I am looking for some good books to read. I like to read classic books that are very interesting. I'm a fan of adventure and mystery books. But, I am not limited to only reading those two kinds of books. So please recommend some good books to read. Thanks :)
2007-12-01 09:53:15 · 10 answers · asked by liueeling 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Well - I found "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver to be a good read.
For adventure and mystery books - I would recommend James Patterson, if you have not read him yet. His mystery books would include the Alex Cross series (begins with Along Came a Spider) Women's Murder Club (1st to Die) and his adventure book would be Maximum Ride (Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment). All of those series are intriguing.
Also for mystery I would recommend the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich (One for the Money). Evanovich is funny and suspenseful at the same time.
Or any book written by Mary Higgins Clark for mystery.
Hope this has helped some.
2007-12-01 10:08:48 · answer #1 · answered by Dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the Road- Jack Kerouac
Franny and Zooey- J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye- J. D. Salinger
Nine Stories- J. D. Salinger
David Copperfield- Charles Dickens
This Side of Paradise- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lolita- Vladimir Nabokov
A Farewell to Arms- Ernest Hemingway
The Fountainedhead- Any Rand
Player Piano- Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse Five- Kurt Vonnegut
Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen
For Whom the Bells Toll- Ernest Hemingway
Seymour, An Introduction- J. D. Salinger
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Mark Twain
The Best Short Stories- O. Henry
Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Gone with the Wind- Margaret Mitchell
Lilttle Women- Louisa May Alcott
Invisible Man- Ralph Ellison
Moby Dick- Herman Melville
Wuthering Heights- Emily Brontë
The Professor- Charolette Bronte
Villette- Charolette Bronte
The Grapes of Wrath- John Steinbeck
The Scarlette Letter- Nathaniel Hawthorne
2007-12-01 15:19:17 · answer #2 · answered by Lily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some Series:
1- Artemis Fowl Books, by Eoin Colfer
2- Harry Potter books, by JK Rowling
3-Anne of Green Gables books, by LM Montgomery
Some Individual Books:
1- To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
2- Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
3- Searching For David's Heart (Cherie Bennett)
4- Holes (Louis Sachar)
5- There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom (Louis Sachar)
6- Ruby Holler (Sharon Creech)
7- Walk Two Moons (Sharon Creech)
8- King of Shadows
9- The Autobiography of Malcolm X (as told to Alex Haley)
10- Mary Higgins Clark books
11- Speak
12- The Westing Game
13- The Chocolate War
14- Beyond the Chocolate War
15- Heartlight
And if you ever want to try for some religion, you could try reading English versions of the Koran or Bible or Torah. Just a thought. .
2007-12-01 10:31:53 · answer #3 · answered by sammi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Prisoner of Zenda, The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Irin Mask, Treasure Island, the Sherlock Holmes stories and novels, mysteries by Agatha Christie, books by Charles Dickens, and the Third Man, by Graham Greene.
2007-12-01 10:00:01 · answer #4 · answered by Ace Librarian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The locket by Evans
A Dog's Life by Mayle
A Room of my Own by Tatlock
No Promises in the Wind by Hunt
Bookends by Higgs
The Shop on Blossom Street by Macomber
The Day of the Storm by Pilcher
The Hobbit by Tolkien
In His Steps by Sheldon
The Acorn People by Jones
A Girl of the Limberlost by Porter
Emily Ever AFter by Dayton
2007-12-01 11:31:05 · answer #5 · answered by Puff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Twenty-Thousand Leuges Under the Sea by Jules Verne
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King (more modern, but still good)
lots more, but i cant think of any more right now
2007-12-01 10:57:24 · answer #6 · answered by Nämenlos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2016-04-02 23:41:12 · answer #7 · answered by thedavecorp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE RULE OF FOUR by Ian Calder
THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS by Erskine Childers
AGENTS OF INNOCENCE by David Ignatius
RENDEVOUS WITH RAMA by Arthur C. Clarke
STARSHIP TROOPERS by Robert Heinlein
THE GUNS OF AUGUST by Barbara Tuchman
WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams
MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA by Agatha Christie
2007-12-01 10:05:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"his dark materials" trilogy by Philip Pullman.
The first book Northern Lights is what the new film the golden compass is based on.
2007-12-01 10:03:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dresden File's. Harry Dresden is a detective in Chicago who deals with the supernatural. Great book. please read it.
2007-12-01 12:46:09 · answer #10 · answered by Avery 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋