what book do you recommend to read? Your favorite books perhaps?

Answer 1

I don't know what sort of books you like and it's very difficult to recommend just one.
Proof - Dick Francis. My favorite book.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
The Eye of the Needle - Ken Follett.
Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden - John Steinbeck.
Even Steven, At All Costs, Nathan's Run - John Gilstrap.
Gorky Park - Martin Cruz Smith.
The Godfather - Mario Puzo.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Talk to the Hand - Lynne Truss.
Double Cross - James Patterson.
I Want to Buy a Vowel - John Welter.
The Gemini Contenders - Robert Ludlum.

Answer 2

First, the bible, and the literary reasons should be enough (the bible is the most popular, and most referenced, single work in Western literature). I prefer the New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition. Here are some less-ambitious suggestions:

It would help if you gave your age and interests, but here goes:

http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com

Included is a list of only the best sorcery fantasy books, grade reading level, a short review of each book along with a brief summary of adult content. There is also a "Reader's Choice" list of favorite books, and a list of heroine sorcery fantasy books.

Also these: http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtother.html#great . Lots of lists, but I especially like the Harvard Classics list - all the books that I should have read, but (mostly) never did.

Finally, these: http://www.awardannals.com/wiki/Honor_roll:Genres - pick your genre, find the best books ranked by how many awards they've won.

I hope this helps.

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

Answer 3

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Town House by Tish Cohen
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
Down River by John Hart
Too Late to Say Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
Them by Nathan McCall
Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate
Amazing Grace by Danielle Steel

Answer 4

I recommend that you read Born Confused. I started reading about 4 years ago but got really bored with it and st oped. I guess when I was about 11 I started to read teen books even though they did not make any sense to me.

Answer 5

Angela's Ashes
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pillars of the Earth
Shogun, Taipan
Hawaii, Chesapeake, The Drifters

Answer 6

I rather enjoyed "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf. But I'm not sure how deep you can get, and Mrs. Dalloway, despite it's small size is deep.

I also enjoyed "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" by Alan Sillitoe. "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver.

Or in the realm of murder mysteries, anything by James Patterson, Mary Higgins Clark, and Janet Evanovich is good.

Answer 7

I absolutely love Jane Eyre and the Beekeepers Apprentice series by Laurie R. King.

Beekeepers is about a girl who becomes Sherlock Holmes partner is crime solving.

Answer 8

The Belgaraid by David Eddings
Shapechangers by Jennifer Roberson
Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz
All stories by ~Me~

Answer 9

Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

Answer 10

The adventures of Sherlock Holmes.