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I guess that depends on what you have already read!.!.!. Without knowing what you have already read, I suggest the following:

Terry Pratchett - the Discworld series is an all-time favourite of mine, but anything he's written is as good as gold!

Jane Austen - Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion

Frances Burney - Evelina

Stephen King - The Dark Tower series, Salem's Lot, The Green Mile novellas, It, Misery, and many more!

Dean Koontz - Odd Thomas (excellent book!)

J!.R!.R!. Tolkien - The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogy

J!.M!. Barrie - Peter Pan

Louisa May Alcott - Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys, The Inheritance

Frewin Jones - The Faerie Path series

Holly Black - Tithe, Valiant, Ironside

Scott Westerfeld - The Risen Empire, The Killing of Worlds

Yann Martel - Life of Pi

Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird

William Golding - Lord of the Flies

William Gibson - Neuromancer

Libba Bray - Gemma Doyle trilogy

John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids, The Chrysalids

Shakespeare - King Lear, Othello, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Romeo & Juliet, and any other play you have not already read, as well as his Sonnets!.

Victor Hugo - Les Miserables

L!. Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz books, there are quite a few and they are worth the read at any age!

Jules Verne - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Meg Cabot - Mediator series, Princess Diaries series

Christopher Paolini - Eragon, Eldest

This is just a very short list to get you started!

Good luck and happy reading!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Here are some of my favorites:

Neil Gaiman is an amazing author!

Edgar Allen Poe is a really good author!. Check out his poems and short stories!.

William Shakespeare is good too!.

Any books by Scott Westernfeld or Neal Shusterman are really good too!.

Any books by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes are amazing! There is In The Forest of The Night, Demon In My View, Shattered Mirror, Midnight Predator!. And then there is the The Kiesha'ra series: Hawksong (the best in the series!), Snakecharm, Falcondance, Wolfcry and Wyverhail!.

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

How To Kill A Rock Star by Tiffanie Debartolo

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

13 Little Blue Envelopes and Girl At Sea by Maureen Johnson

Abarat by Clive Barker, Make sue you get the hardcover version though!!! If you liked the first one be sure to check out the next book in the series Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War!.

Daughters of Destiny series: Keeper of the Winds by Jenna Solitaire, If you enjoyed the first one check out the next three books in the series!. Keeper of the Waters, Keeper of the Flames and Keeper of the Earth!.

The Abhorsen Trilogy (Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen) by Garth Nix

The Maximum Ride series (The Angel Experiment, Schools Out Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, The Final Warning) by James Patterson

His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman

A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels and The Far Sweet Thing by Libba Bray

The Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-Shaw

The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill, If you liked this one, check out the next two Blade of Fire and The Last Battle of the Icemark!.

The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding

Inkheart and Inkspell and Inkdeath (coming soon!) by Cornelia Funke

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

Holes by Louis Sanchar

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares

Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

The Morganville Vampire series (Glass Houses, Dead Girls Dance, Midnight Alley and Feast of Fools) by Rachel Cain

The Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini

The Chronicles of Narnia (7 books) by C!.S!. Lewis

The Hobbit by J!.R!.R!. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J!.R!.R!. Tolkien

Impulse by Ellen Hopkins

The Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton

Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer

Harry Potter series by J!.K!. Rowling

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

All-American Girl by Meg Cabot

Uglies series by Scott Westernfeld

The Wind Singer, Slaves of the Mastery and Firesong by William Nicholson

Define “Normal” by Julie Ann Peters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

The Sight and Fell by David Clement-Davies

The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia BujorWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Les Miserables is a great summer reading project!. Get the unabridged edition!. It is fantastic, uplifting, sad, wonderful--in short, a work of art!.

Two more favorites:

Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone!. It was called, by TS Eliot, "The first, the longest, and the best" detective novel in the English language!. Even non-mystery fans will get a kick out of this, in my opinion, because it isn't like all the series whodunnits that are churned out nowadays!. It too is a work of art!.

And, finally, Collins' second great work: The Woman in White!. A marvelous story of mistaken identity, madness, repentance, triumph!. I love both of Collins' great novels!. He wrote many others, but these are rightfully considered his best!.

As a writer myself, these three books are among the books that, when I read them, always make me smack my forehead and say, "DAMN!! I wish I could do that!"Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Read ANYTHING by Chris Crutcher!. I absolutely love his books!. I would recommend reading "Whale Talk", "Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes", and "Crazy Horse Electric Game" first!. Those are my favorite books by him so far!. I would also recommend "Life As We Knew It" by Susan Beth Pfeffer!. also "The Giver" by Lois Lowry and "Gather Blue" (the companion book and the book I'm currently reading)!. I enjoy Ellen Hopkin's books!. They can be alittle depressing, but they are good!. My favorite book by her is "Impulse"!. Two "eye opening" books are "Give a Boy a Gun" by Todd Strasser and "Please Stop Laughing at Me!.!.!." by Jodee Blanco!. And you can never go wrong with a good ol' "Harry Potter" book =] !.

Happy Reading!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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i don't know!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. i've read so many books!.!.!.!.!.!.!.but i would suggest
the maximum ride series
twilight series
vampire kisses series
silver kiss by: annette kurtis clause
breathing underwater by:Alex Flinn (was okay and i read it because it was on my summer reading list for school)
black sheep (it's funny)
and right that all that i can remember!.!.!.!.!.!.!.

hope that helped!

happy reading!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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There is a second book after the outsiders called That was then This is Now!. It is a really good book!. To kill a Mockingbird is really good as is Animal Farm!.
also any book by Meg Cabot is good!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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What about Getting Rid of Matthew is a great book, Dont tell Mummy, and there is loads on 3 for 2 at waterstones that look great at the moment so go and check it out!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Try Twilight trilogy by Stephenie Meyer!.
There will be fourth book in this series in August!.
Really good stuff - not only for summer:))Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Since you enjoyed "The Outsiders" try:
"That Was Then, This Is Now"
"Rumble Fish"

Both are by S!.E!. HintonWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Before I Die by Jenny DownhamWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Hello these are the books from the Montserrat reveiw!. My thoughts come later! I hope you read thrrough them all and pick a few out!Enjoy!


And Silent Left the Place by Elizabeth Bruce!. c2007,
Washington Writers Publishing House!. 223 pgs!. 00-931846-87-0!.

Electric Grace edited by Richard Peabody!. c2007,
Paycock Press!. 407pgs!. ISBN: 0931181259!.

Not What I Expected, edited by Donya Currie Arias!. c2007,
Paycock Press!. 363 pgs!. ISBN: 9780931181269!.


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BEST POETRY JOURNALS:
The Bitter Oleander edited by Paul B!. Roth!. c2008,
The Bitter Oleander Press!. 126 pgs!. ISSN: 1087-8483!.

Shrim, guest edited by Merrill Leffler!. c2008,
Intermedia Productions!. 40 pgs!.

OCHO #17: MiPOesias Print Companion, guest edited by Denise Duhamel!.c2008,
A Menendez Publication!. 82 pgs!. ISBN: 978-1434890184!.

Paterson Literary Review edited by Maria Mazziotti Gillan!. c2008, Passaic County Community College!.
353 pgs!. ISSN: 0743-2259!.
Poet Lore, edited by Jody Bolz and E!.Ethelbert Miller!.c2008, The Writer’s Center!. Vol 1 &2!. 157 pgs!. ISSN: 00321966!.


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BEST TEXTBOOK:
The Steiny Road To Operadom: The Making of American Operas by Karren LaLonde Alenier!. c2007,
Unlimited Publishing LLC!. 310 pgs!. ISBN: 978-1-58832-192-3!.


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BEST POETRY BOOKS AND POETRY CHAPBOOKS:

When I Said Goodbye by DiDi Menendez!. c2008!.
BlazeVOX Books!. 67 pgs!. ISBN: 9781934289860!.

Smoke and Strong Whiskey by Robin Chapman!. c2008,
WordTech Editions!. 92 pgs!. ISBN: 9781933456966!.

Helen Takes the Stage: The Helen Keller Poems by Kathi Wolfe!. c2008,
Pudding House Publications!. 29 pgs!. ISBN: 1-58998-654-7!.

What We Already Knew by Rick Cannon!. c2007,
Sheltering Pines Press!. 18 pgs!.

The Good Body by Anne Becker!. c2007,
Finishing Line Press!. 29 pgs!. ISBN: 978-1-59924-165-4!.

We Bed Down Into Water by John Rybicki!. c2008,
Northwestern Univ!. Press Tri Quarterly Books!. 79pgs!. ISBN: 978-0-8101-5187!.

The Heart That Lies Outside the Body by Stephanie Lenox!. c2007,
Slapering Hol Press!. 27pgs!. ISBN: 978-0-9700277!.

Lip Prints by Alexis Rotella!. c2007,
Tanka Press!. 144 pgs!. ISBN: 978-0-6151-6502-8!.

The Kingdom of Ordinary Time by Marie Howe!. c2008,
W!.W!. Norton & Co!. c2008!. 68 pgs!. ISBN: 978-0-6151-6502-8!.

A Slender Grace by Rod Jellema!. c2004,
William B!.Erdmans Publishing Co!.112pgs!. ISBN: 0-8028-2782-9!.

The Alchemy of Grief by Emily Ferrara,
with Italian translation by Sabine Pascarelli!. c2007,
Bordighera Press!. 100pgs!. ISBN: 978-1884419898!.

Sailor In The Rain by Denis Garrison!. c2007,
MET Press!. 129 pgs!. ISBN: 978-0-6151-8497-5!.

Gold Carp Jack Fruit Mirrors by George Kalamaras!. c2008,
The Bitter Oleander Press!. 133pgs!. ISBN: 09786335-1-2!.

Language for a New Century, edited by Tina Chang,
Natalie Handal and Ravi Shankar!. c2008,
W!.W!.Norton & Co!. 713 pgs!. 978-0-393-33238-4!.

Fire Before the Hands by Michael S!. Glaser!. c2008,
The Anabiosis Press!. 20 pgs!. ISBN: 0972795561!.

The Boatloads by Dan Albergotti!. c2008,
BOA Editions!. 93pgs!. 978-1-934414-03-3!.

Natural Selection by Leslie Heywood!. c2008,
Louisiana Literature Press!. 56pgs!. ISBN: 978-0-94083-21-4!.

Human Dark With Sugar by Brenda Shaughnessy!. c2008,
Copper Canyon Press!. 77 pgs!. 978-55659-276-8!.

Queen of a Rainy Country by Linda Pastan!. c2006,
W!.W!. Norton & Co!. 77pgs!. ISBN: 978 0-393-06247-2!.

Tell Me Where To Be Born by Avideh Shashaani!. c2008,
Forest Woods!. 131 pgs!. ISBN: 9780938572442!.

Elephants & Butterflies by Alan Michael Parker!. c2008,
BOA Editions!.89 pgs!. ISBN: 978-1-934414-05-7!.

Call from Paris by Prartho Sereno!. c2008,
The Word Works!. 69 pgs!. ISBN: 978-0-915380-68-8!.

The Fortieth Day by Kazim Ali!. c2008,
BOA Editions!. 74 pgs!. ISBN: 978-1-934414-04-0!.

The Why and Later edited by Carly Sachs!. c2008,
Deep Cleveland Press!. 115 pgs!. ISBN: 0-9742054-7-8!.

Barter by Monica Youn!. c2008,
Graywolf Press!. 75 pgs!. ISBN: 978-1555973810!.

Subject To Change by Matthew Thorburn!. c2008,
New Issues Poetry & Prose!. 75 pgs!. ISBN: 1-930974-46-9!.

Fire To Fire: New and Selected Poems by Mark Doty!. c2008,
Harper!. 336 pgs!. ISBN: 978-0060752477!.

That Little Something by Charles Simic!. c2008,
Harcourt!. 96 pgs!. ISBN: 978-0151013593!.

Always The Trains by Judy Neri!. c2007,
Scarith!. 100 pgs!. ISBN: 978-0980081411!.

A Yes-or No Answer by Jane Shore!. c2008,
Houghton Mifflin!. 80 pgs!. ISBN: 978-0547006031!.

Crush by Kwame Alexander!. c2007,
Word of Mouth!. 67pgs!. ISBN: 978-1888018-40-0!.

Discount Fireworks by Wendy Taylor Carlisle!. C2008,
Jacaranda Press!. 80 pgs!. ISBN: 1-884516-15-7!.

As for my reveiws:


~~~~~~Stephinie meyer!!! (great author)
~~~~~~Mangas-shojo beat! (very good short reads)
~~~~~~The uglies series
~~~~~~Magic or madness series
~~~~~~The moorchildWww@QuestionHome@Com

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