Any Suggestions for some good books to read? Help please!?

Question

I just read the article "Is google making us stupid" and i realized how i have changed, in my reading habits and in my ability to pay attention. So, i am trying to get back into reading. Are there any suggestions to some good books i could read?

Answer 1

hey could you be a little more specific in what you like reading or the types of books that you want to try and get into.

Answer 2

Yes.

Dragons in our Midst series. (4 books)

Harry Potter series. (7 books)

Nancy Drew series. (like..........52 or so books)

Twlight series. (4 books.)

Answer 3

Based on your name, I think you probably like dark adaptations of fairy tales. You might look at the lists of Modern Interpretations on the SurLaLune fairy tale website.

Answer 4

Harry Potter- J.K Rowling

Maximum Ride - James Patterson

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak * (During World War II, Holocaust)

Skin - Adrienne Maria Vrettos

I am the Messenger - Markus Zusak

The boy in the stripped pajamas - John Boyne (very sad ending) (Takes place during World War II)

The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 - Christopher Paul Curtis

Bucking the Sarge - Christopher Paul Curtis

Catalyst - Laurie Halse Anderson

Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson(intense, mature)

A Certain Slant of Light - Laura Whitcomb (romance)

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

Feed - M.T Anderson (some romance)

The Giver - Lois Lowry

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp - Rick Yancey (comedy)

Green Angel - Alice Hoffman

The House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer

Double Helix - Nancy Werlin

Rules of Survival - Nancy Werlin

My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult

A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly

The Ruby in the Smoke - Philip Pullman

Tangerine - Edward Bloor

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

Whirligig - Paul Fleischman

Seek - Paul Fleischman

Queen of Cool - Cecil Castelluci

Boy Proof - Cecil Castelluci

Beige - Cecil Castelluci

A year down yonder - Richard Peck

Esperanza Rising - Pam Muñoz Ryan

Riding Freedom - Pam Muñoz Ryan

In time of the butterflies - Julia Alvarez

A thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled

Code Talker - Joseph Bruchac

Daniel's Story - Carol Matas

A separate peace - John Knowles

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

1984 - George Orwell

Animal Farm - George Orwell

Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro

The Supernaturalist - Eoin Colfer

Lord of the Flies - William Golding

The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown

Ulysses - James Joyce

Answer 5

If young adult, try James Patterson's MAXIMUM RIDE novels.

If adult, try the Repairman Jack novels of F. Paul Wilson, or any of the following by Dean Koontz:  WHISPERS, STRANGERS,  LIGHTNING or especiallly WATCHERS;  or CREEPES by David Morrell.

Answer 6

Impulse by Ellen Hopkins

Crank and it's sequel Glass by Ellen Hopkins

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

Misery by Stephen King

The Forest in The Hallway by Gordon Smith

The Skin I'm in by Sharon Flake

Cut by Patricia McCormick

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

The Wave by Todd Strasser

Nancy Drew Books

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Edgar Allan Poe short stories and poems

The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint

The Body Of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum Ucci

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Breaking Point by Alex Flinn

Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

Forever by Judy Blume

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Hostage by Willo Davis Roberts

Sold by Patricia McCormick

Cell by Stephen King

The Green Mile by Stephen King

Slam by Nick Hornby

Cirque Du Freak series by Darren Shan

Demonata series by Darren Shan

The Boy Who Couldn't Who Die by William Sleator

Many Stones by Carolyn Coman

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Check out these websites, they have a lot of book recommendations

http://whatshouldireadnext.com/search

http://teenreads.com/features/ultimate-r...

http://teenink.com/Books/