Books You Recommend

[tiffany alexa]

We always come across interesting books. Are there any you will definitely recommend to others? Share with us.

[krayziekid727]

The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman. It's basically a false book of facts, but it's very entertaining for the most part. For example, according to the chapter in the book about the Hobo Wars, President Roosevelt realizes there is only one way to defeat the hobos: polio. It's not always funny though; I didn't find the 700 hobo names that entertaining, for one. I know some people who do. It really depends on your taste.

I'll look through my collection and find more books to recommend later.

[Miss Criss]

The Sword of Truth series, Kushiel's Dart, Aurian, the A Song of Ice and Fire series, and a hundred more.

[cykia]

Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie - one of my favourite books, a great ending to it, too. It's also interesting how Christie repeats several things (like Rosemary, for remembrance). The points she uses are brilliant and true. If you're looking for a really, really, really great surprise ending, though, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is the book for you.

I'll have to think of some other titles later. Heh.

[jOaNnAxD]

There's a topic like this in School Help.
But I would recommend The Skin I'm In by Sharon G. Flake.

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I would recommend Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
AMAZING book.
I just finished it today.

[Calico Queen]

I absolutely LOVED LOVED LOVE Life of Pi and Fahrenheit 451. Brilliant stuff. Definitely in the top ten books I've read.

And Copied from Books & Literature Thread:

So anything about Gregory Maguire is amazing.

Well, what I've read of his is amazing.

He wrote Wicked, the novel that inspired the play, and it's brilliant. It takes Oz and transforms it into an actual city that could be found in real life, with racism and politics and schools, and it's just...amazing. And it takes Baum's flat antagonist (Wicked Witch of the West) and morphs her into this living, breathing person with opinions and good qualities, and the theme is brilliant.

Son of a Witch is the sequel to Wicked, and it tells the story of the Wicked Witch of the West's supposed son. It's good so far, but I don't think anything could measure up to Wicked.

And I'm also reading Lost, by Gregory Maguire, too. It's set in present day, and its about an author who moves to London to launch her new novel about Jack the Ripper. When she arrives at the home of her stepcousin, where she is supposed to be staying, she discovers that he has disappeared and a ghostly presence has taken over the home- a ghostly presence who is either the ghost of Jack the Ripper himself or of her grandfather, who was supposed to be the inspiration for Dickens's Ebenezer Scrooge. It's interesting so far.

So I definitely recommend him. It takes a while, usually, to read his novels, and you can only read so much at a time (at least it's the way for me), so it take time to actually finish it, but you'll definitely be glad you did by the end.

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I love F451!
I read it in the 8th grade and I've been hooked. I have to read it once every couple months. XD

[sho [eats moths]]

^ Hahah, I hate F451. There's what.. 30 pages detailing some guy running from alley to street to alley?

Perks of being a Wallflower, Bitch Possee (BEST BOOK EVER), Anthropology, and even though they're a bit silly, Luise Renningson books.

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OH MAN.
PERKS.
Why didn't I say it before? *slaps self*