Which is a good book to read now a days??? any suggestions???

Answer 1

"Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist" by Bradley Steffens. It tells the fascinating, true story of a medieval Muslim scholar who overcame bouts of mental illness to develop the scientific method.

Born in what is now Iraq in 965, Ibn al-Haytham studied theology, trying to resolve the differences between the Shi'ah and Sunnah sects. He turned his attention to the works of the ancient Greek philosophers and mathematicians. He was the first person to apply algebra to geometry, founding analytic geometry. He traveled to Egypt to build a dam on the Nile, failed, and ended up imprisoned in Cairo for ten years. During this time he began systematically testing hypotheses with experiments, the core of the scientific method.

"Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist" was just chosen by California Readers to be part of the 2008 California Collection. You can find reviews of the book and a sample chapter at http://www.ibnalhaytham.net/

Answer 2

A few books I've really enjoyed are "The KiteRunner", "The Book Theif", "The Lovely Bones", "Tuesdays with Morrie", "One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest", "October Sky" (October Sky is AMAZING, it may sound odd but trust me, it's more than worth it)... These are a few I've really enjoyed, all interesting, all unique in many ways, all different in genre. My suggestion - take a title or two that catches your interest and search a local library website or any other site that can give you a nonbiased book review, to see a summary and decide if it sounds enjoyable. For all the books I've seen suggested here, I'd say you can't go wrong =)

Answer 3

The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
both by Khalid Hosseini

Answer 4

Well, it would be nice if you gave us something to go on here, because I don't want to suggest something that only girls would like and you be a boy or vise versa. So here goes, and if you don't like them, I'm sorry =)

-The Pact, My Sisters Keeper, Plain Truth and Picture Perfect all by Jodi Picoult
-Always Six O'clock by Phoef Sutton
-The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albon
-And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
-At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
-Wicked by Gregory Maguire
-The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
-Uglies, Pretties, Specials and Extras by Scott Westerfield

Answer 5

Harry Potter series, The Twilight series, an amazing book called Spellfall, anddd The Eragon series

Answer 6

The Last Wars Of The Jinn : by: A Fantasy Steps Group.
new novel.

Answer 7

* Look Me in the Eye* about a man with Asperger's Syndrome
*Running With Scissors* about a kid growing up with awful parents
*Just Call Me Mike* about Mike Farrell, the star of MASH and now an activist
*Other Women* about a woman & her woman therapist
*Don't Eat This Book!" about the fast-food industry & poor health

Answer 8

Swan Song by Robert McCammon. Kinda lengthy, excellant story. It's about the end of the world.

Answer 9

"The far pavillions" is an amazing book about love, war, prejudice and a lot of plot twists, and it's in India, so you get to know another cultures, besides, let me tell you it has the greatest end to a book ive ever read. try it. it's written by m.m. kaye.

Answer 10

I don't suggest the Twilight series. Not that great, no offense to others. I do suggest something by Sarah Dessen, or American classics such as A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. :]