Has anyone read any good books lately they'd recommend?

Question

I love to read and was pondering if there is anything new out there or old out there that I may have missed reading and that one would suggest to read while soaking up some sun this summer. I always love sun and good read they both go hand in hand in wee brain...thanks...I enjoy mystery,murder-not too much blood & gore (got sleep sometime)some christian authors too,not into cowboy books,wee bit of romance at times not to racy please(my brain likes to imagine more than read :),have enjoyed cat mysteries,I've also have devoured my teen's books too if they looked good,have a book I am currently reading it's an oldie I found at a sale Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones. If U'd want to check it here is how :
http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Mrs-Jones-Signet-Books/dp/0451163192

thanks a bunch Happy Reading :D

Answer 1

this one book called "Gregor the Overlander". its really good. its about a kid who falls into this underground world where theres giant bats, rats, bugs, and spiders. its really cool, and a good read. i read it in about 3 days cuz i wanted to fiish it soo badly. theres about 4 or 5 more books after it in the series, i have them on order, and theyre coming friday. u should get it!!!

Answer 2

Here's a few books (all oldies -sorry) I couldn't put down and have reread many times:

The Secret History, Donna Tartt...dark & compelling college intrigue

Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson... I could see all of it, the descriptions were so vivid

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, Peter Hoeg...read it with a blanket!

Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood... 19th Century Canada, maids & murder

Persuasion, Jane Austen...aaah "you pierce my soul"

The Dark is Rising Sequence, Susan Cooper... started reading it when I was 10 & still rereading at 34.

To Kill a Mockingbird...just read it again, always worth a visit

Cloudstreet & Dirt Music, both by Tim Winton

The Great Railway Bazaar, Paul Theroux... armchair travel mmm

Famous Five, Enid Blyton...always good for avoiding something that needs doing

Oh no, I think I'll have to start reading them all again! They're all very visual and atmospheric... when I read the titles I feel like I'm there. Happy reading to you too (c;

Answer 3

Hi--I recently read:

The Mark of the Lion by Suzanne Arruda, it was an excellent mystery set in 1919 Africa with a very cool protagonist, it's first of a series so I am looking forward to more.

Also I recently read "Sacred Cows" and the sequel "Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olsen, both which I really enjoyed.

I like mysteries too, I've read so much it takes a lot to impress me, but these two authors have stood out. For non fiction I read Lee Iacocca's new book "where have all the leaders gone" but I don't think your're from the US so you might find his rants boring.

Also "An Inconvenient Wife" by Megan Chance was good too.

Answer 4

One of the qualities of a good summer read is that it can be put down and taken up again at a moment's notice, but at the same time be interesting enough to read in just a sitting or two. The works of both Frank McCourt and Alexander McCall Smith will keep you entertained waiting for your flight in airports and on the beach.

Occasionally, I pull out a book that I am reading and share it with my students. This past year I discovered that these two very entertaining authors are suitable to either read aloud or photocopy for a room full of super-critical teenagers. Indeed, both McCourt and Smith have kept my homeroom audiences mesmerized.

---Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes" (1996) and "Tis' " (1999): Reading aloud the chapter in "Tis' " that retells this Irish-American's first day as a teacher in a Staten Island high school kept a room of Hispanic and African-American eighth-graders completely quiet; afterwords, they opened up and talked about the chapter without any urging. I may use this same selection as a part of my first day of classes next year.

---Alexander McCall Smith also writes entertaining slices of life that can be pulled out of context and used with inner-city secondary students. They, however, relate more to the scenes of Edinburgh than to his Ladies' Detective Agency series that he sets in Africa. Start with "44 Scotland Street" (2005), first serialized in the Edinburgh newspaper, "The Scotsman". Then for a little romance and a more adult read (rated PG-13), meet middle-age divorcee, Isabel Dalhousie, beginning with "The Sunday Philosophy Club" (2005).

Are we on the verge of a Celtic renaissance?

I've also taught a world survey of literature at the university level. My students particularly enjoyed reading contemporary novelists Margaret Atwood and Amy Tan.

Signed an English teacher, Ph. D. in 19th and 20th-century British fiction (1995)

Answer 5

Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer. There is aslo a sequal to it called New Moon. The third book-eclipse- is coming out in august. It's a romance, but has a little gore in it. It's about a human girl named Bella Swan who falls DEEPLY in love with a vampire named Edward Cullen. It's one of the best young adult books ever!

Answer 6

If you haven't read The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseinie you must read it! Also The Pact and My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult., For One More Day, by Mitch Albom is a good read too.
I work in a Barnes & Noble store, so I have some experience with what is selling well but I have read these and they are excellent.

Answer 7

The Forgotten Fifth, by Gary Nash
(this is a non-fiction history book. I didn't see these genres listed, but you asked for good books, and this is a great one!)

anything by Jeffery Deaver
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/102-5501807-6221735?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Jeffery%20Deaver

A Storm in Flanders, by Winston Groom (the guy who wrote Forrest Gump. This is another history book though)

The Book of air and Shadows, by Michael Gruber

sorry, I mostly read non-fiction so i'm struggling to think of good recent fiction for you!

Answer 8

some Christian authors too...

Christian authors with some mystery/murder...

Ted Dekker - Blink
Bill Myers - Blood of Heaven trilogy
Robert Whitlow - Jimmy
Sigmund Brouwer - Double Helix
James BeauSeigneur - The Christ Clone Trilogy

Answer 9

For One More Day by Mitch Albom(Tuesdays with Morrie author)(quick read that took me a few hours to read.)

Karen Kingsbury "Oceans Apart"(made me teary eyed)
Read the above two.

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen(reading now)
Summer Sisters Judy Blume(reading now also.)
Have you read any Tony Hillerman books?(His books are mysteries that take place in the Southwest.)
I could list more but that is a list to get you started.

Answer 10

the comparable e book i want to advise in the political communicate board: "because of the fact They Hate" (Brigette Gabriel) The e book is approximately Brigette's existence in Lebanon transforming into up and the persecution that Christians go through on the palms of terrorists, subsequently the gang "Black September". The hatred of the Muslims is as on the threshold of merely demonic as might nicely be pointed out. She describes the systemmatic slaughtering of the Christian communities in southern Lebanon with the aid of Yasser Arafat's communities in the 70's, and the procedures they used will look very favourite; Hezbollah copied them of their assaults on Israel final 365 days.

Answer 11

I am recently retired and made a list of favorite authors. I tend towards modern day action / adventure but these are pretty solid authors:
D. Baldacci
S. Cannell
S. Coonts
N. DeMille
J. Grisham (but his last book was lame)
D. Hagberg
R. Littell
R. Ludlum (deceased but good books still coming out in his name)
R. Peters (novels and serious non-fiction)
W. Smith
D. Silva
S. Turow
H. Coyle
R. Piniero
J. Lescroart

Enjoy your summer!