Yeah, so I'm 17 and I'm finally allowed to go on this book shopping spree after such a looonnng time. But I only get to buy 5 books. Or else I end up only reading and not doing anything else. So I'd like it if you suggested a few. I have many in mind but I'm confused. I'd prefer new ones. And any genre would do. Not something very old, but you could include classics, I wouldn't mind that! =) thanks!
2007-03-08 02:12:22 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
To kill a mockingbird -
On the road -
One flew over the Cuckoos nest -
A tale of two cities -
The grapes of wrath
2007-03-08 02:21:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here are some oldie but a goody books & more recent books
1.To Kill A Mocking Bird
2. The Color Purple
3. Memoirs of a Geisha
4. The Wind Done Gone (daughter of a black slave, her version of Gone With The Wind)
5. Flowers In The Attic (This is if you want to read something that will make you read more & more)
2007-03-08 10:57:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll try to give you a variety:
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Great paranormal book, and big to keep you busy :-)
Reality Chick by Laura Barnholdt. Interesting story about a Freshman in College who is picked to be on a reality television show.
Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison. Very funny story about a British teen and her school, family and love life.
I Am The Messenger by Markus Zuzak - A make you think book about a young man who is forced into doing things for others.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. This is a non-fiction memoir about a dysfunctional family. I haven't read it yet but it is the next book for my book group and I've heard tons of good things about it.
Hope this helps!
2007-03-08 11:07:28 · answer #3 · answered by DemonBookLover 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
5 Classic books:
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
1984 by George Orwell
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Beloved by Toni Morrison
5 good recent and contemporary books:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (very violent, dark comedy)
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver
Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
Good luck!
2007-03-08 11:00:47 · answer #4 · answered by God_Lives_Underwater 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great Expectations
Richard III
Moby Dick
Catcher in the Rye
The Stand
Pride and Prejudice
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Prince of Tides
2007-03-08 10:27:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh get the five Nighside books, by Simor R Green:
Something From the Nightside
Nightingale's Lament
Agents of LIght and Darkness
Hex and the CIty
Paths not taken
and theres Hell to Pay but that six
2007-03-08 11:32:04 · answer #6 · answered by Paris, je t'aime 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"To Kill a Mockingbird" Harper Lee
"Catcher in the Rye" JD Salinger
"A Complicated Kindness" Miriam Toews
"A Prayer for Owen Meany" John Irving
"Anywhere But Here" Mona Simpson
2007-03-08 10:26:27 · answer #7 · answered by Ruth E 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a hard question because I have read so many books, and it all depends on what you like. Do you like fiction, non-fiction, mystery, gangster, romance, etc.....?
One of my favorite books is "Flowers In The Attic". It is a whole series, but "Flowers In The Attic" and "Pedals In The Wind" are the first two of the series, and really the only two you need to read. The author is V.C. Andrews
You may have seen the movie, but the movie has NOTHING on the book!
2007-03-08 10:23:07 · answer #8 · answered by CJ 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Outlander by Diana Gabeldon
Dune by Frank Herbert
Mercy by David Lindsey
The Firm by John Grisham
and there are so many, but I tried to select some of my favorites from different genres. Read on! So little time, so many books!
2007-03-08 11:10:51 · answer #9 · answered by Lisa A 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
2. Divine Comedy - Dante Allegri
3. Mary, Called Magdaline - Margaret George
4. Eaters of the Dead - Michael Crichiton
5. Crime and Punishmenr - Fydor Dtovsky
2007-03-08 11:52:14 · answer #10 · answered by amberdevereaux 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don Quixote De la Mancha - Miguel Cervantes - its a long one very good and you can get it in English everyone should read this book. has it all.
Anything by Ian McEwan - hes one of my faves at the mo
There is a quintet by Tarq Ali - again very good books about Moorish Spain - www.tariqali.org
Princess - jean Sasson - true story again very good and real eye opener
The alchemist - paulo coelho - a book to be read by all
2007-03-08 10:30:48 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋