what books do you recommend?

Question

i just finished harry potter 7, what now

Answer 1

Start reading the Artemis Fowl series. It's excellent and there are 6 books in the series now - New York Times best seller list.

Artemis Fowl is a 12 year old genius, and gets involved with the fairies. It's intelligent and funny. Well worth reading.

Answer 2

I have answered this question so many times, I decided to dedicate a web site to answer this question. Here it is:

http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com

Included is a list of only the best sorcery fantasy books, grade reading level, and a short review of each book.

I noticed 1 answer said to read it over. If you did *not* re-read the entire series just before reading #7, I would agree. Re-read the entire series. But don't bother doing this more than once a year. There are too many other great books out there (like the ones in the list above). Don't deny yourself the enjoyment of reading them.

I hope this helps.

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

Answer 3

This free one is quite good. A Potter like kid and his little sister take on the "great theologians." This is not a religious book... I think the latter chapters have to do with real magic... that's the way I look at it.

Middle of Ch 3 gives a sense of it... and Ch 21-22 is the deeper part.

Answer 4

I just started The Last Mimsy stories by Henry Kuttner. If you like Harry Potter you should like these very interesting short stories. I also like Barbara Kingsolver books.

Answer 5

The HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy by Philip Pullman.

"His Dark Materials is a trilogy of novels by the fantasy fiction author Philip Pullman, comprising Northern Lights (released as The Golden Compass in North America and published in 1995), The Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (2000). The trilogy has also been published as a single-volume omnibus in the United Kingdom and North America, titled simply His Dark Materials.

The trilogy follows the coming of age of two main characters, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a multiverse of parallel universes and a backdrop of epic events. The story begins in Northern Lights with fantasy elements such as witches and armoured bears. As the trilogy progresses, it acquires allegorical layers of meaning, introducing a broad range of ideas from fields such as physics (quantum physics), philosophy (metaphysics, philosophy of religion and, arguably, a degree of hylopathism), and theology (biblical symbolism).

Although the series is marketed to young adults, the audience includes many adult readers. Pullman has said:

If I think about the audience I’d like to have, I don’t think about a particular age group, or a particular gender, or a particular class or ethnic group or anything specific at all. ... I’d like to think that I’m telling the sort of story that holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney corner, in the old phrase of Sir Philip Sidney. Everyone is welcome, and no one is shut out, and I hope each reader will find a tale worth spending time with."

Answer 6

Terry Brooks, The sword of Shannara ( I know the wording is atrocious, but the books good)

ITs sort of like LOTR, with a more fallible Gandalf ( Allanon), More fighting ( Trolls, Goblins, Darklord vs Dwarves,elves and humans and The last druid, Allanon), Boromir ( I don't remember the name for the analogue here) returns to find his brother has gone mad and disbanded the army, stopped border patrolling.

So, its sort of like LOTR., but nice all the same.

Answer 7

If you would like to stick with young adult fantasy, read the Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini.

If you would like to advance a little bit and approach the adult fantasy section, read the Fifth Ring series by Mitchell Graham. Its very easy to read, a great storyline, and a good introduction the world of adult fantasy.

If you would like to branch out to a more humerous type of fantasy, read Myth Adventures by Robert Lynn Asprin.

If you would like to branch out to science fiction but still within your age group, read the Artemis Fowl series.

Answer 8

I love Harry Potter too but I never purchase the books, I purchase the movies. If you like magical themes, love stories, culture, and historical fiction, I say buy my new book, Love's Soft Voice. Check out my website at http://www.rubysbooks.i8.com. Thanks

Answer 9

Fweh. I have so many to recommend.
- Water (Trilogy)
- Keepers of The Light (Trilogy)
- Children of the Lamp (Series)
- Artemis Fowl (Series
- Inheiritance (Trilogy)
Ask your librarian, if you need help finding more books.

Answer 10

Depends if you're into horror Check out Stephen King, I fact even if you aren't you should read some of his work, It's fantastic. Also H.P. Lovecraft, and Graham Masterton