books Need a few book suggestions for the next while

[Doc Ginger 86]

Salutations every-pony. I was unlucky enough to draw short straw among my peers this last week and because of that I am pulling medical coverage for my Brigade's war-games for the next month and a half and lone behold I finished my last new book LAST weekend..

 

So if anyone out here is an avid reader and wants to recommend some of their favorites to me I would be much obliged! I read literally anything, and usually have 3 books going at once depending on what mood of reading I am in. I read from light story style novels written for young adult audiences when I have not the energy or time for heavyer reading, to classic and ancient texts depicting most anything.

 

Some of my favorite authors include but are not limited to: 

Homer, H.P. Lovecraft, Dan Abnett, Euclid, Brian Jaques and the like. See? I read anything. So please give me a few books to pick up to entertain me for this stunningly boring job.

[sparklechic 54]

I love to read and here some of my favorite books/series (most are for young adult audiences for that is what i read the most of)

• anything by John Green for he is an amazing author. some titles by him include: A Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, and Looking for Alaska
• The Alex Rider series by Anthony Horrowitz are pretty good
• for a classic, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

[Алексей 110]

I'm not much of an avid reader, per se, but Metro 2033 and Roadside Picnic. Russian sci-fi novels. Roadside Picnic inspired the movie "Stalker" and the video game series STALKER. Metro 2033 inspired many, many different stories set in the same universe in multitudes of languages as well as the Metro 2033 video game and the soon to come Metro: Last Light video game.

 

You can find English versions of RP on Amazon and you might be able to find an English Metro 2033 there, as well, but I bought my Metro 2033 on TheBookDepository. But, if you live in 'Merica, it'll take a while for Metro 2033 to get to you if you order it off of TBD, since it is in the UK.

[Descant 1,898]

Dude. I highly recommend the Ender Saga. It's a series of books, starting with Ender's game, by Orson Scott Card.

 

It's got a scifi feel to it, yet it's probably the best series of books I've ever read. They're engaging and make you stop and think. Not all books can do that.

[firesoxs 93]

• Good on ya for reading Brian Jaques I love his work, and I agree with Sparklechic the Alex Rider series is really good. Another author that I really like is C.S. Lewis.. And if your in for a heavy read you could try The Symarillion by J. R. R. Tolkein.

[The_One_And_Only_Punk_Pony 25]

I love to read and here some of my favorite books/series (most are for young adult audiences for that is what i read the most of)

 

• anything by John Green for he is an amazing author. some titles by him include: A Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, and Looking for Alaska
• The Alex Rider series by Anthony Horrowitz are pretty good
• for a classic, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

The Alex Rider series was pretty good for me. Ummm... The Percy Jackson series is kinda cool I guess. The Outsiders was an amazing book in my opinion, The Freedom Writers' Diaries was a pretty good book. To be honest, I was never really a big reader but these were some books I enjoyed. Or if you're into horror you can read books by Stephen King. I heard "It" was a scary book

[Antismurf9001 1,271]

I'd highly recommend the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.  It's seven books with a net total af maybe 5000 pages, so that should keep you occupied for a while.  There's also the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (but finished by Brandon Sanderson using Jordan's notes since Jordan died of cancer before he could do so himself) with fourteen books and a net total of a s**t ton of pages.  Both of those series are fantasy-adventure sort of tales if you're into that.  Or if you feel like clawing the skin off of your face, you could read The Simarillion by JRR Tolkien (a fascinating read if you're really into his works, but it's basically a history textbook).

[Doc Ginger 86]

 

I love to read and here some of my favorite books/series (most are for young adult audiences for that is what i read the most of)

• anything by John Green for he is an amazing author. some titles by him include: A Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, and Looking for Alaska
• The Alex Rider series by Anthony Horrowitz are pretty good
• for a classic, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

I have heard of John Green but do not recall reading anything of his! Ill have too look for a few to drop onto my Nook!

Alex Rider was good I remember those but i am sorry I dont share your love for Great Expectations, I thought it was decent but no more. now Scorpio Races I have never heard of nor its author so I'm gonna have to google that as soon as Im done here thank you!

 

 

 

I'm not much of an avid reader, per se, but Metro 2033 and Roadside Picnic. Russian sci-fi novels. Roadside Picnic inspired the movie "Stalker" and the video game series STALKER. Metro 2033 inspired many, many different stories set in the same universe in multitudes of languages as well as the Metro 2033 video game and the soon to come Metro: Last Light video game.

 

You can find English versions of RP on Amazon and you might be able to find an English Metro 2033 there, as well, but I bought my Metro 2033 on TheBookDepository. But, if you live in 'Merica, it'll take a while for Metro 2033 to get to you if you order it off of TBD, since it is in the UK.

I heard of the Metro books but have never gotten around to reading them. Their on my list to acquire right after Sapkowski's Wiedźminie books! BUT I have never heard of this Roadside Picnic and am deeply intrigued! I found the Stalker universe rather perversely delightful and wouldn't mind finding an e-book of that!

 

 

 

Dude. I highly recommend the Ender Saga. It's a series of books, starting with Ender's game, by Orson Scott Card.

 

It's got a scifi feel to it, yet it's probably the best series of books I've ever read. They're engaging and make you stop and think. Not all books can do that.

I agree! It was one of my favorite series growing up! Though I dont remember reading anything past Shadow of the Giant I think it was called. 

 

 

• Good on ya for reading Brian Jaques I love his work, and I agree with Sparklechic the Alex Rider series is really good. Another author that I really like is C.S. Lewis.. And if your in for a heavy read you could try The Symarillion by J. R. R. Tolkein.

nice to meet another Jaques fan, I had the pleasure of listening to him on the radio when I spennt an amount of time In the UK. But I already have read most all of Tolkein's works ;P C.S. Lewis is a name I haven't heard in a hot minute though.

 

I'd highly recommend the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.  It's seven books with a net total af maybe 5000 pages, so that should keep you occupied for a while.  There's also the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (but finished by Brandon Sanderson using Jordan's notes since Jordan died of cancer before he could do so himself) with fourteen books and a net total of a s**t ton of pages.  Both of those series are fantasy-adventure sort of tales if you're into that.  Or if you feel like clawing the skin off of your face, you could read The Simarillion by JRR Tolkien (a fascinating read if you're really into his works, but it's basically a history textbook).

I remember hearing about the Wheel of Time series from a friend of mine! He was obsessed with a character named... what was it... Ah, well I cannot remember now. But thanks for reminding me of that series! 

[Dark Fox 151]

Dude. I highly recommend the Ender Saga. It's a series of books, starting with Ender's game, by Orson Scott Card.

 

It's got a scifi feel to it, yet it's probably the best series of books I've ever read. They're engaging and make you stop and think. Not all books can do that.

 

AHHH! No...I never understood the appeal, I finished the first book and the ending was just like "what da fuck", like in a bad way, and then I heard it was like a 13 book series or something ridiculous...So I figured it couldn't get better. Mister Thread creator, I would recommend the following, It's intended for young adults, but there aren't to many instances where you could tell...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knife_of_Never_Letting_Go

[Standard User 2,127]

If you want a really quick read that also makes you stop and think for a while, I highly recommend Anthem by Ayn Rand. I never understand why EVERYONE hates on Ayn Rand...

 

As said above, the Ender Saga is amazing. It is one of the very few book series that I have ever re-read. Gotta love to hate to love Achilles.

 

If you like Lovecraft, look up Delta Green. I just finished that yesterday. It is a collection of short stories revolving around secret agencies trying to fight back against Lovecraftian horrors. It is worth it just for the last story - Operation: LOOKING GLASS. Wow. What a terrifying read.

[Feather Gem 967]

The Demon in the Wizard by R. Thomas Rodgers.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-demon-in-the-wizard-r-thomas-rodgers/1017749198?ean=9781426901775

Its a lovely book.  I really enjoyed it.  (the most grown up book I've read xD)

And...my father wrote it xD So...

[Iridian 71]

I mostly like reading books that aren't super dark and are funny and witty, so some a good number of my recs will be kid books. So if you don't like that kind of stuff, then just disregard this post.

 

The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

 

Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley

 

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 

 

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

 

A Year Down Yonder and A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck

 

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

 

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

 

I do have a lot of other recs, but I really can't be bothered to post them right now. If you want them badly, you can just PM me though and I'd be happy to share.

And yeah. I was going to also recommend the Captain Underpants books because I love those things so much, but I figured I shouldn't be so shameless about my immaturity.

[Doc Ginger 86]

If you want a really quick read that also makes you stop and think for a while, I highly recommend Anthem by Ayn Rand. I never understand why EVERYONE hates on Ayn Rand...

 

As said above, the Ender Saga is amazing. It is one of the very few book series that I have ever re-read. Gotta love to hate to love Achilles.

 

If you like Lovecraft, look up Delta Green. I just finished that yesterday. It is a collection of short stories revolving around secret agencies trying to fight back against Lovecraftian horrors. It is worth it just for the last story - Operation: LOOKING GLASS. Wow. What a terrifying read.

Delta Green?O.o WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS SORCERY!? But seriously, im definately dling that one. 

 

The Demon in the Wizard by R. Thomas Rodgers.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-demon-in-the-wizard-r-thomas-rodgers/1017749198?ean=9781426901775

Its a lovely book.  I really enjoyed it.  (the most grown up book I've read xD)

And...my father wrote it xD So...

Sooooo if I love this book you can get me an autographed copy right?? jk, but it looks interesting. Ill have to give it a go

 

 

I fancy myself a bit of a speed reader but I do not believe I am capable of reading all of these works before the battery on my reader dies. BUT that just means Ill have to re-charge and re-arm it next weekend for the following weeks as well! This rotation may not be as boring as I originally thought! Thank you all for the suggestions, keep em coming for another day and maybe a few more people perusing this thread will find something new to enjoy as well!

[Feather Gem 967]

Delta Green?O.o WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS SORCERY!? But seriously, im definately dling that one. 

 

Sooooo if I love this book you can get me an autographed copy right?? jk, but it looks interesting. Ill have to give it a go

 

 

I fancy myself a bit of a speed reader but I do not believe I am capable of reading all of these works before the battery on my reader dies. BUT that just means Ill have to re-charge and re-arm it next weekend for the following weeks as well! This rotation may not be as boring as I originally thought! Thank you all for the suggestions, keep em coming for another day and maybe a few more people perusing this thread will find something new to enjoy as well!

Just so you know...you may have to order it because you can't get it in a bookstore.  xD  They sell it on Barnes and Noble.com and Amazon. 

[Doc Ginger 86]

Just so you know...you may have to order it because you can't get it in a bookstore.  xD  They sell it on Barnes and Noble.com and Amazon. 

Its gonna have to wait for another week then unless I can find an E-book of it since Im leaving tomorrow morning. I'm gonna be living out of an FLA for the next while so I don't have alot of room for anything bigger than my Nook 

[HungryTroll 137]

I am not sure that you will like them, but I've looked at bookshelf at my left side and tried to pick 3 good, but different books, so there they are:

1. Lion Feuchtwanger - "The Day will Come"

2. Fyodor Dostoyevsky - "The Idiot"

3. Daniel Keyes - "The Minds of Billy Milligan"

[Antismurf9001 1,271]

I remember hearing about the Wheel of Time series from a friend of mine! He was obsessed with a character named... what was it... Ah, well I cannot remember now. But thanks for reminding me of that series! 

 

It's a good read if you have the patience for Jordan's writing style.  It can be slow at times (particularly book 10, which is basically a 700 page reaction to an event that happened at the end of book 9) but it has a good story.  Another note, some of the characters can be really infuriating at times.  They get better... eventually...  It takes a while though.

[Doc Ginger 86]

It's a good read if you have the patience for Jordan's writing style.  It can be slow at times (particularly book 10, which is basically a 700 page reaction to an event that happened at the end of book 9) but it has a good story.  Another note, some of the characters can be really infuriating at times.  They get better... eventually...  It takes a while though.

You haven't read slow until youve read James Fennimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans. I think ill be able to handle Jordan's writing  

[lincolnshirepony 527]

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver is my favorite novel ever. It has insanely elegant and beautiful writing. It's a really deep story and it's pretty dense. It's just overall fantastic.

 

Also just about anything by Neal Shusterman is golden. I would recommend Unwind or Everlost and their sequels. The novels are imaginative and unique. They're pretty strange, but they're also super good.

[Doc Ginger 86]

 

There's also the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

 

Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

 

 

So first week of ambulance sitting down: and I found that I definitely do not like my nook. I only had enough battery to read about 500 pages. Which was enough for half of Scorpio Races, and the first book of the Wheel of Time. Both were rather enjoyable and I thank you two for the suggestions!

 

For e'ryone else: I will be going back out again next week and the following BUUUT since my nook had a retarded battery life I will just be addin most of these books to my 'Must-read' list. Thanks for the suggestions

[Coffee Cream 74]

I've actually read a couple of books in school this semester that I would recommend to anyone who's interested in reading about someone's experience with a psychological illness. One is called "The Day the Voices Stopped" by Ken Steele and it talks about his experience living with Schizophrenia. The other book is called "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova and it goes through a woman's life living with Alzheimer's. I've also read The Fault in our Stars by John Green...very good book but I'm warning you now there's an abundance of feels that come with that one!

[Tia Is Best Pony 310]

DAN BROWN. digital fortress is such a good book, so is deception point. i loved those books so much i like never put them down ever 

[~The Doctor~ 20]

The Lillies of The Field, To Kill a Mockingbird, Halo: Cryptum. All of these stories are amazing, and honestly should be read within one's life.

[Betez 1,735]

Sure it's been suggested already, and I'm sure you've already read it before, but I'm loving Catcher in the Rye. For some reason, it's pretty straightforward, easy to understand, and overall fun to read.