Favorite books?

[cupcake_x]

1. Bastard out of Carolina - Dorothy Allison
2. the Georgia Nicolson series - Louise Rennison
3. Conversations with the fat girl- Liza Palmer
4. That Summer- Sarah Dessen
5. God still don't like ugly- Mary Monroe
6. God don't like ugly- Mary Monroe
7. Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder. - Rachel Reiland
8. When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
9. Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen

 

[NutMeg]

Love Jodi Picoult, I'm slowly reading my way through all of her books.

I just finished a series by Robin Hobb, called The Farseer Trilogy. It was pretty good, I don't know if you like fantasy, but this was good fantasy and unusual enough that I was very intrigued.

Also anything by Guy Gavriel Kay is good.

I'm sure I could dredge up more, but that's what I've read lately.

 

[bcsweetascandy]

I like to read all kinds of books. I'd recommend the Harry Potter series, the Twilight series, or any of John Grisham's books are great. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn was great, Life of Pi, Beloved, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, and I could go on and on, lol. Oh, and I'm currently reading the Count of Monte Cristo, which is pretty good so far!

 

[xoleaxo]

I second Water for Elephants.. what a great book!!

 

[Stephy171]

My favorite book hands down is THE COLDEST WINTER EVER by Sista Souljahh this book is amazing lol not typically what i read but omg i finished it in 2 days... when i was in highschool and since then i have read it about 6 times!!

 

[RedRibbon]

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Originally Posted by mindlessgapgirl The Time Traveller's Wife is great, I also just finished The Memory Keeper's Daughter...and if you haven't read Angels and Demons, it's a good read (before the movie comes out!). Hmm...Memoirs of A Geisha, and of course, the Shopaholic series too! I also love reading murder mystery type books so anything by Mary Higgens Clark is on my list.

I love the Time Traveller's Wife, finished it in the space of a day.

I also loved The Lovely Bones. However, my all time favourite books are To Kill A Mockingbird and The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists.

 

[florabundance]

Shakespeare anything
Jean Paul Sartre's No Exit and Dirty Hands

but at the moment i'm really into artist biographies/autobiographies. i'm currently reading Frida by Hayden Herrera...it's awesome. and i ordered the secret life of salvador dali too. I find artists life stories infinitely more interesting than actors/musicians memoirs...though i haven't read many. Can anyone rec a good one?

I'm loving the idea of SPECKTRA BOOK CLUB lol

 

[tara_hearts]

I know this thread is old but ive been really into reading lately and want to share my faves.

*Clan of the cave bear - Jean Auel
It is the first of a series called 'Earth children' it is based in b.c era. Its about a young girl who is orphaned at age 5 when her parents die in an earthquake. She is taken in by cro-magnon type cave people and raised to be something she isn't. I dont want to give to much away but it is an amazing story of her trials and triumphs. Ive read the entire series twice and i highly recomend it

Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
Awesome suspense/thriller book martin scorcesse(sp?) has made into a movie with leonardo dicaprio & should be out in feb. I read this book in one day, couldnt put it down.

Harry potter series- fantastic.

Anne rice vampire series

Twilight <3

Sookie stackhouse series

Lord of the rings - tolkien

Angels and demons dan brown

Jurassic park - michael crichton

Meg- steve alten (cool ass book about a megalodon - extinct gigantic shark)

 

[sinergy]

Ive always wanted to read clan of the cave bear..i might look for it at my used book store..

i looooooooooove to read and own tons of books..(kindle is on my to buy list..but we will see..im really a page turner and dont know how that would feel to me

)

David Eddings the Mallorean, The Belgariad, The Tamuli, and The Elenium series. I started reading these books when i was in the 6th grade and have every single one of them in twos one to collect one to reread over and over again.

Terry Brooks, again Shannara books, have most...he is just classic fantasy fiction kind of stuff i like.

JRR Tolken of course..duh..

Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion

Kathleen and Michael Gear..I have all the North American Indian series..I loooove them.

Anne Rice have most of hers...Vittorio, and queen of the damned was always my favorite..even after they made it into a crappy movie

Rachel Gibson..so cute chic lit. i love her

the Shopaholic series Sophia Kinsella, very cute.

i am a sucker for historical romance..so i love me some jo beverly, julia quinn, stephanie laurens, mary balogh, lisa kleypas

now..ive always been into paranormal and vampires..witches and wizards...sci fi/fantasy/authurian legend. always always been a fan..

so i love Marion Zimmer Bradley if you havent read her books check out Mists of Avalon..one of my all time faves in the world.

Did love Twilight series a few yrs ago..but am kind of over it..just a lil fond..but it did introduce so many other YA authors who write great books..ive been a harry potter fan from the start..so cruising the YA section at the book store isnt a prob for me

i like the House of Night Series from PC cast
Vampire Academy series
Blue Bloods series from Melissa De La Cruz

these all take the vamp thing in a different direction which i like, the blue bloods series has more of a wierd sci fi-ish feel to me..so i really like those.

a few of you mentioned james patterson..well i abso freakin lutely love his MAX YA series...i think they start with The Angel Experiment..great books my 12 yr old daughter got me into. serious i love them very sci fi too..

also Rick Riordan and the Percy Jackson books, these are awesome!
my kids all love to read like me, haha so i read most of the stuff they read..

(my 6 yr old loves the tale of desperaux and where the wild things are..and the fudge and ramona the pest books)

I just bought a book called Fallen..i dont remember the author but its a YA book and its about Angels..it was really interesting..i cant wait to see where this author goes with this series, its brand new..

ok..

..think im done..for now.

 

[Meisje]

You guys should all check out Where We Have To Go by Lauren Kirshner.

It's a book about a girl's shift from childhood to adulthood, which is a common topic... but this author is amazing. She was mentored by Margaret Atwood. I had such an intense emotional reaction to the way the writer had crafted the voice of Lucy (the protagonist).

Everything is so incredibly REAL --- being interrupted while reading it caused something like the feeling of an entire world being roughly folded up and put away around me, like the walls of Lucy's house were sucking back into each other, the roof coming off and retracting, everything making giant thuds and stirring up dust and plaster around me while I tried to extract my heart from the book and ready myself enough to reply to whoever was talking to me.

The author's website is here: Lauren-Kirshner.com

(and yes, she's Mia Kirshner's sister, in case you were wondering!)

It's been a while since I went head over heels for a book like this... the last one was She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb.

 

[MaskedBeauty]

Normally i HATE reading and never ever read. But when I was on a trip to Michigan I picked up a book called Crank by Ellen Hopkins and decided to give it a try. I could NOT put it down!!!! It was soooo good. So far I have also read Glass and Burned by her as well and they are both really good. I love her books. Another one I couldn't put down was The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx.

 

[joygasm]

This is an older book but I really liked "Tarnished Gold" by V.C. Andrews.

Really interesting story. There are a lot more, but this one was the most memorable.

 

[bellaboomboom]

One of my all time favorites is "Fear" by L Ron Hubbard. Keeps you on the edge of your seat and has quite a surprise ending!

 

[obscuria]

My favorite author is David Sedaris because of his sense of humor when it comes to recollecting parts of his life. When You are Engulfed in Flames and Naked are my favorites by him.

 

[tara_hearts]

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Originally Posted by sinergy Ive always wanted to read clan of the cave bear..i might look for it at my used book store.. i looooooooooove to read and own tons of books..(kindle is on my to buy list..but we will see..im really a page turner and dont know how that would feel to me ) David Eddings the Mallorean, The Belgariad, The Tamuli, and The Elenium series. I started reading these books when i was in the 6th grade and have every single one of them in twos one to collect one to reread over and over again. Terry Brooks, again Shannara books, have most...he is just classic fantasy fiction kind of stuff i like. JRR Tolken of course..duh.. Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion Kathleen and Michael Gear..I have all the North American Indian series..I loooove them. Anne Rice have most of hers...Vittorio, and queen of the damned was always my favorite..even after they made it into a crappy movie Rachel Gibson..so cute chic lit. i love her the Shopaholic series Sophia Kinsella, very cute. i am a sucker for historical romance..so i love me some jo beverly, julia quinn, stephanie laurens, mary balogh, lisa kleypas now..ive always been into paranormal and vampires..witches and wizards...sci fi/fantasy/authurian legend. always always been a fan.. so i love Marion Zimmer Bradley if you havent read her books check out Mists of Avalon..one of my all time faves in the world. Did love Twilight series a few yrs ago..but am kind of over it..just a lil fond..but it did introduce so many other YA authors who write great books..ive been a harry potter fan from the start..so cruising the YA section at the book store isnt a prob for me i like the House of Night Series from PC cast Vampire Academy series Blue Bloods series from Melissa De La Cruz these all take the vamp thing in a different direction which i like, the blue bloods series has more of a wierd sci fi-ish feel to me..so i really like those. a few of you mentioned james patterson..well i abso freakin lutely love his MAX YA series...i think they start with The Angel Experiment..great books my 12 yr old daughter got me into. serious i love them very sci fi too.. also Rick Riordan and the Percy Jackson books, these are awesome! my kids all love to read like me, haha so i read most of the stuff they read.. (my 6 yr old loves the tale of desperaux and where the wild things are..and the fudge and ramona the pest books) I just bought a book called Fallen..i dont remember the author but its a YA book and its about Angels..it was really interesting..i cant wait to see where this author goes with this series, its brand new.. ok.. ..think im done..for now.

I found clan of the cave bear and most of the series on walmart.com for like $6 a piece, not a real bad deal.
& I want to read blue bloods now, sounds good

 

[tarnii]

Just bumping this up because I am looking for some good books to sink my teeth into after recently rediscovering the joy of losing myself in a book.

I have taken down some names from this thread but I was just wondering if there are any more recs.

 

[blackeneddove]

I just read Shutter Island in only a day, I wanted to read it before I saw the movie and man, it was excellent! Its one of those books that has your heart beating the whole time!

 

[DOLLface]

^
Definitely going to check out Shutter Island now.

Reading is one of my favorite things. If I had it my way I would stay in bed all day reading book after book. My all-time favorite book is Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk; I've probably read it 10+ times. He's my favorite author because I adore his writing style.

I recently read American Psycho, which was excellent, by Bret Easton Ellis and I really liked his writing style as well, so I'm looking into reading more by him.

Currently, I am reading Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist and I don't want to put it down!

 

[blondie711]

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Originally Posted by blackeneddove I just read Shutter Island in only a day, I wanted to read it before I saw the movie and man, it was excellent! Its one of those books that has your heart beating the whole time!

Have you read any other Dennis Lehane books? Except for his most recent, I loved all of them. Try "Gone Baby Gone".

 

[romi79_2008]

I see a lot of you enjoyed the vampires series than you must read The Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost O M G it`s the best I read from all vampire series. I read all four books in 2 days I just could not separate from them. And now even though I have other well reviewed series I can not go further than a few chapters because they don`t get me as Cat & Bones . I`m so hooked on this series can`t wait for the other 3 books