Good Books?

Question

I LOVE to read, but I don't know any more books to read.
I have read all the Harry Potters
every book by Mary Higgins Clark, and Sarah Dessen.
What are some more good books to read?
I'm 20 years old..

Please put name of book and author!
Thanks :)

Answer 1

Okay, I am going to recommend my favorite books that are all wonderful and I know you will just love them.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls


These books are so good and I really hope you will like them. There is a mixture of everything in them; drama, comedy, romance. They are great.

Answer 2

these are all great answers that you got and I think I will try and read some of them myself.
But may I suggest "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon
She has a series of 6 books starting with Outlander. They will make you cry and laugh and you won't be able to put it down after the first 50-60 pages and you will run right out to the library and/or bookstore to get the others in the series because you will just HAVE to know what happens to these characters that you have fallen in love with. They live, love, laugh, cry, raise children, and grow old together and also grow as characters. It is an adventurous, sexy, romantic, historical novel and I have read it 12-15 times and each time I find something new because with each re-read, even though I know what is going to happen, I can't wait to get to those parts of the book and I miss things. You will have to re-read it again because you will do the same.
good luck and happy reading (if we ever hear from you again because you won't be able to come up for air to do anything else once you start reading it)
and then you will want to discuss it with other like minded Gabaldon lovers and there is a website where we do just that:
http://www.zurc2.com/outlander/jamie.htm...

Answer 3

If you like Harry Potter:
Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Abhorsen Trilogy - Garth Nix

Twilight is the best bunch of books out there!!!

Also:
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares
A Walk To Remember - Nicholas Sparks
True Believer - Nicholas Sparks

Answer 4

You didn't say what kind of books you like to read. Here are the books I have read recently: The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks. Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs. Her books are a series of books with the same leading woman character. It is a mystery. Dead Watch by John Sandford. The Loop by Nicholas Evans. And The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. Riding The Bus With My Sister, by Rachel Simon was a very touching book to read. It is a true story. I am now reading the biography of Benjamin Franklin. It was written by H.W. Brands. The title is The First American, The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin.

Answer 5

The Other Boleyn- Phillipa Gregory (Actually any of her books are awesome)
My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult
Bee Season, Myla Goldberg
Bridget Jones Diary
The Golden Compass, Phillip Pullman
Living Dead in Dallas-Charlaine Harris

Answer 6

Your age should not make a difference in the books you might enjoy. I'm in my 20's too. Here are some authors and books I love-

Barbara Kingsolver

The Bean Trees
Pigs in Heaven
Animal Dreams
The Poisonwood Bible

Wally Lamb

I Know This Much is True
She's Come Undone

Judy Blume (no, really , her adult ones)

Smart Women
Summer Sisters

Answer 7

Myst: The Book of Ti'ana, by Rand Miller,David Wingrove, others. Based on the computer game, popular in the early 90s. There are two other books, and I heard there may be a fourth.

If you like mysteries, you may enjoy Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels or Les Roberts' books, particulary his Milan Jakovich books.

The Looking Glass Wars, by Frank Beddor. This gives an interesting and dark twist to the Alice in Wonderland story.

The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova. This is good if you like vampire tales.

If you like historical fiction, or books set in the Victorian era, I recommend Eleanor Updale's Montmorency series. In the first book, Montmorency is a petty thief who is nearly killed in an accident. He is saved by an up-and-coming doctor. While healing from his injuries and cooling his heals in prison, Montmorency hatches a plot to commit greater crimes using London's new sewer systems. There are four books so far.

Haunted Mesa, by Louis L'Amour. An interesting tale that combines the mystery and legends of the Anasazi into a story that's almost science fiction.

The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson. This story is so bizarre it reads like fiction, but it's true. It relates the events surrounding the 1893 World Fair, from the views of Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor.

Orson Scott Card has written many good fantasy and science fiction novels. I particularly like his Alvin Maker series, his first two Ender series books and his Shadow series.

Terry Brooks is another good fantasy writer. I particularly like his Kingdom of Landover novels (the first three, that is -- the later two are mediocre). I also liked most of his Shannarah books, particularly The Scions of Shannarah.

Answer 8

Here are some books that you might enjoy reading:
Message in a Bottle - Nicholas Sparks
Catcher in the Rye- JD Salinger
Novels by Jane Austen... Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park, & Northanger Abbey are wonderful books
Tuesdays With Morrie & the Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Series - Ann Brashares

i hope that i helped! (:

Answer 9

Go to Amazon.com and search
"Lost from Atlantis Book 1" - book 2 is coming out in the next month or two, and 3 is already written and in editing.
"Death by Murder David Lindsay" - you have to search that way for it to come up. There's a lot of sex and violence in it but it's good, not gratuitous.
and "Super Spaghetti."

They're free on Amazon's Kindle Unlimited, and you can Google how to get a free trial of that. And you can get a free Kindle app for your phone or just read them online.

Answer 10

These are some of the best books that I have ever read. I'll start you off with a short one, and then WHEN you find out that I have impeccable taste, , please continue down the list.

'Nine Princes in Amber' by Roger Zelazny ****
'Ender's Game by 'Orson Scott Card' *****
'Dragon Flight' by Anne McCaffrey *****
'Sword of Shannara' by Terry Brooks (Not the best of the series, but once you get started on the series, you'll get hooked.) ***
'Ender's Shadow by 'Orson Scott Card' *****
'Foundation' by Isaac Asimov (Deep, but excellent!) *****
(The best in pure science fiction)
'The Final Reflection' by John M. Ford (Don't underestimate this book!!! It's a Star Trek Novel, but it shouldn't be designated as such. Very deep book with many layers. One of the best books ever written, but because it says 'Star Trek', it doesn't get the circulation it deserves.)

Happy reading!