What are your top 10 favorite books?
I need good books to read. I like reading shortish books because I know it's pathetic, but I'm a terrible reader... My books are usually 100-300 pages... I'm 13, in 8th grade. (Girl). I also like books about freaks like "Define 'Normal' ", "Girl, Interrupted" etc.
2007-11-25 12:58:44 · 16 answers · asked by Ellen 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I am 13, but I'm in seventh grade (girl).
My top 5 favorite books are:
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
2007-11-26 05:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Im not much of a reader either, but there is one book that i couldn't put down! Its one of my personal favorites: a love story about a girl and a pirate. It is not very long, and its easy to read. Its called To Catch a Pirate by Jade Parker! I totally recommend it. Stormbreaker, by Anthony Horowitz is also an easy read. Its a thrilling spy story, theres an entire series as well. Hope this helps!
2007-11-25 13:05:39 · answer #2 · answered by Dancing_Architect 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about "Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist" by Bradley Steffens? Just 128 pages, 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/
2007-11-26 08:51:42 · answer #3 · answered by Centaur 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You might like "The Outsiders". There has been a movie made, but it was lame compared to the book. It's 180 pages long, you can probably find it at your library. Check link for details:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780140385724&itm=1
2007-11-25 13:12:11 · answer #4 · answered by Track1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will give you the list of books by Richard Bach I have read several times because I like them so well.
Illusions
Bridge across forever
One
Running from safety
2007-11-25 13:13:38 · answer #5 · answered by Al B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love to read I loved meg cabot when I was your age I was a lil bit of an outcast, everyone really like the sweep series in my old school
2007-11-25 13:10:39 · answer #6 · answered by satan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These books arn't just good, they are GREAT!!!=) They are kind of long but if you read them, you won't regret it!!!! It is a series called Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer!! Breaking Dawn is coming soon in the fall of 2008!! You would LOVE them, I promise!!!=) They are about 24 chapters and about 500 pages! I know its long but you will love them!! I read twilight in 2 days! It was AWSOME!!!=)
2007-11-25 13:08:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try Terry Pratchett. His stuff is pretty short for the most part, not much over 400 pages that I've seen so far, and he's hilarious.
2007-11-25 14:04:40 · answer #8 · answered by Molly T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
2007-11-25 13:01:54 · answer #9 · answered by Rose D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well i dont know about top ten but i give you my top 4 because after the top three they are all the same
1 Twilight
2 Eclipse
3 New Moon
all by genius Stephenie Meyer
4 Keeping you a Secret idr who its by tho
and the hp books are pretty good
2007-11-25 13:03:53 · answer #10 · answered by LuvULuLu 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋