books Book recommendations

[Aqua Sunshine 49]

So, your friend wants to buy a new book and they ask you for recommendations. What would you personally suggest for them?

[reader8363 1,281]

what types of books are you interested in

[trademark2 485]

I recommend the coldfire trilogy by C.S. friedman. The first book is black sun rising

[Mothra 540]

The only book I've ever read from start to finish is The Count Of Monte Cristo, and from what people have said it's one of the best there is (And I'd agree.) The only scary thing about it is how scarily long it is, something like 1200 pages I think?

Edited February 14, 2017 by Mimikyu Mothra

[Aqua Sunshine 49]

what types of books are you interested in

Romance, action, dystopian, medieval... I read anything

[TBD 17,228]

Lord of the flies and Animal farm are mine favorite classic, i would recommend it, if you haven't read them yet. 

[reader8363 1,281]

The last dragon chronicles was one of my favorite, Rick Riordan and Alexander Gordon Smith are good authors with so many good books. I almost forgot about the Candy Shop war. That's a great series

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[ScrewLoose 132]

My favourite books of all time are: More Than This by Patrick Ness, The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson, and Every Day by David Levithan! 

[Aqua Sunshine 49]

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[GrimGrimoire 4,970]

Romance, action, dystopian, medieval... I read anything

 

Anything by David Eddings, Christopher Rowley or Anne McCaffrey.

 

Also the Xanth series by Piers Anthony is a lot of fun if you can tolerate the puns and his peculiar way of writing at times.

[trademark2 485]

Anything by David Eddings, Christopher Rowley or Anne McCaffrey.

 

Also the Xanth series by Piers Anthony is a lot of fun if you can tolerate the puns and his peculiar way of writing at times.

If you want piers anthony I would personally go with bio of a space tyrant series. The xanth books were good too but idk.

 

I never heard of Christopher Rowley, yay a new author

Edited February 14, 2017 by trademark2

[GrimGrimoire 4,970]

If you want piers anthony I would personally go with bio of a space tyrant series. The xanth books were good too but idk.

 

I never heard of Christopher Rowley, yay a new author

 

BoaST was a good series, except the last book.... maybe because it came out so many years later, but I just did not enjoy it as much. I liked Xanth a lot, especially the earlier titles, but have not read the last few since I went to other authors. Eventually I will get around to it.

 

Rowley is pretty good... I especially like his Basil Broketail series and the world and lore it created. I really wish he would return to it.

[Twilight Dirac 720]

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.  A series about a wizard who works as a Chicago detective having to solve an assortment of supernatural crimes and fight off supernatural beast.  It is made up of pure awesome.

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,543]

Matchstick Men by Eric Garcia. It's about a con man who meets his teenage daughter for the first time. It's also a movie by Ridley Scott, but I'd recommend the book first.

[trademark2 485]

another book i remembered is 'a morbid taste for bones'

[cmarston1 5,951]

I recommend Michael Dimartino's fantasy adventure Rebel Genius. It's the start of a series of books, and if you like fantasy, and or any or both of the Avatar cartoons, you would probably like it.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,283]

I would have to say start with Sir Terry Pratchett's "The Color of Magic". It's the very first in his glorious Discworld series.

(Forty-one books in the series!)

Edited February 15, 2017 by cuteycindyhoney

[Nightshroud 331]

I have 2

1: Darth vader and the cry of shadows its a fun little read

2: the Grimm's fairytale collection well its a strange one compaired to the Disney versions of said stories

another book i remembered is 'a morbid taste for bones'

that sounds like a fun read i'll look into it

[trademark2 485]

I have 2

1: Darth vader and the cry of shadows its a fun little read

2: the Grimm's fairytale collection well its a strange one compaired to the Disney versions of said stories

that sounds like a fun read i'll look into it

its the first book in a series about a detective monk in the middle ages. It is very relaxing to listen to as an audiobook (thats how I 'read' it). I ussually don't like detective stories but something about this one drew me. hope you enjoy it!

Edited March 8, 2017 by trademark2

[Snow Frostflame 3,567]

I'm a huge gamer, and rarely leave my computer, or Xbox... There is only two series of books that has ever got me to shut down my things to read...

 

"The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod", a series of books about a halfling vampire trying to live a normal life in high school, while learning to control his vampiric abilities.

 

"The Slayer Chronicles", a spin off series of books about a kid becoming a vampire hunter after the death of his younger sister, who also tries to live a normal life, but needs to balance it with his quest of killing powerful vampires to save humanity.

 

My favorite part about these series is that they crossover with one another, taking place in the same world. The rivalry between the main characters of these series reminds me a lot of Snowflake Frostflame, and Rave Darkmane's rivalry. So far I've read 2/5 of "The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod", and 1/3 of "The Slayer Chronicles". I'm thinking of buying more books, but the book store near my home doesn't seem to sell either series anymore... I mean I could buy them online...

 

There also seems to be two graphic novels of the first two books in "The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod". Which makes me kinda wanna buy them, and reread the stories.

 

 

But yeah I'd highly recommend either series.

[EpicEnergy 22,071]

I would suggest reading The Lord of The Rings, it's a really good book!

[Dreambiscuit 8,023]

The Wind in the Willows, The Golden Age, Dream Days, by Kenneth Grahame. Beautiful mastery of the human language. “The air was wine; the moist earth-smell, wine; the lark's song, the wafts from the cow-shed at top of the field, the pant and smoke of a distant train,—all were wine,—or song, was it? or odour, this unity they all blended into? I had no words then to describe it, that earth-effluence of which I was so conscious; nor, indeed, have I found words since. I ran sideways, shouting; I dug glad heels into the squelching soil; I splashed diamond showers from puddles with a stick; I hurled clods skywards at random, and presently I somehow found myself singing. The words were mere nonsense,—irresponsible babble; the tune was an improvisation, a weary, unrhythmic thing of rise and fall: and yet it seemed to me a genuine utterance, and just at that moment the one thing fitting and right and perfect.” This man’s words are wine.

Any of the Wooster/Jeeves books by P.G. Wodehouse. Hilarious screwball comedies from another master of his craft.

The Narnia series, by C.S. Lewis. Perfect, true and brilliantly written literary masterpieces.

The Prydain series, by Lloyd Alexander. One of my favorite series of books and origin of The Black cauldron later made by Disney (and lacking much of the books’ punch).

LOTR and The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. No need for much discourse here. The books dwarf the movies (pun not intended, but I’ll run with it anyway).

Alice’s adventures Under Ground/Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll. Beautiful, fanciful and fascinating work of art from a great man.

[Luna the Great of all the Russias 2,697]

Assuming that the friend is willing to read any one book I recommend, I may choose either Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson or the fifth edition of Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics.

Assuming that the friend is fully committed to understand as much as they can about the contents of any book I suggest, then perhaps I would choose Murray Rothbard's Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market.

[Clawdeen 12,109]

Oooo I love what this thread could possibly turn into because I’m always down for book recommendations.

I have tons but I’ll post a couple of my favorites. I’ll post more every so often. I know I always need more recommendations for books to read lol.

Shades Children - Garth Nix

The Modern Faerie Tale series by Holly Black (all three books, Tithe, Valiant and Ironside. All three were really good)

The whole Demonata series by Darren Shan. I quite liked them.

Griffins Castle by Jenny Nimmo

The Magick and The Healing - Nick O'Donohoe (I only paid a buck for this book at my local bookstore. It’s one of my favorites.)

The Abhorsen series by Garth Nix 

The Claidi Journals by Tanith Lee