What are some good books to read?

Question

Hey I was just wondering if anyone has read any good novels recently and if you could give me the name, author and a quick synopsis...that would be great! Thanks!

Answer 1

The Warriors
Sol Yurick
Its about gangs in New York city, it focuses on one gang from Coney island and their fight to get back home, the story is taken from the battle of penintula in 400 B.C,
It really is a great book.

Answer 2

Go Toward The Light
BY, Chris Oyler

It was written by the mother of a 9 year old boy who was diagnosed with AIDS. He was a hemophiliac who had many blood transfusions. It is a very sad book that WILL make you cry like a baby. There is a quote on the front of the book:
"When you are told that someone you love is going to die it is as if time skips a beat and once the clock resumes ticking nothing is the same" The book is out of print so you will probably have to find it at a library or used book store. You could also check ebay they always have many things.

I also liked The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Sallinger.

Answer 3

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby.

With "locked-in" syndrome due to some event in his brain stem, Bauby is completely paralyzed, able only to move his left eye and blink. Otherwise completely rational, this former editor of Elle, a prestigious Parisian magazine published in twenty plus countries, is completely bed-ridden, breathes through a respirator [diving bell], and is fed through a feeding tube. Using his eye blinks, he is able to communicate and write this book.

A wonderful story - one that works on many levels that an ordinary story doesn't work, because it's so real. Such as when he calls the cripples at his hospital "tourists" because they'll get to go home eventually, whereas he's apparently in for the duration. Or when he tells about his imaginary eating in the best restaurants in Paris and calls it "simmering memories."

Answer 4

Wildwood Dancing by Julliet Marillier
Every full moon, five sisters go to the Wildwood and dance the night away. But their cousin is looking for revenge against the creatures of Wildwood, and now he controls the girls' lives! And if thats not bad enough, a group of vampires have come to the Wildwood and are causing mayhem, and the eldest sister has fallen in love with one of them! A great book full of Adventure and Romance.

Glint by Ann Cobourn
Ellie's brother Danny goes missing on his birthday. The police trying to find him are hurting more than helping. So what does timid Ellie do? She sets out to find him of course! Meanwhile, in a different world, a girl named Argent goes off on a quest to save a baby dragon. Both girls' quests are very different, yet very similar too!
A great book with mystery, adventure, and a little romance.

Answer 5

Right now I'm reading Into the Wild. It's a great book. Jon Krakauer is the author. It's about Chris McCandless. He is the guy who went into Alaska's wilderness and his body was found a few months later. It's really factual and not at all disgusting. It's really fascinating.

Answer 6

Twilight and its sequals, New Moon and Esclipse
all about this girl's adventure with falin in love with a vampire and his family
the Chanters of Tremaris trilogy
itakes place on a different world where singing is powerand one girls tkaes a chance with a a stranger and goes on this one big adventure and realizes how much power she really has
the Maximum ride trilogy
a fmaily of bavian hybrid children escape multiple times form the scientists who create them to save thier sister, themselves, adn teh world
How to Kill a Mockingbird
how do i describe such a great story?
The Anthem
weird, takes place in teh future...once again...it quite an amazing book
A Seperate Peace
two friends have a rough summer and school year duirng world war 2
Dark secrets
its a series of love, paranormal, adventure and dangerous choices.

Answer 7

oh man! I could go on and on. I work in a public library and read a lot. right now I'm reading the 4th book in a series by Phil Rickman. it's about a female exorcism priest and her teenage daughter. the books are pretty long, so I won't take up more time telling about them. I just read Big Boned by Meg Cabot, the third in that series. then there was Creation in Death by JD Robb, also a series.

Answer 8

The Last Witchfinder: James Morrow
A really clever and fast paced historical fiction novel that touches on the witchtrials, kidnapping by indians, Ben Franklin (the protagonist has an affair with him), getting shipwrecked on a deserted island.

Answer 9

Angels and Demons (I could not put the book down - so many twists and turns) - Dan Brown
All of Jodi Picoults books - Nice writing style and her books make u think.
The Dark Materials (Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and the Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman

Answer 10

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A man and his son travel through post apocalyptic America.

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
After a girl is murdered she watches her family react to her death and cope from Heaven.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
An Afgani boy travels to America where he struggles with his guilt and finds redemption when he goes back to Afganistan.

If you like true crime read Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi, it's about the Manson family and the investigation and trial of their crimes. It's written by the prosecutor so that makes the read very interesting.