Books Galore: recommendations?
Well I assume some people have made this thread before but uh...
My exams are starting soon but when they're over I'll have finished high school with 3 months of spare time until uni begins, so I want a few good books to read.
I like fantasy/romance/dark fantasy/action/adventure
Here are the books I've read and/or own:
[b]Old Stuff yes don't laff I loved these as a kid[/b]
Babysitters Club
Sweet Valley
Mark Kate and Ashley
WITCH
The Saddle Club
The Princess Diaries
Stuff by VC Andrews
[b]Complete Series[/b]
Harry Potter - JK Rowling
Deltora Quest - Emily Rodda
A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket
Twilight saga - Stephenie Meyer
The Vampire Diaries - LJ Smith
The Secret Circle - LJ Smith
Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead
House of Night - PC/Kristin Cast
Night World - LJ Smith
Eragon - Christopher Paolini
The Spiderwick Chronicles - Diterlizzi and Black
The Sands of Time - Michale Hoeye
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares
[b]Authors[/b]
Melina Marchetta: On the Jellicoe Road, Saving Francesca, Finnikin of the Rock, Looking for Alibrandi
Eva Ibbotson: The Secret Countess, The Morning Gift, Journey to the River Sea
Jacqueline Wilson: Girls in Love, Lola Rose & a bunch of others
Dan Brown: The DaVinci Code, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, Digital Fortress
Matthew Riley: Hell Island
Dianne Wyne Jones: all those magician books by her which I can't remember
Jane Austen: Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Emma (horrible book)
[b]Others[/b]
The Time Traveler's Wife, Wuthering Heights, A Christmas Carol, Breakfast at Tiffany's, To Kill a Mockingbird, Frankenstein, The Nostrodamus Prophecy, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, Where Mermaids Sing and um a lot of others like that - chick flick/fantasy
[b]Currently reading/planning to read[/b]
Dracula, The Picture of Dorian Grey, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Lost Symbol, The Bronze Horseman, Possession, The Great Gatsby
So basically yes fantasy/romance/dark fantasy/action/adventure/chick flick as you can see from ^
I've read a lot more books than that but I cbf listing them coz there's way too many. I own 200+ books myself, read a lot more as well though...
So any good recommendatiosn? (:
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always had a soft spot for the Old Kingdom trilogy by Garth Nix. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke is possibly one of the best magic/fantasy books i've read, but it's more if you're into a practical magic mindset...not like Harry Potter stuff. and an extremely quick read but one of my favorite books, The Little Prince by Antoine de Sant-Exupery.
oh and Neil Gaiman's stuff.
@TopMushroom: lol no not test, I have a pretty decent vocab. Some of my teachers don't know of the words I use. Thanks for recommending Stephen King but I don't do well with horror/gore, really can't stand it!
@BluffinMuffin: will check that out
@firelordXD: ooh ok Percy Jackson got turned into a movie didn't it? Shall check that out as well. I've read Stargirl. It turned up in an exam I did for English one year as well.
@DarkFairy18: I haven't been accepted yet o.o and I want to read for enjoyment not thick uni textbooks that cost over $100. I have to sit my hs exams before I can get into uni :S
@Bellaluna: lol thanks but no horror for me. I'm gonna try those True Blood books.
Thanks everybody!
Read Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
It's an awesome series.
Also read The Ranger's apprentice series.
Another awesome series.
Oh and read Stargirl XD. It sounds funny, but it's actually an amazing book.
a game of thrones by george r.r. martin is pretty much the de facto dark fantasy series.
Wow, we must have similar taste because I've read nearly everything on your list =D
Here are some of my favorites:
-White Oleander
-Memoirs of a Geisha
-Silence of the Lambs
-Gemma Doyle Trilogy
-Hunger Games Trilogy
-Nearly anything by Stephen King- Shining, Carrie, Pet Sematary, 'Salems Lot, etc. Also, Eyes of the Dragon -- it's not a horror novel, but it was the first book I've ever read by him, and I loved it.
-The Princess Bride
-Catcher in the Rye
-Sookie Stackhouse series
-Interview with the Vampire
-Nightwatch Trilogy
-Mary Higgins Clarks books -- she writes a lot of whodunit type things. Where are the Children, Loves Music Loves to Dance, You Belong to Me, Nighttime is My Time...
These are all I can think of off the top of my head. I'll come back and edit if I can think of anything else
Jodi Picoult, George Orwell, and Aldous Huxley are my faves.
I suggest you read dystopian novels. They sure are a time consumer. I especially like Brave New World.
Anything by Jodi Picoult.
I highly recommend My Sister's Keeper, Keeping Faith and The Pact.
Didnt even read your post.
I assume you need to widen your vocab for some test.
Read Stephen king's books, and random Edgar Poe stories. Poe's vocab isnt the widest, but is still helpful.
Oh yeah, the the book "The Sight" by David Clement Davies, has some pretty big words in there
can't really remember any I've read (and you've mentioned Eragon, Deltora Quest, and Harry Potter)
Pendragon?