I just finished the Harry Potter series (really good), the Shadow Children series (good till the last one), the Twilight series(amazing!) and about a million other books (because i am a huge bookworm. yes i am a dork that way =D) What are some good books to read? I am bored...I don't care what kind. I can read at a really high reading level but try to stick with books for teenagers(cuz adult books tend to be boring) and if they are adult books make sure they arent boring.
2007-11-22 16:29:12 · 16 answers · asked by michaella 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Hahh thanks you are all so helpful! im goin to have a lot to read :)
2007-11-22 16:57:11 · update #1
Have you read James Patterson's Maximum Ride series?
You may also enjoy Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle.
How about The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien? They are excellent books.
They were originally written for children, but I still enjoy them as an adult: The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis.
You may also enjoy The Valerian Vampire series by Linda Lael Miller. (Forever and the Night; For All Eternity; Time Without End; Tonight and Always)
You may also enjoy some of Susan Krinard's books, some of which are about vampires, some werewolves and some faeries. For instance, Prince of Dreams, Chasing Midnight, Touch of the Wolf and others.
The Oath by Frank Peretti is a very good read, too. You may also enjoy some of Ted Dekker's books like Thr3e or the book they wrote together called House.
Watchers by Dean Koontz is good, as are other books of his like his Odd Thomas series.
You may enjoy Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.
Stephen King's novels are also excellent (and some are really scary): The Shining, It, The Stand, The Dark Tower series, etc.
There are so many more I could mention like The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, The Princess Bride by William Goldman, Dracula by Bram Stoker, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Stardust by Neil Gaimon, A Walk in Wolf Wood by Mary Stewart, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe, etc.
You may also want to check out some other lists like:
http://www.vampireromancebooks.com/
http://www.vampirelibrary.com/
http://www.ourgaggleofgirls.com/books/?p=61 (vampire)
2007-11-22 17:00:29 · answer #1 · answered by ck1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since I am a book worm as well, I hope I can help you. I love 15-17th century novels that take place in England. And I promise you I mean I promise you these books are not boring! I literally am buying books like every other week. I just wish I had the time to read more. I put in at least an hour before I go to bed. But thats besides the point. Here are my top favorite books.
My favorite author is Phillippa Gregory so I shall list her books first. And I have to mention with her books, with any of these books I am going to list, You feel as if you are there to see and experience what is going on in the book. I literally get so tierd where I cant even keep my eyes open anymore, so I turn of the lights and within literally 10 seconds I am up again reading, I cant put any of the books down. Okay here it goes...The first FIVE books are by PHILLIPPA GREGORY
1. The Other Boleyn Girl
2. The Boleyn Inheritence
3. Wideacre
4. The Favored Child
5. Meridon
6. Too Great A Lady, The Notorious Life Of Emma, Lady Hamilton- By Amanda Elyot
7. Bess of Hardwick- By Mary S. Lovell
8. Queen Of This Realm - By Jean Plaidy
9. Life Mask- By Emma Donoghue
10. Through a Glass Darkly- By Karleen Koen
11. The Vanishing Point- By Mary Sharrat
12. Guenevere Queen of the Summer Country- By Rosalind Miles
13. Sense and Sensibility- By Jane Austen
Any of Jane Austen Books are wonderful!
Now you can go to barnesandnobles.com and search these books and read what they are about.
I suggest getting a barnes and nobles card, You always save 10% and since I buy a lot of books and you as well, the discount comes in handy sometimes.
I hoped I helped you. Please email me if you do buy any of these books and read them, I would love to know what you thought about them!
:) good luck wormy :) Jk I am a wormy too!
2007-11-22 17:08:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you get bored with Lee Child then you have a problem LOL really he is soooooooooo good.
His first book is Killing Floor and it is a MUST read
if you like suspense.
Anne George wrote the Southern Sisters mysteries and they are very good-very funny especially if you are from the South and get the humor of the place. She tells you about Vulcan's
behind shinning out over Homewood (it really does) and about shopping at the Pig (piggly wiggly). Her first book was Murder On A Bad Hair Day read and laugh your hinney off!!!
John Green's Looking For Alaska and An Abundance Of Katherine's.
Stephen R. Lawhead-The King Raven Trilogy
Hood
Scarlet
Tuck-2009
John F Kennedy-Profiles In Courage
Agatha Christie-Passenger To Frankfurt
Susan Vreeland-Girl In Hyacinth Blue
Audry Shafer-The Mailbox
Lawrence Block-When The Sacred Gin Mill Closes
Kathy Riechs-Monday Mourning
Margaret Coel-The Dream Stalker
Michael Connelly-the Black Echo
Joe Hilley-Sober Justice
Philip R. Craig-A Beautiful Place To Die
Jack Higgins-Night Of The Fox
Thomas Wolfe-Look Homeward Angel
2007-11-22 16:53:44 · answer #3 · answered by Wanda W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of these are from female perspectives, some may be a little "girly girl" for your liking but others should be okay. I've left both genre on and you can decide. Meryll of the Stone (Brian Caswell) Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay) Stranger with my face (Lois Duncan) Playing Beattie Bow (Ruth Parks) My Sister Sif (Ruth Parks) Hitch hikers guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) Holes (Louis Sachar) Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit Eragorn trilogy Narnia The Golden Compass Interview with a Vampire (Anne Rice) Requiem for a Princess (Ruth M Arthur) Looking for Alibrandi (Melina Marchetta) Angels Gate (Gary Crew) Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants Pelican's Creek (Maureen Pople) The Diary of Anne Frank To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) The Shiralee (Dárcy Niland) Into the Wild (John Krakauer) Chocolat (Joanne Harris) Harp in the South; Poor Man's Orange; Missus (Trilogy by Ruth Parks) Where the Heart is (Billie Letts) My Place (Sally Morgan) Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) Rebecca (Daphne De Maurier) The 3 Muskateers (Alexandre Dumas) Anything by the Bronte sisters or Jane Austen Whatever you do don’t run The December Boys (Robert Noonan)
2016-04-05 04:19:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watership Down (about rabbits!), DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons, The Belgariad (5-book series by David Eddings), The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny (books 1 - 9)
2007-11-22 16:38:03 · answer #5 · answered by Christopher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are a teen, try the Clique series. Also 13 little blue envelopes, PICTURES OF HOLLIS WOODS!(is the best book evr!), So B. It, Hatchet, Pride and Prejudice, Pretties/ Uglies (that series), And Then There Were None, Flipped, The City Of Ember, and Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Have at IT!
2007-11-22 16:35:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try philip pullmans "his dark materials trilogy" the first one is called nothern lights
heres what wiki said but it doesnt do the books justice
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:
2007-11-22 23:34:09 · answer #7 · answered by starrryeyes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These may be too adult for you but here goes
-The shell seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher-I loved it.
-bread alone by Judi Hendricks
-The secret life of bees by Sue Monk Kidd-nice story
-Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes
James Pattersons new series is a good choice for teens-(Maximum Ride I think is one)-it is based on his book titled When the Wind blows-It's good
You might like-The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Nora Roberts does alot of trilogies that are good.
I liked these hope there's something here for you!
HAPPY READING!!!
2007-11-22 22:16:58 · answer #8 · answered by Karebear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Follow the Blue, Bad Tickets by Kathleen O' Dell (I love this book and I want to read another one like it but that doesnt exist!). Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest (Very addicting i got mad that I finished so fast)
2007-11-23 03:05:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you haven't read it, try The Client by John Grisham. Yes, it's an adult book, but it's not that boring.
2007-11-22 16:32:10 · answer #10 · answered by rath 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋