i`m really in a bad time of my life right now !
i just started going to college and i`m felling depressed and lonely
so i need a book to put me in a good mood
the book has to be extremely GOOD !
thanx !
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i just started going to college and i`m felling depressed and lonely so i need a book to put me in a good mood the book has to be extremely GOOD ! thanx ! Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Catcher in the Rye or Perks of Being a Wallflower!. Both books had main characters who were lonely and depressed, but you come out of them with a sense of hope and renewed purpose!. Both are also meant more for probably early high school kids, but I read them when I was about 21 or so - amazing books!. Hope this helps!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Try some of these!. Read this year 2008 Pillars of the Earth and World Without End by Ken Follet – historical fiction, some romance Ingo Series by Helen Dunmore 1-4 – fantasy mermaid story On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwen - romance Debt of Bones by Terry Goodkind – fantasy, a spin off from Sword of Truth series Welcome to the Dead House – Goosebumps Confessor by Terry Goodkind – last of the Sword of Truth series book 1 is Wizards First Rule - fantasy Twilight series 1-3 – vampire fantasy/romance Before I Die by Jenny Downham – Young adult – some romance Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Only human by Jenny Diske – story of Abraham The Four Feathers by AEW Mason – War Shakespear by Bill Bryson - Humour The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood – General fiction The Dolls House by Rumer Godden – Children’s story To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee - classic A Wayne in a Manger by Gervase Phinn – Humour Sorting out Billy by Jo Brand – Adult Romance The Best of Fathers by Anne Baker - Romance Dating Hamlet by Lisa Fielder – take on Shakespeare – young adult Ultimate Peter Rabbit - story of Beatrix Potter - biography Carnarvon and Carter by 8th Countess of Carnarvon - biography The Sunday Philosophers Club by Alexander McCall Smith – general fiction Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskill - classic Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips – Humour/fantasy –some romance Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Neffenigger – fantasy romance American Gods by Neil Gainham - fantasy 5th Child by Doris Lessing – weird! Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill – Horror/ghost story The Pest House by Jim Crace – historical fiction Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathon Swift – fantasy/Teen Swimming with Fishes and Swimming without a Net by MaryJanice Davidson – fantasy romance – features mermaids No! I don't want to join a book club by Virgina Ironside – general fiction/humorous My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult – Family crisis 21/2 Pillars of Wisdom by Alexander McCall Smith - humourous The Inheritors by William Golding - classic My Legendary Girlfriend by Mike Gayle – romance from guys view point The Pearl by Steinbeck - classic Whistling for Elephants by Sandi Toksvic – fiction – suitable for young adult Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd – fiction – suitable for your adult Song of the Sound by Adam Armstrong – Environment-protecting dolphins/romance A Room with a View by E M Forster - classic Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanne Clark – fantasy/magic A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks - romance 6th Wife by Suzanna Dunn – historical fiction Maximum Ride Angel Experiment by James Patterson – young adult fantasy Inkheart by Cornelia Funkte – fantasy – pre-teens onward The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Album – fantasy Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote - classic The Trouble With Angels by Debbie Macomber – fantasy/christmas Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz – fantasy horror Girl with a Pen – story of Charlotte Bronte by Elizabeth Kyle - biography The Road by Cormac McCarthy – fantasy/horror Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanne Clark – fantasy magic The Book Thief by Markus Zuzack – Young adult – world war 2 My Best Friend’s Girl by Dorothy Koomson - romance The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Sparks - classic The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks - Romance The Turn of the Screw by Henry James – classic/ghost story Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations by Alexander McCall Smith – humour Mr Commitment by Mike Gayle – romance and funny English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs Aesop’s Fables Jane Eyre The Hobbit Maximum Ride – Schools out forever by James Patterson Maximum Ride – Saving the World and other extreme sports by James Patterson Maximum Ride – The Final Warning by James Patterson The Children of Hurin by J R R Tolkien The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Www@QuestionHome@Com Hi ! The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides !. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/The_History!.!.!. http://www!.gutenberg!.org/etext/7142 The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens)!. It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian general who served in the war!. It is widely considered a classic and regarded as one of the earliest scholarly works of history!. The History was divided into eight books by editors of later antiquity!. =^,,^= Www@QuestionHome@Com I don't know what you like, but here's one I liked -- witty, transnational, written in a modern language: The Russian Debutante's Handbook, by Gary Shteyngart Or look into some Kurt Vonnegut -- Slaughterhouse Five, Galapagos, Time Quake !. !. !. If you're depressed but you don't find that necessarily problematic, try some good ole' post-WWII absurdism etc -- Beckett's Waiting for Godot, or Camus' The Stranger and The Fall Or pre-WWI alienation in Kafka's Metamorphosis Enjoy! Depression is a logical reaction to the mundane world around you !. !. !. so don't let them drug you!Www@QuestionHome@Com I recently read both of Chelsea Handler's books!. "Are you there Vodka!? It's me Chelsea" had me rolling with laughter!! "My Horizontal Life" was also hilarious but in a different way!. REad both and they will definitely cheer you up!!Www@QuestionHome@Com Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones Any of the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman the Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix All of these are clever, funny, fast, enjoyable reads!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Sick Puppy Stormy Weather Double Whammy all by Carl Hiaasen, all very funnyWww@QuestionHome@Com chicken soup for the college soul might help =)Www@QuestionHome@Com |