Young Writers Society

1984 - George Orwell
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Harry Potter - J.K Rowling
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers (not that well known, but incredible)

Loads of others but I can't remember...I need to make a list...

Oh my! So many books to choose from. Anyway, here are some really awesome ones categorized by genre in no particular order:

Fantasy:
Harry Potter -- J K Rowling
Lord of the Rings -- J R R Tolkien
Tales of The Malazan Book of the Fallen -- Steven Erickson
The Liveship Traders -- Robin Hobb
The Earthsea Cycle -- Ursula Le Guin
The Codex Alera -- Jim Butcher
The Briar King -- Greg Keyes
The First six books of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time. Stop reading there.
The Word and the Void Trilogy -- Terry Brooks
A Game of Thrones -- George R R Martin

Science Fiction:
Ender's Game -- Orson Scott Card
1984 -- George Orwell
The Dispossessed -- Ursula K Le Guin
The Demolished Man -- Alfred Bester
Foundation -- Isaac Asimov
Dune -- Frank Herbert
The Reality Dysfunction -- Peter F Hamilton
2001: A Space Odyssey -- Arthur C Clarke
On Basilisk Station -- David Webber *sp. It might be "Weber"
Red Mars -- Jun Stanley Robinson

Humor
Anything by Terry Pratchett
Anything by Douglas Adams
Anything by P G Wodehouse
If you like non-fiction Michael Lewis's stuff should give you a good laugh.

General Fiction
The Count of Monte Cristo -- Alexander Dumas
The Kite Runner -- Khaled Husseini
The Grapes of Wrath -- John Steinbeck
Q & A -- Vikas Swarup
The Great Gatsby -- F Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird -- Harper Lee
Animal Farm -- George Orwell
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd -- Agatha Christie
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry -- Mildred D Taylor (A children's book, but everyone should read it).
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less -- Jeffery Archer

Young Adults Books
The Alex Rider Series -- Anthony Horowitz
The Artemis Fowl Books -- Eoin Colfer
Danny the Champion of the World -- Roald Dahl
Hatchet -- Gary Paulsen
The Dark Magician Trilogy -- Trudi Canavan
Holes -- Louis Sachar
The Bartimaeus Trilogy -- Jonathan Stroud (A must read even for adults)
The Power of Five -- Anthony Horowitz

Action / Adventure
The Kill Artist -- Daniel Silva
The Bourne Identity -- Robert Ludlum
Term Limits -- Vince Flynn
The Faithful Spy -- Alex Berensen
The Lions of Lucerne -- Brad Thor

Poetry books by Bukowski are amazing...and so is On The Road by Jack Kerouac

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Diary of Anne Frank
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Atonement by Ewan McEwan
The Canterville Ghost and other stories by Oscar Wilde

I'm surprised no one mentioned the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. I'm also addicted to:

The Hollows series by Kim Harrison
The Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris


The last two series are all adult books, though, so I doubt many people on here have read them. They're worth checking out, though!


~ Maggie

Wow I don't remember posting this xD
Seriously I don't...
I'll make a new list!
A much better one!

I highly recommend "The Night Watch"(the first book in the series) the most awesome series I've ever read.(the auther is Sergei Lukyanenko)
The inheritance cycle(Eragon...)
Pendragon
The chronicles of narnia
Eoin Colfer(writer)
Artemis Fowl,The wish list, half moon investigations,airman.
The House of the Scorpion(Nancy Farmer)
The Count of Monte-Cristo
That's all i can think of right now, I hope you enjoy.

The Unfortunate Series of Events is a good set of books too.

His Dark Materials - Phillip Pullman
The Hunger Games/Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Best book ever written, best book ever read. For fantasy lovers I guarantee this or your time back!! (Or something of equal or greater value, A.K.A My time )

xD It is obviously too early in the morning. I was reading Yoda's recommendations and on this part:

Anything by Terry Pratchett
Anything by Douglas Adams
Anything by P G Wodehouse

I thought "wow, I guess they all re-wrote the same book or something. Yoda must really like it."

Mmhmm. Fun times.

Anyway, this is a bit for younger readers because I can't be bothered to look at my bookshelf at the moment.

Narnia! I just read the series again (I don't know why, I had a bit of a reading block) and enjoyed it which was nice.
Power of Five - Anthony Horowitz
Black Magician Trilogy - Trudi (I think) Canavan
The Decleration - Gemma Malley
The Sisterland - Linda Newberry
The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak

Humm. I might have to go look for some of these recommended books ...

I forgot about this thing again >.>
And it has one of those bomb things on it. I need to check here more often.

Anyways a new list (In no particular order):

Rebels Angels (A Series) ~ By: Libba Bray
Uglies (A series) ~ By: Scott Westerfield
The Flying Troutmans ~ By:Miriam Toews
Johnny Kellock Died Today ~ By: Hadley Dyer
Marley & Me ~ By: John Grogan
A Northern Light ~ By: Jennifer Donnelly
The Nature of Jade ~ By: Deb Caletti
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye ~ By: Deb Caletti
Beka Cooper : Terrier and Bloodhound ~ By: Tamora Pierce
Alanna: The Song of the Lioness (A series) ~ By: Tamora Pierce
The Trickster's Choice (A series) ~ By: Tamora Pierce
The Falls ~ By: Eric Walters
Alexandria of Africa ~ By: Eric Walters
I, Coriander ~ By:Sally Gardner
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ~ By: Betty Smith
The Boy in Striped Pajamas ~ John Boyne
The Book Thief ~ By: Markus Zusak
I Am The Messenger ~ By: Markus Zusak
The White Tiger ~ By: Aravind Adiga
Before I Die ~ By: Jenny Downham
Greener Grass ~ By: Caroline Pignat
Chanda's Wars ~ By: Allan Stratton
Lost Goat Lane ~ By: Rosa Jordan
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac ~ By: Gabrielle Zevin
Death on the Nile ~ By: Agatha Christie
The Gravesavers ~ By: Sheree Fitch
The Diary of Anne Frank ~ By: Anne Frank
Awake and Dreaming ~ By: Kit Pearson
The Call of the Wild ~ By: Jack London
The Tales of Despereaux ~ By: Kate DiCamillo
Anything written by Sarah Dessen
Of Mice and Men ~ By: John Steinbeck
Airhead ~ By: Meg Cabot
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X ~ By: James Patterson
The Host ~ By: Stephanie Meyer (This is an exception to my disliking of Meyer. This book was original)

And more...
(I happen to be too lazy to type the rest)

anybody mention the Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Mead? oh man, good books!!!
1- VA Series
2- Harry Potter Series
3- Incantation
4-The Book Thief
5-Burned
6- Crank
7-The Guardian of Time Trilogy
and many more

Harry Potter, definitley.
The supernaturalist
Uglies
The Princess Bride
I hate to admit this but, The Night Watch, was pretty damn good, no matter how much I hate the second book.
Holes
Wow, I need to read more. Definitely.
Has anybody else read The supernaturalist? There seems to be a shortage of people who have.

I quite likes The Supernaturalist book over here. Quite looking forward to the next up coming book of it.