Need help finding good books to read!?

[starlight1235]

Basically I'll read anything except for thriller/horror. However, I mostly read fantasy/scific, historic fic, and a bit of romance. Books/Authors that I have enjoyed are: Tamora Pierce: everything except the Magic Circle (?) seriesMercedes Lackey: all the Vlademar and Obsidian Mountain SeriesAmelia Atwater Rhodes: allLurlene Mcdaniel: allSophie Kinsella: allMegan Whalen Turner: The Thief, Queen of Attolia, King of AttoliaPatricia C. Wrede: Dealing with dragons and sequelsCarol Matas: allCaroline B. Cooney: Out of time and sequelsJ.K. RowlingAnne Bishop: Tir AlainnStephanie MeyerChristopher PaoliniGarth Nix: Abhorsen, Lirael, SabrielPhilip Pullman: His Dark MaterialsDeborah Chester: The ring, the chalice, the sword, the queen's gambit, the king betrayedThose are just to name "a few"...there are so many others that I have forgotten to name or forgotten about. I would appreciate any suggestions that you may have. Thanks!Forgot to mention that i'm 18 =)

[greenyetis3817]

Here are some series. I've named the first bookKim Harrison - Dead Witch WalkingPatricia Briggs - Moon Called Michelle Sagara - Cast in ShadowCharlaine Harris - Dead Until DarkDiana Gabaldon - Outlander Single booksGood Omens - Terry Pratchett and Niel GaimanAnansi Boys - Niel GaimanPrincess Bride - William GoldmanSorry for all the edits, but I keep remembering more

[ElleS]

Alright, I have two. Twilight Series and the Maximum Ride series. Both of them top my list of favorite books, and it looks like you'd probably like them too. Trust me and read them; you won't be let down.

[CrystalS]

I would really recommend the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson! I know he usually writes adult books, but this series is for teens. It has a great combination of action, humor, some romance once you get farther into the series, and some sci-fi stuff! I was seriously hooked when reading this series! I could not put the book down! It's my second favorite book series. (my first being Harry Potter)

[hawaiihg]

ummmm... i think that the house of night series are amazing and suspensful.. and nora roberts books are pretty good. i would recommened carolina moon and angels falls by her.

[serene_guy27]

A really good fantasy series I'm reading is The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Man, this series gets so good that you can't seem to put the book down even though you have other things to do, well for me anyways lol. Sci-fi, Timothy Zahn's three book series on what happens after Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. First in the series is called Heir to the Empire. Historical fiction, you might enjoy Timeline by Michal Crichton. All these are my personal favorites to read. Hope you like them!

[KimH9450]

all fantasy Artimis Fowl pendragon series by d.j. machaleInkheart by Cornelia Funke (series)dragon rider and thieif lord by cornelia funkethe dark is rising lord of the rings watership down maximum ride - a great and terrible beautycity of bonesthe sword of shanara blood and chocolate silver kissthe warriors seriesvampire acadamyvampire diaries vampire kisses anne rice booksdresden files series piers anthony robert jorden Eion Colferhope this helps =)

[iearyou6383]

I love all of Meg Cabot and Sophie Kinsella's books. I am in the process of reading Emily Giffins books now. They are really great authors.

[marqueen714014]

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, Ingraine the Brave, and The Thief Lord Inkheart, Inkspell, and InkdeathBrandon Mull: Fablehaven, Rise of the Evening Star, and Grip of the Shadow Plague.Katherine Paterson: Bridge to TerabithiaOrson Scott Card: Seventh SonCarol Kendall: The Gammage Cup (One of my favorites when I was young) The Whisper of GlockenEoin 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, and Voices.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 CastleT. 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 Merline 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 BasilgarradTamora 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 KnightFrank Beddor: The Looking Glass Wars and Seeing ReddMichael Ende: Night of Wishes and The Neverending StoryMary Stewart: A Walk in the Wolf WoodHoward 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: 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. Also by C. S. Lewis - The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce.Philip Pullman: The Golden CompassJames 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.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.Stephenie Meyer: Vampire Romance - Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.Joanne Harris: RunemarksJuliet Marillier: Wildwood Dancing and Cybele's SecretEdwin 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. George MacDonald: Phantastes and At the Back of the North WindD. 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 EddingsTerry Pratchett: The Wee Free Men - Tiffany Aching and a clan of six inch tall blue men attempt to rescue her 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 OmensMargaret Weis and Tracy Hickman: Dragonlance Chronicles Trilogy - Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring Dawning. 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.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, and The Courts of Chaos. The Second Chronicles of Amber - Trumps of Doom, Blood of Amber, Sign of Chaos, Knight of Shadows, and Prince of Chaos.Richard Adams: Watership DownGeorge Orwell: Animal FarmRichard Bach: Jonathan Livingston SeagullBob Chapman: VisitorsDavid Gemmell Waylander and In the Realm of the WolfLibba Bray: A Great and Terrible BeautyRaymond E. Fiest: Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master The Riftwar Saga - Magician, Silverthorn, A Darkness at Sethanon. Krondor's Sons -Prince of the Blood, The King's Bucaneer. Serpent War Saga - Shadow of a Dark Queen, Rise of a Merchant Prince, Rage of a Demon King, Shards of a Broken Cr

[RobReads7275]

Here is a series you can get into, the Bloody Jack Series, by L.A. Meyer. Bloody Jack is really a girl. Orphaned in London at the end of the 1700's, she lives with a street gang, then disguises herself as a boy and is hired onto a British Naval ship.Great adventure, great characters, humor, suspense, great FUN.Bloody Jack, L.A. MeyerThe Curse of the Blue TattooUnder the Jolly RogerIn the Belly of the BloodhoundMississippi JackAlso, try:Beyond the Western Sea, AviBooks by Joan Lowery NixonOf Sound Mind, Jean FerrisThings Not Seen, Andrew Clements.