I like non-fiction alot, but also don't mind fiction. I just read the time travelers wife and really enjoyed it. the type of non-fiction I like is the anne frank kind of stuff. I would love to hear your suggestions. Let me know what you like. thanks. kerri
2007-01-24 07:26:52 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Five People you Meet in Heaven- fiction and short
Running with Scissors- autobio
2007-01-24 07:34:21 · answer #1 · answered by deus82 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I really enjoy historical fiction that is accurate historically but where they add fictional characters that observe and live through the events. Two of my favorite authors like this are James Michner and Edward Rutherfurd. Rutherfurd wrote Londinium, Sarum, The Forrest etc. All fantastic. James Michner is a classic American novelist he wrote Chesapeake, The Source, Caravans, Space, Centennial Etc. The books are really huge so the stories last a long time. You get to follow a character's family down through 10 or more generations sometimes. It is really entertaining sometimes because the authors get to add some irony such as in Sarum when in the last chapter a character quits his day job to be a carpenter. The whole town remarks that it's quite unusual because nobody in his family has ever done that type of work or been good with their hands. Of course the characters ancestors had been the ones to build Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral!
2007-01-24 15:44:45 · answer #2 · answered by psycho-cook 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kerri, have you ever considered taking a look at the classics? I personally love Charles Dickens. My favorite has to be David Copperfield. I also really enjoyed Bleak House & Nicholas Nickleby. The most recent novel I love is (hope I got the spelling right) by Carlos Ruiz Zaphon called The Shadow of the Wind. Oh and look into Tracy Chevalier who penned Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Lady and the Unicorn, & The Virgin Blue. All her stories are historical fiction or contain historical elements. Hope this helps.
2007-01-24 15:41:22 · answer #3 · answered by curiousgeorge 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you enjoyed The Time Traveler's Wife, you'll love The Lovely Bones. Cheers!
2007-01-24 15:47:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Several books that I recently read are White Teeth by Zadie Smith and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Both of these novels are well written and worth reading. Enjoy!
2007-01-24 15:36:33 · answer #5 · answered by Ichiban 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to read All But My Life by Gerda Weissman Klein, it is an amazing, touching story of this girl's life during the holocaust. Another book to read is First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung, this one is about her family living when Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge started the cambodian genocide. Then there is also Running With Scissors, idk the author but a very good book. I hope you enjoy these as much as i did
2007-01-24 15:33:00 · answer #6 · answered by BingDung 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Stephen King or Dean Koontz
2007-01-24 15:30:21 · answer #7 · answered by ibsawdust 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just finished a book called "These Is My Words" By Nancy E. Turner. It was a fun book. Adventure, bravery and romance. I liked it alot. I would recommend it to anyone.
2007-01-24 21:47:33 · answer #8 · answered by akame 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen King or Sharon Draper... They are both good authors whom i would recommend.. Sharon Draper talks about everyday life. You can relate to her characters also. I do not a favorite book because I like all of them. As for Stephen King, he write horror books. If you like horror then you would like his books.
2007-01-24 16:02:14 · answer #9 · answered by lisababy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (Da Vinci Code)
Absolutely could not put this book down.
2007-01-24 15:29:58 · answer #10 · answered by focat311 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋