im looking for a good book to read. what are your suggestions?
2007-12-08 15:02:25 · 11 answers · asked by hello :) 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Piers Anthony and Anne McCaffrey
First, Piers Anthony...
You can go to a used book store like Bookman's or Half Price Books and get his old stuff for like, $1.00 a book!
The REALLY cheep ones are the copies with the red dye around the edges of the pages!
I love his stuff so much that I am LITERALLY attempting to collect his more then 200 books!!
I have a word doc. that I made from his website with the list and as I get a new book I highlight my hard copy...
A LOT of his "New" stuff (less then 10 years old) are available anywhere.
I specifically recommend:
Triple Dentente
Hasan
Shade of the Tree
The First 10 books of his Xanth Series:
A Spell for Chameleon
The Source of Magic
Castle Roogna
Centaur Aisle
Ogre, Ogre
Night Mare
Dragon on a Pedestal
Anything from the Adept Series:
Split Infinity (SPECTACULAR book)
Blue Adept
Juxtaposition
Out of Phase
If your depressed I recommend the Mode Series:
Virtual Mode
Fractal Mode
Chaos Mode
DoOon Mode (The last isn't the best but it is good to finish a series)
-> Firefly <- A MUST HAVE!
The Ring
Pretender
Caterpillar's Question
Dragon's Gold
He has 100+ more.
Now Anne McCaffery...
Her Dragon Riders of Pern Series is AWESOME!
The Crystal Singer Series is SPECTACULAR!
Crystal Singer
Kilashandra
Crystal Line
I have read The Roan Series over and over and over again!
It starts with the Pegasus Trilogy
To Ride Pegasus
Pegasus in Flight
Pegasus in Space
Then it jumps a few generations to:
Rowan
Damia
Damia's Children
The Tower and the Hive
Lyon's Pride
Um... I think that is the right order...
There are more but I'm tired and I'm falling asleep...
Look up her website for a more extensive list...
The only books from Anne McCaffrey that I don't like are the Acorna Series... Total crap...
I hope you look up a few of what I'm sure will become fave's!
2007-12-08 15:37:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"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 more than 200 years before the Europeans learned of it--by reading his books.
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 for high school students. You can find reviews of the book and a sample chapter at http://www.ibnalhaytham.net/
2007-12-10 05:38:00 · answer #2 · answered by Centaur 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some great authors:
Clive Cussler
James Michener
William Martin
Jack Du Brul
James Rollins
John Ringo
Christopher Moore
Matt Ruff
2007-12-08 15:51:46 · answer #3 · answered by Molly T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twilight, Ranger's Apprentice, Uglies,
2007-12-08 15:12:55 · answer #4 · answered by Dustin B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Amazon.com and search:
"Lost from Atlantis Book 1"
"Death by Murder David Lindsay" - you have to search that way.
and "Super Spaghetti"
They're free if you have Kindle Unlimited, and you can get a free trial of that - Google how.
If you don't have a Kindle you can get a free smartphone app from Google Play, or read it online - all free.
2016-04-02 05:47:14 · answer #5 · answered by thedavecorp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Hatters Castle" by A J Cronin. Brilliant novel or "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. Both great reads!
2007-12-08 15:23:04 · answer #6 · answered by S1 Aus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i don't read much, but i say the best book i have read is The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, if u like social science fiction books
2007-12-08 15:56:52 · answer #7 · answered by Hippie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you haven't already read it, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Best classic ever.
2007-12-08 15:10:35 · answer #8 · answered by NakdWhtGuy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try the gossip girl series and the clique series
2007-12-09 10:44:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
anne of greengables, three musketeers, frankenstine the list goes on and on.
2007-12-08 15:06:23 · answer #10 · answered by rahlyd swamp muffin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋