Any Good Books?

[Virulence 254]

I absolutely love to read. If you know a good, great, or ponytastic amazing book, mind leaving a suggestion?!

 

I'll give a few that I love!

• Maximum Ride Series - James Patterson
• Go Ask Alice- Annoymous
• Divergent Series- Veronica Roth
• Maze Runner- James Dashner
• Stolen- Lucy Christopher

[Gone Airbourne 21,971]

I haven't read any books lately . But I do recommend you read 1984 by George Orwell! I read that book in high school and it was an awesome book ! I want to read Animal Farm by George Orwell too... 

[khaine21x3 789]

-1984 by George Orwell

 

-Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

 

-Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler

 

-The Bell Curve (not sure who the author is)

 

-The communist Manifesto by Karl Marx

 

-Chairman mao's little red book

 

-The Twilight Saga (NAH I'M JUST KIDDING!)

[Gone Airbourne 21,971]

-The Twilight Saga (NAH I'M JUST KIDDING!)

 

  yeah the twilight series xD......  that gave me a good laugh when I saw that in your list 

 

Any book is better than the twilight series and any love story at that!

[SagasaPony 122]

I cannot possibly read this thread without leaving a recommendation for Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of novels. It's great satirical fantasy, and as an interesting piece of trivia, before J.K. Rowling, he was the UK's best selling author.

[Virulence 254]

Thanks guys haha!! That Twilight series gave me a laugh! I read so much, so this really helps! The books we read at my school are so lame, but...

 

[Titan Rising 2,156]

I would recommend the Pendragon series.  I'll admit I only just started to really read a lot, but I read a few of those in middle school and thought they were really good.

 

I'm nearly at the end of Atlas Shrugged.  It's a good book, with a decent story, and can give you something to think about if nothing else even if you don't agree with it.  BUT ITS LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.....  These last few hundred pages are gonna be a stretch lol..

Edited December 18, 2012 by Hollowshield

[Cowl 128]

Terry Pratchet is great. He also co-wrote Good Omens with Neil Gaiman.

 

Some other good books/series:

Dresden Files - Jim Butcher

Ecolitan Series - L.E Modesitt

Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

Catch 22

Millennium Trilogy - Stieg Larson

Song of Ice and Fire - George RR Martin

Mistborn Trilogy - Brian Sanderson

Sword of Truth-Terry Goodkind

Edited December 18, 2012 by Cowl

[Mephala 2,633]

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.

Can't go wrong with him-they're good for people who don't even like fantasy as well.

 

More authors in my Interests box, I'm too lazy to write out a big list right now XD

[Cowl 128]

There is also the Wheel of Time....

 

If you don't mind the fact that the series is like 11,000 pages (14 books) long and the author died before he finished.

 

Luckily, the author of the Mistborn trilogy (Brian Sanderson) is finishing out the series based on the outline for the massive final book (he broke it into three parts).

Edited December 18, 2012 by Cowl

[angels_gal 204]

It's out of print. My ex gave it to me for my birthday  and it is one of my most treasured possessions.   I have read this story i don't know how many times.  but  if anyone is willing to read a truly romantic story.  lol this one is it. 

 

"Aisling's Eire"  by Dorothy Keddington

 

This book stemmed from Ms Keddington's  own geneological research of her own family.  Some of the names in here are real.  So whenever the surname clarke is mentioned  Those people are real.  This book is the tale of a young author Catherine  who once upon a time traveled from california to Ireland and  (age 17) took a month long literary class  there. It was taught by the handsome Eamonn Gallagher.  The two hit it off  after finding a kindred spirit in the other.  Before Catherine  left to go back to california  he gave her a claddagh ring.    But fate did not smile down kindly upon her when she returned home.  Catherine's parents were most displeased (especially her dad, who is a judge)  They were even more displeased when they found out she was pregnant.  After giving birth to a  baby girl (she was adopted shortly after)  her parents sent her away, and her letter she was going to send to Eamonn about the baby hidden away  for 30 long years.  until it was discovered she was cleaning out her deceased father's closet.    

[Keypassion 232]

Divergent Series- Veronica Roth

Maze Runner- James Dashner

Artemis Fowl series- Eoin Colfer

The Lost Years of Merlin series- T. A. Barron

The Hunger Games trilogy-  Suzanne Collins

The Mortal Instruments series- Cassandra Clare

The Inheritance cycle- Christopher Paolini

I tried reading Twilight. Didn't make it past the first paragraph.

I want those ten seconds of my life back.

[Betez 1,734]

The Harry Potter series

 

The Hunger Games series

 

The Giver - Lois Lowry (A modern day equivalent to 1984

 

To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

 

 

There are others but I can't think of them right now. <_<

[Just some guy 1,070]

The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks.

 

Greatest.Fantasy.Series.EVARRRRRRRRRRR.

I also suggest A Song of Fire And Ice if you haven't read those books yet.Really good series,if I do say so myself.

[Alex Kennedy 1,228]

I cannot possibly read this thread without leaving a recommendation for Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of novels. It's great satirical fantasy, and as an interesting piece of trivia, before J.K. Rowling, he was the UK's best selling author.

He was also the bestselling foreign author in America for over a decade. If you like the Discworld series you may be interested in Good Omens, which Pratchett co-wrote along with Neil Gaiman.

[Retro*Derpy 3,115]

I would suggest...

 

-Alex Rider series

-Warriors series 

 

I don't really like to read, but I thought these books were pretty amazing.

[Midnight Seeker 302]

If you are after a good one shot novel that isn't connected to any series but is widely influential, can I recommend the last one I read?

Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (1951)

It tells of a horrific apocalypse in which strange light in the sky turns nearly everyone blind. A further problem is these strange new plants called Triffids, which are carnivorous, have a deadly sting, can walk and seem to be intelligent.

The book deals with a man called Bill Masen who narrates the story and tells the reader of his struggle to survive. It shows people adapting to this changing world and offers a great deal of insight into how fragile our society really is.

[Alex Kennedy 1,228]

A quick list of some of my favorites:

 

Strain Trilogy by Guillermo del Torro and Chuck Hogan

 

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

 

The Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett

 

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

 

The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger

 

The Three Muskateers by Alexandre Dumas

[The Girl with the Books 57]

Books? Sure.

 

-20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

-The Invisible Man

-The Republic

-Moby Dick

-Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

-Through the Looking Glass

-Fahrenheit 451

-A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

-Pride and Prejudice

-Jurassic Park

-The Time Machine

-The Dust of 100 Dogs

-Ask the Passengers

-Codename Verity

-The Epic of Gilgamesh

-The Black Swan

-Around the World in 80 Days

-Anthem

-The Pursuit of Happyness

-Cat's Craddle

-The Breakfast of Champions

-Slaughterhouse Five

-The Sirens of Titan

-The Iliad

-The Odyssey

-I Am Legend

 

Just to name a few.

[XrosOver 613]

I haven't a very good recollection of the novels I have read but I would definetly recommend White Fang and The Call of The Wild by Jack London. Besides that you should look up Slaughterhouse 5.

[Descant 1,897]

Lets see... Any lesser-known books I love?

 

The Ender Saga by Orson Scott Card (The first book, is Ender's Game)

 

Harry Potter (Couldn't help myself)

 

The Warriors Series by Erin Hunter (It's about cats!   )

 

The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini

 

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

[SagasaPony 122]

If you like the Discworld series you may be interested in Good Omens, which Pratchett co-wrote along with Neil Gaiman.

 

Already did, and I loved every word of it. I loved how both of them could write profound meanings into the most absurd passages.

[Keypassion 232]

I recently finished the Seven Realms series authored by Cinda Williams Chima. The first book is titled The Demon King.

(You seriously need three more letters? That's like saying I fail at living because I don't need more than a small sentence to get a point across. Stupid minimum character requirement.)

[Moon Rat 4,772]

If you like Sci-fi Space novels then you should LOVE any books by Jack McDevitt

 

My personal favorite from him would have to be either Chindi or Polaris

 

 

Omega was also a really good one that I really enjoyed :3

[One 498]

Uhh... I don't read often... But here's a few books-

 

Brave New World (good book)

The War of the Worlds (also good)

A Tale of Two Cities (never gotten to reading it)

The Time Machine (good book)

Twenty Thousands Leagues Under the Sea (sounds boring and never gotten to reading it)

The Giver (never read it, sounds kinda boring)

And anything by William Shakespeare. (Pretty good- can be hard to understand though)