I read many books (the harry potter series, lord of the rings...)...right now i'm reading a pocket full of rye(agatha christie)
thanks...
2007-02-07 19:24:25 · 20 answers · asked by trixie 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
try 'Da vinci code'..my sis hav read this & found it interesting
and i like reading the series of 'Sherlock Holmes'
2007-02-07 22:04:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi Trixie ... Jackie Collins is a really good author. A little raunchy sometimes, but always an exciting turn of events in her books. I'm a guy and even I MYSELF like them! I've read all her books!
Among the more than 25 books that she's done from 1968 to the present day, she did a series of books called the Lucky Santangelo series, which I think you'll find interesting.
The Lucky Santangelo series happens in the following order:
Chances ( 1980 )
Lucky ( 1985 )
Lady Boss ( 1990 )
Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge ( 1996 )
Dangerous Kiss ( 1999 )
Drop Dead Beautiful ( July 2007 )
Anyway, if you read any of them, start with the first ( Chances ), because they do happen in sequence. In fact, most of her other books are ALSO series, so, the majority of them would need to be read in sequence as well. But just concentrate on the Santangelo series for now.
Well if you do pick up one, start with Chances. After you get through it, you'll probably want to know what situations she ( Lucky ) gets into next!
Have fun reading! :-) .. John Smith, Canton, Ohio
johnsmith2116 at yahoo
2007-02-07 20:16:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any of the Dick Francis mystery novels, almost all of which involve a little violence and some connection with horses and horse racing.
If you have a slightly off beat sense of humor, Terry Pratchett's Diskworld books are fun. Start with Guards, Guards.
If you want to explore alternate history in very well written books without getting tied into changing World War II, take a look at S.M. Stirling's 6 novels. The 3 starting with Island In the Sea of Time take modern people, a sailing clipper, and an island back to 1250 BC. The 3 starting with Dies the Fire explore what happens to the rest of the world when all explosives, electricity, and high powered chemical reactions stop working (warning: lots of people die.)
There are about ten books in the Miles Vorkosigan series that go back to how his parents met and extend through his growing up, becoming an Admiral (did it himself), meeting his clone, and finally marrying and almost missing his children's birth. Lois McMaster Bujold is a good writer and books have a nice attitude - not threatening or risky, mostly.
And Anne McCaffrey has done several dozen books alone and with other people. I especially like her many books on the planet Pern and "The Ship Who ... " series.
Elizabeth Moon has several nice related space opera books.
All of these authors have articles on them in Wikipedia, some of which give away plots. Most of the books will be the public library although the older ones of McCaffrey and Francis may be harder to find (like one branch in the Dallas system.)
2007-02-07 20:14:30 · answer #3 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter, Inheritence series (Eragon and Eldest) and Tamora Pierce's
Song of The Lioness series!!! Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. ANYTHING BY
Isabel Allende(THE MOST REMARKABLE AUTHOR UP TO DATE), the Anne of Green Gables series,
Little Women (that includes Good Wives, Little Men and Jo's Boys),
Sister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Deafening by Frances Itani,
Mary Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer, King's Valley by Gladys Dupree,
Angels & Demons and Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown,
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
2007-02-07 19:48:10 · answer #4 · answered by braich_gal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A little bit like Agatha Christie but more modern are the "Inspector Jury" novells by Martha Grimes
2007-02-07 22:21:40 · answer #5 · answered by moonlightbogey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you liked Harry Potter and Lord of the rings, maybe Eragon (by Christopher Paolini) is someting for you.
Another series is Earth's Children (by Jean Marie Auel) also in that genre.
2007-02-07 21:05:43 · answer #6 · answered by simply_improvising 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of Jane Austen's books (Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Emma, etc), Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, Tess of D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, etc.
2007-02-07 19:41:00 · answer #7 · answered by ira a 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, A small time biographer is invited to write about a famous novelist who is famously coy about her past, infact is welknown for telling tall tales about it. How does she know that what she is told is the truth?
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman, A woman who blames herself for her mother's death as a child, is hit by lightning and becomes obsessed with the tale of a man who also hit and can now make water boil just with his touch. Beautiful and tragic.
The Book Thief by Markus Z......., The story of a little German girl who is sent to a typical German village to live with a new family during the rein of Hitler. The story is narrated by death as he follows her and the Jewish streetfighter that they are hiding in their cellar.
I'm having a tough time thinking but anything by Daphne Du Maurier will be wonderful, the latest John Connolly is fantastic but I can't remember the title.
2007-02-08 06:02:15 · answer #8 · answered by inknoodles78 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Deltora Quest series 1 2 and 3 i couldn't put them down!
2007-02-07 19:55:32 · answer #9 · answered by madds818 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want a good thriller to read check out "Angelhair" by Joseph Noga. It kept me turning page after page. You can get a free read on the authors website www.joenoga.com Take a look!
2007-02-08 05:31:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you liked Harry Potter, then you'll love Visitors by Bob Chapman
2007-02-07 21:17:13 · answer #11 · answered by burtbb0912 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋