Can anyone recommend a good book series to read?

Question

I have read harry potter, inheritance cycle, his dark materials, the lord of the rings and I like them all. I don't want to read Twilight. Please recommend something.

Answer 1

Try the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett- mad funny. I like fantasy, like you, but I find traditional 'elves and swords' fantasy a bit childish. An author I've come across whom I couldn't get enough of is Robin Hobb. Honestly, she writes fantasy, but in a dazzling and beautiful way that's much more personal than just big battles with dragons. Her prose is stunning, and it's much more psychological- you really get into the character's mind. You really get a feel for the world and you really start to care about the characters and their families and fragile relationships. A word of warning- I'm a 16 year old guy and by the end of some of her books I had tears in my eyes like the overgrown baby I am. It's tragic and beautiful at the same time. Seriously, start with 'Shaman's Crossing', part of the Soldier Son trilogy. There is still magic etc in the story, but in a much more sophisticated and elegant way than Eragon and Harry Potter. Even if you loved them both, this will still appeal to you.



It's completely different from all that Twilight and teen vampire fantasy crap so many people seem to love.

Answer 2

try reading the Series of Unfortunate Events. It deals with unpleasant events, of course, but the writing is very much mysterious and classy; just try it to see if you like it.



Also, The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stuart. So far as I range in my knowledge, I only know he has currently two of them written. Or Once, and Then, about a boy called Felix and a girl called Zelda and what it was like for them when Hitler ruled. The writer had written Two Weeks With The Queen. Otherwise, if you're a girl, you can try reading The Princess Diaries. Or Anne of Green Gables, it's a sort of old-fashioned Classics.



Also, the Warriors about cat tribes, if you're really into tribes and cats i guess. :D or The Narnia Chronicles! Very catchy!



Or if it doesn't have to, just read a book. You don't always need series.

Answer 3

The CHERUB (about a Spy group but where the spy's are 12-17 because criminals never suspect kids) , The Ranger Apprentice (someone who becomes a master of bow and arrow, The Warriors (A fictional book about a cat tribe) and Star wars the force unleashed book (though it was made in south Australia where I live so I'm not sure about America

Answer 4

A Series of Unfortunate Events, they are awesome. Weird at times, but awesome. Lemony Snicket writes in a really unique fashion, and sometimes the things he says are hilarious. I'm telling you, just read a couple of them. You'll thank me. There are thirteen books, which may seem like a lot, but they are addicting and easy to read. They're also short, so if you read one and decide you don't like it you won't have wasted any time.

Answer 5

Crank, Glass, Burned, Impulse and Identical by Ellen Hopkins.

The Summoning and The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong.

The Mercy Thompson series; Moon Called, Blood Bound, Iron Kissed and Bone Crossed. Also Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs.

13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher.

Watchers by Dean Koontz.

Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz.

Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz.

Frankenstein series by Dean Koontz.

Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous.

The House of Night series; Marked, Betrayed, Chosen, Untamed, Hunted and soon to come Tempted by P.C and Kristin Cast.

Need by Carrie Jones.

The Mortal Instruments series; City of Bones, City of Ashes, and City of Glass by Cassandra Clare.

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause.

Secret Circle by L.J Smith.

Night World series by L.J Smith.

Blue Bloods series by L.J Smith.

Wake and Fade by Lisa Mcmann.

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. And soon Catching Fire.

The Host by Stephanie Meyer.

The Uglies, Pretties, Specials and Extras by Scott Westerfeld.

Wicked Lovely, Ink Exchange, Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr.

Evermore by Alyson Noel.

The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd by Heather Brewer

Answer 6

Cherub is Amazing -if you've ever read Alex Rider, you'll wonder how it ever matched up! my fave!



I would say twilight (don't be biased, it means you miss out on so much, just because of Pride -you don't have to tell anyone you've read it!)



You could try the Half Men of O, by Maurice Gee (the first in a series)



or try some old favourites, like Trixie Belden, or Enid Blyton

John Marsden is also very good (Tomorrow when the War began)



Eva Ibbotson is my favourite author, if you've never heard of her -she would be my first pick -The Star Of Kazan

Answer 7

The warriors series by Erin Hunter is good, so is the keys to the kingdom books by Garth Nix.

Answer 8

I hate reading i always have better things to do like rugby or going out but when i started reading the Cherub series i couldnt stop

Answer 9

Crank!

Answer 10

It Had To Be You by Cecily von Ziegesar



Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar



You Know You Love Me by Cecily von Ziegesar



All I Want Is Everything by Cecily von Ziegesar



Because I'm Worth It by Cecily von Ziegesar



I Like It Like That by Cecily von Ziegesar



You're the One That I Want by Cecily von Ziegesar



Nobody Does It Better by Cecily von Ziegesar



Nothing Can Keep Us Together by Cecily von Ziegesar



Only in Your Dreams by Cecily von Ziegesar



Would I Lie to You? by Cecily von Ziegesar



Don't You Forget About Me by Cecily von Ziegesar

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The luxe by Anna Godbersen



Rumours by Anna Godbersen



Envy by Anna Godbersen

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The Princess Diaries, Volume I by Meg Cabot



Volume II: Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot



Volume III: Princess in Love by Meg Cabot



Volume IV: Princess in Waiting by Meg Cabot



Volume IV: Project Princess by Meg Cabot



Volume V: Princess in Pink by Meg Cabot



Volume VI: Princess in Training by Meg Cabot



Volume VI and 1/2: The Princess Present by Meg Cabot



Volume VII: Party Princess by Meg Cabot



Volume VII and 1/2: Sweet Sixteen Princess by Meg Cabot



Volume VII and 3/4: Valentine Princess by Meg Cabot



Volume VIII: Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot



Volume IX: Princess Mia by Meg Cabot



Volume X: Forever Princess by Meg Cabot

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The sookie stackhouse by Nora Roberts



Evernight by Cladia Gay



Vacations from hell by Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Claudia Gray,

Maureen Johnson, and Sarah Mlynowski



Beastly by Alex Flinn



Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr



The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss



Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers



Prom Nights from Hell by Meg Cabot, Stephenie Meyer, Kim Harrison,

Lauren Myracle, Michele Jaffe



Wings by Aprilynne Pike



Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr



Love Is Hell by Scott Westerfeld, Melissa Marr, Justine Larbalestier,

Gabrielle Zevin, Laurie Faria Stolarz



Vamps by Nancy A. Collins



The Secret Circle: The Initiation and The Captive Part I by L. J. Smith



Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston



Emily the Strange: The Lost Days by Rob Reger, Jessica Gruner



Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison



The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong



Radiant Darkness by Emily Whitman



Freaked by J. T. Dutton



The Host by Stephenie Meyer

Answer 11

Some are series and some are not, they're just good reads!



Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts



Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson



Crank by Ellen Hopkins



The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides



Before I Die by Jenny Downham



The Secret life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd



Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher



White Oleander by Janet Fitch



Paint it Black by Janet Fitch



Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen



The Blue is for Nightmares (collection of 4 books in the series) by Laurie Faria Stolarz http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det...



Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows, Book 1) by Kim Harrison http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Witch-Walking...



Cut by Patricia McCormick



The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky



Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

http://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Laurie-Hal...



Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli



Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson



Looking for Alaska by John Green

http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Alaska-Joh...



The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins



Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson



Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr



The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin



Sweethearts by Sara Zarr



Lost It by Kristen Tracy



Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen



Two-way Street by Lauren Barnholdt



When It Happens by Susane Colasanti



Before I Die by Jenny Downham



Bloom by Elizabeth Scott



Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin

http://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Teenage-Am...



Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott



Harmless by Dana Reinhardt



I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder



Paper Towns by John Green

http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Towns-John-G...



Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, The by E. Lockhart



The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson



Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta



13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson



Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn



Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott



Madapple by Christina Meldrum



What I Saw And How I Lied by Judy Blundell



Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor



The Missing Girl by Norma Fox Mazer



Shift by Jennifer Bradbury



The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson



The Sweet Far Thing (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy) by Libba Bray



Jerk, California by Jonathan Friesen



How Not to Be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler



Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mi... by Kimberly Pauley



The Book Thief by Markus Zusak



Peeled by Joan Bauer and also the book Squashed



Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron



The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman



Looks by Madeleine George



North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley



Black Box by Julie Schumacher



City of Glass (Mortal Instruments) by Cassandra Clare



ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley



Need by Carrie Jones

http://www.amazon.com/Need-Carrie-Jones/...



Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston



Raven by Allison van Diepen



A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb

http://www.amazon.com/Certain-Slant-Ligh...



Unwind by Neal Shusterman



Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin



Wake by Lisa McMann (Book 2 is Fade)



Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr



Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black



Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause



Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires, Book 1) by Rachel Caine



The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle by L. J. Smith



Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer, Book 1) by Karen Chance



Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 1) by Jeaniene Frost http://www.amazon.com/Halfway-Grave-Nigh...



Ill Wind by Rachel Caine



Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 1) by Charlaine Harris http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Until-Souther...