Question:
I need LOTS of book suggestions please!!??
bookbaby55
2008-07-08 21:32:23 UTC
Hey everyone!
I am looking for books that are easy reads. I am talking about books like Harry Potter and the Twilight series. These are not my usual type of books but I need a break. So I am looking for great books that are not complicated. I would prefer they be long though... at least 400 pages. Thanks for your help!!
Thirteen answers:
marqueen71
2008-07-09 19:02:06 UTC
Website below has lots of different lists. This is a partial list of FANTASY titles from my site.



Madeleine L'Engle:

A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time.



Michael Molloy:

The Witch Trade, The Time Witches, and The Wild West Witches.



Herge (a.k.a. Georges Prosper Remi):

The Adventures of Tintin (24 volumes)



Cornelia Funke:

Dragon Rider, Thief Lord, and Ingraine the Brave

Inkheart, Inkspell, and Inkdeath



Brandon Mull:

Fablehaven, Rise of the Evening Star, and Grip of the Shadow Plague.



Katherine Paterson: Bridge to Terabithia

Orson Scott Card: Seventh Son

Carol Kendall: The Gammage Cup and The Whisper of Glocken



Eoin Colfer:

Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident, The Opal Deception, The Lost Colony, The Artemis Fowl Files: A Companion Book, and The Graphic Novel.



Andre Norton:

The Witch World, The Web of the Witch World, Three against the Witch World, Year of the Unicorn, Warlock of the Witch World, Dragon Scale Silver, Dream Smith, The Toads of Grimmerale, Spider Silk, Sword of Unbelief, and Sarsthor's Bane.



Ursula K. LeGuin:

Earthsea, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea, The Other Wind, Gifts, Voices, and Powers.



Diana Wynne Jones:

The Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Volume I includes Charmed Life and The Lives of Christopher Chant; Volume II includes Witch Week, The Magicians of Caprona, and Mixed Magics. Howl's Moving Castle



T. A. Barron:

Tree Girl

The Lost Years of Merlin Epic - The Lost Years of Merlin, The Seven Songs of Merlin, The Fires of Merlin, The Mirror of Merlin, and The Wings of Merlin.

The Adventures of Kate - Heartlight, The Ancient One, and The Merlin Effect.

The Great Tree of Avalon Trilogy - Child of the Dark Prophecy, Shadows on the Stars, and The Eternal Flame.

Merlin's Dragon Trilogy - Merlin's Dragon Basilgarrad



Tamora Pierce:

The Song of the Lioness Series - Alanna: The First Adventure, In the Hand of the Goddess, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man, and Lioness Rampant.

Protector of the Small Series - First Test, Page, Squire, and Lady Knight



Frank Beddor: The Looking Glass Wars and Seeing Redd

Michael Ende: Night of Wishes and The Neverending Story

Mary Stewart: A Walk in the Wolf Wood

Howard Pyle:

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Story of King Arthur and His Knights - There are several collections of stories about King Arthur.



C. S. Lewis:

Chronicles of Narnia - The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; and The Last Battle.



Philip Pullman:

His Dark Materials - The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass.



James Patterson:

Maximum Ride Series - The Angel Experiment, School's Out Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, and The Final Warning.



Meg Cabot:

Mediator Series - Shadowland, Ninth Key, Reunion, Darkest Hour, Haunted, and Twilight.



Anne McCaffrey: (a.k.a. Anne Geddes)

Dragonsong Trilogy - Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums.



Chris D'Lacey:

The Fire Within, Icefire, Fire Star, and The Fire Eternal.

Donita K. Paul:

Dragonspell, Dragon Quest, Dragon Knight, Dragon Fire, and Dragon Light.



Elizabeth A. Lynn:

Dragon's Winter and Dragon's Treasure.

E. E. Knight:

Age of Fire Series - Dragon Champion, Dragon Avenger, and Dragon Outcast.



Brian Jacques:

Redwall Series - Redwall, Mossflower, Mattimeo, Mariel of Redwall, Salamandastron, Martin the Warrior, The Bellmaker, Outcast of Redwall, The Pearls of Lutra, The Long Patrol, Marlfox, The Legend of Luke, Lord Brocktree, The Taggerung, Triss, Loamhedge, Rakkety Tam, and High Rhulain.



Joanne Harris: Runemarks

Juliet Marillier: Wildwood Dancing and Cybele's Secret

George MacDonald:

Phantastes and At the Back of the North Wind



Edwin A. Abbott:

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (The sequel, Sphereland is by Dionys Burger. It is possible to purchase both in one volume.)



J. R. R. Tolkien:

The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Two Towers, and The Return of the King; Silmarillion; also Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.



D. J. MacHale:

Pendragon Series - Merchant of Death, The Lost City of Faar, The Never War, The Reality Bug, Blackwater, The Rivers of Zadaa, The Quillan Games, The Pilgrims of Rayne, and Raven Rise.



Christopher Paolini:

In the first book, Eragon, a young man finds a mysterious blue stone in the forested mountains above his home in Alagaesia. Along with his blue dragon, Saphira, Eragon is stumbling about because things are happening to him which he does not understand. His inner goodness and common sense enable him to muddle through and he has some help from a couple of humans and some dwarfs. In the second book, Eldest, the dwarfs, elves, humans, Eragon, and Saphira have joined forces against evil. Eragon and Saphira have begun training to understand and improve their skills. A new, red dragon makes an appearance. I've been told that in the third book a golden dragon will appear. It has just been announced that the third book, Brisingr, will be available on September 20, 2008. Originally planned as a trilogy, Paolini has recently decided that there will be four books in his Inheritance Cycle.



John Beachem: Storms of Vengeance is John's first novel and I've been told that it is part of a series of 8 to 10 books. There is a murder mystery to be solved. Who did it and why? There is a mythical Lorradda Stone to locate. There are three parallel stories as we follow the actions of three different groups of people. There are also some ogres, two elves, several sorcerers, a troll, and one very impressive river monster. The book ends with a cliff hanger. One reason that young people gave for liking Harry Potter was the detail in the stories. They will find plenty of detail here as well. The title of the second book in the series will be The Hunter and the Marked.



David Eddings: There are three stories in Volume I of The Belgariad: Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, and Magician's Gambit. Volume II of The Belgariad has two stories: Castle of Wizardry and Enchanters' End Gambit. If you are looking for grand adventure and plenty of detail it is here. Some may object to the slow progression and limited action of this tale. A sorcerer and his daughter, a sorceress, have gathered together a group of individuals to fight evil. It seems that the particular make-up for this group is necessary based upon an ancient prophecy. The group includes: the Nimble Thief, the Man with Two Lives, the Blind Man, the Dreadful Bear, the Knight Protector, the Horse Lord, the Bowman, the Queen of the World, and the Mother of the Race that Died. A young boy named Garion, who was raised by his Aunt Pol, is caught up in all of this, though he doesn't know why. But then, is she really his Aunt? There is so much detail that I have not as yet confirmed there are no mistakes in the mapping of the story. I thoroughly enjoyed The Belgariad and look forward to reading the sequel, The Mallorean.



The Mallorean Volume I: Guardians of the West, King of the Murgos, and Demon Lord of Karanda by David Eddings

The Mallorean Volume II: Sorceress of Darshive and The Seeress of Kell by David Eddings

Polgara, the Sorceress by David Eddings

Belgarath, the Sorcerer by David Eddings



Terry Pratchett:

The Wee Free Men - Tiffany Aching and a clan of six inch tall blue men (pictsies) attempt to rescue her little brother and stop an invasion from Fairyland.

A Hatful of Sky - The second Tiffany Aching novel.

Wintersmith - The third Tiffany Aching novel.

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld)

Other books in the Discworld Series - The Colour of Magic, Witches Abroad, Sourcery, Wyrd Sisters, Thief of Time, Small Gods, and Mort.



Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett: Good Omens

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman:

Dragonlance Chronicles - Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of Spring Dawning, and Dragons of Summer Flame.

Dragonlance Legends Trilogy - Time of the Twins, War of the Twins, and Test of the Twins.



Jonathan Stroud:

Bartimaeus Trilogy - The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem's Eye, and Ptolemy's Gate.



Isaac Asimov:

Though Asimov is usually thought of as a science fiction writer, Magic is a collection of his fantasy short stories.



Jim Butcher:

The Dresden Files - Storm Front, Fool Moon, Grave Peril, Summer Knight, Death Masks, Blood Rites, Dead Beat, Proven Guilty, White Knight, and Small Favor.



Terry Brooks:

The Sword of Shanarra, The Elfstones of Shanarra, and The Wishsong of Shanarra.



Libba Bray:

A Great and Terrible Beauty - Gemma Doyle grew up in India, but after the death of her mother the 16 year old is sent to Spence Academy in London. It is the Victorian Age and these young ladies are being trained for their future roles as wives to men they may not want to marry. As so many have experienced, initially she is an unwelcome outsider. Eventually, she makes friends with three girls and together they explore Gemma's supernatural powers and a group known as the Order.

Sequels: Rebel Angels and The Sweet Far Thing



Mercedes Lackey:

The Mage Winds Trilogy - Winds of Fate, Winds of Change, and Winds of Fury.

Velgarth Series - Exile's Honor, Exile's Valor, Take a Thief, Arrors of the Queen, Arrow's Flight, and Arrow's Fall

Diana Tregarde Trilogy - Burning Water, Children of the Night, and Jinx High.



Roger Zelazny:

The First Chronicles of Amber - Nine Princes in Amber, The Guns of Avalon, Sign of the Unicorn, The Hand of Oberon,
Hannah
2008-07-09 00:47:09 UTC
Read the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray:

- A Great and Terrible Beauty

- Rebel Angels

- The Sweet Far Thing



They're exellent, far better than the Twilight series. They're easy, quick-paced, historical/fantasy/touch of romance and really long.
Patrick R
2008-07-09 02:47:17 UTC
Any of Robertson Davies's trilogies (the Deptford Trilogy is usually considered the best)

Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham (the longest of his works, but any will do)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams

The Master of Hestviken tetralogy by Sigrid Undset

The Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy by Sigrid Undset

anything by John Grisham (except The Innocent Man) and most other suspense writers



I'll try to be back with more....
j153e
2008-07-09 01:06:39 UTC
"West with the Night," Beryl Markham.

"Expecting Adam," Martha Beck.

"The Great Divorce," C. S. Lewis.

"The Neverending Story," Michael Ende.

"Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians," Brandon Sanderson.

"Extraordinary Knowing," Dr. Elizabeth Mayer.

"The Master of Lucid Dreams," Dr. Olga Kharitidi.

"Soul Mates and Twin Flames," Elizabeth Clare Prophet.

"Freakonomics," S. Levitt.

"The True Story of the Bilderberg Group," Daniel Estulin.

"The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce?", Free and Wilcock, http://www.divinecosmos.com

"A Wrinkle in Time" series, L'Engle.
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2016-10-25 17:16:55 UTC
a million. The Nanny Diaries 2. The Jane Austen e book club 3. the secret Diary of Anne Boelyn 4. The %. with advice from Jodi Picoult 5. the different Boelyn woman 6. River's end with advice from Nora Roberts (Suprisingly love this e book)
bama37
2008-07-08 21:37:16 UTC
Try the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon or One for the Money by Janet Evanovich.
J-Roc
2008-07-08 21:39:51 UTC
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon



Underworld by Don Delillo
Ed C. (SFECU)
2008-07-08 21:39:54 UTC
For a fun book try "How Stella got her groove back". Very easy reading - I consumed it within 24 hours because I couldn't put it down.
antilovestar999
2008-07-08 22:28:11 UTC
vampire kisses series, vampire diaries, vampire academy, garden spells, sugar queen, house of night series, society of s, wicked lovely, freaks, flora sequnda, stolen child, unleashed, fangland, tantalize, spellbook of listen tayler, poison study, and veil of roses
lovenlight
2008-07-09 00:20:20 UTC
me talk pretty one day-david sedaris

the mediator series-meg cabot

water for elephants-sara gruen

blood brothers trilogy-nora roberts
2008-07-08 21:38:13 UTC
the sisterhood of the traveling pants series



uglies, pretties, specials, extras
funnyguy2026
2008-07-08 21:39:48 UTC
you should try a million little pieces by james frey or this boys life or marley and me. the lord of the rings books are also pretty good.
dj b
2008-07-08 21:39:47 UTC
super system


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