<p><- The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling :D</p>
<p>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon {A great book in which you are taken into the inner workings of the mind of a kid with Asperger’s.}</p>
<p>Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Hurston {An enlightening piece about black life that has little to do with black suffrage or civil rights, and more about life & love.}</p>
<p>Those are just some of my more recent reads. I read Harry Potter on a monthly basis.</p>
<p>grapes of wrath and the tipping point sound really interesting and I plan on reading them myself.
I recommend I know why the caged bird sings and the glass castle. both are nonfiction memiors and beautifully written</p>
<p>my favorites:</p>
<p>the long walk by Stephan King (quite dark but really fascinating)
the call of the wild
the kite runner
lord of the flies by william golding (CLASSIC - must read)
and then there were none by agatha christie (very mystery book i ever read)</p>
<p>I just wanted to pop in to say that Khaled Hosseini is one of the most amazing authors I have ever read. Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns were both insanely good.</p>
<p>Also, for history buffs, Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States is great; I am a few chapters in and it is proving to be quite an eye-opener. A People’s History of the World will come later.</p>
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<p>What’s with the bash on Gatsby? He throws parties for y’all.</p>
<p>Okay, but in seriousness, you think Fitzgerald’s classic is “simply written.” It’s freaking beautiful.</p>
<p>Poorly constructed? And not to go all AP Language on you, but there is so much symbolism, foreshadowing, play on words, foils, plot devices, unreliable narrator, etc and on and on and so forth.</p>
<p>And it is just as relevant now than it was in the Jazz Age.</p>
<p>It is rightly called a classic and deservedly considered one of the greats.</p>
<ul>
<li>Catch-22</li>
<li>Siddhartha </li>
<li>A Clockwork Orange (if you can handle it)</li>
<li>Water for Elephants </li>
<li>Book Thief</li>
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<p>I feel like ordering more books now!</p>
<p>EDIT: I forgot - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest</p>
<p>^I feel compelled to do that as well.</p>
<ol>
<li>For Whom the Bell Tolls</li>
<li>A Farewell to Arms</li>
<li>The Sun Also Rises</li>
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<p>Guess who my favorite author is lol</p>
<p>But has anyone read anything by Cormac Mccarthy? I hear amazing things about his books</p>
<p>^ I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy.</p>
<p>I should have included that in my list - really good book.</p>
<p>Probably will think of more later, but…</p>
<ul>
<li>Keys of the Kingdom by AJ Cronin</li>
<li>Lord of the Rings series</li>
<li>Twilight series…jk (oh no, I committed a sacrilege by putting Twilight in a list with Lord of the Rings series even though I’m joking)</li>
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<p>Twilight’s the best. I love that story.</p>
<p>This reminds me, I have a stack of books to read this summer…</p>
<p>One of the more recent books I read and REALLY enjoyed was Foxfire by Joyce Carol Oates. It’s rough in some places, but I thought it was great.</p>
<p>thanks runningonempty im definitely going to read that or blood meridian</p>
<p>I just read Anna Karenina and it was incredible, and incredibly long. You really get attached to the characters. I know sophomore somethingsomething already posted this. Also depending on the translation the language isn’t difficult.
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury. Its great because it switches stories so fast you don’t get bored.
Touching Spirit Bear is amazing. A pretty easy read, but it is quick and worth it!</p>
<p>crime and punishment</p>
<p>Touching Spirit Bear IS amazing CandidSquire. I’ve read it twice-it really touched me.</p>
<p>^What is that book about and who is it by?</p>
<p>Secret Life of Bees- Sue Monk Kidd
Lake of Dead Languages- Carol Goodman (it has a weird ending)</p>
<p>and one of my faves:
Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami (good book, easy read. I read it in a day)</p>
<p><em>edit</em>
I forgot Lolita- Vladimir Nabokov
read it last summer on my cruise, good book. Takes time to read</p>
<p>It’s about a troubled teen who is sent to live on an island after severely beating another young man. He is changed on the island as he learns more about nature, principles of life, and himself. It’s by Ben Mikaelsen.</p>