Here's some of my favorites:
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burn
Jacob Have I loved
Macbeth
The Pearl by John Steinback
Emma by Jane Austen (it went on for soooooo long...but i loved the story)
2007-02-26 16:51:41 · 10 answers · asked by omygosh 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Who said it has to be from Oprah's list, freclegirl?
2007-02-26 16:59:45 · update #1
yeah, actually, right now, i'm reading anthem by ayn rand. very intriguing
2007-02-26 17:01:29 · update #2
Atlas Shrugged
How I found freedom in an unfree world
2007-02-26 16:54:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know whether you are white or black or some where in between, but a book that really should be made a mandatory read in high school is the book "Roots." It is about 900 pages but once you start to read it you won't want to put it down. It is not 100% factual but it is very close and further more it is a story of love of family, culture, history very much the way that it was. I will tell you I am dyslexic and for me to sit and read a book like Roots and enjoy it is really some thing
2007-02-27 01:03:40 · answer #2 · answered by ffperki 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
anything by John Grisham or James Patterson
Red Dragon, Hannibal, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Rising - Thomas Harris
Mystic River - Dennis Lehane
Just a few of my favorites
Aloha :)
2007-02-27 01:03:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
- I capture the castle by Dodie smith
- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer
- Rebecca by Daphne du Muirier
- Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer
- Cold Comfort Farm
- Samurai's Garden
Enjoy!!
2007-02-27 01:13:02 · answer #4 · answered by mj 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a serie called "The daughters of England". Although one of the books in the serie has this name, it is not the first. Is by Phillipa Carr, who is also Vitoria Holt and Jean Plady.
Take a look at this site. It was one of the most beautiful series I have ever read. Rich in history and she was an amazing writer. Her characters quite human.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/philippa-carr/
2007-02-27 00:58:28 · answer #5 · answered by Cister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try Tony Hillerman's books Coyote Waits ,and the Sinister Pig
Mystery's are my Fave to read.
also try Hemingway's the Old Man and the Sea.. very good.
I like the Pearl also, try the Gift of Magi by O' Herny
2007-02-27 01:03:54 · answer #6 · answered by bleacherbrat34 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.....very good.
2007-02-27 00:56:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
2007-02-27 02:14:59 · answer #8 · answered by life coach 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read the back jackets....if it sounds good...do it (faulkner is good....i'm from MS) sometimes his stuff in weighty....
don't just read 'cuz it's on Oprah's list...do it 'cuz it's fun......
i love carl hiassen...he's funny and he has a good message in his books.......florida guy...
tom robbins? half asleep in frog pajamas. good story. tells us we kinda suck....
2007-02-27 00:56:57 · answer #9 · answered by frecklegirl145 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"the crime and the punishment" by Dostoevsky
2007-02-27 01:38:49 · answer #10 · answered by Elvira I 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋