You should read the Harry Potter series. 
Hello fellow YWS'ers ( 
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I am in the need for some new books, and I'm really open to anything. I'm 15, but like I said, I don't care what it is as long as it is well written and good, and yeah.... Here are some books on my favorites shelf if that helps!
The Ranger's Apprentice Series - John Flannagan (If you haven't read these.... Do, they are amazing!)
The Alex Rider Series - Anthony Horowitz (Got me into reading)
The Percy Jackson Series - Rick Riordan (currently reading "The Lost Hero" By Riordan)
The Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins (Obviously incredible books...)
Edgar Allen Poe (I like his style, including his short stories and his poems.)
Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle (Love Sherlock Holmes, love the short stories, love the mysteries and trying to figure it out on my own. 
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Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw (If you have some stories like this, I'd be really open to them. I love the message, and the story and it was easy to read unlike a lot of plays... I don't like when authors throw in too many words and jumble things up, and I think this was perfect. One of my favorites!)
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee (Wish she would have written more... This book is absolutely amazing...)
And yeah, thats about it on my favorites shelf, but I have my whole wall filled with books, these are just the one's that had something special about them to make it on that one shelf! Thanks in advance for any replies! 
Ooo, is Stephen King good? I have heard a lot of good words about him, but I never have read a book of his. What are some of his best?
YES!! I love all of those. Sorry, it's just that I haven't met a ton of people who've read those...
Hmm... Good books that you would love?
Try out:
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
Tithe, Valiant, and Ironside by Holly Black
Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
Anything by Stephen King
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pffeir
That's what I've got that I think you might like from my shelf! Hope you enjoy!
Hmmm, well I can see your reasoning there, and I won't argue against it. I don't believe I have read quite enough of his work to make much comment. All I know is that I was ok with Of Mice and Men.
Oh, it's just that a lot of his stories follow the same basic pattern:
1) Characters discover and ponder the fact that life does, in fact, suck.
2) A tiny glimmer of hope appears to characters and they chase after it in vain.
3) More often than not, a character or two dies a tragic death after the most horrible life imaginable.
Oooo thank you Cspr! Thats a lot to handle! =P
And I will probably try those out red bird, thanks a lot.
I just finished Of Mice and Men, and liked it. Anyone read that? What are your thoughts?
-HOH
Book List:
City of Thieves (So sad...)
Bloodline, Bloodline: Reckoning by Kate Cary (For when you need some villain vampires. Might be a good idea to read Dracula, first. Otherwise: They're written in diary, letter, and newspaper clipping format, mostly.)
Warriors by "Erin Hunter" (Excellent books, if a bit odd. Sometimes gory.)
Peeps, The Last Days by Scott Westerfield (For when you want parasites turning people into cannibals that "hate the things they used to love".)
Midnighters by Scott Westerfield (For when you want timey-whimey, monster-killing, and depressing stuff.)
Uglies by Scott Westerfield (For when you want your crazy dystopia fix.)
Frozen Fire, Apocalypse, and the Blade series by Tim Bowler (He's an epic British man and "Frozen Fire" seems to give you a sixth sense while you're reading it--like, seeing stuff no mortal has seen. o.o )
The Painted Boy by Charles de Lint (When you need your urban fantasy fix.)
Jack: Secret Circles, Jack: Secret Histories by F. Paul Wilson (When you need your 80s horror/supernatural fix--great characters, too. Jack, Wheezy...)
Two words: STEPHEN KING.
The Blue Sword (Fantastic fantasy.)
Skinned by Robin Wasserman (Skiffy!)
The Warrior Heir (series) by Cinda Chima Williams
The Demon King (series) by Cinda Chima Williams
Interview With The Vampire (Hear it's fawesome.)
Pendragon (series) by D.J. Machale
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...Yeah. That's all I can think of for now. Um. If you have a weak stomach, maybe don't read all of them. I'm a peep with a fondness for horror. I chuckled/snickered while reading "Pet Sematary", if that tells you anything.
Otherwise, I'll try and think of more...hm...
Hmm.... I just did a little research on them. Thanks a lot, I think I'm going to have to try those out.
I totally love most of the books you have read. I suggest the Meghan Whalen Turner books. They are so in your genre.
Woah, Cryptid Hunters has a sequel?????!!!! I loved that book when I read it a while back! Unforunately the only one I could really take by Roland Smith, but I'll be sure to go get the sequel. Thanks so much Aly!
If you like all of those you should try cryptid hunters and the second one Tentacles.
There's a lot of action and im sure you'd love it =)
Also try Peak. It's about how a boy makes a journey up Mt. Everest and you not only would love the action you can get a whole new vocabulary out of it =)! All of the books are by Roland Smith
Hmm, so I finished "The Lost Hero," loved it.... Am reading both "The Red Pyramid" (another Riordan masterpiece, seriously I highly reccomend this one. His characterization is incredible.) and yes, finally, "Of Mice and men." I'm still in need of some others to add to the que though! Don't know what I think about the pendragon series, not my favorite though. I will say if there are some books out there that deal with the same stuff that Riordan writes about I'd love them. So thanks for the suggestions everyone!!!
I'm not sure if it is your style of book or not, 2001 a space odyssey. Some other great books are The war of the worlds, 20,000 leagues under the sea, Of mice and men, Dracula, Animal farm, and Around the world in eighty days.
I just got done reading The Dark Divine it was really good. I couldn't put it down. Also, Shiver and Linger. Hush, Hush was very good as well. Need more books PW me and I'll give you more suggestions. 
Pendragon by D.J. MacHale is worth reading. There are ten books, I'm fairly sure, each dealing with a different territory.
Hmmm, thanks so far everyone! I'll tell you though, I absolutely hated Eragon.... I don't know, it seemed way too boring, especially to read that much for one little battle scene thing that might actually be interesting, and it seemed like every chapter or so he fell and broke his arm or something.... So I don't know, I just didn't like. But again, thanks for the suggestions!
I love the Rangers Apprentice series. The books are so good, and I'm waiting extremely anxiously for the last book to come out in April. I'm sad that he's decided to end the series, but I guess that's what he had to do. I mean, he has written ten books. I guess I'll have to re-read the books over. *Sigh* Oh well.
ShadowChic wrote: Brisngr (I might have spelt that wrong).
Heya, Shadow here.
Have you read The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons and The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown? There really good.
What about Eragon? You either like it or not and I really do! If you like it try Eldest (it's not as good but worth reading) and then Brisngr (I might have spelt that wrong).
That's it that I read that you might like.
Hope that helps. Shadow.
Thanks
Yeah, I've read the Harry Potter books, I just don't love them all that much, I think the movies kind of ruined them for me. They are good, and I don't have anything against them I just don't think they are my favorite. As for The Mortal Instruments, I have "The City of Bones" on my shelf, and I guess I should probably pick it up and read it. I've heard nothing but good things about it, but I don't know, they just haven't ever looked very appealing to me. I'll have to give them a try though! Any others peeps?
-HostofHorus
Well, I'm not sure if you've read these or not but these are my two personal favorite series. ^_^
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
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The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare.
~ Moonlight
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