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I agree, jasmine. Maximum Ride was mildly entertaining for the first three books, but after that it devolved into extremely improbable chains of events that lead nowhere and told no one anything. And there was hardly any character development, which is what really killed it, I think.
I'm iffy on the Maximum Ride series. They're pretty cliche and the last two were cheesy and romance-filled. I think for her age, Max's voice is really immature. She acts like a ten year old and she's almost sixteen. I dunno. I think they're great when you're ten to thirteen but past that, get something a little better written.
... Oh, nearly forgot: Hotel New Hampshire was Great too =)
Oh, I also love the white tiger... great book!
Some of mine:
Harry Potter
His Dark Materials
Life of Pi
Catcher in the Rye
The Chronicles of Narnia
The perks of being a wallflower
The Name of the wind series
The Wind singer series
The Outcast...SOOOOOO GOOOD
Tales of the otori series
Noughts and Crosses series
All Roald Dahl books
All Morpurgo books
Hichhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Submarine
Framed
THe Edge Chronicle
Lord of the Rings
Inkheart Series
OH MAN! I could go on for ever... sorry
BUT CHECK THEM OUT! THEY ARE ALL GREAT!
PS: I 've also included a few of my all time favourite children books
A Princess of Mars ~ Edgar Rice Burroughs
Robert E Howard's Conan the Barbarian series
H.P. Lovecraft's mythos tales (Be warned these are some of the creepiest stories ever written)
Red Harvest ~ Dashiell Hammett
Bernard Cornwell's 'Sharpe's series'
In no particular order,
1. A series of unfortunate events (my all time faves)
2. The maximum ride series
3. The mortal instruments+infernal devices serieses
4. Unwind by Neal shusterman
5. The hunger games and the Harry potter serieses were great too
I second that.
The Millenium Trilogy by Steig Larsson is amaaazing. Everybody who loves to read should read those books!
Maximum Ride is amazing!!!!!!!
Good book choice!!!!!!
1. Harry Potter series
2. Vampire Academy
3. The Lovely Bones
4. Jewels
5. Mortal Instrments
6. Fallen
7. On The Jellicoe Road
8. Insomnia
9. The Murderers Daughter
10. Dear John
There are so many amazing books! Okay I love all of Sarah Dessen's books, Harry Potter, Vampire Academy, The Generation Dead series, House of Night series and basically every book I've ever read!
I really enjoyed Lock and Key. I love Sarah Dessen.
The Hunger Games & Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Gone series - Michael Grant
The Enemy - Charlie Higson
The Declaration - Gemma Malley
Uglies series - Scott Westerfeld
Harry Potter series - J.K Rowling
Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
Shadoweb - N.M Browne
Leaving Poppy - Kate Cann
Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
Chinese Cinderella - Adeline Yen Mah
Lifegame - Alison Allen-Gray
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - Gabrielle Zevin
The Long Weekend - Savita Kalhan
AMAZING BOOKS!
The Mirror of Merlin and The Fires of Merlin.
And there's also another amazing book. It's called Maradonia and the Seven Bridges. It is so wonderful! [/extremesarcasm]
Here are mine:
1) 1984
2) Birdsong
3) Everything is Illuminated
4) The Book Thief
5) The Kite Runner
Those were the first to come to find - they all made me put the book down at the end and say, "Wow".
lovely bones (simply amazing led me to tears)
twilight series
my sisters keeper
the man who was poe
the wizard of oz series (wizard of oz books are nothing like the movies)
the true confessions of charlotte doyle
the witch of blackbird pond
midnight magic
devils race
most of these are by Avi one of my favorite authors
Boy's Life - Author Robert R. McCammon.
This story was epic. And wonderful. And well . . . life-changing.
Anything other that Fahrenheit by Ray Bradbury.
He writes what I consider the best science-fiction short stories... ever.
Medicine for Melancholy
Golden Apples of the Sun
I sing the body Electric
Martian Chronicles
Barrel Fever- David Sedaris. Nothing on this earth is funnier.
Amazing books:(not in any particular order)
1.Peter Pan by James M.Barrie
2.Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
3.Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
4.Two girls of Gettysburg by Lisa Klien
5.An acquaintance with darkness by Ann Rinaldi
6.The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by:Libba Bray
7.Marie,dancing by Carolyn Meyer
I know Aqua said this one but I highly recommend Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin. I also loved Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Piccoult and Deadly Little Secrets by Laurie Faria Stolarz. I can't think of any more off the top of my head.
~peanut~
Just got to add an additional book that I've read since. Ursula K. Le Guin has a book entitled Lavinia that is a fantasy set in Trojan times. It's a brilliantly crafted epic tale of a war that was fought for a woman who loves peace. I'd seriously recommend it.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce is incredible. James Joyce is just incredible. I should've been reading this man's works a long time ago.
Postcards From No-Man's Land, by Aidan Chambers. Amazing, brilliant, somewhat depressing, but wow! It's one of my favorite books of all time.
1.The Black Swan
2.Freakonomics
3.Outliers
4.The complete Sherlock Holmes
Just one of them is fiction.
Just wanted to pop in here and say that Post Office by Bukowski is rich and hilarious. Also, the Pendragon Cycle by Stephen R. Lawhead is impressive.
Dan Brown's... really kept me moving..
it's not yet finish though.. and it's the reason why it takes time for Stephanie to release the fifth book.. maybe she's revising it, or worse, changing it.. and my brilliant cousin has a copy!~ 
Howl's Moving Castle.. I appreciated it more in the movie..
Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas (The Favorite book of Judas) by BOB ONG.. it's superb!.. very hilarious.. I wonder if it has translated copies.. his works is mostly in Filipino language!
and about Twilight.. I loved it.. but Edward is way to perfect..no stains at all! That made me want to read it when he's out of the scene..
well that's bad for me to say, i guess..
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I just wanna ask.. do anyone know the "midnight sun" - the fifth book of Twilight.. it leaked in the net..
Some of my favorite books of all time:
The Outsiders by SE Hinton
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
I also enjoyed The Twilight Series, although Bella and Edward were quite irritating.
(these are in no particular order...)
1. The Kite Runner & A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
3. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnecut
4. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
5. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
6. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
7. Atonement by Ian McEwan
8. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
9. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
10. The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
11. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
12. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
13. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
14. The Appointment by Herta Müller
15. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
16. All of Jane Austen's Books
17. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
18. The Bartimaeus Trilogy (all three books) by Johnathan Stroud
19. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
20. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
These books will change your life.
1. Fahrenheit 451
2. I am the Messenger
3. Lord of the Flies
4. Animal Farm
5. Flowers for Algernon
6. The Giver
7. Ender's Game
8. Gulliver's Travels
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
10. I am Legend
I can probably think of about 20 more. But yeah, read those and your pretty much set for life, as I've learned. Great inspiration as well.
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
The Order of Odd-Fish by John Kennedy
I quite likes The Supernaturalist book over here. Quite looking forward to the next up coming book of it.
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.
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
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)
xD It is obviously too early in the morning. I was reading Yoda's recommendations and on this part:
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 ...
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
)
His Dark Materials - Phillip Pullman
The Hunger Games/Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
The Unfortunate Series of Events is a good set of books too.
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.
Wow I don't remember posting this xD
Seriously I don't...
I'll make a new list!
A much better one!
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
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
Poetry books by Bukowski are amazing...and so is On The Road by Jack Kerouac
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
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...
Breakfast of Champions and Fahrenheit 451 are indeed excellent books.
Contact by Carl Sagan
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller
Lucifer's Hammer by Niven & Pournelle
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe by Douglas Adams
Breakfast of Champions By Kurt Vonnegut
1984 by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Dune by Frank Herbert
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick
Hearts for Atlantis by Stephen King
The Castle by Franz Kafka
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
etc
All of you should check out the darkest powers series! It's amazing!!!!
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (I'm addicted to these books)
Harry Potter
Maximum Ride
The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint
Howl's Moving Castle
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Bartimaeus Trilogy - Jonathan Stroud
Addition - Toni Jordan
Past Mortem and High Society - Ben Elton
The Black Magician Trilogy - Trudi Canavan
The Harry Potters - J.K Rowling
Sovay - Celia Rees
How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff
Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
Those are some of my favourites on my shelves.
Aqua X
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Joy Luck Club by (I don't know...sorry)
Those are some of my favorites that I've read recently =)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
An Abundance of Katherine's by John Green
Anything by Sarah Dessen
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
The Ill-Made Mute by Cecilia Dart-Thornton (1st in a trilogy, I also love the 3rd one, The Battle of Evernight)
Those are my fave boks of all time
In no order:
Maximum Ride by James Patterson
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riorian
Warriors by Erin Hunter
Pendragon by DJ McHale
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
There are loads more, but these are the ones I could think of right off the top of my head
Percy Jackson and The Olympians by Rick Riordan
Harry Potter by J.K.Rowling
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman
The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton
Hawkes Harbour by S.E.Hinton (Adult book)
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S.Lewis
Call of The Wild by Jack London
Island of The Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
I tried to list a variety but I think those are all good books.
These are a few of my favorites in no particular order:
My Sister's Keeper
Grief Girl
I Don't Want To Be Crazy
Dewey
Marley & Me
Step on a Crack
1. The Rum Diary - Hunter S. Thompson
2. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
3. A Scanner Darkly - Phillip K. Dick
4. Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
Some of my personal favorites here; most of these are incredible reads.
1. Harry Potter series
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2. Twilight series
3. Wheel of Time series
4. Mistborn trilogy
5. Blue Bloods series
6. The Vampire Diaries
7. The Book Thief (made me cry, but wuz amazing!)
8. Watership Down
9. The Lovely Bones (I'm only 100 pages into it, but I love it so far! but it's so sad!
That book is amazing!
And it was weird reading it because my name is Jade. Haha, that's the whole reason I read it.
But I loved it. Deb Caletti is awesome.
The Nature of Jade is a YABA book at my school so if I read it I get extra credit on an English test. I think I might check it out. Thanks.