<p>i need some recommendation for good books to read over the summer</p>
<p>NO HARRY POTTER, thanks:)</p>
<p>johnny got his gun.....its a good book but sad...dunno what kind of genre you'rel looking for tho...its not a war novel, more stream of consciousness</p>
<p>harry potter 6... about to be sweet</p>
<p>Life of Pi, Kiterunner</p>
<p>Great Teacher Onizuka manga series.</p>
<p>the power of one. hands down best book ive ever read. and i dont think i will ever read a better one. seriously, read it.
memoirs of a geisha. especially if you are a teenage girl, but i think everybody can enjoy it. it was fabulous.
harry potter and the half blood prince. it comes out july 16. read it.
fear and loathing in las vegas. amazing. i laughed so hard i cried. literally. i sat on the airplane crying. doesn't really further your intellectual ability all that much, but its a nice break from all the intense books you will likely read. quick read too.
tandia. sequel to the power of one. brilliant, but of course, not quite as good.
lord of the flies. i second that
poisonwood bible. brilliant. especially if you are a teenage girl.
clockwork orange. brilliant. good movie too, but dont cheat. read the book.
speak. especially if you are a teenage girl (haha...pattern?). quick easy read. but amazing.
the princess bride. really fun.
inherit the wind. really short. i really liked it.
to kill a mockingbird. amazing classic that everyone must read at some point.
da vinci codes. very interesting.
catcher in the rye. read if you are, have been, or will be a teenager.
alice in wonderland. some crazy stuff.
angus, thongs, and full-frontal snogging. mostly teenage girls. absolutely ridiculously hilarious. again, i cried while reading. really fast, easy read, but definitely awesome.
thats all for now. its a lot, but they are all great.</p>
<p>the scarlet letter... hands down... complete life lesson book.</p>
<p>angels and demons is very good.
tale of two cities. i actually really liked it.
animal farm. weird, but great.</p>
<p>Native Son by Richard Wright
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Lolita by Nabokov</p>
<p>slaughterhouse five
uncle tom's cabin
uncle tom's children
blackboy</p>
<p>Animal Farm
White Oleander
Angela's Ashes</p>
<p>thanks that was really helpful!</p>
<p>perks of being a wallflower</p>
<p>Catch 22....extremely witty and interesting. One of my favorites</p>
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one of the most boring books I've ever read</p>
<p>Scarlet Letter was okay. It took some getting used to, but by the end I was enjoying the story and characters.</p>
<p>I don't really have a favorite. I actually prefer non-fiction. Reality is so much more interesting...</p>
<p>Right now I'm reading The Trial by Franz Kafka, and it's EXCELLENT.</p>
<p>I love "The Ciderhouse Rules," it's simply an amazing book. I may be considered strange on this one, but I also really enjoyed Frankenstein, I've read that three times. The Scarlet Letter is better the second time through, as is anything written by John Steinbeck.</p>
<p><em>A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</em> by Betty Smith
<em>Anna Karenina</em> by Leo Tolstoy
<em>One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich</em> by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn</p>
<p>Oh, and I also second the nomination of <em>Lolita</em>.</p>