Please recommend a good book for me to read?

Question

What are some good books that I should read? I have just read all the books in the house and am heading to the library this week some time.

What would you recommend? Thanks.

Sorry, I am 28 and I will read pretty much anything.

Answer 1

Well, i am also 28 and an Aussie who basically reads for a living (english teacher!) so i'll give you a list of some books i think might be appealing to you and that i like.
1. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak (great aussie author!)
2. The following books by Bryce Courtenay, another great aussie author - these 3 are a series of books, sometimes found together as the australian trilogy. They are The Potato Factory (you may have seen the tele movie a few years back with lisa mccune? This is better) Tommo and Hawk and Solomon's Song. These are great. Also The Power of One (also a great movie) and Jessica are great reads by him.
3. Three Wishes and The Last Anniversary are once again by an aussie called lianne moriarty.
4. Tara Road by maeve Binchy
5. Monica McInernay ( unsure of how to spell her surname!) is a good author. She's got a few good titles, i particulary like Family Baggage.
6. The Pact and My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (among others. Her books are pretty good.)
7. The Lovely Bones (although the author's name has escaped me)
8. This one is one i think you will find enjoyable as i have seen you on some aussie posts - Not Happy John by Margo Kingston.
9. The Truth of The Matter by my hero Gough Whitlam ( i am happy to say i have a signed copy of this!)
10. Just remembered a good one i just read - the kite runner by Khaled Hosseini.
These are just some ideas. I hope you enjoy!!

Answer 2

Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman.
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld.
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld.
Specials by Scott Westerfeld (it's a trilogy).
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (it's a series).

Good Girls by Laura Ruby.
I just read Good Girls and it was very good. A real page turner. Here is the summary:
Some people would say this is the story of a photograph. How it was taken, and what happened to me after the whole world saw it.

And it is.

But it's also the story of a lot of other things. A boy so beautiful he's like a punch to the throat. Best friends—the outrageous old ones and the out-of-the-blue new. It's about fishnets and eyebrow rings and a chick named Hamlet. Kick lines at lumberyards and conga lines at the prom. Crying in cars and gazing at stars. Mistakes, misunderstandings, and misconceptions. Good girls, bad boys, and everyone in between.

This is a story about love.

So look at the picture all you want.

I am so much more than what you see.

Answer 3

I'll read just about anything myself. Following is a list of authors and titles, they are all different, but all really good.

Keith Ablow: Denial (1st book in Frank Clevenger series)
Nina Bangs: Original Sin
Claire Cook: Must Love Dogs
Catherine Coulter: Anything from her romance to her FBI stories are great
Barbara Freethy: Don't Say A Word
Karen Harper: The Falls, Baby Farm or Dark Road Home
Charlaine Harris: Dead Until Dark (book 1 in vampire series)
Tami Hoag: Lucky's Lady
Katie MacAllister: Any of her books are pretty good
Graham Masterton: Trauma (wow, excellent book)
Theresa Monsour: Clean Cut (twisted but really good)
Karen Robards: anything by her
JoAnn Ross: Impulse
J.K. Rowlings: Harry Potter series
Nora Roberts: Anything, she is great! If you don't like series, some of her single books that I really liked were Montana Sky, Sweet Revenge, True Betrayals, Angels Fall, Northern Lights, Three Fates and Blue Smoke.
John Lutz: The Night Spider (another twisted one, but really good)
Suzanne Brockmann: She is really good

Answer 4

You didn't say what kinds of books you usually like, but here are some of my favorites.
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Dangerous Angels by Francesca Lia Block
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Hero and the Crown by Robin Mckinley
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Kindred by Octavia Butler
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein

Answer 5

Try Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
http://www.prestonchild.com/

Here is a plot summary of one of my favorite books by them:
Called The Cabinet of Curiosities.

"In the 19th century, New Yorkers flocked to collections of strange and grotesque oddities called "cabinets of curiosities." Now, in lower Manhattan, a modern apartment tower is slated to rise on the site of one of the old cabinets. Yet when the excavators break into a basement, they uncover a charnel pit of horror: the remains of thirty-six people murdered and gruesomely dismembered over 130 years ago by an unknown serial killer.

In the aftermath, FBI Special Agent Pendergast and museum archaeologist Nora Kelly embark on an investigation that unearths the faint whisper of a mysterious doctor who once roamed the city, carrying out medical experiments on living human beings. But just as Nora and Pendergast begin to unravel the clues to the century-old killings, a fresh spree of murder and surgical mutilation erupts around them. . . and New York City is awash in terror."

Agent Pendergast is one of my favorite characters in modern day lit.

(by the way, I'm also 28)

Sometimes a girl just needs a good action / adventure brain candy kind of novel. lol

Answer 6

You don't give much on what you like to read, so i will suggest some of my favorite authors. Nora Roberts, Karen Robards, Tami Hoag, Sandra Brown, Michael Connelly, James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs.

Answer 7

Well, it depends. If you like fantasy, there are several.

Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn - Williams
A Wrinkle in Time - L'Engle
Ender's Game - Card

These are all suitable for all ages. If you are more mature, and are willing to handle violence, swear words, and graphic nudity, then the absolute best fantasy series is

A Song of Ice and Fire - Martin

And I know that I'll get a lot of flak, but stay away from the Harry Potter series unless you really like light children's books.

Answer 8

Collected Stories of Roald Dahl
Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier

Answer 9

You probably know what i'm gonna suggest but i'll say it anyway.......
Get the book "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer.....the series is AMAZING!!!!!!!!! Any woman who reads this will fall in love with the book......and the characters!!! lol
I heard Meg Cabot's books were good too! But i'm not 28...so i wouldn't know what you like!!! sorrie. :)

Answer 10

depends how old u are but here the ones i have read that were good
twilight
eclipse (would be better to read twilght first cuz its a series sorta)
the outsiders
the white girl
theres alot more that are good but i cant think of anymore rite now