I am looking to read some fiction books but want some opinions on what is good. Are there books you have read that you thought really, really good? That you couldn't just stop reading? Any series? I've read these books my mom has, they are a great series. But I've read them again and again. I need something knew. I figure word of mouth is the best way to find some really good books.
2007-03-01 14:50:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Thats so funny Moorest, I didn't think many people heard of the outlander series. Those are the books I have read. I am rereading outlander again today. I've read them all.
2007-03-02 09:45:37 · update #1
I would recommend a seires as you seem to have gone through quite a bit, if you've read all your mother's books as well.
Diana Gabaldon, the series begins with Outlander, and continues, the 6th book has just made soft cover. It is historical fiction and revovled around a main character, in Scotland just after WWII on her honeymoon with her husband, who suddenly gets transported to the 16th century by accident and becomes intertiwned with the activities of the day. The story is moving, and has some of the best of everything (fights, love, anger, plot twists) I have read in most fiction books in quite some time.
The second is a trilogy, and falls in Fantasy. Jacqueline Carey is the auther and it is the Kushiel trilogy. The story revolves around a created religion and has a very monarchic society. A girl sold into indenture, and purchased, trained in the arts of covertcy and servitude becomes embroiled into a plot to overthrow the queen.
Be advised both have very graphic sexual content, that doesnt detract, but definitely adds to the stories.
Enjoy.
2007-03-02 02:44:00 · answer #1 · answered by CDNdude 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The God of Small Things -- Arundahti Roy
On Beauty -- Zadie Smith
The Joy Luck Club -- Amy Tan
The Constant Gardner -- James le Carre
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents -- Julia Alverez
The House of the Spirits -- Isabel Allende
Beloved -- Toni Morrison
The Bell Jar -- Sylvia Plath
Also, the Thursday Next Series by Jasper Fforde:
--The Eyre Affair
--Lost in a Good Book
--The Well of Lost Plots
--Something Rotten
2007-03-01 16:35:17 · answer #2 · answered by lenushka_13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good Sci-fi/fantasy- The Golden Compass+Subtle Knife+Amber Spyglass by Phllip Pullman
Action- Red Wall Books-Brian Jaques
Mystery- Hound of the Baskerville-Sir Author Conan Doyle
Action- Time Line+Jurrasic Park+Lost World by Micheal Critchton (has some cuss words)
Action- I think is was called "Loche" or "Lockness" by Pual Zindal
2007-03-01 15:33:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twilight and New Moon by Meyer are fantastic!
A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels by Bray
Wicked and Son of a Witch by Maguire
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Maguire
Mirror Mirror by Maguire
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Carroll
The Looking Glass Wars by Beddor
The Wizard of Oz by Baum
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson
Frankenstein by Shelley
Dracula by Stoker
The Chronicles of Narnia by Lewis
Enjoy!
2007-03-01 15:01:17 · answer #4 · answered by Jess 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two of my personal favorites are Gone With the Wind and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Memoirs of a Geisha and Prep are also really good.
2007-03-02 08:32:16 · answer #5 · answered by Ava James 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really like the books TTYL and the next book in that series TTFN by Lauren Myracle. Both are written completely of Instant Messages. I don't know if you're into that kind of stuff but they are really good books!
2007-03-01 15:00:26 · answer #6 · answered by Person Seeking Help 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cell by Stephen King, Any Tess Garrison books
2007-03-01 15:14:23 · answer #7 · answered by lectric lady 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I quite liked the Georgia Nicholson (I think) books by Louise Rennison. The first one is called Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging. They're British, so the humour is a little different than our humour, but they are hilarious!
2007-03-01 15:12:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right now I am reading 'Dark Angel' by Sally Beauman...it is one of the best books I read in a long long time!!!
Right now, I am trying to take it slowly 'cause I'm nearing the end...don't you hate it when you get familiar with characters, and then you are done with the book???
2007-03-01 15:12:44 · answer #9 · answered by avechm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I really enjoyed The Kite Runner. Hosseini (the author) used excellent simple language, and the events are very realistic and unexpected. It is very haunting and will certainly have an effect on you. I really enjoyed this book, and I hope you will too.
2007-03-01 16:29:24 · answer #10 · answered by blue_bee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋