SUGGEST SOME BOOKS FOR Me?

Question

i read all different types of books--romance, fantasy, mystery, real fi, sci fi, EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!

and over the summer, i wanna catch up on some reading
SUGGEST ANY AND ALL GREAT BOOKS YOU HAVE READ!!!!

please include title and author, though
and if you know any books that make you cry, thats good too
(i like it when books have a strong impression on me)

and i already read books like eragon, eldest, twilight, new moon
just so you know, cuz i see lots of people reccomending those books XD

thank you all for your suggestions :D

Answer 1

I liked House of Sand and Fog for a tear jerker and I second The Lovely Bones.
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
The Time Traveler's Wife
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Great Gatsby
Life of Pi
The House of the Spirits
Portrait in Sepia
The Thirteenth Tale
The Awakening

I didn't include authors but these are all well-known titles you could easily find.

Answer 2

FANTASY:

Terry Pratchett's Discworld Novels (a partial list in no particular order)
Going Postal
The Last Continent
The Color of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Equal Rites
Jingo

David Eddings' The Belgaraid (made up of the following titles)
The Pawn of Prophecy
The Queen of Sorcercy
Magician's Gambit
Castle of Wizardry
Enchanters End Game

David Eddings' The Mallorean (continuation of the Belgariad)
Guardians of the West
King of the Murgos
Demon Lord of Karanda
Sorceress of Darshiva
Seeress of Kell

Stephen R. Donaldson's Mordants Need:
The Mirror of Her Dreams
A Man Rides Through

David Eddings - The Redemption of Althalus

Anne Bishop:
The Shadows and The Light
The House of Gaian
The Pillars of the World

Jennifer Fallon:
Medalon
Treason's Keep
The Harshini


ROMANCE

Jude Devereaux - A Knight in Shining Armor

Julie Garwood:
The Secret
The Ransom

Linda Howard:
Heart of Fire
Angel Creek
Now You See Her
All the Queens Men

Jill Barnett:
Bewtiching
Dreaming

MYSTERY:

Sue Grafton - The Alphabet books (A is for Alibi, etc. She's currently on S, so I don't want to list them all, lol)

Tess Gerritsen:
The Apprentice
The Surgeon

John Saul: The Manhatten Hunt Club

Jonathan Kellerman:
Rage
Therapy
Monster

Answer 3

All of the books in the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice...
The Vampire Armand
The Vampire Lestat
Memnoch The Devil
Interview With A Vampire
Queen Of The Damned
The Tale of the Body Thief
Blood and Gold
Blackwood Farm

Answer 4

You already have some good suggestions. Alice Sebold's books are both very good - The Lovely Bones (told from the POV of a 14 year old murder victim) and Lucky, her memoir from when she was raped the last day of her freshman year of college.

For fantasy, you might check out Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. All different kinds of characters, layers of worlds, lots of adventure...excellent.

Science fiction I've enjoyed most recently: Scott Westerfeld's Uglies trilogy (Uglies, Pretties, Specials). When you turn 16 you have an operation and go from being an Ugly to a Pretty. Now your job is to have fun. Only thing...they don't just make you pretty on the outside...

Books that have brought tears to my eyes are by Lurlene McDaniel. I think I've read one of hers that didn't make me grab a kleenex. They are most often about young people dealing with terminal illness. My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult, might do it, too. A young girl sues for medical emancipation. She is 13 and was genetically engineered to be a match for her older sister who is dying from leukemia. There are a lot of what if questions...

The Kite Runner is another good one - Afghanistan before and during Taliban rule. The characters are strong, the storyline draws you in and for a bit I forgot I was reading fiction.

Another fantasy author I have always enjoyed is Anne McCaffrey and the Dragonriders of Pern series. This was written way before Eragon and does deal with dragons. Humans crash on the planet Pern and have to make their way on this strange planet, finding food, shelter and a way to fight "thread", which is what they use the dragons for. Later books deal with some of the craftspeople and how the different halls develop as well as some other creatures, including fire lizards and dolphins.

Enjoy, and have a great summer! I'm always looking, too!

Answer 5

My Favorite book series which is a fantasy romance is:

The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series by JR Ward
1. Dark Lover
2. Lover Eternal
3. Lover Awakened
4. Lover Revealed
5. Lover Unbound (October 07)
In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York,
there's a deadly war raging between vampires and their
slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers
like no other - six vampire warriors, defenders of their
race.

The rose whisper--Teresa Mederios
Theif of Hearts--Teresa Mederios
Yours till dawn--Teresa Mederios
Any thing by Teresa Mederios

Answer 6

Lord of the Rings-J. R. Tolkien
The Hobbit-same
The Simarillon-same
Children of Hurin-same
Eragon-Christopher Paloni
Eldest-same
Harry Potter-J. K. Rowling
the Chronicles of Narnia-C. S. Lewis
the Farsala Trilogy-Hilari Bell
the Books of Bayern (Goose Girl, Enna Burning, River Secrets)-Shannon Hale
the New Jedi Order series-many different people
the Pellior series-Allison Croggen
the Redwall books-Brian Jaques
A Countess Below Stairs-Eva Ibbotson
Island of the Aunts-same
Edge on the Sword-Rebecca Tingle
Heralds of Valdemar series-?
Princess Academy (really weird name, but REALLY good book)-Shannon Hale
Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte

just a few really AWESOME books.

Answer 7

You ought to read, "Sunny, Ward of the State." It's about a family during the Great Depression, and the hardships they had to endure at that time. Sunny is the youngest child in the family, who was six years old when all the trouble started. She and her siblings had to go to orphanages when their mother got tuberculosis. This is a true story and will leave a strong impression on you. Everybody who reads it says they loved it. The name of the author is Sonja Heinze Coryat. The book was voted one of the best books of 2005 by the School Library Journal.

Answer 8

If you like to cry read The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. She takes a minor Bible story and expands it into an epic story. I'm not to big on fiction myself but some other good books are:
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Lovely Bones and Lucky by Alice Sebold
Anything written by Augusten Bourroughs, David Sedaris or Ayun Halliday.

Answer 9

Try these:

Julie Garwood----anything by her

Nora Roberts----(Midnight Bayou, Three Fates, Quinn Brothers series, MacGregors series)

Sherrilyn Kenyon----anything by her

JR Ward----Black Dagger Brotherhood series

Kay Hooper---- Bishop/Special Crimes Unit series

Gena Showalter----Playing With Fire

Kresley Cole----Immortal After Dark series

Jefferson T. Parker----Silent Joe

Johanna Lindsey----Until Forever

Suzanne Brockmann----Tall, Dark and Dangerous series

Elizabeth Haydon----The Symphony of Ages series

Lynn Viehl----Darkyn series

Leigh Greenwood---- Cowboys series, Seven Brides series

Robert Jordan----Wheel of Time series

Joanne Bertin----only has 2 books, both are good

David Eddings----The Belgariad series

Raymond E. Feist----Faerie Tale, Riftwar series

Karen Marie Moning----anything by her

Jayne Ann Krentz----anything by her

Answer 10

Well some Dean Koontz books i found entertaining: Velocity, Frankenstien 1 (The Prodigal son) and 2 (City of night), Night Chills, The Husband looks good but i havent read it yet. O_O i cant wait for the 3rd book "Eclipse" to come out in that series of Twilight and New Moon...!!!