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Thomas the Tank Engine!

Tom Clancy. Anything by Tom Clancy. I’m reading Executive Orders right now. But I have read all his books!

like Where the Red Fern Grows, The Da Vinci Code, Of Mice and Men, and Illusion:The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah. That last one is really cool, and unusual.

Thomas the tank engine is a good book… That used to be my favorite…

Anyway, I just read a book not too long ago that I liked. Extremely loud and incredibly close Foer by Jonathan Safran. It’s about a kid whos dad died in the 911 attacks and he wanders around new york city trying to find the place that a key he found goes to. I don’t know whether it’s your type of book but I thought it was really funny at parts and really sad at others. It’s a little weird though sometimes, but other than that it’s good.

And if you got caught up in the overratedness of twilight, the host is really good. It’s by the same author, just the plot is ten times better. I was more or less forced into reading it and I don’t regret it

Hope that helps some, and I hope you can somehow solve the never ending dilema of finding another book to read… =)

i have some recommendations:

Amber (ten books serie by roger zelazny, first would be “nine princes in amber” but you could also get it in one big book “the great book of amber” it has all ten inside it. i’ve been reading it the fifth time now… so…)

another classic that is a must and i recommend it even if you dislike sci-fi,
is “Ender’s game” by orson scott card (hope i spelled it right)

don’t know if it fits your taste but, there you go.

**OO*i love you*OO** wrote:
twilight ( i know i will be prosecuted for saying this) is tooooo fiction (sci-fi) for me…but I love the Foer plot…thanks so much. littlenick i have never read tom clancy but i will have to check it out. thanks guys…keep em coming.

Oops, just reread my reply, switch the by and the foer, its Extremely loud and incredibly close, By Jonathan Safran Foer =P

get yourself a copy of fear and loathing in las vegas, fantastic book. great place to start too because it’s short, fast paced and fun to read, but then when you’ve read a little more widely you can come back and appreciate it in a different way, and every time you read it you will learn or see something new.

or if you just want to be made to feel educated and miserable (which everyone should feel at least once in their lives i suppose) read 1984, it’s a cliché but it’s a classic for a reason.

since you mentioned George Orwell, can’t help not to recommend Animal-farm, too.

homer’s iliad or the odyssey were the last who I read, both very good.

Wish I could actually bring more to mind but im afraid all ive got at the moment is german books for my university course, I could recommend some very good german books though!

Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
(and Brother Odd, Forever Odd, & Odd Hours when ya finish the first one)

They are all awesome.

once you start reading chuck palanauik’s ( fight club) survivor a novel, and get involved in the story, its hard to put down. Although, the tone is cynical and its a satire, so sum people just might not dig it.

Anything by Stephen King :)

I know everyone probably says it but Salingers catcher in the Rye, there was a reason it was the handbook of every nutcase in the 60s

The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks. The best series of books if ever read. You won’t be able to put it down…promise!

Diana Palmer has some very beautiful books out….hmmm….cry no more by linda howard is a wonderful book! ummm….gosh I have TONS of books this should be easy! lol….James Patterson books are incredibly awesome….Sharon Sala books are awesome too :)

My sister’s keeper (sad but worth it)
Beloved -Toni Morrison
Water For Elephants (Im reading it now and so far its pretty good)
Ordinary People
5 people you meet in heaven

Thats all I can think of right now:P

I think the books by ayn rand are good.
The only thing I do not like about her books
is sometime the women main character is kind of slutty.
Otherwise this author writes extremely well
and thinks deep and philosophical.
Go to amazon and check out her reviews for a good book
to start with, maybe “atlas shrugged”.

Saving Fish from Drowning - Amy Tan
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a short read
Anything by Jodi Picoult is usually pretty good too

Hope that helps.