I'm need of a really good book i like anything really but crime and love stories are pos my fav i just haven't time to spend 3 hours like i used to walking round waterstones lol xxxxxxxx
2007-06-29 02:52:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Harry Potter
Inkheart
Dragon Rider
James Thurbur- and of his work
2007-06-29 02:57:12 · answer #1 · answered by farscapelurv 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crime and Love Stories eh?... I've got the perfect choice for you.
Try "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Seebold. It is about a young girl in the 70's who is murdered. That happeneds in the first chapter so I don't think I've given anything away (it's also on the back cover).
The book deals with her family growing up without her, her father's grief and his hunt for her killer, her crush and best friends growing up and getting to experience so many "Firsts" that she would never get the chance.
There is also a touch of supernatural, because the lives below are viewed by Susie (the girl) from her heaven.
It was so moving and honest, so I think you'll enjoy it. It's a great time to read it because Peter Jackson is going to direct a movie based on the book so you'll get to know the book BEFORE getting the movie.
2007-06-29 10:18:04 · answer #2 · answered by Melissa B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mary Higgins Clark has some great stories...usually they've got both crime & love stories intertwined...my faves are "Where Are The Children?", "Daddy's Little Girl," "Stillwatch," and "A Stranger is Watching." For love stories, I am re-reading Nora Robert's Quinn Brothers trilogy (Sea Swept, Rising Tides, Inner Harbor...) and I just love it.
I just got done reading "Christine Falls" by Benjamin Black and I really liked it...it's a mystery/detective story set in the 50's about the death in childbirth of this young girl...I couldn't put it down.
2007-06-29 11:50:37 · answer #3 · answered by Mlle A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Locket by Evans
Christy by Marshall
The Day of the Storm by Pilcher
A Walk to Remember by Sparks
The Unexpected Mrs. Polifax by Gilman
The Blue Bottle Club by Stokes
The Acorn People by Jones
The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck
2007-06-29 20:21:35 · answer #4 · answered by Puff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
Very good book! Its a coming of age story. I really connected with the main character and loved the book. Oh yea, its also written in all letters. He is writing his life to a complete stranger.
Right now I am reading Naked Lunch by William Burroughs. I have heard good things about it but so far can't get into it. So far all they have talked about is heroin.
Good Luck finding a book!
2007-06-29 10:02:30 · answer #5 · answered by Billabonggg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Woman in Red by Eileen Goudge
Trilogy:
Virgin River
Shelter Mountain
Whispering Rock....By Robyn Carr..they are very good.
The Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
I have read all and are excellent...
2007-06-29 10:08:25 · answer #6 · answered by deb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you should join a book club at http://dearreader.com/. They have different categories of book clubs you can join, depending on what you like. Basically they send you an email a day with an excert of a book. They do a new book every week. I've come across a lot of great books through it!
2007-06-29 13:12:40 · answer #7 · answered by Draba123 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out the Amelia Peabody series by Martha Grimes. Mostly classified as mysteries but good love story also!
2007-06-29 10:10:34 · answer #8 · answered by Coasty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New Scots author called Stuart MacBride - anything by him and anything by another great Scot writer, Ian Rankin. A new book recently published by Peter Speigelman called "Red Cat" - very good indeed. I am now in the middle of Michael Connelly's "Overlook". Smashing.
2007-06-29 10:07:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Mediator Series
have mostly Crime and Romance
but they are teenage books.
2007-06-29 14:24:58 · answer #10 · answered by alexzondra t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Afterlife-Gary Soto
Lucas-Kevin Brooks
Holding onto Max-margaret bechard
this lullaby-sarah dessen
the pact-jodi picoult
resurrecion blues-mike tanner
someone like you sarah-dessen
2007-06-29 13:48:49 · answer #11 · answered by Alyssa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋