I'm at university...and there's this HUGE library at my disposal...i really want to get to read some great books here(i looove libraries!!!)I'm completely lost at how to start though...could anyone drop some titles of great books to read...those that would while away the spring break effectively?!!!!
2007-02-16 10:09:21 · 20 answers · asked by di.... 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Phantom of the Opera by Leroux
Wicked and Son of a Witch by Maguire
Les Miserables by Hugo
Frankenstein by Shelley
The Princess Bride by Goldman
Enjoy!
2007-02-16 10:14:38 · answer #1 · answered by Jess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FICTION: Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain); Call of the Wild, Sea Wolf, White Fang, John Barleycorn & The Valley of the Moon (Jack London); The Sun Also Rises (novel), "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" & several other short stories (Ernest Hemingway); The Iceman Cometh & Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill); On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Desolation Angels, Big Sur & Vanity of Duluoz (Jack Kerouac); Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller); Cannery Row, Sweet Thursday, Tortilla Flat, Of Mice and Men, East of Eden & The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck); A Fan's Notes (Frederick Exley); The Lost Weekend (Charles Jackson); Steppenwolf, Siddhartha & Narcissus and Goldmund (Hermann Hesse); Burden of Proof (Scott Turow); The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ichiguro); Bonfire of the Vanities & A Man in Full (Tom Wolfe); Florence of Arabia (Christopher Buckley)
NON-FICTION: Life On the Mississippi (Twain); The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test & The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe); Travels With Charley (Steinbeck); Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac (Gerald Nicosia); Anais Nin, a Biography (Deirdre Bair); Lost Moon (Jim Lovell); Bias (Bernard Goldberg); America Alone (Mark Steyn); The Immortalist (Alan Harrington); Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century and Beyond (Michio Kaku); The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology & Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever (Ray Kurzweil)
And I like mystery writers Philip R. Craig, Archer Mayor, Robert B. Parker & Kinky Friedman for "page-turner" leisure reading.
2007-02-17 04:28:52 · answer #2 · answered by Ray 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything by Jane Austen, all the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, and the wonderful Middlemarch by George Eliot. Many history books can be interesting - take time and just wander the stacks in the library and some titles may jump out at you - it's a wonderful way to pass the time.
2007-02-16 10:17:32 · answer #3 · answered by Adriana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's actually a book at bookstores you may be interested in - it's called 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die by Peter Boxall. It gathers all these great books by period, so you can start at the beginning with stuff from Homer, etc, and work you way through more modern stuff. I don't know if they would have it at your library or not, but you should be able to find it at a bookstore, flip through it and see what grabs you.
2007-02-16 13:36:02 · answer #4 · answered by kittydoormat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you like to read, I suppose. If you like classics try The Count of Monte Cristo or the Three Musketeers. Or Jules Verne's works. H. G. Wells has some great books as does Robert Louis Stevenson. If you like contemporary reading for mysteries try James Doss, John Dunning or J.A.Jance or Stuart Woods. For Sci-fi/fantasy try these authors: David Weber, John Ringo, Raymond Feist, Jane Lindskold or Dennis McKiernan. For thrillers try Matthew Reilly(in my opinion the greatest thriller writer today) or James Rollins or Jack DuBrul or Clive Cussler. Happy reading and have fun doing it.
2007-02-16 11:42:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've read a couple of really good books lately.. you might like them too..
* Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon (amazing book)
* Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
* The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
* Perfume - Patrick Sueskind
* Persuasion - Jane Austen
2007-02-17 03:26:41 · answer #6 · answered by oriella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These books are must reads in your lifetime so I would recommend you read them if you haven't already:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Books for fun:
Marley and Me by John Grogan
The Shining by Stephen King
Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil by John Berendt
2007-02-16 18:28:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
White Oleander by Janet Fitche
The Perks of Being a Wall Flower by Stephen Chbosky
Anything by Nersessian
But then again, these are my favorites. Ask yourself, what kind of books do I like? Then delve into them, because no matter how many books people say are good on popular demand the ones you like yourself are better. You find your choice more way more interesting. Do you like a challenge or do you just like some light reading?
2007-02-16 14:26:39 · answer #8 · answered by accebere 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by James Patterson
Left Behind series
Anything by Danielle Steel
anything by Stephen King
2007-02-16 10:30:03 · answer #9 · answered by bookworm_382 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CHRISTOPHER MOORES BOOKS!!!
Hes my favorite author, his books are weird, sarcastic, and kinda twisted in a funny way. My favorite is Island of the Sequined Love Nun.
Heres the link to his site, specifically the book page where you can read the summaries. You WONT be disappointed.
2007-02-16 10:18:40 · answer #10 · answered by Lisa O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋