<p>Battle Royale. </p>
<p>Wonderful book for the twisted. 42 Japanese students are taken off to an island to kill each other, until one remains. Not the most realistic book in the world, but the premise and plot throws that consideration in the trash.</p>
<p>Right now I'm reading the 9/11 Commission Report. I was really surprised - it reads more like a novel than a legal report . . . the first sentence is something like, "It was a bright and sunny day in the eastern United States on the morning of September 11, 2001. Perfect weather for flying."</p>
<p>The Giver.</p>
<p>Paradox_Master: Isn't "Battle Royale" a short story as well? I think we read it for AP Eng</p>
<p>I'm reading Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle and I absolutely love it! New favorite book...</p>
<p>curiouskatie</p>
<p>No, it's a novel. It's originally Japanese, but translated to English.</p>
<p>Eats, Shoots and Leaves.. very funny take on grammar and its misuse</p>
<p>ender's game by orson scott card, if you like sci fi. it has a cool plot twist at the end. </p>
<p>the phantom tollbooth by norman juster (?). i think it's actually a children's book, but it makes a lot more sense now.</p>
<p>"Into the Wild" by John Krakauer is really intriguing and definetely not a difficult read. It's a non-fiction book about a man who disconnected himself from society and turned up dead in a bus in the wilderness of alaska a few years later. the journalist who originally broke the story became obsessed with the guy, "Alexander Supertramp" as he liked to call himself, and wrote a detailled account of the few years leading up to his death</p>
<p>Harry Potter!!!!! (New book comes out July 16th!!! So excited!!!!!!)</p>
<p>Shopgirl by Steve Martin (yes, the Comedian)</p>
<p>The heart is a lonely hunter - Carson McCullers</p>
<p>I heard The Periodic Table is prety good. It deals with the Holocaust and elements, I don't know, but I heard it was really good.</p>
<p>July 16?</p>
<p>Da.mn. For a minute there, I thought it's March.</p>
<p>I'm currently reading Tocqueville's Democracy in America. Once you get past the
arcahic langauge it really is a good read. It's surprising how the book can still describe America today in many ways.</p>
<p>Brave New World, Anthem, Prospero's Childrem, and Sophie's World</p>
<p>Poisonwood Bible!</p>
<p>Ender's Game (good sci fi)
The Catcher in the Rye
LIfe of Pi --makes you think
Slaughterhouse V (i have yet to read it actually)</p>
<p>If you like short stories, DO read "Lone Ranger and Tonto fist fight in heaven" by Sherman Alexie. It's about modern Native AMerican life, and is quite fascinating. Our English class had a chance to Video Conference with him. Very cool</p>
<p>Goerge Orwells Animal farm is a great book for a short read and faerie wars and its sequal purple emperor for a little lighter reading</p>
<p>what should i read to fill the time until the next hp comes out?</p>
<p>re-read the old ones- I love doing that</p>
<p>eragon its in the same genre-adventure with a little magic but no wizards :(</p>