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January 10th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown*
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Animal Farm* & 1984 by George Orwell
Looking for Alaska by John Green
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey*
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier*
The Children of Men by PD James*
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink*
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane*
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold*
* = have been made into movies or are being made into movies
- from my bookshelf
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22 yr old college student who enjoyed the Harry Potter series and loves to read.
January 10th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
”How to get laid at College”
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January 10th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich (hilarious series..a must read)
Motor Mouth and Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich (LOL funny)
Nora Roberts is one of my favorite authors. She writes suspense and romance (all in one!).
A few of my favorites are : The Key Trilogy, The Donovan Legacy, Irish Hearts, Montana Sky, Carolina Moon, The Dream Trilogy, Northern Lights, Tribute, and many many others.
(She also writes a series under the name of JD Robb)
Vicki Lewis Thompson’s Nerd Series
7 books, standalone, no relation to one another
Juicy romance novels with some suspense. Highly recommend
The Time Traveler’s Wife
My Sister’s Keeper
Beach Girls by Luanne Rice
Dance with me by Luanne Rice
Falling for you by Kim Louise
P.S. I love you by Cecilia Ahern (sp?)
Sue Grafton’s ABC series- mystery
If you want more adult vampire novels try authors like Rosemary Laurey, Lindsay Sands, and Suzanne Sizemore
Hope this helps
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Proud 24 yro bookworm
January 10th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
my sister’s keeper by jodi picoult
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January 10th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Why don’t you read Tolkien’s books or George R.R. Martin’s?
These are my suggestions.
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lord-Rings-book-boxset-hardbacks/dp/0007136587/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262182427&sr=1-11
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-uk&field-author=George%20R.R.%20Martin
January 10th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
"last night in twisted river" by john irving
"under the dome" by stephen king
"I, alex cross" james patterson
"sundays at tiffany’s" by james patterson
"pirate latitudes" by michael chrichton
"rain man" by josh grisham
"gap creek" by robert morgan
"ford country" by josh grisham
"the piano teacher" by janice y. k. lee
"the time traveler’s wife" by audrey niffenegger
"the lovely bones" by alice sebold
"the tenderness of wolves" by stef penney
"east of eden" by john steinback
"the day the falls stood still" by cathy marie buchanan
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January 10th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
If you like Nicholas Sparks, try Richard Paul Evans. They write in a very similar way. I have read all of Sparks’ books and about 6-8 of Evans’. My favorites were "The Locket" and "The Sunflower". I just finished "Finding Noel", which was also very good.
I also liked Jody Picoult’s "My Sister’s Keeper". I haven’t read any of her other yet, but I’m going to.
Maybe also try the Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series. It’s about a female boutny hunter who is always getting into trouble and having her live put in danger. She is also always caught between her cop boyfriend, and her HOT bounty hunter co-worker (Ranger). It’s not at all like the other books I suggested, but it was recommended to my by another Nicholas Sparks fan and I find them very funny.
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January 10th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
A short story collection by Chekhov would be tough to beat.
http://goneglobal35.com/writing.html
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January 10th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
The Noughts and Crosses series by Malorie Blackman
A Quiet Belief in Angels by RJEllory (such a rewarding book to read)
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (most understated book of the year award goes to…)
Where Rainbows End or If You Could See Me Now by Cecilia Ahern
The His Dark Materials Series (Phillip Pullman, obv)
any Discword books by Terry Pratchett (so sad when he was diagnosed with Alzheimers)
Cell by Stephen King
Shade’s Children by Garth Nix (brilliant)
Agatha Christie classics.
The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula Le Guin (brilliant literary classic, the japanese did an animation film version of this which was pretty brilliant- almost as good as Spirited Away- which is one of the best animation films ever)
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Today, i bought a Sherlock Holmes book. Maybe thats something to give a try.