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Question: In search of some really good books to read!.!.!.!.!!?
i am an athlete who absolutely loves to read and often find myself reading in the car on the way to my basketball tournaments and staying up late to finish books which i have started in the same day!.!.!. i would like to find books which are page-turners and difficult to put down!. i enjoy fantasy, science fiction, mystery and romance but i do not gravitate towards horror!.!.!. my favorite books include Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow and other books by Orson Scott Card, Eragon, Eldest, Angels and Demons, all books by Tamora Pierce, the Gemma Doyle Trilogy and others!.!.!. PLEASE HELP!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com
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If you liked Enders I'd suggest these!.
Uglies Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld
http://www!.scottwesterfeld!.com/books/ugl!.!.!.
UGLIES trilogy follows the high-tech adventures of Tally Youngblood!. As an ugly, then a pretty, and finally a special, Tally works to take down a society created to function with perfect-looking people who never have a chance to think for themselves!.
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
http://www!.philip-pullman!.com/pages/cont!.!.!.
Lyra and Will, children from different worlds, share two common bonds, the loss of parents and the possession of objects which give them unique access to knowledge!. One is an object which communicates truth about any situation to any person wise enough to be able to read it and the other an instrument which can cut open windows to other worlds!.
Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Inheritance!.!.!.
Fifteen year-old Eragon discovers his destiny as a Dragon Rider!. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and his dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds!.
In addition to Harry Potter :)Www@QuestionHome@Com
i absolutely love the gemma doyle trilogy!
but anyway,
if you haven't read the harry potter series, you definitely should!. I was skeptical at first about reading so many huge books, and also about them being nerdy, but I loved them!. The books go by so fast you don't even realize you just read 600+ pages!.
also, the stephanie mayer books are great!. they have everything you seem to like in them!.
nicholas sparks books are great for romance, but are pretty big tearjerkers!.
john saul is good for sort of creepy science fiction/mystery, as is dean koontz!.
there are tons of books out there, what I do is just go to the library, find one with a good title, a good synopsis, and go with it!.
good luckWww@QuestionHome@Com
The Lost Regiment series about a Civil War regiment sailing home and getting abducted by giants whose culture has broken down and needs humans for slaves for basic needs (beyond working the teleporters they have lost the ability for anything technical)!. There is other human cultures on the panet and they band together to fight the giants!.
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander!. It's a series of books that is very much a cross between the Lord of the Ring series and the Lion, Witch and Wardrobe series!.
The Westmark Trilogy by Lloyd AlexanderWww@QuestionHome@Com
"They Call Me Coach," John Wooden!.
"Hidden Camera," Zoran Zivkovic!.
"Stranger in a Strange Land," Robert Heinlein!.
"Cat's Cradle" and "Slaughterhouse-Five," Kurt Vonnegut!.
"The Martian Chronicles," Ray Bradbury!.
"Expecting Adam," Martha Beck!.
"Soul Mates and Twin Flames," Elizabeth Clare Prophet!.
"The Overachievers," Alexandra Robbins!.
"The Great Divorce," C!. S!. Lewis!.
"Above Black," Dan Sherman, http://www!.aboveblack!.com
"The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce!?", Free and Wilcock, http://www!.divinecosmos!.com
"Psychoenergetic Science," Dr!. William Tiller, http://www!.tiller!.org
"Freakonomics," S!. Levitt!.
"The True Story of the Bilderberg Group," Daniel Estulin!.
"Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei," Weinberger and Paz!.
"Animal Farm," George Orwell!.
"Liberal Fascism," Jonah Goldberg!.
"Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians," Brandon Sanderson!.
"Bridge to Terabithia," Paterson!.
"The Long Walk," Rawicz!.
"In a Sunburned Country," Bill Bryson!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
here's some Crime-Fiction you might like!.!.!.
"The Guards" by Ken Bruen
"American Skin" by Ken Bruen
"Caught Stealing" by Charlie Huston
"Already Dead" by Charlie Huston
"The Shotgun Rule" by Charlie Huston
"The Winter of Frankie Machine" by Don Winslow
"California Fire and Life" by Don Winslow
"The Wheelman" by Duane Swierzcynski
"The Blonde" by Duane Swierzcynski
"Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay
"The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler
"The Maltese Falcon" by Dashiell Hammett
I really reccomend the Bruen and Huston Books, they're greatWww@QuestionHome@Com
I just finished book 3 of the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer!. Vampires, werewolves, teenage lust/love!. It's all in there!. I picked up Twilight because my daughter wanted to read it, and I got caught up in the books!. Next installment out in August and I have pre-ordered it!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
harry potter
twilight - stephenie meyer
the host - stephenie meyer
the neverending story - michael ende
sweep - cate tiernan
lord of the rings - tolkien
jane eyre - charlotte bronte
wuthering heights - emily bronte
fahrenhiet 451 - ray bradbury
to kill a mockingbird - harper lee
of mice and men - steinbeck
staying fat for sarah byrnes - chris crutcher
stotan! - chris crutcher
uglies, pretties, specials - scott westerfeld
peeps - scott westerfeld
the davinci code - dan brown
the giver - lois lowry
anna karenina - tolstoy
sophie's world - jostein gaarder
the vampire chronicles - anne rice
obsidian butterfly - laurel k hamilton
angry moon - terrill - lanford
sisterhood of the traveling pants - ann brashers
you don't know me - david klass
oliver twist - dickens
the picture of dorian gray - oscar wilde
anything by shakespeare
but especially
a midsummer night's dream
hamlet
julius caesar
much ado about nothing
and romeo and juliet
(what can i say!? i AM a girl!.)
wicked, son of a witch - gregory maguire
the golden compass, the subtle knife, the amber spyglass - phillip pullman
izzy willy-nilly - cynthia voigt
matilda - roald dahl
thinner - stephen king
tangerine - edward bloor
stargirl - jerry spinelli
the dollanganger series - vc andrews
a million little peices - james fray
burned - ellen hopkinsWww@QuestionHome@Com
if u haven't read Harry potter, don't waste ur time!. the books are boring and poorly written!. same for Twilight, stupid fangirls over a stupid book cause it has stupid hott vampires in it!. ick!
The Bartimeaous Tirolgy is amazing(sp!?!?!?)
Tithe, Valiant and Ironside by Holly Black and awesome reads
my favorite book is Impulse by Ellen Hopkins, as her other books Crank, Burned, and Glass
The Lovely Bones is great
Speak
Cut
A Child Called it
there's tons of really great books to read
oh, Anthem!. it's an awesome book, really touching and makes ya think
and Night
and Animal Farm
depending on what grade ur in, u might have read those, if not u probally will soon!. i read anthem and night freshmen year, and animal farm sophmore year
the theif lord is worth reading
lord of the flies, if u haven't read it or seen the movie, is good, but personally i hate the style, but it has a very enthrilling story line to it!. so it's readable, just a bit bragging on the style to me
Beastly is really good
if u want more, feel free to contact meWww@QuestionHome@Com