Looking for a really good book to read?

Question

DO NOT LIKE: romance novels, vampire books of any kind, mysteries book about murder, horror or fantasy.

Book I have recently read: Black and Blue,

White Oleander, Blessings, and Memoirs of a Geisha

I do not have a bookstore close to where I live and with gas so expensive do not want to make a special trip. I have looked at online bookstores be have had a hard time finding something i would like. I like to read at night before bed to help me relax. Would like to know of some books other people have enjoyed.

Answer 1

Airport by Arthur Hailey

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Answer 2

Why not try A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer. Or maybe a classic, like Great Expectations by Charles Dickens or Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Enjoy!   :)

Answer 3

My sister recommended "The Time Traveler's Wife", she said that it more about relationships versus romance.

My recommendations of books that I have read over the years are:

"Geek Love"---it's not for the faint of heart, it's about a circus sideshow family.

"Like Water For Chocolate"

"Little Altars Everywhere"

"The Divine Secrets of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood"

Answer 4

Please do yourself and everyone else in this world a favor, go get the Power of Now, and The New Earth by  Eckhart Tolle. These books will change your life.

Answer 5

The Transformation by Franz Kafka

Answer 6

Try some of these there is alsorts of genre

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 series by Dean Koontz

My Legendary Girlfriend by Mike Gayle

The Book Thief by Markus Zusack

Mr Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Wuthering Heights

Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D H Lawrence

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 Mike Gayle, Nicholas Sparks 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

Answer 7

Twilight By Stephenie Meyer

Summary of book 1:

Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. When she meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen--a vampire--her life takes a thrilling and terrifying romantic turn.