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Question: Who can recommend me a good book to read!!?
write now, im reading lord of the rings and i just want some ideas of books you guys like!. any will do <3 thanksWww@QuestionHome@Com


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Well, I'm not sure if you've read these books or not, but there's a lot of supernatural books i can list:

-Tantalize by: Cynthia Smith
-Vampire Diaries:The Awakening & The Struggle by: L!.J!. Smith
-Vampire Diaries:The Fury & The Dark Reunion by: L!.J!. Smith
-Blue Bloods by: Melissa de la Cruz
-Masquerade by: Melissa de la Cruz
-Marked by: P!.C!. & Kristen Cast
-Betrayed by: P!.C!. & Kristen Cast
-Chosen by: P!.C!. & Kristen Cast
-Thicker than Water by: Carla Jablonski
-Vampire Academy by: Richelle Mead
-Frostbite: A Vampire Academy Novel by: Richelle Mead
-Wicked Lovely by: Melissa Marr
-Ink Exchange by: Melissa Marr
-Beautiful City of the Dead by: Watts Leander
-Project 17 by: Laurie Faria Stolarz
-Bleed by: Laurie Faria Stolarz
-No Humans Involved by: Kelley Armstrong
-The Host by: Stephenie Meyer
-Uninvited by: Melissa Marrone
-Sight by: Adrienne Maria Vrettos
-Breathe: A ghost story by: Cliff McNish
-Wicked: Witch & Curse by: Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie
-Bloodline by: Kate Cary
-House of Dark Shadows by: Robert Liparulo
-The Silver Kiss by: Annette Curtis Klause
-Braced 2 Bite by: Selena Robar
-Peeps by: Scott Westerfield
-The Last Days by: Scott Westerfield
-Devilish by: Maureen Johnson
-Tithe: A Modern Fearie tale by: Holly Black
-Ironside: A Modern Faery's tale by: Holly Black
-Valient: A Modern Tale of a Faerie by: Holly Black
-Shattered Mirror by: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
-In the Forests of the Night by: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
-Coraline by: Neil Gaiman
-The Secret Circle: The Initiation and the Captive part 1 by: L!.J!. Smith
-Blood and Chocolate by: Annette Curtis Klause
-NightWorld by: L!.J!. Smith
-Prom Nights from Hell by: (a lot of famous authors, more scary stories)

(that's all i can think of for now for the supernatural books at the moment)

Here's a list of books that are and aren't really high school romance, but these books are other really good books that aren't supernatural:

-Thirteen Reasons Why by: Jay Asher
-Can you keep a Secret!? by: Sophie Kinsella
-How Nancy Drew Saved My Life by: Lauren Baratz-Logstead
-The End of Forever by: Lurlene McDaniel
-A Great and Terrible Beauty by: Libba Bray
-Rebel Angels by: Libba Bray
-The Sweet Far Thing by: Libba Bray
-The Face on the Milk Carton by: Caroline B!. Cooney
-Whatever Happened to Janie!? by: Caroline B!. Cooney
-Go Ask Alice by: Anonymous
-Lucky T by: Kate Brian
-Impulse by: Ellen Hopkins
-Burned by: Ellen Hopkins
-Glass by: Ellen Hopkins
-Crank by: Ellen Hopkins
-Identical by: Ellen Hopkins
-Secret Santa by: Sabrina James
-Bras and Broomsticks by: Sarah Mlynowski
-Frogs and French Kisses by: Sarah Mlynowski
-Spells and Sleeping Bags by: Sarah Mlynowski
-The Lovely Bones by: Alice Sebold
-Lullabies for Little Criminals:A Novel by: Heather Oneill
-13 Little Blue Envelopes by: Maureen Johnson
-Forever!.!.!. by: Judy Blume

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I hope this answered your question and i hope i was a little bit of help!! Enjoy!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Try some of these:

Fantasy:
Neil Gaiman is an amazing author! Any of his books are good!. Try Neverwhere, Stardust, or Coraline!.

Any books by Scott Westerfeld 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, Snakecharm, Falcondance, Wolfcry and Wyverhail!.

Abarat by Clive Barker!. Make sure 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, Keeper of the Waters, Keeper of the Flames and Keeper of the Earth by Jenna Solitaire!.

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

The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill

The Sight and Fell by David Clement-Davies

Poison Study by Maria V!. Snyder

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Howl’s Moving Castle by Dianna Wynn Jones

Inkheart, Inkspell and Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

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

The Earthsea series (starting with A Wizard of Earthsea) by Ursula K!. Le Guin

Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher

Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin Mckinley

The Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini

Harry Potter series by J!.K!. Rowling

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

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

The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor

Old Magic by Marianne Curley

Dream Spinner by Bonnie Dobkin

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

Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld

Peeps and The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld

The Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Horror/Thriller:
Almost any books by Stephen King are great for horror!.

The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray or Poison by Chris Wooding

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

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Wake by Lisa McMann

Project 17 by Laurie Stolarz

Romance:
William Shakespeare is good for romance, but he has written many comedies and tragedies too!.

Any of Jane Austen’s books are guaranteed to have romance in them!.

How To Kill A Rock Star by Tiffanie Debartolo

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

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

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

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

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

Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte

Realistic Fiction/Action:
13 Little Blue Envelopes and Girl At Sea by Maureen Johnson

Crank, Burned, Impulse, and Identical by Ellen Hopkins

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

So Yesterday by Scott Westernfeld

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares

Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

All-American Girl by Meg Cabot

A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

Looking For Alaska by John Green

Define “Normal” by Julie Ann Peters

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom

Holes by Louis Sanchar

The Alex Rider series (starting with Stormbreaker) by Anthony Horowitz

Thieves Like Us and Thieves Till We Die by Stephen Cole

13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Mystery/Historical Fiction:
Edgar Allen Poe is a really good author!. Check out his poems and short stories!.

Any of the Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters!. (I really like the novels set in Egypt, starting with Crocodile in the Sandbank!.)

Any of the Forensic Mysteries by Alane Ferguson!. (Starting with The Christopher Killer)

The Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-Shaw

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Classics:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Shane by Jack Schaefer

To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey

1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell

The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

The Giver by Louis Lowery

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

Alice In Wonderland and Through The Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollWww@QuestionHome@Com

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Beatrice Beecham's Fete of Fate book 1 by Dave Jeffery

The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind is great, 11 books and a Spin off book - Debt of Bones

Wizards First Rule
Stone of Tears
Blood of the Fold
Temple of the Winds
Soul of the Fire
Faith of the Fallen
The Pillars of Creation
Naked Empire
Chainfire
Phantom
Confessor

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King 7 books with a spin off Eyes of the Dragon

The Gunslinger
The Drawing of the Three
The Wastelands
Wizard and Glass
Wolves of Calla
Song of Suzanna
The Dark TowerWww@QuestionHome@Com

if you like fantasy (wizards, dragons, elves, faeries, etc!.):
- The Ruby Key
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians series (Sea of Monsters, The Lightning Thief, The Battle of the Labyrinth)
-The Last Apprentice series
-The Faerie Wars series (Ruler of the Realm, Faerie Lord, Faerie Wars)
- The Fire Eternal (and the whole rest of the series by Chris D'Lacy)
- The Septimus Heap series (Queste, Magyk, etc!.)
- The Warrior Heir, The Wizard Heir, the Dragon Heir
- Flame
- Samurai

if you like fantasy adventure (like warriors, kingdoms, battles, etc):
- The Cry of the Icemark, Blade of Fire, Last Battle of the Icemark (trilogy)
- The Door Within, The Rise of the Wyrm Lord, The Final Storm (trilogy)
- Crystal Doors, Crystal Doors: Ocean Realm, Crystal Doors: Sky Realm (trilogy)
-The Book of the Sword, The Coming of Dragons, the Circle of Stone (Darkest Age trilogy)
- The Redwall Series
- Stoneheart, Ironhand
- The Looking Glass Wars, Seeing Redd

if you like happy/funny/romantic fantasy stories (still involving mythical creatures and humans and such):
- Dragon Slippers, Dragon Flight
- Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow (one of my favorites ever)
- The Last Dragon
- Nobody’s Princess, Nobody’s Prize

if you liked harry potter then you’ll like:
- Tapestry series (Hound of Rowan, The Second Siege, etc!.)

if you like romantic books mixed with fantasy then you'll love:
- A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, A Sweet Far Thing
- Goddess of Yesterday
- The entire Shamer series (Shamer's Daughter, Shamer's War, Serpent's gift, etc!.)
- Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow (also falls in this category)
- The Princess and the Hound
- The Host

if you like real world, teen romance then you’ll like:
- This Lullaby
- The Truth About Forever
- Someone Like You
- Dreamland
- Lock & Key

if you like real world regular teens, with hints of romance and just plain old good fun then you’ll like:
- The Alice series (one of my favorites EVER)
- I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have To Kill You, Cross My Heart & Hope to Spy

if you like gossip/elite/romantic books then youll like:
- Gossip Girl series
- Gossip Girl: The Carlyles series
- The It Girl series (featuring the continued Jenny Humphrey from Gossip Girl)
- Secrets of My Hollywood Life series
- The Luxe series (Luxe, Rumors, Envy – coming soon)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Narnia Series by CS Lewis

"The Magician's Nephew"
"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"
"The Horse and His Boy"(I put this one here, usually it is read later, but this one the Pevensies are still reigning on throne)
"Prince Caspian"
"The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"
"The Silver Chair"
"The Last Battle"Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Clique series are prettty good, and if somebody has not recommended this already, deffienetly the twilight saga!. Alot of people think it is bogus, but people like me think is it absolutly amazing!. Kira Kira is pretty good too, I forget who the author is though!. And one more i would probably recomend is Pictures of Hollis Woods!.

PS, my name reallly isn't alice, i got it from twilight! =D

<3 You are so very welcome!Www@QuestionHome@Com

maitreyi is a very good novel!. it is kinda sepia, about the indian world of the 1920's!. it really got to me!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Bengal_Nigh!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Read The Host by Stephanie Meyer Its the best book ever!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Contest by Matthew Reilly!.Www@QuestionHome@Com