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I enjoy the classics, but I already read two of them this year, so I don't really want to do another one. I enjoy mysteries a lot, but any type of book works if it sounds interesting. I also LOVE love stories. Nothing gross, though. Please give me the title of a suggested book, the plot, and what you liked about it. Thanks in advance to everybody!!

2007-03-30 02:28:19 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

9 answers

ok not sure if your in elementary, high school, or college or what subject it is so here it goes

elementary--- i can't think like that so i would say harry potter recent book because it was banned from the public school libraries last year

high school-- so yeah /brave new world by 'auldous huxley'... and how much it is similar to today (history/psychology etc.) or even a simple proof that this is a book written in 50s and also is banned from public schools, and the movie which was on abc in the 80s was also banned from dvd shelves in the us and was taken off the air after first showing

note: the island was the prequel written after this book and was the recent movie released...

other books of interest
jovah's angel- sharon shinn

2007-03-30 02:40:11 · answer #1 · answered by Carrion 1 · 0 0

Tuesdays With Morrie - Mtich Albom (it's about dying and how you should live your life and appreciate day to day the little things. It is a true story also about not losing site of the truly important things in life)
The Greatest Generation - Tom Brokaw (basically a collection of stories about famous and "regular" people in WWII; but also about the morals and values of that generation.
Nicholas & Alexandra (I don't know the author) (based on the story of the Romanov dynasty and what took it down)
Boys of Summer (think it's got a sequel don't know the author but my 2 girls love it) (Not sure about the plot but basic girls love boys type of thing over the summer)

2007-03-30 02:37:22 · answer #2 · answered by Mickey 6 · 0 0

Heres a list of some: (Lol: Some "classics" but not your average sort)
1.To kill a mockingbird -Harper Lee.......such an important book it has a great deal to write about but maybe a too obvious choice.
2. Picture of Dorian Gray-Oscar wilde .....great dissection on the corrupting nature of keeling toward superficiality, a fun read, a great expose on the indulgences of society at the expense of others, plenty of relevance to todays world.
3. The adventures of Augie March- Saul Bellow.....great piece of modernist american literature, can be read in many ways really about augie's adventures in coming to grips with this new found idea of the american dream
4. Brave new world- Adous Huxley.....reads like it was written yesterday....about what happends when humanity looses well its humanity lol in favor of peace and stability and progress...one of the first descriptions of a not too distant and possible dystopia.
5. The old man and the sea- Ernest Hemmingway...could be read on many levels...a very short book..details an old mans struggle in capturing a giant marlin .... a modern fable of sorts.....lots to get into.

These books are not difficult in the slightest to read and are generally short but have alot of depth to them and can be taken in on many different levels.

2007-03-30 03:05:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

It is set in a society where censorship is prevalent, and moronic citizens learn only from television. Most books are banned and critical thought is suppressed. The central character, Guy Montag, is employed as a "fireman" (which, in this case, means "book burner"). 451 degrees Fahrenheit is stated as "the temperature at which book-paper catches fire, and burns …"

2007-03-30 02:38:34 · answer #4 · answered by Shawn 3 · 0 1

I like the idea of doing a banned book- like Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut ,Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath,Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov -and of course,Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, that one is always getting banned. All of these are good, not too long, (I read the Bell Jar in one night) and you should read them to consider yourself a well-read person.
I'm not doing your homework for you.

2007-03-30 03:12:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

The Lion Witch and The Wardrobe

2007-03-30 02:34:17 · answer #6 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0 1

My reccomendation would be "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen.

In any case, here's a site where you can read loads of classic books for free online:
http://www.online-literature.com/

2007-03-30 05:13:25 · answer #7 · answered by Andrea 3 · 0 1

King Fortis the Brave would be a good choice

2007-03-30 03:55:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

To Kill a Mockingbird and/or Grapes of Wrath.

2007-03-30 03:15:34 · answer #9 · answered by Jenny 5 · 0 0

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