I am going to college in Septermber and I want to start reading books other than young adult books. What books would you recommend? I love fiction and fantasy, i hate classics, adventure and nonfiction.
2007-07-16 15:39:55 · 10 answers · asked by Armine 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
thanks for the books but i have read most of them like twilight, new moon, eragon, harry potter, the house of the scorpion and ferenhite 451
2007-07-16 16:17:16 · update #1
John Twelve Hawks - The Traveler
Dean Koontz, Strangers, The Good Guy, The Husband
Stephen King, Rose Madder, The Stand, Salem's Lot, The Shining
Joe Hill - The Heart Shaped Box
James Patterson - When the Wind Blows, The Lake House
Scott Smith, A SImple Plan, The Ruins
2007-07-17 00:47:39 · answer #1 · answered by Oz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fantasy, probably Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy. If scifi's okay with you, Douglas Adams' "The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
And I know you said no "classics", but try J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye." It's famous for having this really cynical, disillusioned lead character, and is the sort of sick reading that *may* help get you prepared for the possible hardships of college life.
2007-07-16 22:50:32 · answer #2 · answered by UniversallySpeaking 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You hate classics? Guess what? You'll probably have to read some of them in at least one required English course. If I were you, I'd get started right now for the mental exercise of it. Otherwise when you have to take those classes you'll be the equivalent of the guy who walks into a weight room for the first time and tries to bench press 300 pounds on his first lift.
2007-07-16 22:52:40 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey have you read "the house of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer its really interesting book hear read the back.
"Matteo Alacran was not born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patron, lord of a country called Opium--a strip of poppy fields lying between the united states and what was once called Mexico. Matt's first cell split and divided inside a petri dish. Then he was placed in the womb of a cow, where he continued the miraculous journey from embryo to fetus to baby. He is a boy now, but most consider him a monster-- escept for El Patron. El Patron loves Matt as he loves himself, because Matt is himself.
As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters, including El Patron's power-hungry family, and he is surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards. Escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. But escape from the Alacran Estate is no guarantee of freedom, Matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn't even suspect"
2007-07-16 23:02:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well these bok are both fiction and fantasy
Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
book three is going to be released on August 7th, 2007 its called Eclipse
Its a Love Story With a Bite
2007-07-16 23:10:30 · answer #5 · answered by Bella Swan ~I Wish~ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stephen King?
2007-07-16 22:44:19 · answer #6 · answered by Pixie D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
twilight, new moon, maximum ride 1 2 and 3, when the wind blows and the lake house - by james patterson, harry potter (if you havent already) eragon, eldest...thats my favorites
2007-07-16 22:43:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love Stephen King and Dean Koontz.
2007-07-16 22:48:17 · answer #8 · answered by Points whore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury is still alive, thank goodness.
2007-07-16 22:44:02 · answer #9 · answered by James 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would recommend chicken soup for the pathetic soul
2007-07-16 22:43:07 · answer #10 · answered by Tommy Boy 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋