Can you recommend some books to me?

Question

i am 16 and don't read that much, so am never sure what authors to look for.

some of my favourite books are

mr vertigo - paul auster

animal farm - george orwell

pollen - jeff noon

1984 - george orwell

i'm the king of the castle - susan hill

the book thief - markus zusak

the lovely bones - alice seabold

the wasp factory - ian banks

when i look for books by the same authors i often find myself disappointed and unable to finish the book, as i get distracted easily and find it hard to get into a book. i like reading fiction but am open to anything. any recommendations

Answer 1

DiceMan Luke Reinhart

Answer 2

I like

David Eddings

Terry Pratchett

J.R Tolkein

Jilly Cooper ( yes really)

Most any crime novels

Absolutely hate psychological thrillers

Answer 3

Even though i am mad for books,i haven't read any of the books you like(and i am sorry for that).But i like mystery so i would recommend books by Mary HIGGINS CLARK .Well since you like fiction i hope you read  'Harry Potter'.

Answer 4

the historian by Elizabeth Kostova

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Historian-Elizab...

i liked this book and im 16

another one i liked is Empress orchid by Anchee Min

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Empress-Orchid-A...

Answer 5

All of the Harry Potter books are superb, Pillars of the earth is also brilliant (looking forward to reading a world without end), chemistry of death ( if you like murder mysteries) Tunnels a really good fictional book.  All of these books are the best books i have ever read.

Answer 6

if you like mysteries, try Agatha Christie. She was made a Dame by the Queen for her excellent stories. I love Hercule Poirot!

Michael Crichton is mostly known for writing Jurassic Park but Next and Timeline are two others of his that I enjoyed.

I have loved biographies ever since I started reading Irving Stone's. Try The Agony and the Ecstasy, Lust for Life, Love is Eternal (Michelangelo, van gogh, mary todd lincoln).

Papillon is another biography that I enjoyed, but it's not by Irving Stone; it's by Papillon, or Henri Charriere--sp?-- and is the life story of a wrongly accused man who spends most of his life in different prisons. it was made into a movie but the book's better:)

The Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz (Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours) I love them!! Some parts are a little gruesome, especially in the first two books, but you will love Odd and Stormy and Ozzie by the end!

I hope some of these suggestions help! it sounds like you're a george orwell fan--i'm ashamed to admit, i've never read anything by him. i guess i should...

Answer 7

I would strongly suggest you speak to your librarian who could assist you tremendously.

Answer 8

The Lord of the Flys

To Kill a Mockingbird

Answer 9

Dorothy Koomsom - My best friends girl (You'll be gripped)

Cathy Glass - Damaged

Gill Mcneil - Divas don't knit

Jane Green - Babyvillie

Emily Giffin - Baby proof

Lucy Hepburn - Clicking Her Heels

Jane Moore - Perfect Match

I have loads more recommendations but will let you get on with those first. E-mail me if you want anymore or have any questions about the books I have suggested.  

Answer 10

I'm 17 and sometimes have the same problem. Something really good is the Dragons in our Midst Series. There are 4 books, and they are really interesting. I couldn't put them down they were so good! :) You could also read the Harry Potter series. That's really interesting. Exspecially the 5th, 6th, and 7th one. The twlight series has 4 books, and those are amazing! Good luck!

Now answer mine please! :)

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Answer 11

bible-best book you will ever read..

Answer 12

Similar to Orwell's 1984 is Phillip K. d**k's Man in the High Castle, a fantastic 'what if' novel.

Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre is a great book, similar in style to Bank's Wasp Factory.

I'll also throw in Ian McEwan's novel Amsterdam. It's a darkly humoured tale and a great read. Also only short so easy to get through!

Answer 13

The Dice Man - Luke Rhinehart

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon

Popcorn - Ben Elton

The Green Mile - Stephen King

Answer 14

I think you would like 'The Noughts And Crosses Trilogy', by Malorie Blackman. I read it at when I was sixteen, and still love it. =)

There's three in the whole series:

Noughts And Crosses.

Knife Edge.

Checkmate.

And each is just as amazing as the last.

It's kind of a love story, but not the typical mushy stuff that you would find in any other 'teenage romance' book. It's completely different. Well I definitely suggest that you look it up online. And let me know what you think! =)

Answer 15

jane eyre, mediator series,

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Good-Fi...

http://www.fictionpress.com/search.php

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Index

http://www.fanfiction.net/book/Eragon

http://xenafiction.net/styles/athenaeum_...

3 men in a boat

shakespeare's: A comedy of errors

Answer 16

You should try Dante's Equation by Jane Jensen, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin, The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck and all the books from Agatha Christie are Amazing!!!

Answer 17

read any of jodi picoults books she is a brilliant author

Answer 18

Children/Young Adult

Last Chance by Sarah Dessen

Before I Die by Jenny Downham

Inkheart and Inkspell by Cornelia Funkt

Ingo series by Helen Dunmore

Whistling for the Elephants by Sandi Toksvic

The Book Thief by Markus Zusack

All the Harry Potter books

Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer

The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling

The Railway Children - E Nesbit

Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carol

Treasure Island and Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson

The Chronicles of Narnia

Adult

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

The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Neffenigger

Best of Fathers by Anne Baker

The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood

Cell by Stephen King

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

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

Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill

Mr Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

My Legendary Girlfriend by Mike Gayle and his others

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

Pillars of the Earth and the sequel World Without End by Ken Follett

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

Classics

Lord of the Flies and The Inheritors by William Golding

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift

Sons and Lovers - D H Lawrence

Great Gatsby - Scot Fitzgerald

1984 and Animal Farm - GeorgeOorwell

Mrs Dalloway - Virgina Wolfe

I Claudius - Robert Graves

Rebecca - Daphne de Maurier

Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh

Women in Love - D H Lawrence

Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad

A Portrait of an Artist as a Young man - James Joyce

Goodbye to all That - Robert Graves

Shirley - Charlotte Bronte

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Brave New World - Aldais Huxley

Anna Karnina - Tolstoy

The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien

Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

Lolita - Vladimer Naborkov

Tarka the Otter - Henry Williamson

Burning Bright - John Steinbeck

Travels with my Aunt - Graham Greene

The Pearl - John Steinbeck

A Room With a View - E M Forster

Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo

Les Miseriables - Victor Hugo

Lorna Doon - R D Blackmore

Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe

Brideshead Revisted - Evelyn Waugh

War and Peace - Tolstoy

Anything by Jane Austin

Series

Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz

The Arthur Trilogy by Bernard Cornwall starts with Winter King

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

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King starts with The Gunslinger

The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon starts with Cross Stitch

Answer 19

Try some of these:

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

William Shakespeare is good too.

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding

Holes by Louis Sanchar

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares

Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

Impulse by Ellen Hopkins

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom

Looking For Alaska by John Green

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Answer 20

you can try the Twilight Books if you want.. it's really good.. ^_^