Can Anyone Reccomend A Good Book?

Question

I Have Just Finished A Book Called We Need To Talk About Kevin. It Was Really Good, I Reccomend It :)

But Now I Am Looking For A New Read. I Like Horror/Mythical Books. Like Ones About Magic And Battles And Stuff (if anyone likes the same i reccomend juliet marillier) Horror Or Mystery Books Are Good. Basically Anything With A Story Line.

Can Anyone Reccomend A Good Book And Give Me A Basic Blurb?

Thanks :)

Answer 1

'Once' by James Herbert

I was never really interested in Fairies and Demons, but this guy knows how to write.

He gives a description so that you feel that you are living it and describes characters as if they have been your friends all your life.  Believable, unputdownable and an amazing read.

I think you would love it.

:)

Answer 2

Yeah Ive read We need to talk about Kevin, great book.

Id recommend Popcorn and Dead Famous by Ben Elton, The curious incident of dog in the night time by Mark Haddon, and if you liked "Kevin" you'll most likely enjoy The lovely bones by Alice Seebold.

Enjoy :)

Answer 3

Night Shift by Stephen King, it is a collection of short horror stories. You will be glued to the book.

Answer 4

The Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray are great books.

1st book- A Great and Terrible Beauty

2nd book- Rebel Angels

3rd book- The Sweet Far Thing

These books have a variety of different themes intertwined-fantasy,romance, and action.

Here's Libba Bray's website that will tell you about the books:

http://www.libbabray.com/LBWriting.html

Answer 5

The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Neffenigger

Last Chance by Sarah Dessen

Best of Fathers by Anne Baker

The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood

Cell by Stephen King

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Before I Die by Jenny Downham

Swimming with the Fishes and Swimming without a net by MaryJanice Davidson

Inkheart and Inkspell by Cornelia Funkt

Ingo series by Helen Dunmore

Jane Eyre

Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift

Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill

Lord of the Flies and The Inheritors by William Golding

No! I don’t want to join a Book Club by Virgina Ironside

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir......and her other books

Eragon series

Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

The Arthur Trilogy by Bernard Cornwall starts with Winter King

Mr McGreggor, The Last Lighthouse Keeper, Animal Instincts, Only Dad, Rosie, Love and Dr Devon all by Alan Titchmarsh

Anything by Stephen King, John Saul, John Connolly, James Herbert and Alexander McCall Smith

The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind starts with Wizards First Rule*****

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King starts with The Gunslinger

All the Harry Potter books

***** Lots of magic and battles in this series!  

Answer 6

What is your age group?

Answer 7

I hate to sound like one of the grammar freaks, but what's with all the capitals, that must have been really annoying having to put in all those.

Anyway, enough of that.  Have you read Dune by Frank Herbert?  It's the most amazing sci-fi/fantasy adventure ever.  It's quite dark too, it's about a royal family that get moved to another planet where the natives are hostile and another family are looking to usurp them.  The planet is all sand dunes and these big worms live in them that eat people.  Really, if you haven't read it then you should, it's awesome.

You should also give Stephen King's The Dark Tower series a go too, that's pretty amazing, all 7 books of it.  It's got plenty of adventure and some horror too.

There's a book called Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by a woman called Susanne (or Susanna) Clarke and that's really nice and magical, it's a tiny bit slow but it is good.

Answer 8

Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell

or

The Warlord Chronicles by him - they're all about King Arthur

very good books - battles, magic and an element of truth in them too (especially Stonehenge).

Answer 9

Angels & Demons - Dan Brown

Alot like his famous "Da Vinci Code" takes place in Italy and deals with a mystery with the vatican.

Always - Jude Deveraux

Had something to do with the lady's husband missing, she uses her psychic ability.

Wild Orchids - Jude Deveraux

A writer moves into an old house, somebody is found dead...says it has something to do with a relationship with the devil.

Answer 10

Try some of these:

Neil Gaiman is an amazing author! Any of his books are good. Try Neverwhere, Stardust, or Coraline.

Edgar Allen Poe is a really good author. Check out his poems and short stories.

William Shakespeare is good too.

Any books by Scott Westernfeld or Neal Shusterman are really good too.

Any books by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes are amazing! There is In The Forest of The Night, Demon In My View, Shattered Mirror, Midnight Predator. And then there is the The Kiesha'ra series: Hawksong, Snakecharm, Falcondance, Wolfcry and Wyverhail.

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Abarat by Clive Barker, Make sue you get the hardcover version though!!! If you liked the first one be sure to check out the next book in the series Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War.

Daughters of Destiny series: Keeper of the Winds,Keeper of the Waters, Keeper of the Flames and Keeper of the Earth by Jenna Solitaire.

The Abhorsen Trilogy (Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen) by Garth Nix

The Maximum Ride series (The Angel Experiment, Schools Out Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, The Final Warning) by James Patterson

His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman

A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels and The Far Sweet Thing by Libba Bray

The Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-Shaw

The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill

The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding

Inkheart and Inkspell and Inkdeath (coming soon!) by Cornelia Funke

The Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini

The Chronicles of Narnia (7 books) by C.S. Lewis

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien

Uglies series by Scott Westernfeld

The Wind Singer, Slaves of the Mastery and Firesong by William Nicholson

The Sight and Fell by David Clement-Davies

The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor

Wake by Lisa McMann

Old Magic by Marianne Curley

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

The Earthsea series (starting with A Wizard of Earthsea) by Ursula K. Le Guin

Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher

Answer 11

Anne Rice's vampire and witch books are excellent.

Also Patricia Cornwell's books

You have some good recommendations.

If you like myth and humour, try Tom Holt, or Jasper FForde.

And if you want a good laugh, Hitch-hicker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is good if you enjoyed We Need to TaaboutpKevinein. As is Special Topics in Calamity Physic by Marisha Pessl, and The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Answer 12

Read Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.

Answer 13

The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong .

It's about a girl who starts seeing ghosts. She is also placed in a home for troubled teens as people think she is going crazy.  

Answer 14

Like Shebam, I'm also recommending A Great And Terrible Beauty Series. The books are amazing and worth reading.

There's also City of Bones and City of Ashes, it has everything from Vampires to Warlocks. There's humour and romance there too, and a lot of twists and turns.

Answer 15

VELOCITY by Dean Koontz

I've read every Koontz book and King book there is.Plus many classics, and other action and suspensfull books.

None have the fast pace of Velocity. From the 1st page I coudn't put it down. It reads like a runaway train.