I am going to the library to get out some books, can you reccomend me anything?
2007-05-25 09:08:20 · 14 answers · asked by Drew :] 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
"Drowning Ruth" by Christina Schwarz
"Cassandra at the Wedding" by Dorothy Baker (a classic, though it might be hard to find)
"Dirty Girls Social Club" By Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (guilty pleasure)
2007-05-25 09:29:58 · answer #1 · answered by BluAppleBabe2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Series Books:
His Dark Materials- philip pullman (fantasy fiction)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants- Ann Brashares (teen fiction)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy- Douglas Adams (science fiction comedy)
Modern Books:
I'm a Stranger Here Myself- Bill Bryson
Maybe a Miracle- Brian Strause
The Lovely Bones- Alice Seabold
Short Stories:
Wampeters, Foma, and Grandfalloons or Welcome to the Monkey House- Kurt Vonnegut
Where are You Going, Where Have You Been- Joyce Carol Oates
Classics:
Remains of the Day- Kazuo Ishiguro
Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
The Blazing World- Margaret Cavendish
Plays:
The Importance of Being Earnest- Oscar Wilde
Waiting for Godot- Samuel Beckett
*I'm an English Major sorry there are so many.
2007-05-25 16:26:32 · answer #2 · answered by bakemeacake161 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Only Alien on the Planet, by Kristen D. Randle (coming of age, all around good book); Summer Sisters; Dune, by Frank Herbert (science fiction at its very best); Disgrace; A Farewell to Arms (Hemmingway isn't famous for nothing); Letters to a Young Poet (Rilke's secrets to the universe); lots more, but I'm in a hurry!
2007-05-25 17:06:28 · answer #3 · answered by thegirlwantstoknow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marley and Me by Grogan
The Acorn People by Jones
The Unexpected Mrs. Polifax
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Lewis
The Sister Circle by Moser
Little Women by Alcott
A Dog's Life by Mayle
The Blue Bottle Club by Stokes
The Day of the Storm by Pilcher
The Locket by Evans
Consider Lily by Dayton
The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee
Bookends by Higgs
The Hobbit by Tolkien
Dreaming Water by Tsukiyama
2007-05-26 16:10:52 · answer #4 · answered by Puff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella. They are really funny.
1. Confession of a Shopaholic
2. Shopaholic take Manhattan
3. Shopaholic ties the Knot
4. Shopaholic and Sister
5. Shopaholic and Baby
(note this is a series, so you should read them in order)
Also by Sophie Kinsella
1. Can You Keep a Secret?
2. The Undomestic Goddess
All the above are really great reads, you should give them a try.
2007-05-25 16:31:49 · answer #5 · answered by Pehsha P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Terry Pratchett.
Dark Lord of Derkholm, by Diana Wynne Jones
Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
Welcome to Temptation, by Jennifer Crusie
2007-05-25 17:07:20 · answer #6 · answered by Lacey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Kite Runner (9 out of 10)
The Secret Life of Bees (8 out of 10)
the Traveling Pants series (8 out of 10)
The Bean Trees (9 out of 10)
all Harry Potter novels (10 out of 10)
2007-05-25 16:15:00 · answer #7 · answered by snowbunny83090 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Testament by John Grisham, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (if you haven't read it yet), or The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
2007-05-25 16:31:03 · answer #8 · answered by Jen Ortiz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bounty Gun, Chocolate Frog Frame Up, Chocolate Bear Trap, Blueberry Muffin Murder, Cherry Cheesecake Murder,
The Cat Who Said Cheese, Cat Who Saw Red, STAR TREK NEW FRONTIER: EXCALIBUR-RESTORATION, poodle springs, Wish You Were Here, Thin Air, Invitation To Murder
2007-05-25 17:24:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Good Omens, the Nice and Accurate Prophesies of Agnes Nutter, Witch" by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
Hysterical, deep, ROFLing, thought provoking and amazingly written
2007-05-25 16:15:49 · answer #10 · answered by Galia G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋