2007-06-26 08:26:22 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Definitely fantasies, because they take you places you could never go and show you stuff you could never see in real life. They're a kind of escape from the real world, but only if you're willing to exercise your imagination
2007-06-26 08:46:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love history so so like to read history books. Also though I love to read about what goes on behind the scenes, like to read books that reveal secrets. This can cover almost any subject in the world and can take in books about spies, spycatchers, things like Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner, crooked politicians like Hillary and Bill Clinton or the life of William Shakespeare.
I am currently reading Between Silk and Cyanide by Leo Marks. An account of his SOE service during the war. A book I'd recommend, very very funny book as well as being sad, serious and revealing a lot of behind the scenes activity. If you have a sense of humour this is the book for you (the first sentence reads "In January 1942 I was escorted to the war by my parents in case I couldn't find it or met with an accident on the way").
Happy reading folks
2007-06-28 03:49:38 · answer #2 · answered by Mike W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saga! where you can follow the characters over many years and watch the generations come and go. Books set during WW2 , tales of the East end of London and the people who lived there during the 1930s,40,s&50s are my favorite kind of books.
2007-06-26 17:56:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love and am currently reading:
The Chronicles of Pern books by Anne McCaffrey
I have also enjoyed:
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Stravaganza: City of Masks, City of Stars and City of Flowers by Mary Hoffman
The books by Doreen Tovey (about her siamese cats)
The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann
Enid Blyton Adventure Series
Enid Blyton Famous Five
Enid Blyton Mystery Series
The Ghost of Thomas Kemp by Penelope Lively
Emma's Island by Honor Arundel
Fox Farm by Eileen Dunlop
Thursday's Child by Noel Streatfeild
The Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene
Whispering to Witches by Anna Dale
The Clan of the cave bear by Jean M. Auel
and Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
I'm also interested in history and nuture so I read books about those two things as well.
2007-06-28 06:35:37 · answer #4 · answered by gemstone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think "unexpected lilly" and "freedom" and i could all be in a book club, i love patricia cornwell the body farm was great, i also love books on good old henry the 8th and his wives, i like the "secret" ive read it twice and i never do that, all dean koontz, way better then steven king, jackie collins is great, and sylvia browne's books are great, also i love this book i cant think of the name of it something bones, it's a blue and white book oh well, there are so many great books i love to read, people dont understand how reading expands your mind and your imagination, even just a couple pages at night i know people who have never read a book there whole life, i just wish they knew what they were missing, but we cant force our views right?
2007-06-27 23:21:02 · answer #5 · answered by Elizabeth (the jewish princess) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love historical fiction or Christian Fiction plus the classics. Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott are my 2 favorites as for the historical fiction Cleopatra, Henry the Vlll and his wives, Troy, Marie Antoinette. I love books about people in history but there is something about seeing their personal side. It make me want to research the truth and study the historical aspect if I feel I know them.
2007-06-26 16:18:45 · answer #6 · answered by Petra 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mystery books Biography Puzzle books and True stories
2007-06-26 15:32:22 · answer #7 · answered by shawns bonnie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fantasy
Mystery
the usuall for a teen
Harry Potter
Charlie Bone
Mediator
Old classics like
Pride and Prejudice
2007-06-26 15:46:28 · answer #8 · answered by alexzondra t 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like love stories that are funny - i don't like the love stories that are all dramatic - but just a simple relationship with some humor!
But my most of all favorite is the Book of Mormon - you should try reading it! It's got mystery, love, suspense, anything you can imagine!
2007-06-26 15:35:15 · answer #9 · answered by Lexi Lo0 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like fiction that makes me laugh and makes me think - at the moment this seems to come from Sci-Fi Fantasy.
Without a doubt my favourite authors are Douglas Adams, Tom Holt, Terry Pratchett and (this one got in under the wire - historical detective fiction that makes me laugh and think) Lindsey Davis.
Tom Holt is lovely, the early stuff is classical and amazing, the new stuff I have to read as soon as it's off the presses, this is a really smart guy who prods your brain whilst you are laughing your socks off.
2007-06-27 04:50:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋