Looking for new fiction? Let me recommend a few of my favorites. Feel free to tell me what you think of these books or to recommend others.
YOUNG ADULT
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
Wicked Lovely
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls)
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)
Forever . . .
Ender’s Game
Marked/House of Night by P.C. & Kristin Cast
Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, The
Thirteen Reasons Why
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
ADULT
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Sophie’s Choice
The Confessions of Nat Turner
Repetition by Alain Robbe-Grillet
Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Dune by Frank Herbert
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkein
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
All The King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Zahir by Paulo Coelho
READING WISH LIST:
Cracked Up To Be by Courtney Summers
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
This is What I Want to Tell You by Heather Duffy-Stone
Winter Girls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Dull Boy by Sarah Cross
The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Breenan
Paper Towns by John Green
Madapple by Christina Meldrum
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
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July 21, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Marley and Me by John Grogan
http://marleyandme.com/
August 4, 2008 at 2:46 am
Sloppy Firsts- Megan McCafferty
August 24, 2008 at 12:47 am
“The Hobbit” by Tolkien. This is a really cute stand-alone that fits into the bigger picture of Lord of The Rings.
September 24, 2008 at 7:26 pm
The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin! Life alteringly good and deliciously well written.
November 10, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I love lists like this!
Looks like we have a lot of overlap in the books we’ve enjoyed — Orson Scott Card, Ray Bradbury, Stephenie Meyers, J.R.R. Tolkien, Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert. I agree with Casey that Ursula Le Guin is also a must-read author, particularly if you enjoy fantasy and science fiction. I’d recommend Gregory Maguire, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, and Kim Harrison too.
I was recently sent a copy of “Paul of Dune” by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson for review. I’ll post a review of it soon on my own blog, the Damian Daily (at http://damiandaily.wordpress.com) to let you know how it turns out. It’ll be interesting to see how the son follows in his father’s footsteps as an author in this prolific series.
I enjoyed reading your book reviews too.
April 4, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Exposed by Susan Vaught; Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld; Crank Series by Ellen Hopkins (not really a series because its only two books) [the other book is called Glass by the same author]; Impulse by Ellen Hopkins; Identical by Ellen Hopkins; Burned by Ellen Hopkins
June 3, 2009 at 12:13 am
Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr by Christopher Paolini!!! Amazing books!!!
Also the Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, and Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman!!! Again EPIC BOOKS!!!