im 43 an avid reader but have totally ran out of ideas on what to read next!.read all different types of books hate crime and romance!.dont like horror or sci ence fiction!.reading zola at the moment helpWww@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hmm!.!. Well I'm 13 and I was reading Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" series and i thought it was amazing so i recommended it to my mum (whos your age) and she thought it amazing too!. Bill Brysons "A Short History of Nearly Everything" is good too!. And it goes without saying that the Twilight Series are the best books in the world but i think they are more suited to younger readers!. I know how you feel so i hope that helped!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com I'mm currently immersed in Hollywood Wives the new generation penned by Jackie Collins!. Amazing ability to draw me in and actually really picture the scenes as they unfold!. also most Danielle steel books from 1992 to 2004 were classic in my opinion!. Some Steel novels before and after this time period are worth a look but this era seemed to me to be her best!. Happy reading !Www@QuestionHome@Com An extremely good book 'Devil's Guard' by George Robert Elford!. isbn 0-450-05447-0 'The brutal and shocking testament of a Nazi mercenary' 'This is the first hand record of an unregenerate Nazi who escaped the war crime trials in Europe after Worls War II and joined the French Foreign Legion!.' 'Sent to Indochina to fight the Viet Minh, the German battalion shot, bombed, tortured and bayonetted the enemy!.' 'Devil's Guard is one man's personal document of reprisals and counter-reprisals, of criminal violence on both sides, of outrages against humanity, of war at its rawest, cruellest and most greusome!.' Don't be put off by this!. It really is a good read and gives some insight into the mind of a war-monger!. Www@QuestionHome@Com This is a list of my favourites: Fiction: Confessions of a Justified Sinner - Justin Hogg 1984 & Animal Farm - George Orwell The Way the Dead Live - Will Self Brave New World - Aldous Huxley Nice - Jen Sacks An Instance of Fingerpost - Iain Pears The Midwich Cuckoos & Day of the Triffids - John Wydham The Restraint of Beasts - Magnus Mills Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll The English Passengers - Matthew Kneale Death & the Penguin - Andrey Kurkev The Way we Live Now - Anthony Trollope Catch 22 - Joseph Heller One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams The Brief & Frightening Reign of Phil - George Saunders The Missing Piece - Shel Silverstein Non-fiction Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China - Jung Chang The World We're In - Will Hutton Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser, the scariest book I have ever read!. The Riddle and The Knight - Giles Milton (anything by him)Www@QuestionHome@Com Try "Pillars of Earth" Ken Follett!.!.!.!.its really cool historical fiction!. also try "The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen "Centennial", "Space", "Chesapeake", by James Michner!. If you want so heavier stuff try "Love in the time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez or "The Rosy Crucifixion Trilogy: Sexus, Nexus, Plexus" by Henry Miller!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I am 48 and also an avid reader! Try some of these!. The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Neffenigger Last Chance by Sarah Dessen Best of Fathers by Anne Baker The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood Cell by Stephen King My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult Before I Die by Jenny Downham Swimming with the Fishes and Swimming without a net by MaryJanice Davidson Inkheart and Inkspell by Cornelia Funkt Ingo series by Helen Dunmore Jane Eyre Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill Lord of the Flies and The Inheritors by William Golding No! I don’t want to join a Book Club by Virgina Ironside Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir!.!.!.!.!.!.and her other books Eragon series Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz My Legendary Girlfriend by Mike Gayle The Book Thief by Markus Zusack Mr Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Wuthering Heights Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D H Lawrence The Arthur Trilogy by Bernard Cornwall starts with Winter King Mr McGreggor, The Last Lighthouse Keeper, Animal Instincts, Only Dad, Rosie, Love and Dr Devon all by Alan Titchmarsh Anything by Stephen King, John Saul, John Connolly, James Herbert Mike Gayle, Nicholas Sparks and Alexander McCall Smith The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind starts with Wizards First Rule The Dark Tower series by Stephen King starts with The Gunslinger All the Harry Potter books Www@QuestionHome@Com A Prayer For Owen Meaney by John Irving The World According To Garp by John Irving The Cider House Rules by John Irving The 148-Pound Marriage by John Irving Naked Lunch by William S!. Burroughs Foulcard's Pendulum by Umberto Eco Red Dragon by Thomas Harris The Silence Of The Lambs by Thomas Harris The Magus by John FowlesWww@QuestionHome@Com I recommend Darren Shan books (Cirque Du Freak ) is the first of a series, and (Lord Loss) is a different series *my fav >!.< I'm not sure you may like it but twilight is a 4 book series, however, the story is slow in my point of view, but you may like it <3 Www@QuestionHome@Com Made in the USA by Billie Letts Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts The Honk and Holler Opening Soon by Billie Letts Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinksy Family Tree by Barbara Delinksy Domestic Unfairs by Eileen Goudge Tribute by Nora Roberts The Surrogate by Judith Henry Wall Paper Hearts by Debrah Williamson Singing With the Top Down by Debrah Williamson The Dog Who Spoke With Gods by Diane Jessup White Oleander by Janet Fitch Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison A Month of Summer by Lisa Wingate Penumbra by Carolyn Haines A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Town House by Tish Cowan The Friendship Cake by Lynne Hinton The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay Them By Nathan McCall The Girls by Lori Lansens (about conjoined twins) Elvis Takes a Backseat by Leanna Ellis Almost Graceland by Steve Carlson Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio Midwives by Chris Bohjalian Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes Back Roads by Tawni O'Dell Www@QuestionHome@Com Sometimes this site can help!.!.!. http://www!.whatshouldireadnext!.com/searc!.!.!. What are your interests!? American Library Association suggestions!.!. http://www!.ala!.org/ala/alalibrary/librar!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com i enjoy reading jodi picoult books which are based on real life type scenerios but with twists i borrowed 1 and ended up buying 4 other ones!. my sisters keeper is my favourite good luck hope you find something you like Www@QuestionHome@Com Any book by Derek Acorah Is absoloutely classic!. It gives detailed information on the people who have passed to the spirit world!.Www@QuestionHome@Com White Teeth by Zadie Smith Anything by Thomas Hardy Anything by John Steinbeck Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie Www@QuestionHome@Com You can't go wrong with Bill Bryson, as suggested above!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Twilight series!. 'Nuff said!.Www@QuestionHome@Com anything by bill brysonWww@QuestionHome@Com well my mums ur age i think and she really enjoyed reading "white mughals" and she still likes the adrian mole ones =]Www@QuestionHome@Com the twilight serieseWww@QuestionHome@Com |