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.

Brother Odd by Dean Koontz is the third book in his Odd Thomas series. Poor Odd has been through so much in the last couple of years. He lost Stormy, the love of his life, he's given up his job and his home to move into seclusion at a California mountainside monastery in hopes that his "gift" for seeing the dead won't be an issue up there. Instead he finds a poltergeist monk and evil spirits gathering around the young disabled children the monks (and nuns) care for. Odd knows that trouble is coming, and as usual he's the only one to recognize it.Can Odd mitigate the coming cataclysm? Of course he can, despite the arrival of murderous bone creatures and grim Death itself, for the monks include quite a contingent of reformed martial sinners, most memorably Brother Knuckles, formerly of the New Jersey Mob, and another guest, a mysterious Russian librarian from Indianapolis, who is more and different than Odd thinks he is.

2007-01-20 23:39:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

It's a vampire love story..........a girl who moves from hot, dry Phoenix, Arizona, to cold, rainy Forks, Washington. The two places can't be anymore different! Ones hot and one's cold. one gets sun almost year round and one gets cloudy days and rain almost year round. One's a big city and one's a small town. How much more of a difference can there be? Well, u can imagine that she isn't exactly happy. Then she meets the neighborhood Vampire hottie...............great book! Loved it!!

2007-01-20 13:00:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Looking out for #1 by Robert J. Ringer

2007-01-20 12:13:33 · answer #9 · answered by lynda_is 6 · 0 0

my favorite book is Seabiscuit. Obviously it is about the true story of an incredible thoroughbred race horse during the depression era, who was written off as a failure as a race horse. Then when bought at auction his new owners and trainer build him into a strong and competitive horse who beat War Admiral, son of Man O War which is considered the greatest race horse of all time.

2007-01-20 12:16:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

I dont have just one favourite-- just too many books out there. However one of the most memorable for me was A Secret History by Donna Tartt

2007-01-20 12:10:55 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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