Name a few of your favorite books ...
2007-12-06 01:21:05 · 33 answers · asked by socmum16 ♪ 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
the Bible
cool hand luke
of mice and men
the lord of the rings series
2007-12-06 01:23:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anthony C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
See if you can get to a set of "Great Books of the Western World," maybe at a library. The first book inthe set is called "The Great Conversation," and it has a 10-year reading plan. The plan lists what you should read, in what order, and how many per year. For example, there are individual plays by Shakespeare, Aristophanes, and the other Greeks.
2007-12-06 02:50:47 · answer #2 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Guardian newspaper in England published a list of the top 100 fiction books as voted for in 54 countries in 2002.
The link below gives these.
There are many other lists such as these - but you need to make your own mind up. There is nothing worse than trying to plough through a book you don't enjoy, just because someone else told you it was a "good book".
2007-12-06 02:29:06 · answer #3 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chasing Tail Lights
Things Change > Patrick Jones
Nailed
The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer
A Walk to Remember
The Notebook
The Wedding > Nicholas Sparks
A Bend in the Road
The Guardian
Dear John
Wicked by Gregory McGuire
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Night by Elie Weisel
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
Sam's Letters to Jennifer > James Patterson
Just to name a few
all are excellent books
2007-12-06 08:05:58 · answer #4 · answered by Srm2212 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
In no particular order...
DOUGLAS CARLTON ABRAMS
1. THE LOST DIARY OF DON JUAN
ANITA AMIRREZVANI
2. THE BLOOD OF FLOWERS
V.C. ANDREWS
3.FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC
4.PETALS IN THE WIND
5. IF THERE BE THORNS
6. SEEDS OF YESTERDAY
7. GARDEN OF SHADOWS
8. MY SWEET AUDRINA
9. HEAVEN
10. DARK ANGEL
11. FALLEN HEARTS
12. GATES OF PARADISE
13. WEB OF DREAMS
14. DAWN
15. SECRETS OF THE MORNING
16. TWILIGHT'S CHILD
17. MIDNIGHT WHISPERS
18. DARKEST HOUR
19. MELODY
20. HEART SONG
21. UNFINISHED SYMPHONY
22. MUSIC IN THE NIGHT
23. OLIVIA
24. BUTTERFLY
25. CRYSTAL
26. BROOKE
27. RAVEN
28. RUNAWAYS
29. MISTY
30. STAR
31. JADE
32. CAT
33. INTO THE GARDEN
34. RAIN
35. LIGHTNING STRIKES
36. EYE OF THE STORM
37. THE END OF THE RAINBOW
38. CINNAMON
39. ICE
40. ROSE
41. HONEY
42. FALLING STARS
43. APRIL SHADOWS
44. GIRL IN THE SHADOWS
45. BROKEN FLOWER
TRACY CHEVALIER
46. GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
DIANE MOTT DAVIDSON
47. CATERING TO NOBODY
PAMELA DUNCAN
48. MOON WOMEN
HELEN FIELDING
49. BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY
50. CAUSE CELEB
51. OLIVIA JOULES AND THE OVERACTIVE IMAGINATION
DIANA GABALDON
52. OUTLANDER
53. DRAGONFLY IN AMBER
54. VOYAGER
55. DRUMS OF AUTUMN
56. THE FIERY CROSS
57. A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES
EMILY GIFFIN
58. SOMETHING BORROWED
59. SOMETHING BLUE
PHILIPPA GREGORY
60. WIDEACRE
JOHN IRVING
61. THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
SYRIE JAMES
62. THE LOST MEMOIRS OF JANE AUSTEN
ELIZABETH KOSTOVA
63. THE HISTORIAN
BILLIE LETTS
64. WHERE THE HEART IS
65. THE HONK AND HOLLER OPENING SOON
66. SHOOT THE MOON
DONALD MCCAIG
67. RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE
SUE MILLER
68. INVENTING THE ABBOTTS AND OTHER STORIES
MICHELLE MORAN
69. NEFERTITI
ELIZABETH NOBLE
70. THE READING GROUP
71. THE FRIENDSHIP TEST
72. ALPHABET WEEKENDS
LUANNE RICE
73. ANGELS ALL OVER TOWN
ANYA SETON (1904 - 1990)
74. DRAGONWYCK
75. THE WINTHROP WOMAN
76. AVALON
ANITA SHREVE
77. EDEN CLOSE
78. RESISTANCE
79. THE WEIGHT OF WATER
80. THE PILOT’S WIFE
81. FORTUNE'S ROCKS
82. THE LAST TIME THEY MET
83. SEA GLASS
84. BODY SURFING
NICHOLAS SPARKS
85. THE NOTEBOOK
86. MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
87. A WALK TO REMEMBER
88. A BEND IN THE ROAD
89. TRUE BELIEVER
90. THE CHOICE
REBECCA STOTT
91. GHOSTWALK
AMY TAN
92. THE JOY LUCK CLUB
JENNIFER WEINER
93. GOOD IN BED
94. IN HER SHOES
95. LITTLE EARTHQUAKES
96. GOODNIGHT NOBODY
LAUREN WEISBERGER
97. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
98. EVERYONE WORTH KNOWING
Classics
99. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
100. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
There is your list...have fun.
2007-12-06 02:08:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Wow! A question I can really appreciate. :)
Let's see....
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
The Color of Water by James McBride
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
To Kill a Mockingbird by Hope Lee
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
A Clergyman's Daughter by George Orwell
This list could go on and on!
2007-12-06 02:15:09 · answer #6 · answered by phillybookwoman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Must read: "West With The Night" by Beryl Markham
Excellent non-fiction so well written that Hemingway says he is nothing more than a carpenter building a rude pig pen in comparison to Ms. Markham's work.
Also, "The New York Times" provides to p 100 Book Lists annually for fiction, noon-fiction, poetry, and children's genres for contemporary works.
2007-12-06 01:28:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Davinci Code
The Alchemist
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Man in the Iron Mask
Dracula
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Lady Chatterly's Lover
Angels and Demons
Les Mierables (not just in theater)
Phantom Of The Opera (also awesome)
A Christmas Carol (I read it every year for Christmas)
Schindler's List
I could go on and on and have your whole list for you but that should give you a start!
2007-12-06 01:33:00 · answer #8 · answered by CrazygirlDD 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would LOVE to help! I just created a website that identifies which classics everyone should read at some point... Go to the "American Classics" or "British Classics" page and click on a title to see why I think you would enjoy -- or not -- that work. The site is http://www.bookclubclassics.com
I hope it helps!! Also, check out the "Instant Classics" blog entry to see what new books are considered the best...
2007-12-06 04:16:35 · answer #9 · answered by kcgalles 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well some persons gave a couple of great books.
Here are some I might add for you to check out and read.
FRANK HERBERT-Dune
TOLKIEN-Lord of the rings ( even if you saw the movies... the books are so great)
STEPHEN R. DONALDSON-The chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
JOHN GRISHAM-The Runaway Jury
JOHN STEINBECK-East of Eden
EMILE ZOLA-Nana
TOLSTOY-War and Peace, Ana Karenina
HESSE-The Steppenwolf, Damian
CHARLOTTE BRONTE-Jane Eyre
EMILY BRONTE-Wuthering Heigths
MITCHELL-Gone with the wind
GARCIA MARQUEZ-100 years of solitude
PEREZ REVERTE-All his books
THOMAS MANN-Felix Krull, Boodenbrooks
Hope these are an inspiration
good luck
2007-12-06 02:40:28 · answer #10 · answered by GreenEyes 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The CRISS CROSS by Crystal Lacey, Life, Love & Loneliness by Crystal Lacey,Black boy by Richard wright, Up Close & Personal by Crystal Lacey Winslow,Four Degrees of Heat: A Collection of Sexy... by Rochelle Alers,Eva First Lady of Sin by Storm, Paper Doll by Nicolette,
Thug's Passion by Tracy Gray,Mind Games by KaShamba Williams,My Skin Is My Sin by Dejon,
These are books i have read..
2007-12-06 01:37:39 · answer #11 · answered by A.k. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋