I'd prefer fiction books that have been bestsellers. Witty books are good, or just books that you can't stop reading. Thanks.
2007-01-29 06:28:02 · 23 answers · asked by Cheeb 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Sure here's a good list of books I've read:
Octavian Nothing
Sammy Keyes (series)
The Tale of Desperaux
Mimus
Eragon/Eldest
Harry Potter
The Wind Singer
Freaky Green Eyes
Redwall (series)
Abarat (two book series)
The golden compass
*thats all I can think of, good luck!
2007-01-29 06:32:43 · answer #1 · answered by loco 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow, there are so many!
If you like the classics, try Jane Austen. "Pride and Prejudice" is a good Austen starter. "Emma" is a little more fun. (The movie "Clueless" was loosely based on "Emma.") Also, the Bronte sisters can be fun reads. "Jane Eyre" has a lot of plot twists. "Wuthering Heights" is just plain twisted.
More contemporary..."Wicked" by Gregory Maguire is good. Staying on the musical theme, "Phantom" by Susan Kay is good.
If you like realistic novels, "Summer Sisters" by Judy Blume is nice. "The Nanny Diaries" is fun. The "Bridget Jones" books are good. I couldn't put down "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd.
Philosophical? Try "The Life of Pi" by Yan Martel.
If you like historical (or Biblical) novels, "I, Elizabeth" (about Queen Elizabeth I) by Rosalind Miles is really good. "Mary, Called Magdalene" by Margaret George is amazing. "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant is another good one.
Horror-type books: Anything Anne Rice...especially anything in the Vampire Chronicles.
In that same vein (no pun intended) something without a heavy plot, but fun to read: MaryJanice Davidson books
If you don't mind non-fiction, David Sedaris is a wonderful writer!
You get the idea. A great thing to do is to go to amazon.com and use their recommendations wizard. It will pull up things you would have never even thought of reading!
2007-01-29 06:51:09 · answer #2 · answered by bffer1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favourite author is Orson Scott Card. He's written several compelling science fiction series including the Alvin Maker series and the Ender series. If a 6-7 book series doesn't strike you, he has also written many one-book deals including a wonderful revisionist history in which Christopher Columbus doesn't quite make it to America called Past Watch and the Worthing Saga in which people go to sleep for hundreds of years and are, by definition, granted immortality.
2007-01-29 06:42:10 · answer #3 · answered by Chyvalri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
David Eddings has a series called the Belgariad. Its chock full or dry wit and has a pretty good storyline. The first book is called pawn of prophecy.
Terry Pratchet has some really wonderful fictional humor he takes the typical fantasy stories and makes fun of them while still managing to generate a good storyline.
Peirs Anthony is one of my favorite authors hes humorous while still managing to write stories that you just cant put down. Start with the book Chaos Mode. You wont be dissapointed.
Good luck!
2007-01-29 06:34:50 · answer #4 · answered by mystraven85 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Twilight and New Moon by Meyer
The Princess Bride by Goldman
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Maguire
Eragon and Eldest by Paolini
The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
The Chronicles of Narnia by Lewis
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Maguire
Enjoy!
2007-01-29 06:37:17 · answer #5 · answered by Jess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - a great book and isn't really all that sci fi, there is the time traveling aspect but there are no technical gadgets, its really more of a story of how love survives through, in and around time.
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult - very dramatic story that makes you examine your priorities, would you sacrifice one child's happiness and right to live as she wants to save another child's life?
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares - it sounds corny but it truly is a marvelous book that you can't put down. The summer I got it my mom wanted to read it aswell and we actually fought over who got to read it when. So much better than the movie version of it
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - its kind of an odd book but its a real page turner and is very suspenseful. I couldn't put it down.
2007-01-29 06:43:51 · answer #6 · answered by Sarah R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I LOVE the books "Tales of the Otori"
It was supposed to be a trillogy but the author ended up writting four books. They are really good historical fiction. I read the first one in a day and a half. I could not put it down. :-)
2007-01-29 06:39:21 · answer #7 · answered by minicoop_jen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Harry Potter
Catcher in the Rye - J D Salinger
Brave New Workd - Huxley
Those are all good...and fiction too!
2007-01-29 06:37:18 · answer #8 · answered by I Got a St. Patty's Baby! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Millionaires by Brad Meltzer
2007-01-29 06:34:45 · answer #9 · answered by blueberry44 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Crying of Lot 49 is a great book.
2007-01-29 06:32:05 · answer #10 · answered by Jeff C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋