.....I'm 24 years old by the way......Thanks!
2007-08-07 01:55:42 · 32 answers · asked by b 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
If you are into poetry try Shakespeare's sonnets,
William Blake complete works.
Oscar Wilde complete works.
Metamorphoses by Ovid
Harry Potter
Plays for dancers by Yeats
Any thing for Dickens or Austin
Da Vinci Code (it's very interesting and well written)
Sorry, but that's what come to my mind right now.
Hope this is useful ;)
2007-08-07 02:17:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Letters from Earth" and "The Mysterious Stranger" by Mark Twain.
If you like having your head twisted a little, then read anything by Kurt Vonnegut.
If you're into philosophical stuff, "the God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins is GREAT!
If you want the heavy stuff, try Solzhenitsyn. "The Gulag Archipelago" ain't light, but after you've had time to absorb it, your life will seem better. At your age, you can probably understand most of it. I didn't at 24 but then guys don't mature as fast as girls.
If you love the amazing probabilities of modern physics, then check out Brian Greene's "The Elegant Universe." It will blow your mind!
You may not believe it, but there is a mathematician who writes so well, he will make you LOVE math AND understand its use in everyday life! I am NOT exaggerating. The author is Jean Paulos. His first book ( that i heard about) is called "Innumeracy." The second is "A mathematician reads the newspaper. Both of these are great for anyone with a political bent and any brains. You do not need to know any math to enjoy them. What you don't know, he explains so well and makes it so easy that you will absolutely LOVE it.
Want some humor? Check out George Carlin. I literally cried I laughed so hard!
Post again if you want more ideas. I only have about four thousand books after giving away a truckload to the local library. I'm sure we can think of something! Keep reading!
2007-08-07 03:08:59 · answer #2 · answered by Aleph Null 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am also 24 years old and I really enjoy inspirational/spiritual books. I absolutely LOVED "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne and also Listening for God I can't remember who that is by, but it was great. Umm, a "Purpose Driven Life", "Your best life Now" are good as well. I also really like Alex Kava, Tess Gerristen, Sandra Brown, and Stephen King. Reading is wonderful, it's a great escape. Find a book and enjoy with a nice cup of hot tea! There is nothing in this world (except for my children) that is better than that! =) Take care my fellow reader!
2007-08-07 08:40:24 · answer #3 · answered by mom_of_two 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I too love reading. I have found myself interested in all sections: I find myself at the book store curiously reading the blurbs of a new section hoping to be whisked away on a new fantasy.
Books I've found: Mendeleyev's dream and the seven daughters of eve , were brilliant from the science section.
The Magician by Feist in fantasy.
Books of quotes I peruse while on the can.
The speed reading book was interesting.
I actually like to browse the thesaurus.
Eats, shoots and leaves if you are a stickler, as she puts it.
World Champion Surfer Kelly Slater's autobiography was interesting.
Fiction: I don't know where to begin, just too many.
I think most of the fun is exploring and finding a new world you can dive into.
Have fun.
2007-08-07 03:10:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Memoirs of a Geisha
Where the Heart is
Middlesex
Any of the Harry Potter books
Metro Girl - Janet Evanovich
A Great, Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray
Dracula or To Kill a Mockingbird - both great classics
Anything by Fern Michaels or Luann Rice
2007-08-07 03:07:57 · answer #5 · answered by njyecats 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCI-FI/FANTASY fiction
1. Perdido St. Station by China Mieville
2. Weaveworld by Clive Barker
3. Neverwhere by Niel Gaiman
4. American Gods by Niel Gaiman
5. The Darkness the Comes Before by R Scott Bakker
6. Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hern
CRIME/MYSTERY/CULTURE fiction
1. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
2. The Way the Crow Flies by Ann Marie MacDonald
HISTORICAL FICTION
1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
2. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY
1. Night by Elie Wiesel
2007-08-07 05:01:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neil Gaiman wrote some great stuff. Try "American Gods" or "Good Omens." Michael Chabon won a Pulitzer for "the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" and I loved that book. John Kennedy Toole wrote "a Confederacy of Dunces," which has been widely acclaimed and is pretty funny. Too bad Toole killed himself before it got published. I don't know what makes a "great" book for you, but you could always go with classics like "Catch-22," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Le Morte D'Arthur," Shakespeare's stuff, etc. Anyway, I hope some of these suggestions help for a fiction buff.
If you like non-fiction, try "the Prince" or "Art of War."
2007-08-07 04:48:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter
anything by Jodi Picoult
anything by John Grisham
anything on Oprah's Book list
2007-08-07 02:22:18 · answer #8 · answered by oj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that everyone should read: Gone With the Wind at least once.
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Town House by Tish Cohen
Woman in Red by Eileen Goudge
Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate
The Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill (Stephen King's son)
2007-08-07 02:11:28 · answer #9 · answered by deb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Shipping News
That Old Ace in the Hole both by Annie Proulx
The General's Daughter
Plum Island both by Nelson Demille
2007-08-07 02:06:10 · answer #10 · answered by andyg77 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋