What are some books you would label as "must reads"?

Question

I've been getting more and more into reading and am running low on books left on my own shelf, what are some you would suggest to read? Classics are ok, but I'm leaning more toward modern English books, preferrably fiction (but if you consider it a must read and it's nonfiction that's ok too!)

Thanks!

Answer 1

Fiction: The Lovely Bones - Alice Seboldhttp://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Lovely-Bones/Alice-Sebold/e/9780316666343/?itm=1

Memoir: Yakuza Moon - Shoko Tendo http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Yakuza-Moon/Shoko-Tendo/e/9784770030429/?itm=1

Non-fiction: The God Delusions by Richard Dawkin & Enemies of Reason (Rational and Thinking Human Beings) http://www.richarddawkins.net/



not must reads (except the last: anyone who is honestly deluded enough to believe in a magical & imaginary creature needs to read that) but books a girl might like.

Answer 2

MAXIMUM RIDE!!! I'm serious! You, and anybody who reads this, will LOVE that series!!! It's by James Patterson.



Here's a summary from Wikipedia:

The plot follows the adventures of Maximum Ride (more commonly known as Max), a headstrong fourteen year-old, and her group of human-avian hybrids, Fang, Iggy (who is blind due to an experiment at the school), Nudge, Gazzy (Gasman), and Angel. They make up the Flock, who have been the subjects of experiments[5] leaving them 98% human and 2% avian.[6] The experiments were conducted at a facility known as "The School", located in Death Valley, California. Other Schools create more hybrids, but the one the flock was made in happened to be in Death Valley. The flock is being hunted down by "Erasers"(human-lupine (wolf) hybrids), and later "Flyboys"(Robot Erasers), that were also created at the School. The Flock works towards protecting the world from domination by mysterious figures, who have also shown an interest in their capture. As well as attempting to take over the entire world. However, the most recent republishing of the books have featured two different series names: The Fugitives and The Protectors. That explains why the fourth and fifth books had a different plot then the first three.



This is DEFINATLY a must read.

Answer 3

Glass Houses, Marked, The Secret Circle, The Golden Compass, Maximum Ride, Harry Potter, The Host, Vampire Dreams, Sun-Kissed, Fahrenheit 451...

Answer 4

Skellig- a heart wrenching story that will forever leave you changed. Quote: Why do we have shoulder blades?- Michael

Some people say that that's where our wings used to be.- Teacher



Artemis Fowl- A funny, witty, and suspenseful book showing that fate is sometimes real and magic exists. ( I swear it's totally better than how I make it sound! There are six books in the series)



The True Adventures of Charlotte Doyle- Not many thirteen year old girls are accused of murder and found guilty.



There are so many more! And remember, even though a book looks bland from the outside doesn't mean that it isn't bland in the way it's written!

Answer 5

Here are some of my favorite books:



Title - Author



The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle - Avi

Where the Red Fern Grows - Rawls

Speak - Anderson

The Twilight Series - Meyer

The Harry Potter Series - Rowling

Little Women - Alcott

East of Eden - Steinbeck

The Cay - Taylor

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Taylor

And Then There Were None - Christie





I hope that this helps! (there is no specific order)

Answer 6

I like to read a wide variety of books from classics to popular fiction from the best sellers lists to those that have won literary awards.



I'll even read a good children's book if its an award winner. After all, a good story is a good story.



My must read list is a 100+ long, however, I'm currently recommending:



The Road by Cormac McCarthy*** (newer)

The Eight by Katherine Neville

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Check out books that are on these lists:



The Pulitzer Prize for Literature:

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/awards/adult/pulitzer.htm



The Nobel Prize for Literature:

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/



Newbery Medal books (children's literature):

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.cfm



some book lists:

New York Times Bestsellers:

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/



Oprah's book club:

http://www.oprah.com/entity/oprahsbookclub

Answer 7

-The Alchemist - Paulo Coelco

-All of Jane Austen's works. Especially Sense and Sensibility. I know they are classics, but they will always be my favorites.

-Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte - again another classic, but just as good as Austen's

-The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis

-Girl With a Pearl Earring, Falling Angels - Tracy Chevalier

-The Goose Girl and Enna Burning - Shannon Hale - more "young adult," but it's a good princess/fantasy book for those a little older. I couln't put it down!

-Uglies, pretties, Specials, Extras - Scott Westerfield

-Gospel According to Larry - Janet Tashjian - Makes you really think about your life and your possessions.



hope that helped. They were all buys for me.. that means really good :)

And I'm nineteen, if that gives you any indicator of the books I chose. Not too juvenile, but not impossible to understand either.



*edit

oh and p.s. Just a warning: unless, you like extreme profanity and disturbing writing, don't read Chuck palahniuk's stuff. Especially Choke..

Answer 8

Papaer Towns by John Green

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Shes Come Undone by Wally Lamb

The Host by Stephanie Meyer

THe Uglies by Scott Westernfeild

The 5 People you meet in Heaven by Mitch Album



:)

Answer 9

For fiction I love anything by crime/thriller writer Michael Cordy.



Anchee Min's 'Empress Orchid' is great - its a book about the last empress of China in narrative form. (semi fiction?)



Non-fiction that I would recommend is the 'Princess' series by Jean Sasson - the story is a true story of life inside Saudi Arabia's royal family.



Right now I'm reading Danny Wallace's 'Friends Like These' - he's a comedic writer who wrote 'Yes Man'. Its definitely a feel-good novel.



Of course its hard to recommend stuff without knowing what you like to read! :)

Answer 10

it depends on what fiction you like



Stephenie meyer,-http://stepheniemeyer.com/



The host



LJ Smith- the vampire diares/ the secret circle http://www.ljanesmith.net/booklist.php





christopher paolini



eragon, eldest, havnt read Brisinger yet-



http://www.alagaesia.com/books.htm



Melissa De la crus-http://melissa-delacruz.com/index.php/books/



Bluebloods, Masquerade, havnt read revalations yet



im currently watching the True Blood Series but it was based on a book series that im going to read, from what i hear the books are even better!!!!!!!!



they're by charline harris- the series order is from the bottom up!-



http://www.charlaineharris.com/bibliography/bibliog-sookie.html



but heres the show website too :D



http://www.hbo.com/trueblood/ ( click watch & theres teaser trailers for each episode)



Ann Rice Books- interview with the vampire, & more





my friend loves books & wants me to read these..try them! i think i will they look fun :D



The Lightning Thief



The Sea of Monsters



The Titan’s Curse



The Battle of the Labrynth



- author : Rick Riordan





http://www.percyjackson.co.uk/site/pj_ma...





http://www.rickriordan.com/children.htm @ the bottom of the page you can click & the auther has a pice of the first chapter of the 1st three books



anything by Stephen King



my friend also read this and loves it!!! & i want to read to



theres a series by Barb Hendee, the noble dead series, w/ a female dahphir(vamp) and an elven man!!!



http://www.nobledead.com/



http://www.barbhendee.com/





tons more, ill add more if i can think of more!!!! happy reading!!!

Answer 11

Books I have read and loved:



-The UGLIES series-scott westerfeld

-Books of Pellinor Series-Alison Croggon (the first book in the series is called "The Naming")

-The Face on the Milk Carton Series-Caroline B. Cooney

-The Among the Hidden Series-Margaret peterson haddix (amazing plot)



Books that I have looked at online and found on favorited lists that i have on my "to read list":

-The Hunting games-suzanne collins (i have this at top of my list!!!)

-Before I die-Jenny downham

-Impulse-Ellen Hopkins (also read cut, crank, glass, identical and burned all by ellen)

-Memoir of A Teenage Amnesiac-Gabrielle Zevin

-Teach Me- R. A. Nelson

-Thirteen reasons why-Jay Asher (a must read!!!)

-Sold-Patricia mccormick

-Luna-Julie anne peters

-maximum ride-james patterson

-Go ask alice-anonymous (a lot of people recommend this)

-The perks of being a wallflower (people also seem to love this 1)



Hope this helped :)

Answer 12

Lol youve probably heard this one before, but the twilight seris is always good! I wasnt a reader but when i read these books, i read a lot more now!

Answer 13

Blue is for Nightmares by Laurie Stolarz

White is for Magic by Laurie Stolarz

Silver is for Secrets by Laurie Stolarz

Red is for Remembrance by Laurie Stolarz

(the 5th book comes out in Fall i believe "Black is for Beginnings")



Deadly Little Secrets also by Laurie Stolarz

"Wake"and then the sequel "Fade" by Lisa McMann

Two Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt

When it Happens by Susane Colasanti



****The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong

(The sequel comes out May 2nd i believe "The Awakening" my all time favorite book haha)

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare



Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen

Elsewhere- okay this book changed my perspective on heaven....its not a religious book i promise its like a girl dies and its her story while in heaven...i liked it.....anyway it is by Gabrielle Zevin



Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Beastly by Alex Flinn



okay i am not quite sure of what else at the moment....i hope this is enough =)

Answer 14

the Maximum ride series is a must read. "Maximum Ride is a fourteen-year-old girl with wings who is the result of some experiments at a secret lab to inject avian genes into human embroyos. Max is the oldest of the six members of her family, or as they refer to themselves, the flock. The others are Fang - a taciturn boy who is four months younger than Max; Iggy - who was blinded by experimentation on his sight at the lab; Nudge - a young girl who talks non-stop; and two kiddies, the Gasman - an eight-year-old boy with persistent intestinal problems and Angel, his six-year-old sister. Max and her companions were kept in cages and subject to repeated scientific experiments during their life at the School (as the lab was called); they were eventually freed by one of the lab scientists (who are referred to by the flock as Whitecoats) named Jeb Batchelder. Jeb secreted them at his mountain home and raised and educated them; but Jeb suddenly disappeared two years ago and the flock has been on its own since then. Suddenly, Erasers (experimental beings also developed at the lab who can morph into powerful vicious wolf-like creatures) raid the family's mountain hideaway and kidnap Angel. It's up to the flock to save her.

Answer 15

If you haven't read Harry Potter and have no plans to...please shoot yourself. Okay don't, just go read them.



Chronicles of Ancient Darkness - Awesome books, set way back when, if you like wolves, you'd like this

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



Darren Shan Saga - Good read, but totally Sh** ending, still worth reading. Has vampires and a snake boy ;D



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





Hmm, not sure what else... Series of unfortunate events? Ending annoyed me, but they're alright, depends on your taste.



Happy reading! x

Answer 16

twilight, the water mirror, city of bones, city of ashes, 3 willows, sisterhood of the traveling pants, the book thief, evermore, sweethearts, just listen, the truth about forever, and dreamland. there are many more!

Answer 17

The book thief. amazing

Answer 18

Twilight!!!

My Favorite BOOK!!!

Answer 19

definitely-

harry potter series

ttyl,ttfn and l8r g8r

a child called it

coraline

marley and me

Answer 20

anything by chuck palahniuk, especially choke, haunted, and survivor.