Recommend a good book?

Question

i read about anything as long as its good. so go ahead and suggest a good book

Answer 1

Cannery Row -- Steinbeck

Answer 2

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is a great one no matter how old you are or what you like.
For fun reading, try Blood Price by Tanya Huff. It's a vampire book, but doesn't have the vapid, popular, overly-emotional feel that a lot of the ones out there do.
Good Omens by Neil Gaimon and Terry Pratchett is hilarious.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, for some thinking.
Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky, for something more classical.
Candide is a great satire. It's funny, I promise.

Answer 3

I'm 28 years old.
I read around 20 books a month, and have been for many years.
I own around 3000 books.
reading is my hobby, my passion, and it's what I do for fun.
If you want something thats pure genious, and unpredictable. I reccomend.

George R. R. Martins: series called "A Song of Ice and Fire." the first book is titled "A Game of Thrones." Martin is my all time favorite author, and this series out of all the books and series I've read is by far the best with no close second.

Tim Lahaye: series "Left Behind." This series is brilliant and actually made me cry with happiness. which is something I"ve never done before.

J. K. Rowling: "Harry Potter." I know this series gets alot of hype, but it's one of the best, and Rowling is starting to follow in Martins lead by making no main character safe from dying. which actually makes a series better because it's not predictable.

Robert Jordan: "The Wheel of Time." series. This series is great. it follows many main characters. It's really good.

Piers Anthony: series about "Xanth." this series has 30 books in it and everyone of them is awsome. This series is by far the FUNNEST series out there.

Orson Scott Card: "Enders Game." there is a whole series out about Ender and his friends, but Only "Enders Game." was great, and Great it is. It has won every award a author and book can win. This book should be read and taught in schools. It's brilliant.

There's a book on becoming successful. it's called "The Richest Man in Babylon." I can not remember the author even though I've read the book 7 times and have bought it around 13 times. It keeps getting stolen. Every successful person I know has reccomended this book to me. It's not to long and put into story form so it's not repetitive like most selfhelp books are. This book has changed the way I think about success and how to reach success. It's a absolutely must read.

Answer 4

Okay it's a series but it's the Southern Vampire Series

1. Dead Until Dark
2 Living Dead in Dallas
3. Club Dead
4. Dead to the World
5. Dead as a Doornail
6. Definately Dead
7. Alltogether Dead

It'll be an on HBO as a new Series this fall so keep an eye out for it if you like it.

It's not emo I know that it sounds like it with all the Deads in the titles but it's not. It's about Vampires taking over a Telepathics life ha there. But that's not all of it cause then there wouldn't be any point reading it.

So read it cause it's interesting.

Answer 5

If you like mysteries then try Ann George and her books one title is "Murder On A Bad Hair Day."
She didn't have a chance to write many but they are good and funny.
One reason I love them so much is she was from Homewood Alabama and I live close so when she talked about going to "the Pig" I knew which one ( the Piggly Wiggly) try her books you will enjoy them.
If you like bios/autobios then read "A Man Called Peter" by Catherine Marshall
"Green Light" Lloyd C. Douglas
"The Seven Decisions" by Andy Andrews to give you a moral compass or at least give it direction.
And by Peter Marshall "Mr. Jones Meet the Master"...some of these are old but important....."Tuesday's With Morrie and For One More Day" by Mitch Albom.
Green Light shows you how "IT" should be done.
Happy Reading

Answer 6

All quiet on the western front (Erich Maria Remarque). What a way to write (and translate, since it's originally german)! It's quite crude (a war story) and maybe more of a boys' audience but just well told story (in the first person, by the way). It may not be a "multiple perspectives" type book for those who want that from a phylosophical fiction novel (although it is based on real facts). I got to read it again :)

Answer 7

Stephen King's Tower series (if you read his other books as well, they almost all play into this series), Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series, Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series (although it does drag on after a while...he's still writing the series!), it's a romance novel, but The Drake Sisters series (magic related...), and anything by James Patterson, Dean Koontz, Clive Cussler....just to name a few. Enjoy!

Answer 8

Here are some that I think no one should miss:

"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte-the classic gothic love story that should be read by everyone at least once

"The Color Purple" by Alice Walker-a wonderful book about an African American woman searching to find her place (and searching for love)

"The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner-hard to understand sometimes because he uses stream of consciousness writing, but definitely worth the time and effort!! really wonderful book and a fast read for me!!

"A Passage to India" by E.M. Forster-one of the best modern-ish books I have read in a looong time. A quick read and very interesting.

"Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison-A marvellous book about an African American man searching for his identity...so wonderfully written that it almost made me cry!! :D

"Wicked" by Gregory Maguire-such a great book, even if it is fan fiction!

"Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston-about a Chinese-American girl who uses the stories that she's heard to make her own story. An amazing post-modernist book!

"Of Human Bondage" by Somerset Maugham-A book that changed my way of thinking; about a man searching for himself...he goes through different trials and actually comes out a better man for it (which, unfortunately, doesn't happen much in literature)

The list goes on and on, so if you need any more recommendations, email me!!

Good luck and Happy Reading!!

Answer 9

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
2. On the Road - Jack Karouac
3. The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe
4. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
5. The Jungle - Upton Sinclair
6. If you like fantasy, try Robin Hobb

Answer 10

Well I have enjoyed all these books for various reasons.

*Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen....classic love story
*Shogun by James Clavell, an epic/adventure story
*Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich someone....do not...i repeat do not go by the movie...the book is 100 times better and really interesting...
* Dune by Frank Herbert...(sci fi)interesting, but takes a little effort to understand things...there are several books in the series the first 3 are ok but it went downhill from there for me and I see there are new ones I haven't read

* little woman by Louisa May Alcott...just a good book to read.

Answer 11

The Hobbit,
The Witch Lion and The Wardrobe (series of 7)
the BIBLE,
two towers by Stevn King,
Alice in wonderland the Novel of course