Can anyone recomend me some good books for me to read?
2007-11-04 10:12:45 · 29 answers · asked by laslevin 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
You need to give some more information about your tastes.
Do you like fantasy and/or sci-fi? The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis would be my suggestions. I haven't read them yet, but I keep hearing good things about Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. There's also the Inheritance Chronicles by Christopher Paolini and The Princess Bride or Ella Enchanted.
I'm not sure if it falls into fantasy or mystery or both, but I also would recommend Jasper Fford's very unique series of Thursday Next mysteries starting with The Eyre Affair. It includes Literary Detectives and fictional characters being kidnapped by real people and a lot of fun and interesting stuff.
Do you like classics? Anything by Jane Austen, especially Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (or others of his like Our Mutual Friend or A Christmas Carol). There are MANY others I enjoy.
Do you like thrillers? I'd suggest you read Vince Flynn's novels starting with Term Limits. Frank Peretti's This Present Darkness or Piercing the Darkness or The Oath (among others) are excellent.
Do you like straight mystery? Anything by Agatha Christie is my suggestion...like And then There Were None or The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. I also really enjoyed Catherine Coulter's FBI mystery series starting with The Cove. Mary Higgins Clark's mysteries are generally enjoyable, too.
Do you enjoy romantic suspense? I'd suggest any books by Phyllis A. Whitney or Mary Stewart. They are excellent! Victoria Holt wrote some good ones, too. You may also enjoy books by Linda Howard (like Dream Man) or Nora Roberts (Hidden Riches).
Do you enjoy historical fiction with both romance and time travel? I'd suggest Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. You may also enjoy some of Susan Sizemore's novels or Constance O'Day-Flannery.
Do you like other romance novels/historical fiction? Mary Jo Putney has written some really enjoyable novels like her Fallen Angels series (Petals in the Storm, Thunder and Roses, Angel Rogue, Dancing on the Wind, River of Fire, Shattered Rainbows, One Perfect Rose). I loved that series. You may also enjoy some of Georgette Heyer's stories like The Nonesuch.
There are so many more, but it really depends on your tastes. I hope this helps.
2007-11-04 10:29:52 · answer #1 · answered by ck1 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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On the Road- Jack Kerouac
Franny and Zooey- J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye- J. D. Salinger
Nine Stories- J. D. Salinger
David Copperfield- Charles Dickens
This Side of Paradise- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lolita- Vladimir Nabokov
A Farewell to Arms- Ernest Hemingway
The Fountainedhead- Any Rand
Player Piano- Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse Five- Kurt Vonnegut
Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen
For Whom the Bells Toll- Ernest Hemingway
Seymour, An Introduction- J. D. Salinger
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Mark Twain
The Best Short Stories- O. Henry
Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Gone with the Wind- Margaret Mitchell
Lilttle Women- Louisa May Alcott
Invisible Man- Ralph Ellison
Moby Dick- Herman Melville
Wuthering Heights- Emily Brontë
The Professor- Charolette Bronte
Villette- Charolette Bronte
The Grapes of Wrath- John Steinbeck
The Scarlette Letter- Nathaniel Hawthorne
2007-11-04 13:37:46 · answer #2 · answered by Lily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Literature:
Candide
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Science Fiction: by
Isaac Asimov
Robert Heinlein
Ray Bradbury
also: Ender's Game trilogy
Native Americans:
Seven Arrows
I Heard the Owl Call my Name
Comedy : by
Erma Bombeck
Dave Barry
Science:
The Tao of Physics
The Dancing Wu Li Masters
The Enneagram Made Easy
Smart Girls, Revised Edition
Gifted Children
Religion:
Illusions
What God Wants
2007-11-04 10:20:50 · answer #3 · answered by embroidery fan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's some good authors:
Clive Cussler
Christopher Moore
Jack Du Brul
James Rollins
James Michener
Terry Pratchett
Laura Joh Rowland
Charlaine Harris
John Ringo
2007-11-04 10:52:09 · answer #4 · answered by Molly T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you're into, but Fahrenheit 451, The Crucible, The Scarlet Letter, Inherit the Wind, and maybe Farewell to Manzanar are definitely great choices. You might also check out Lord of the Flies or any award-winning series.
2007-11-04 10:15:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
historic Fiction: the two factors of Time sequence- Caroline B. Cooney (additionally romance) Bloody Jack sequence-L. A. Meyer (additionally journey) If I could Die previously I Wake- Han Nolan the great and unfavourable splendor sequence- Libba Bray (additionally fantasyish fiction) the different Boleyn woman- Philippa Gregory The Queen’s fool- Philippa Gregory The consistent Princess- Philippa Gregory The Bolelyn Inheritance- Philippa Gregory The e book Thief- Markus Zusak Fantasyish Fiction Twilight sequence- Stephenie Meyer (additionally romance) The Mediator sequence- Meg Cabot (additionally romance) Avalon intense- Meg Cabot (sorta) Uglies sequence-Scott Westerfeld Midnighters sequence- Scott Westerfeld Fiction: All American woman- Meg Cabot Airhead- Meg Cabot The Earth, My Butt, and different vast around issues - Carolyn Mackler Fly on the Wall- E. Lockhart Megan Meade’s instruction manual to the McGowan Boys- Kate Brian fortunate T- Kate Brian The 5 human beings You Meet in Heaven- Mitch Albom My Sister’s Keeper- Jodi Picoult exchange of heart- Jodi Picoult The Da Vinci Code- Dan Brown Romance: The Angels Trilogy- Lurlene Mcdaniel The %.- Jodi Picoult The computer- Nicholas Sparks secret: Stranger With My Face- Lois Duncan Down a gloomy hall- Lois Duncan Locked in Time-Lois Duncan Any e book by way of R.L Stine Non- Fiction a baby called It- Dave Pelzer Who Killed My Daughter- Louis Duncan Diary of a youthful woman- Anne Frank
2016-11-10 06:48:23 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what type of book you like to read.
Romance: anything by Julia Quinn or Judith McNaught
Police: Stuart Woods
James Patterson is great for anything from romance to suspense
I am also a fan of Danielle Steele
Currently I have been reading vampire and carpathian romance novels.
2007-11-04 10:17:21 · answer #7 · answered by blooming_pretty_rose 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The House at Riverton and The Da Vinic Code
2007-11-04 10:16:05 · answer #8 · answered by hippy1975chick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try reading Among The Hidden or Monster those are great books.
2007-11-04 10:16:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you are into. Fantasy I would say the Pendragon series. Sci Fi, Enders series by Orson Scott Card. But any book is good
2007-11-04 10:17:14 · answer #10 · answered by celm_9782 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋