Fiction and possibly funny and a bit lengthy.
2007-07-22 19:25:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Joe’s Boys by L. M. Alcott
Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Sophie's World and Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Overcoat, The Nose and Other Short Stories by Nikolai Gogol
1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahaeme
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Lemony Snicket’s series of Unfortunate Events
The Catcher in The Rye
A Clockwork Orange
The Lord of The Flies
Brave New World
The Handmaid's Tale
Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Old Man and The Sea
enjoy :)
2007-07-22 19:29:56 · answer #1 · answered by ~ ANGEL ~ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pirate Shirt Dot Com by Shannon Risk, available from Amazon online at $16.95, is a fun read.
Book Description:
Something unusual is happening at 57 Grove Street in Bangor, Maine. Within those fine Victorian walls, the ladies of Pirate Shirt Dot Com insist they are not running a dating service—it’s a romantic adventure company. Their quirky business comes complete with a male pirate model on all of their publicity materials. In the middle of helping customers tap their greatest romantic fantasies, however, Susana Hammond, her sister, Sophie Hammond, and their friend, Gabby Killeen, soon find themselves ensconced in their own passionate adventures. For spunky Susana, a handyman she calls “Yummy Tool Belt Guy” brings new meaning to home decoration. Gabby’s fiancé, a soldier, comes home to her amid tragedy. A pilot—not a pirate—woos sophisticated Sophie’s heart. Will these women find their own happiness with their modern-day lusty love pirates, or will they be out to sea?
2007-07-23 02:35:09 · answer #2 · answered by soupkitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I highly recommend The Earth My Butt and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler. It has won a ton of YA awards. It was a very good, refreshing YA book with a great character in it. You can read a sample on her website. Pax - C
2007-07-23 02:35:26 · answer #3 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some of my favorite books:
The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner
The Queen of Attolia, by Megan Whalen Turner
The King of Attolia, by Megan Whalen Turner
Above is a trilogy set in a world that's similar to ancient Greece, for there are gods and goddesses, but there are also rifles and pocketwatches. It's all about a boy, a thief, who is so animated without being too over-the-top or annoying and his journeys. I can't say too much about his journeys because he's a trickster and the identity he weaves for himself changes dramatically, and that's the best part.
Troy, by Adele Geras
I haven't read this book in a while, but I loved it when I was younger a few years ago. It's about the 10 year battle of Troy, right when it's about to end. It is about love, but it doesn't dominate the book.
If I Should Die Before I Wake, by Han Nolan
Literally a girl neo-Nazi is nearly killed in an accident and (I believe) ends up in a Jewish hospital. She's lying in bed, close to death, and has these visions of a Jewish girl's past in the Holocaust and her experiences.
Pirates!, by Celia Rees
This does have a smidgen of love, but it merely sets the protagonist's plot, but doesn't control every paragraph. It's about a girl who is sent away to marry a man she hates and she runs away from him with her slave friend and the two become female pirates and ravage the seas.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi
Another pirate story. About a girl who leaves England for America (or vice versa, I can't remember), and is the only passenger on the boat (the only other people are crew.) She soon finds herself in the middle of a crew mutiny and even she has to choose sides and become pirate-ish.
The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
A comedic book about a girl who loves her servantboy, but he's captured by pirates and dies. So she's forced to marry the future prince and gets captured by three hilarious, quirky folk.
2007-07-23 02:28:23 · answer #4 · answered by Mandi 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you like Gossipy novels Check out the Clique series by Lisi Harrison.
All American Girl- Meg Cabot
Ready or Not- Meg Cabot
Alice in Wonderland
South Beach- Amy Friedman I believe.
Pool Boys- I forgot the author.
Pool Boys it's sort of hard to get into.
But don't put it down.
2007-07-23 03:22:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I love Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer.
Sarah Dessen is my favorite author. Check her out.
2007-07-23 02:28:16 · answer #6 · answered by --- 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn !
2007-07-23 02:33:29 · answer #7 · answered by xoxo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hehehehehe :)
Nothing to add... :) but I recommend you:
- Lord of the fles by William Golding...
or... different interesting novels by Agatha Christie... :)
2007-07-23 12:42:48 · answer #8 · answered by Gosienka :) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to your local library and ask the YA services person. And if they have it, check out Book Crush.
2007-07-23 02:28:40 · answer #9 · answered by Magical name 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the great tree of avalon.harry pottter of course. warriors. eragon eldest. a series of unfortunate events are all amazing
2007-07-23 02:51:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋