So, I've decided to put myself on a reading plan--to systematically work through good literature. Any suggestions on books for the list?
2007-11-17 11:20:57 · 17 answers · asked by Todd 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Well I will suggest my favorite books:
To Kill a Mockinbird by Harper Lee
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
All these books are very good. I think you would like them.
2007-11-17 11:49:31 · answer #1 · answered by xrhett 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
For quick good over evil - go with Sci-fi fantasy. Gor, Conan, there are series too Dragonlance is 15 books; Forgotten Realms is another 15+ books. I also like Chalker, and Fosters series.
Good literature could also include classic children books, "Cricket in Times Square" of which there are too many to type, also all the folk stories and tall tales, myths. Peace.
2007-11-17 19:36:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Alone on a wide wide sea by Michael Morpurgo.
hes a 60 yr old man telling his story of how when he was a child he was seperated from his sis kitty. he gets taken to austtralia and put on farm at the age of 5 i think. he is a slave he meets some good people and when hes older has a daughter and plans a trip bak to england to find his long lost sister and find our what the key means (when he left his sis she gave him a key- he calls it the lucky key)
but we he make the journey
that was a bit about the story
heres the blurb from the book:
THERE WERE DOZENS OF US ON THE SHIP, BOYS, GIRLS. WE WERE OF TO AUSTRALIA, IT MIGHT AS WELL BEEN THE MOON.
Orphaned in WW11, Arthur is separated from his sister and sent to the other side of the world. There his extraordanary journey continues as his friend Marty Survive brutal captivity on a working farm find a new family with eccentic Aunty Meg and her animals, and discover their talent for designing yachts.
Sixty years later, Arthur's Daunghter Allie sets sail single-handed in a yacht sesignded by her father, derermind to find his long los sister in england. Can her family LOve stretch across time and the vastness of the oceans? And will threads of Arthurs life finally come together
2007-11-17 20:28:19 · answer #3 · answered by aussie_me12 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Adventures Of Huck Finn
Along Came A Spider
Call Of The Wild
Catch-22
Farewell To Arms By Ernest Hemingway
I have read all these and they where great.
2007-11-17 19:45:17 · answer #4 · answered by favorite_aunt24 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. It's a great novel. It's got humour, tragedy and a deep message about vanity.
2007-11-17 19:30:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
any historical fiction by James Michener, also The Novel
Clive Cussler
Terry Pratchett
Laura Joh Rowland
Stephen King's Dark Tower series and Eyes of the Dragon
2007-11-17 19:25:49 · answer #6 · answered by Molly T 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Candy Bar Millionaire by James McBride
2007-11-17 19:31:27 · answer #7 · answered by Ptbarnum 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
"From the Corner of his eye" by Dean Koontz is a great book.
Books by Poe, Jack London, Stephen Crane, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson to mention a few.
2007-11-17 19:37:11 · answer #8 · answered by Lilly 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you're in to thinking about life and stuff like that, I'd suggest paulo coelho's books. My favorite is The Alchemist.
2007-11-18 03:11:27 · answer #9 · answered by ♫Kelsey♫ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtother.html#great . Lots of lists, but I especially like the Harvard Classics list - all the books that I should have read, but (mostly) never did.
Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com
2007-11-18 01:57:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋