I like almost any genra of books except really crazy science fiction (i.e. aliens, just plain wierd), strictly adult romance (too mature for my tast). But I do love diverse books from Dean Koontz to Jodi Piccoult. But any suggestions would be nice.
2007-03-10 04:38:24 · 24 answers · asked by don't ask 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Harry Potter
Freakonomics (statistics, but made for real people to understand, and absolutely fascinating)
The Shopaholic Series by Sophie Kinsella
Collapse (about why societies and nature do themselves in)
The Zuni Enigma (but basically b/c I taught on the Zuni res for 3 years)
Little Women
America (by Jon Stewart...hilarious as all get-out if you follow politics)
Till We Have Faces and The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
Gosh...a lot. I love history, and I'm a military wife, so a lot of my suggestions tend that way. What are your interests?
2007-03-10 10:46:38 · answer #1 · answered by katheek77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uglies is a good one and part of a trilogy, which includes Pretties and Specials, too (Scott Westerfeld).
Gary Paulsen is pretty good - he wrote Hatchet (a young boy survives a small plane crash and must make his way alone). Soldier's Heart is also by him - historical fiction about a young boy from Minnesota joining the army during the Civil War.
Anne McCaffrey has a great fantasy series - Dragonriders of Pern. This was written years before Eragon. The people crash on the planet and have to start over on a planet where dragons are native. Some of the new Pernese impress dragons and use them to fight thread, which falls from the sky and destroys everything it touches (except rock). The series includes stories about firelizards, dolphins and some non-dragonriding folk.
Do you like Lois Lowry and The Giver? Might try Gathering Blue and messenger, the rest of that trilogy.
Walter Dean Myers is an excellent author. One I remember is Monster, a book written in script form about a young man and his experience being jailed and on trial.
Sharon Draper has a few books with good reviews, including Tears of a Tiger, about a high school basketball player, the choices he makes and how it affects his life thereafter.
I like Lurlene McDaniel, too, but be forewarned - the ones I've read have been sad.
Have you read Bud, Not Buddy or There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom? I liked those, too. There's another series I can't remember - kid on the front has red hair and his father is famous for the way he eats oysters (I think.) Wish I could remember - they were pretty entertaining. Maybe someone else will recognize.
Keep on reading, lady!
2007-03-10 04:59:13 · answer #2 · answered by Isthisnametaken2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Lurlene McDaniel is wonderful though some of the stories are really sad. Night Calls and Kindred Rites by Katharine Kimbriel are great also. The Fear Street stories and other teenage books by R.L. Stine are also good, though I haven't read them in years. Also the Uglies, Pretties, and Specials book series is interesting.
2007-03-10 04:49:47 · answer #3 · answered by Kitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a million) delight & Prejudice 2) the time vacationer's spouse (Audrey Niffenegger) 3) books by skill of Ralf Isau 4) Trickster's decision (Tamora Pierce) 5) The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón) 6) The Curious Incident of the canines interior the night-Time (Mark Haddon) 7) Tillerman Saga (Cynthia Voigt) 8) The Swarm (Frank Schaetzing) 9) The insufferable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera) 10) The Wall (Marlene Haushofer) This are the 1st 10 i ought to think of of. there are so plenty extra!!! =)
2016-11-23 19:19:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about Anne McCaffrey? I like her dragon riders series and the Powers that Be. As a teenager I liked mysteries and found that if I stuck with the women authors, the language was better. Two of my favourites are Sue Grafton, and Lillian Jackson Braun.
2007-03-10 04:52:24 · answer #5 · answered by alice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (They are romance but they are also fantasy and angsty. REALLY good)
Phantom Stallion series by Terri Farley (Horse books but also about life)
Heartland by Lauren Brooke (These are horse/drama/angst books)
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (What can I say? They are amazing!)
Anything you can find by Tamora Pierce (These are amazing books! Romance, drama, fantasy=wow!)
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (There isn't much I can say about this book except its so much better than the movie and amazing!)
Heart of Fire by Victoria Holmes (Its an amazing books. There's horses in it but its not centered on them and you can really understand the characters)
Inkheart and Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (There are no books like these! They are totally unique and you can really understand some of the characters! Great choice!)
The Narnia books are really good too.
The Alice books by Phyliss Reynolds Naylor are hilarious and so are the Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot.
2007-03-10 12:26:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
David Almond is a good author. I like all of his books except for Clay.
Harry Potter is awesome. Have you read them? If you like them, you might like the Spiderwick Chronicles--five books in the series.
Lois Lowry is good. Start with The Giver.
Of course Chronicles of Narnia and Lord of the Rings series.
2007-03-10 07:08:25 · answer #7 · answered by book_1958 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a young teen I really liked Lois Dunacn, Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine. Ofcourse this was back in the 90's. I'm sure things have changed considerably since then.
2007-03-10 04:43:05 · answer #8 · answered by Charles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
might be too weird for you, but Douglas Adams is hysterically funny. I found myself laughing out loud many times while reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (a "trilogy" of five books) and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (two book series). H2G2 is a little sci-fi but very funny!
2007-03-10 04:42:48 · answer #9 · answered by calliope_13731 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never Go Home Again by Shannon Holmes
The Coldest Winter Ever by Sistah Souljah
The Honey Well - forgot who wrote it
Flyy girl - Omar Tyree
2007-03-10 05:31:30 · answer #10 · answered by lisa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋