Okay, sorry, this is my last post!

[conuly]

I forgot, I was going to list good books for Jazzy. She needs a new obsession. So, firstly, anybody with good taste in books is welcome to post their favorite/least favorite authors/books, even though I just asked this a while ago.

Secondly, my in-no-order list. Books are in italics, authors are in bold. When both a book and its author appear on the list, the book is more highly reccommended than the rest of the books by that author.

Fahrenheit 451
The Giver
Gathering Blue
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeline L'Engle
Night Watch
Monstrous Regiment
Jingo
Terry Pratchett
Letter's from the Inside
Tomorrow, when the War Began
John Marsden
Jean Auel (yes, she's overrated, but her books are nice and long)
Dr. Seuss (with an eye to social criticism)
Handmaid's Tale
1984
Animal Farm
Brave New World
The Third Witch
Parable of the Sower
Octavia Butler
Ella Enchanted
Zel
Donna Jo Napoli
Jackeroo
Interstellar Pig
Jill Churchill
Ender's Game
Ender's Shadow
Orson Scott Card
Patricia C. Wrede
Diane Duane
Diana Wynne Jones
Trickster's Choice
Tamora Pierce
Shade's Children
Patrice Kindl
Sophie's World
The Elegant Universe
I am the Cheese
Speak
Good Omens

I could go on, but that's enough for now, I think. Wow. I read a lot of kid's books. *shrugs*

Incidentally, I'm also getting interested in picture books on their own merits. They've always interested me, so this is just an upswing in the cycle, probably prompted by the babies.

Comments

[velvetchamber.livejournal.com]

"Embers" by Sándor Márai. A lovely book that is set in Hungary and written by a Hungarian author in 1942. It is calm and when you read it, it is like floating in warm, liquid dusk.

Then of course Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Tales of Sherlock Holmes.

The Narnia Chronicles by C.S. Lewis

Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicls

Bram Stoker's "Dracula"

Gaston Leroux's "Phantom of the Opera"

This one might be hard to get in the US, but it might be possible, "Angels of the Universe" by the Icelandic author Einar Már Guðmundsson. It is a novel he wrote with the life of his brother as an inspiration. His older brother had Scizophrenia, and the story is very personal, and I think it is among the best books I have read, it is very beautiful, and if you are interested, the story has also been filmed and it is a very good film, and the music in the film is better yet. It has very many beautiful metaphors and it is very vivid, and I think it is a good read for those that see the world a little differently than the rest, and for those that see it normally, it is a peek into that which is unknown to them.

[dandelion.livejournal.com]

I think the only one of those I've read would be Animal Farm, which was an excellent book. Would you believe me when I say I've never read Dr. Seuss?

"Speak"- Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, or another one?

[conuly]

1. No, I wouldn't, and I suggest you rememdy that quickly, you're missing an integral part of your childhood.

2. Yes, that's the one.

[dandelion.livejournal.com]

When I'm next at the library, I'll be sure to get some out. Pretend they're for a sibling or something.

[demonkoala.livejournal.com]

Oooh aaah. Quitea few enjoyable novels. Only really good one that comes to mind would be Perfume by Partik Suskind and I've always loved Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

[the-lady-aurora.livejournal.com]

My favourites, in no order:

Terry Pratchett - all Discworld, Johnny, Nomes
Jonathan Kellerman
Faye Kellerman
James Patterson
Patricia Cornwell
Sue Grafton
Kathy Reichs
Minette Walters
Maeve Binchy
Stephen King
Shaun Hutson - the early horror books not his later terrorism ones
Richard Laymon - damn scary
Dean Koontz - sometimes known as Dean R Koontz
William Diehl
Linda Fairstein
Tom Holt
Eoin Colfer
Darren Shan - vampire stories

That seems to be a fair selection to be getting on with :0)

[grammaravenger.livejournal.com]

I actually have a livejournal post devoted to recording my favorite books and authors (http://www.livejournal.com/users/grammaravenger/63779.html). Because I'm just that nerdy.

[velvetchamber.livejournal.com]

"Embers" by Sándor Márai. A lovely book that is set in Hungary and written by a Hungarian author in 1942. It is calm and when you read it, it is like floating in warm, liquid dusk.

Then of course Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Tales of Sherlock Holmes.

The Narnia Chronicles by C.S. Lewis

Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicls

Bram Stoker's "Dracula"

Gaston Leroux's "Phantom of the Opera"

This one might be hard to get in the US, but it might be possible, "Angels of the Universe" by the Icelandic author Einar Már Guðmundsson. It is a novel he wrote with the life of his brother as an inspiration. His older brother had Scizophrenia, and the story is very personal, and I think it is among the best books I have read, it is very beautiful, and if you are interested, the story has also been filmed and it is a very good film, and the music in the film is better yet. It has very many beautiful metaphors and it is very vivid, and I think it is a good read for those that see the world a little differently than the rest, and for those that see it normally, it is a peek into that which is unknown to them.

[dandelion.livejournal.com]

I think the only one of those I've read would be Animal Farm, which was an excellent book. Would you believe me when I say I've never read Dr. Seuss?

"Speak"- Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, or another one?

[conuly]

1. No, I wouldn't, and I suggest you rememdy that quickly, you're missing an integral part of your childhood.

2. Yes, that's the one.

[dandelion.livejournal.com]

When I'm next at the library, I'll be sure to get some out. Pretend they're for a sibling or something.

[demonkoala.livejournal.com]

Oooh aaah. Quitea few enjoyable novels. Only really good one that comes to mind would be Perfume by Partik Suskind and I've always loved Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

[the-lady-aurora.livejournal.com]

My favourites, in no order:

Terry Pratchett - all Discworld, Johnny, Nomes
Jonathan Kellerman
Faye Kellerman
James Patterson
Patricia Cornwell
Sue Grafton
Kathy Reichs
Minette Walters
Maeve Binchy
Stephen King
Shaun Hutson - the early horror books not his later terrorism ones
Richard Laymon - damn scary
Dean Koontz - sometimes known as Dean R Koontz
William Diehl
Linda Fairstein
Tom Holt
Eoin Colfer
Darren Shan - vampire stories

That seems to be a fair selection to be getting on with :0)

[grammaravenger.livejournal.com]

I actually have a livejournal post devoted to recording my favorite books and authors (http://www.livejournal.com/users/grammaravenger/63779.html). Because I'm just that nerdy.