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Question: I need a really good book!.!?
My favorite books are The Catcher in the Rye, Farenheit 451, and 1984!. Does any one know books kinda like those that are really good!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Wooo :) someone who actually reads substantial novels for once!.
I would suggest A Separate Peace or One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest!.
One of my very favorite books that I would recommend is The Perks Of Being a Wallflower!. Many of my guy friends have read it as well and thought it was amazing!.

P!.S!. The Kite Runner is amazing too :)
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I haven't read any of those yet, but here are some books I think are must-reads:

The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostroevsky (personally haven't read it yet, but my friend absolutely loved it, and I trust her judgement completely!. Same with To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee!.)

Crap! I missed two of my favourites!
Slaughter-House Five by Kurt Vonnegut
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne GreenburgWww@QuestionHome@Com

Anthem (Ayn Rand)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
House of Stairs (William Sleator)
V for Vendetta (it's a comic book though)

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Dystopian_n!.!.!. has a list, but I don't know how good those are!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Wholeheartedly agree with earlier responses that Vonnegut is great!. Thompson is, too!.
Any Tom Robbins, Neal Stephenson, Wm!. Gibson, B!. Sterling, S M Stirling!.
'Catch-22', 'Johnny got his gun', 'Brave New World'!. 'Gates of Fire' if you liked the movie 300!. 'Kiln People' & 'the Postman' by David Brin -the book is way better than the movie & the author is great!.

I guess only 'Brave New World' is like those you list; dystopic fiction like '1984' & '451!.
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try Librarything to find good books & authors!.!.!.
http://www!.librarything!.com/zeitgeistWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Slaughterhouse 5 and Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Clockwork Orange
anything by Hermann Hesse
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

check the link below for other Sci-Fi

http://books4teensandadults!.googlepages!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Read "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" , or ANYTHING by Hunter S!. Thompson!. Slaughterhouse 5, also you might like the author Hubert Selby, read ' Last Exit to Brooklyn' especially if you saw the movie Reqrium for a dream!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Good answers already!. Some people already added some of my recommendations!.
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BronteWww@QuestionHome@Com

Great answers from all - Get a list of the greatest 100 books written in the 20th century and take it from there!. Go to the library and look at classics and science fiction!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Outsiders is an awesome book that you would probably love! Its about a gang and how they are family and not just gang members!. Its also got alot of action and suspense in it!.

ToryWww@QuestionHome@Com

Maximum Ride!!!! Its full of action and suspense!! It is really good! Its about mutant bird kids who try to save the world!. They are all unique which makes it cooler or more intriguing!. but yeah read it!! Www@QuestionHome@Com

"Boy's Life" by Robert McCammonWww@QuestionHome@Com

Anthem by
Ann RyndWww@QuestionHome@Com

Try "Lord of the Flies"Www@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!.To Kill A MockingbirdWww@QuestionHome@Com


Memoirs of a Geisha is like THE best boo!. Ever!. O_OWww@QuestionHome@Com