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I have a goal in life to read as many books as possible before I die, so I was wondering if you can give me any book recommendations? I also just love to read, and need some recommendations. You can list as many books as you want, that'd be great. I'm not restricted to genres, so just list books you love and would recommend.

 

 

Also, you don't have to recommend Harry Potter. I've read and loved them all. ^_^

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Maybe you could try the original "Dune" series by Frank Herbert. Not exactly easy to read, but he does have to say a lot about politics and justification of actions. It`s not just sci-fi.

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- Noughts and Crosses series by Malorie Blackman - Noughts and Crosses, Knife Edge, Checkmate, Double Cross. There's also An Eye for an Eye, which is a novella that takes place in between N & C and Knife Edge

 

- The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice - Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, Memnoch the Devil, The Vampire Armand, Merrick, Blood and Gold, Blackwood Farm, Blood Canticle

 

Merrick, Blood and Gold, Blackwood Farm & Blood Canticle are Vampire/Mayfair crossovers. The Lives of the Mayfair Witches is another trilogy written by Anne Rice. It consists of The Witching Hour, Lasher, and Taltos.

 

 

There are more, but I can't think of them right now >.<

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any book by douglas coupland, his books are brilliant

la candy series - lauren conrad

no time for goodbye - linwood barclay

too close to home - linwood barclay

nineteen minutes - jodi picoult

the passage - justin cronin

shutter island - dennis lehane

thirteen reasons why - jay asher

the old kingdom series (sabriel, lirael, abhorsen) by garth nix

any book by nicholas sparks

the hour i first believed - wally lamb

any book by michael crichton (one of my fav of his is pirate latitudes)

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I'd suggest "War & Peace" and "Crime and Punishment" - two major pieces of Russian literature, both very demanding but unforgettable. I sweated blood over reading them, they're really not a walk in the park, but they're worth every minute of your time.

 

If you're aiming for something a bit lighter, then maybe anything by Hemingway.

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Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs was SUCH a good read.

So was The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Both get pretty mature and graphic though so be prepared for that. Amazing though.

 

For something lighter, I absolutely adooore the Series of Unfortunate Events series. SO clever as a whole.

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I have an idea of recmmending when I have read a good book, so,

 

Jade's Recommendations

 

Pride and Prejudice

Northanger Abbey

Alice in Wonderland

To Kill a Mockingbird

 

If you like manga

Rosario and Vampire

Death Note

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In no particular order:

 

CK's Recommendations:

  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
  • American On Purpose by Craig Ferguson
  • Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills (a biography of a sniper in Vietnam) by Charles Henderson
  • Silent Warrior (the same story as before, but with more stories and details. Both are worth reading) by Charles Henderson

 

 

What Jade posted above me reminded me of my all time favorite manga, Desert Coral.

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The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The wind-up bird chronicle by Takashi Murakami

Out by Natsuo Kirino

Let the right one in by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Handling the undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist

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I have an idea of recmmending when I have read a good book, so,

 

Jade's Recommendations

 

Pride and Prejudice

Northanger Abbey

Alice in Wonderland

To Kill a Mockingbird

 

If you like manga

Rosario and Vampire

Death Note

 

 

Jade's Recommendations

 

Books

Pride and Prejudice

Northanger Abbey

Alice in Wonderland

To Kill a Mockingbird

Northern Lights

 

Manga

Rosario and Vampire

Death Note

Vampire Knight

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the book i'm currently reading is room by emma donoghue. it's one of the best books iv read.

 

its a book inspired by the fritzl case (more so of felix fritzl according to an interview with the author)

 

HIGHLY recommend it

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Atonement by Ian McEwan is great. And Kafka on the shore by Takashi Murakami.

Atonement blew me away, I'd highly recommend it too.

 

I recently read "Norwegian Wood" by Murakami, a friend had given it to me, and I was surprised how much I liked it. It made me laugh out loud several times.

 

I'd recommend anything by Kazuo Ishiguro: "The Remains of the Day", "Never Let Me Go", "When We Were Orphans".

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