Good books?

Question

What are some good books that you have read lately. I want titles and authors. Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi, Rose!

My son and I read "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen last week. It's about a pre-teen who is headed for Alaska on a 2-seater plane to spend the summer with his Dad. The pilot has a heart attack, and we were on the edge of our seats thru the rest of the book!

Enjoy!

Answer 2

Given I read so much, here is a decent booklist:

Chocolat – Joanne Harris (the gypsy was based on me)

Unusual Point of View:

Skepticism – Bo Fowler (main character is a supermarket trolley)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – J. Safran Foer (main character is a boy whose dad called from World Trade Centre and left an answer phone message)

British:

Hemmingway’s Chair – Michael Palin
Not the End of the World – Christopher Brookmyre
White Teeth – Zadie Smith
Making History – Stephen Fry
Popcorn – Ben Elton

International:

The Ringmaster’s Daughter – Jostein Gaarder
Memoirs of a Geisha – Authur Golden

Well paced:

Jonathon Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach*
The Beach – Alex Garland
Life of Pi – Yarn Merkel
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemmingway *
Flud – Hilary Mantel

Non Fiction:

Round Ireland with a Fridge – Tony Hawks
Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain
Playing the Moldavian’s at Tennis – Tony Hawks
Fever Pitch – Nick Hornby

Classics:

Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll *
Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
Madame Bouvary – Gustave Flaubert
Gormenghast Trilogy – Mervin Peake
I, Robot – Isaac Asimov

Humor:

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1st three books in the trilogy) – Douglas Adams
A Book of Nonsense – Mervin Peake *

Detective:

Complicity – Iain Banks
Filth – Irvine Welsh
Inspector Rebus novels – Ian Rankin

* books that I read cover to cover without putting down

Source(s):

my 360 Blog

Answer 3

The Mediator series By Meg Cabot
1.Shadowland
2.Ninth Key
3.Reunion
4.Darkest Hour
5.Haunted
6.Twilight
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Anyway...you should read Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Including sequel New Moon. I could not stop reading this books! A little romantic and cute story. You should go on barnesandnoble.com to get a good idea of the summary! You will not regret reading these books!

well there are several...I love all of them. You should try them. You should go to barnesandnoble.com to get more info on the books.
1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon (sequel to Twilight)
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Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz
1. Strormbreaker
2. Point Blanc
3. Skeleton Key
4. Scorpia (my favorite)
5. Ark Angel
6. Snakehead (coming in 2007)
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Fearless Series By Francince Pascal.

1. Fearless
2. Sam
3. Run
4. Twisted
5. Kiss
6. Payback
7. Rebel
8. Heat
9. Blood
10. Liar
11. Trust
12. Killer
13. Bad
14. Missing
15. Tears
16. Naked
17. Flee
18. Love
19. Twins
20. Sex
21. Blind
22. Alone
23. Fear
24. Betrayed
25. Lost
26. Escape
27. Shock
28. Chase
29. Lust
30. Freak
31. Normal
32. Terror
33. Wired
34. Fake
35. Exposed
36. Gone

Definitely read them, first chance you get, they are difficult to find in stores so try buying them from www.amazon.com, or www.bn.com. Also when you finish those look for the new series "Fearless FBI" I just started it and it's great. (Theres a lot of books in the series but they are kind of short..dont worry) I cant stop reading them!
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Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer
1. Artemis Fowl
2. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
3. Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
4. Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
5. Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony
6. Sixth and final book: Title not currently known (2007/2008)

Answer 4

Reading rocks! Alright here are some of the books I've read and liked a lot, they're mainly fantasy since I'm a fantasy buff; but I'll separate them into genres for you.

Fantasy:
1. The Belgariad by David Eddings
- series of 5 books:
a. Pawn of Prophecy
b. Queen of Sorcery
c. Magician's Gambit
d. Castle of Wizardry
e. Enchanter's End Game
- I love David Eddings' books, he's just one of the best fantasy writers of our time.

2. The Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist
- series of 3 books:
a. Magician
b. Silverthorn
c. Darkness at Sethanon
- Raymond E. Feist's writing style is a mixture of J.R.R. Tolkien and David Eddings, so he makes more interesting read, albeit a little draggy.
- I loved this series a lot too.

Thriller/Mystery/Crime:
1. Regina's Song by David Eddings
- one of this forays into non-fantasy genre of writing (others include High Hunt and The Losers)
- it was quite riveting and made a good thriller novel
- my advice is not to read the synopsis, it'll spoil the ending for you

Sci-Fi:
I'm actually not a big sci-fi fan so these books were really interesting to have made me like them so much...
1. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- this is an amazing tale of a little boy destined to be commander of Earth's forces to prevent an invasion of some aliens
- it's not all space, blasters and lightsabres though
- there's this element of humanity in the book which reaches out to you and it's very touching

2. Next by Michael Crichton
- I don't advise this if you don't have some knowledge in genetic engineering as the book can get very technical at times
- if you've cleared that hurdle, Next is a great book as Michael Crichton blends fact and fiction and you'd be hard pressed to tell which is truth and which is fiction
- it brings about questions about bio ethics and the like

3. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- I'm ambivalent about this book, while it was interesting; I was not entirely fond of the writing style
- Ishiguro writes about a possible future of clones in our society so it makes for a thought-provoking read

That's all I could think of for now.. Hope it helps!

Answer 5

Personally I cannot resist anything written by Stephen King, Anne Rice, Tammy Hoag or Stephen White. I got a book written by Clive Cussler a long time ago and thought I would never like it. There was a lot of technical stuff that had to do with ships and nautical terms, but the story as a whole was great. A couple to try are Sahara, Shockwave, Atlantis Found and Valhalla Rising.

Answer 6

I'm not going to separate these out by genre, because some of them are cross-genre, but here's a partial list of what I've read lately:

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Last Girl Dancing by Holly Lisle
Split Infinity by Piers Anthony
This Present Darkness by Frank E. Peretti
The Mislaid Magician by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
the Stardoc series by SL Viehl

Answer 7

Sympathy for the Devil, The Devil & Dan Cooley and Hell on High by Holly Lisle.

The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold

Rats, Bats and Vats and The Rats, The Bats and The Ugly by Eric Flint

Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster

Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin and Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb

The Elvenbane by Andre Norton

Answer 8

The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil - about how artificial intelligence, nanotech & bio-medicine will progress exponentially in the next few decades, totally transforming humans & society

Florence of Arabia by Christopher Buckley - comic, irreverent and refreshingly politically incorrect novel about the serious problems in the Middle East

Answer 9

Lauren Weisberger books:
The Devil Wears Prada
&
Everyone Worth Knowing


The Cinderella Plan - Margaret Daley



And to the person that answered your question with a question.
ASK your own questions, don't piggyback on someone else's question. And if you hate reading why are you lurking over here in books and authors? There is a movie/television section for you to ask and answer questions.

Answer 10

Christopher's Paolini's series-Eragon and Eldest. Really fun fantasy novels if you like that genre. :)

In response to the other respondent. Reading is active, whereas sitting in front a flashing pictures is passive. You're letting the TV dictate what you see and what parts of the story are alive to you. In reading there are many layers to good writing; the reader has to be actively creating mental image pictures to be in understand the writer's intentions and the many levels of the story. With TV, something is being done to you; in reading you are actually doing something.