I am looking for a good novel to read!. I'm after something entertaining but is also a good novel!.
By the way I have already read To Kill A Mockingbrid so dont suggest it!. Www@QuestionHome@Com
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By the way I have already read To Kill A Mockingbrid so dont suggest it!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Well, let's see!. I personally like: "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer!. It's a post-9/11 story about a boy who searches all around New York for the lock that fits a key his late father once owned!. I like this, his second novel, much better than!.!.!. "Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer!. About a young man, also named Jonathan Safran Foer, goes looking for the woman who saved his grandfather's life from the Nazis!. "Vile Bodies" by Evelyn Waugh (who is, in fact, a man)!. This book is a satire of high society young people in the 1920s!. It follows a man named Adam Fenwick-Symes, 35 thousand pounds, and an assortment of other odd characters!. "Empire of the Sun" by JG Ballard!. Mostly-fictional story of an English boy named Jim trapped in a POW camp in WWII China!. "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy!. About a young man named Jude, who loves his cousin, Sue, and she loves him too and it just grows complicated from there!. "Crusade in Jeans" by it-escapes-me-at-the-moment-who!. About a young boy who volunteers to try out a time machine and ends up getting stuck in 1212 during the German children's crusade!. Www@QuestionHome@Com The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams is fantastic for entertainment!. Catch 22 is great once you realize that anything the narrator tells you will automatically be contradicted!. As I lay Dying by William Faulkner is one of my all time faves!. The Chapter where a woman watches her own coffin being made caused me to miss my bus-stop!. Absalom Absalom is also great!. You might have already read Catcher in the Rye, if you haven't I suggest you do!. People have a very visceral reaction to it!. If you like it Rule of the Bone is very good!. Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World are also worth the time!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Crime stories: "Drowned Hopes" or "Good Behavior" by Donald Westlake; "Eight Million Ways To Die" by Lawrence Block; and "The Ghostway" by Tony Hillerman!. Action-adventures: Clive Cussler's "Sahara;" Alexander Dumas' " The Three Musketteers" or Douglas Preston's "The Codex!." Sci-Fi: Frank Herbert's "Dune," Robert Heinlein's "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" and Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game!." Suspense: Douglas Preston & Lincoln Childs "Dance Of Death" and "Book Of The Dead!." Humor: Tim Dorsey's "Cadillac Beach" (strictly for adults only), Carl Hiaasen's "Skinny Dip" (mature themes again), and Terry Pratchett's "Going Postal!" and "The Truth" if you don't mind some fantasy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Well, your question is a bit general, so I'm not sure what type of genre to recommend you!. Here are a few novels that will forever be considered "great" books!. 1!. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 2!. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde 3!. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer/Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain 4!. The Awakening, Kate Chopin 5!. Siddhartha, Herman Hesse 7!. The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros 8!. When the Legends Die, Hal Borland 9!. Dracula, Bram Stoker 10!. Wicked, Gregory Maguire 11!. Dr!. Jekyll and Mr!. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson 12!. Lord of the Flies, William Golding 13!. Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen 14!. The Tortilla Curtain, T!.C!. Boyle 15!. Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane 16!. The Great Gatsby, F!. Scott Fitzgerald Happy reading! Those are a few suggestions, but I hope they interest youWww@QuestionHome@Com "Hidden Camera," Zoran Zivkovic, "Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians," Brandon Sanderson, "The Great Divorce," C!. S!. Lewis, "West with the Night," Beryl Markham (not a novel, but great adventure literature), and "The Long Walk," Slavomir Rawicz!. Www@QuestionHome@Com War of the Worlds-H!.G!.Wells 1984-George Orwell Animal Farm-George Orwell Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury Frakenstein-Mary Shelly The Lord of the Rings-J!.R!.R!.Tolkien The Hobbit-J!.R!.R!.Tolkien The Chronicles of Narnia-C!.S!.Lewis The Cosmic Trilogy-C!.S!.Lewis You can get most if not all of these books at your local library, and if you can't for one reason or another than check out this online library www!.truly-free!.org !. It's legal!. Enjoy and good luck!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Contemporary: The Kite Runner - Khaled Housseini Classic: The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon Both are devilishly entertaining and very important books, also relating to some of the themes of To Kill a Mockingbird!.Www@QuestionHome@Com 1!. Try the epics (Iliad, Odyssey, Lord of the Rings) 2!. Any Stephen King book 3!. If you're into suspense/thriller, Dan Brown or John Grisham books 4!. Any of the classics actuallyWww@QuestionHome@Com Twilight Saga Percy Jackson and The Olympians Any Jane Austen books Vampire Diaries Harry Potter (if you haven't already) Cecelia Ahern booksWww@QuestionHome@Com The best novel i ever read is: Les Miserables, Treasure Island,David Copperfield,Tom Swayer, Huckleberry Fin Best series: Harry Potter Www@QuestionHome@Com Anything by Wilbur Smith!. River God is my all time favourite as it has it all - adventure, sex, power, magic!. It's set in ancient egypt!. Www@QuestionHome@Com What I'm reading - the Great Gatsby by W!.FitzgeraldWww@QuestionHome@Com The Hearts A Lonely Hunter The Great Gatsby Lord Of The Flies 1984 Sophie's World Animal FarmWww@QuestionHome@Com U HAVE TO READ THE TWILIGHT SAGA!!!! EVERY SINGLE BOOK IS SOOO GOOD U WONT BE ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN!!! IVE ALREADY READ THEM ALL TWICE!!Www@QuestionHome@Com twilight saga bloody jack seriesWww@QuestionHome@Com A StreetCar Named desireWww@QuestionHome@Com |