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Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:52 pm
kayfortnight says...



Currently? My recommends change depending on what I'm reading at the moment.

The Dresden Files
Any and all Discworld (Terry Pratchett) novels
Game of Thrones
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Fri Mar 06, 2015 2:48 am
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Swiftfurthewarrior says...



I not sure. *Ponders*


Alright, here you go:

The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien

White Fang by Jack London

Enslaved By Ducks by Bob Tarte

How to Live with a Calculating Cat by Eric Gurney

*psst, If you're going to read Maximum Ride, I would suggest only the first two, They get steadily worse as the series progresses...*


Anyway. Hope you find/read/enjoy/love one or more of these. :)


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Sun Mar 08, 2015 3:58 am
EternalRain says...



I like
-The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
- Uglies/Pretties/Specials by Scott Westerfeld
- Stormbreaker by ____ (I haven't read it but heard it's good)
- My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
- The Book Thier by Marcus ____ (forgot his last name!!)
- Emerald Atlas by _____
- Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
- Counting by 7s by Holly _____
- Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley (sort of for a younger audience- I still enjoy reading them though)
- The One and Only Ivan by _____
- Sure Signs of Crazy by _____

That's a good list for you, hopefully. :D
Sorry, I forget like half of the authors :/ Oh well!
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Sun Mar 08, 2015 6:10 am
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Thanks everyone! @EternalRain, believe the author of the Book Thief's last name is Zusak. Correct me if I am wrong.
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Sun Mar 08, 2015 6:12 am
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@CaptainSaltWater

Yes! That's it.

Oh, also, I would like to recommend Maze Runner if you haven't already read it :)
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Sun Mar 08, 2015 7:38 am
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Urba says...



I'll name some...
Inferno...by Dan Brown
The Lost Symbol...by Dan Brown
The Virgin of The Sun...H.R.H.
A Tale of Two Cities...probably u have read it...
Pride and Prejudice...by Jane Austen...probably u have read it too
The Vampire Lestat...by Anne Rice
Well I have more...but most of them are not in English...so...

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Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:53 am
Dracula says...



Harry Potter
Gone
The Mortal Instruments
Alice in Wonderland
John Green
Rainbow Rowell
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Percy Jackson
Divergent
The Hunger Games
Little Women
The Puzzle Ring
The Hunt
And more...
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ThePatchworkPilgrims says...



Very well, let us name a few.

Assassin's Creed series by Oliver Bowden
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
And Then There were None by Agatha Christie
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Narnia Chronicles by C.S. Lewis
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Conqueror series by Robert Ludlum
The Emperor series by Robert Ludlum
The Book Thief by Mark Zachary (or something like that)
And so on...

Like you can clearly see, my taste in reading material is wide and open, excluding Horror and Romance, of course.
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Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:31 pm
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Harry Potter
The Mortal Instruments
The Infernal Devices
Dragons In Our Midst by Bryan Davis
The Hunger Games
Maze Runner
Divergent
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Brothers Karamazov
Don Quixote
Slaughterhouse-Five
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Big Sleep
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Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:30 am
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The Stranger
High Fidelity
Being There
Breakfast of Champions
Confederacy of Dunces

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r4p17 says...



I recommend:
A Wrinkle in Time
Ranger's Apprentice series
The Giver
Wheel of Time (WARNING! They are long)!

If I listed all the other books that are so obvious, then the list would be much longer, but I'm sure most of them have been covered.
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Snazzy says...



Well...
The Raft by S. A. Bodeen
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
Warriors Series by Erin Hunter
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Messenger by Lois Lowry
Son by Lois Lowry

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Nate says...



@CaptainSaltWater, if you like Percy Jackson but hate Harry Potter, these series are probably worth a look:
- Maze Runner by James Dashner
- The Tripods by John Christopher
- Reckoners by Brandon Sanderson
- Ender's Game and then the Ender's Shadow series by Orson Scott Card

Regarding my favorite books, my all-time favorites are The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet and The Masters of Rome series by Colleen McCullough.
  





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I second what Nate said about The Tripods and Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow. I also second whoever said Fablehaven, and I think you'd definitely like Beyonders by Brandon Mull too. In my opinion, Brandon Mull and Rick Riordan have very similar writing styles, and appeal to the same audience-- which is funny, because they're friends.


Also, I will never not recommend The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I don't know if you in particular would like it, but I can't imagine anyone not liking it unless they didn't finish it.
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