I work in education and will be off for the summer. I'm in the process of getting my summer reading list together. What are some really great and interesting suggestions? I need books that it will be hard for me to put down. I don't read biographies.
2007-05-22 03:38:09 · 18 answers · asked by funkyfree4 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Everyone so far has given great ideas!
2007-05-22 05:14:40 · update #1
OMG. I started reading "The Tenth Circle," by Jodi Picoult on Sunday. I read over 100 pages on Sunday and last night I read to page 246. I had to put it down and go to bed so I could get up for work this a.m. I bet I finish it tonight. It's 385 pages.
I woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and started thinking about the book and couldn't get back to sleep forever! I don't know how it's gonna end, but I can't wait until after work today to finish it.
2007-05-22 03:58:28 · answer #1 · answered by Ya Ya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
The Glass Castle
Peace Like a River
Water For Elephants
These were are published in the last 2 years, so they are in paperback, but are still new. I don't think you'll be disappointed in any of these except The Glass Castle. I loved it, but it is a memoir and you don't like biographies, however, it may appeal to you since it is about a MSNBC correspondence life. She was raised basically homeless and neglected. As an educator, I found the book interesting because it really gave insight into this type of life.
2007-05-22 12:11:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Siter's Kepper, Harvesting the Heart, Tenth Circle all by Jodi Picoult
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
The Dive from Clausen's Pier
Watermelon by Marian Keyes
The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritiance, The Constant Princess and the Queens Fool by Philippa Gregory
2007-05-22 03:58:55 · answer #3 · answered by chellyk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would forget reading books I've already read and focus on really good books that you haven't read. That way you'll have more time for newer books. Here's my suggestions: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Emma by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell East of Eden by John Steinbeck Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux I could go on but I'll spare you. Good luck!
2016-05-19 22:31:26 · answer #4 · answered by olivia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agatha Christie! Agatha Christie! Agatha Christie! I guaruntee you will NOT be able to stop reading! I've stayed up past 2 am several times just to finish. Some of my personal favorites are:
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (AMAZING BOOK)
Murder on the Orient Express
Death on the Nile
And Then There Were None
But they are ALL good!
I also highly recommend Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody series. You will want to read them in order though, definitely.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit
The Nanny Diaries (I thought it was kinda sad, but very entertaining. warning - some language.)
Any of Cynthia Voigt's or Ann Rinaldi's books (mostly historical fiction)
The Redwall series by Brian Jacques (easy reading, entertaining)
The Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer and The Aeneid by Virgil (I like the Robert Fitzgerald translations)
Anything by Frank Peretti (he is a Christian author, don't know if you would like that or not)
Anyway, those are some of my all-time faves... :)
2007-05-22 07:58:14 · answer #5 · answered by queenbee0889 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cold Mountain - I'm blanking on the author. Gives great insight to everday life during the Civil War.
The Stand by Stephen King. What the world might be like if the bird flu really takes off. Or even WWIII, or we run out of oil/gas.
Lucky You, Basket Case, Sick Puppy - Carl Hiaasen. His stories are quirky, funny, but always have a conservationist side to them and good character development.
2007-05-22 09:09:14 · answer #6 · answered by sandand_surf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some I've really gotten into include:
My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult
Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
The Love Bones, Alice Sebold
Lucky, Alice Sebold (This is a memoir about the author's rape on the last day of her freshman year of college.)
I've read and enjoyed a number of YA selections, like Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (fantasy), and Scott Westerfeld's Uglies, Pretties and Specials (science fiction). You might also look at Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (paranormal/romance).
And for fun, maybe Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series, an adult (by this I mean older for those reading this) paranormal/romance series.
2007-05-22 03:47:35 · answer #7 · answered by Isthisnametaken2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, is a gripping read!
With over 1000 pages I took it on holiday to Egypt and I had a 5 hours delay at the airport, this time seemed to just fly by with this book!
2007-05-22 03:45:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider Lily by Dayton
The Blue Bottle Club by Stokes
A Long and Fatal Love Chase by Alcott
Because of Wynn Dixie by DeCamillo
A Room of My Own by Tatlcok
The Locket by Evans
Dreaming Water by Tsukiyama
The Joy Luck Club by Tan
Bookends by Higgs
Rebecca by DuMaurier
A Long Way From chicago by Peck
A Dog's Life by Mayle
2007-05-22 04:29:32 · answer #9 · answered by Puff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interpreter of Maladies -- Jhumpa Lahiri
The Namesake -- Jhumpa Lahiri
The Glass Castle -- Jeannette Walls
A Long Way Gone -- Ishmael Beah
2007-05-22 05:28:39 · answer #10 · answered by Diamond Diva 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋