what is a good book???

Question

i've read all the main books that everyone's read, like harry potter, eragon, twilight, and the his dark materials books( the golden compass)
i want something that is a little less fantasy.
also, i'm 15

Answer 1

How about a nonfiction book? "Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist" 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/

Answer 2

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
The China Garden by Liz Berry
I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block
Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Answer 3

For fantasy go to Tamora Pierce, any of her books, all of her books. And the Artemis Fowl series and other books by that author. And any C.S. Forster, The Lion, the With and the Wardrobe.

So what interests you--since you want less fantasy? Do you want adult characters or teens & tweens? For adult--some funny mysteries are the Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series. A little heavier are the Sue Grafton, A is for Alibi, B is for Burglar.

Answer 4

Contest by Mathew J. Reilly

Answer 5

Acrobat, by Gonzalo Lira

Answer 6

Warriors there pretty exciting!its about cats who live in clans and there are about 19 bokks of them(series)

Answer 7

the catcher in the rye

Answer 8

the Bible