Pretty self-explainatory thread. But what books do you love?

Not in order:

1-His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Because it's probably one of the most well-written books I've ever read, and I think the story is fantastic. I love Lyra as a character, there's a perfectly crafted ending, and I love how controversial it can be.

2-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (And probably I'll be able to add HBP) by JK Rowling
Because I think her writing technique just blossomed in this book, and the ANGST! I feed off it.

3-Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
I have an obsession with everything Wicked/Elphie. I love this book. I love how it is so completely thought-provoking, and brings up religion and politics in an unexpected way. And I think the almost erotic parts were just absolutely beautiful. Plus, it makes me cry more than any other book. Even when it's not during a sad part.

4-Midnighters by Scott Westerfeld
I just adore this book. So intriguing and well-written. The plot is such a hooker, I read these books religiously.

5-Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
A fabulous vampire novel, that's not just about pale faced bloodsucking morons. It's scientific, well thoughtout, and.... well, quite disqusting, I might add.

6-Witch Baby by Francesca Lia Block
I love all the Weetzie Bat books, but this is my favoirte. Witch Baby always makes me think, and I love it. Besides, my dad was reading it when I was born, lol.

7-Coraline by Neil Gaiman
I love how twisted it is. I love how it's almost like Alice in Wonderland, but it's darker.

8-Valiant by Holly Black
I love how FINALLY Prince Charming isn't so charming.

9-Tithe by Holly Black
Holly Black writes faeries in a way that makes them real, and it's just fun to read this book because it's her first. I adore her urban fantasy.

10-Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
It's long, it's hard to read, it's confusing, but the story beyond makes up for that. I've grown to love the characters, and embrace the writing, no matter how tedious it was for me the first time. And I did read it before the movie came out, by the way.

1. If I Should Die Before I Wake - Han Nolan

2. Born Blue - Han Nolan

3. City of Beasts - Isabelle Allende (sp)

4. Jude - I have no clue who wrote this book But it's FANTASTIC!

5. Shadows on the Sea- No Clue- Takes place on the island that I live on, so it's automatically cool!

5. A Crack in the Line- No Clue- It's really interesting, talks a lot about laws of physics.

6. Speak- I should know, but i don't. A must for any girl to read. A trully amazing book.

7. She Said Yes - Misty Bernall, Cassie Bernall's life story. A great book.

8. No Pretty Pictures- Anita Lobel

9. The Upstairs Room- Johanna Reiss (You can tell how I hate to read about the holocust- can't you?)

10. Go Ask Alice- One of the biggest mysteries out there. This is a book, that you can't grow up without reading. It's how much, taking a soda can change your life.

Honarable Mention:
1. Cut - Patricia McCormick

1. Anne Frank's Diary
That is my number one favourite book. I can't explain to anyone really how much this means to me. It changed my life, changed my outlook on many, many things... my perspectives changed, everything... there wasn't a part of me left uneffected by this. Anne, to me, is just... oh, inspirational but that's not a strong enough word for what she means to me, for what her diary means to me... I must have read it at least 25 times now, I'm re-reading it again now... the diary is heartbreaking, moving, uplifting, inspirational, the beginnings shine through of a girl who just wanted to be a writer, to live through her time... only to die age 15. That's the hardest thing about this book, is that you know, everyone knows, that she died in a concentration camp. She went through all of that, only to die alone... that broke my heart before I even read the first page.

"I want to go on living, even after my death"... oh, if only she could see what a writer she has become!! If there's one thing on earth I could change in history this very minute, it would be that Anne had lived.


2. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
This book has it all! It's superbly well written, it's gripping, Lyra is an awesome character. The whole other-worlds theory comes to life in a very vivid way. I laughed, I cried, I went through every emotion reading this book! And it's NORTHERN LIGHTS not the Golden Compass ;)

3. Back Home- Michelle Magorian
It's about a girl who was evactuated to America during WW2 who comes back to the UK lost and feeling alone, and about her struggle for acceptance in the UK and learning to live with her family and coping with all the problems of returning home, but at the same time, not knowing where is home... the UK with her family, or the US with her "family"?

4. Cuckoo in the Nest - Michelle Magorian
I loved to read the struggle of the main character against his fathers prejudice to become an actor in the theatre. It was brilliantly written and I just loved it.

5. Anything written by Maureen Lee.
Pick any of her books and I've read it and loved it. They're mostly all set in Liverpool during WW2 and afterwards, most of the main characters are Scousers. They're amazing. I just love them!!!!! Plus Maureen Lee is really great, I've written to her twice and recieved two replies :D

6. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K.R.
Hmm, this is the best of the series so far. We understand the characters more and new ones are introduced, we find out more about the past and actually this one is just great, love it.

7. Lord of the Rings - JRRT.
AMAZING. I read them about a month before the first film came out because I prefer to read the book than see the film. And the books rock! Tolkien went into so much detail it's unbelievable. The Fellowship of the Ring is the best book (and the best film) because it has the most plotline :)

8. Witch Child / Sorceress - Celia Rees.
These two books are great, they're very well written, the story is convincing, it made me think a lot more about Native American culture and the colonial era (actually it inspired me to take a course in it in my 2nd year of uni so it better be good lol)!

9. Blackberry Wine - Joanne Harris
By the same person who wrote Chocolat. It's set in the same village actually, so some of the same characters pop up. It's an interesting story and it really made me care so much about the characters in it, and wonder whether the main character had lost his mind seeing a ghost everywhere that wasn't really a ghost.

10. Notes on a Small Island - Bill Bryson.
OMG if you haven't read this, I insist you read this RIGHT NOW!!!!! It's the best book on travelling Britain I have ever read, I've laughed until I can't breathe reading this book, in public even. I've never seen my country so accurately described before, he's picked up everything, he's even mentioned Marmite and seaside rock, and everything he writes is done so with the best humour and the jokes are fantastic. Wow, I just love it!!


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amy

Speak and Define Normal are my favorite books. I absolutely love Define Normal, it reminds me so much of me and my ex-best friend. I'm like the 'rebel' girl who plays piano, has a nice house and family, but hates it...

Speak and Define Normal are my favorite books. I absolutely love Define Normal, it reminds me so much of me and my ex-best friend. I'm like the 'rebel' girl who plays piano, has a nice house and family, but hates it...

Both are GREAT books. Have you read Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters? Also a great book. I just went to Barnes and Noble today and bought Cut by Patricia Mccormick and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Must read the book now that i've seen the movie).

I'd also have to add Go Ask Alice Anonymous, Brave New World, The Scarlet Letter, and The DaVinci Code. There was also another really good book that was about a man who was kidnapped and used as a sex slave. It was really interesting, but I can't remember the title or author. It had a bible reference for a title, I think?

K, these aren't in any order.

1) Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants- Ann Brashares
2) Second Summer of the Sisterhood- Ann Brashares
3) Girls in Pants- Ann Brashares
4) Witch of Blackbird Pond- Elizabeth George Speare
5) HP and the Order of the Phoenix- JK Rowling
6) Hp and the Goblet of Fire- JK Rowling
7) A Break With Charity- Ann Rinaldi
9) A Northern Light- Jennifer Donnelly
10) Finishing Becca- Ann Rinaldi

Also, Seabiscuit, LOTR series, All American Girl, and all the other books by Ann Rinaldi.

1. chicken soup for the teenage soul
2. wait till helen comes - there is a funny story behind this ill tell at the end
3. she said yes - if ure a total wild child and wanna change ure ways read this book
4. rachels tears
5. the upstairs room
6. the third eye
7. i know what u did last summer
8. dangerous girls
9. midnight in the garden of good and evil
10. lets roll

the story on # 2 is this - when i was in the fifth grade i was totally scared of ike ghosts and things like that. i had read this book already and my teacher was gonna read it again. the book is about this girl and her family she has a brother and a mom and her dad dies and her mom remarrys a guy whose daughter killed her mother. and his daughter hates the girls mom bro and the girl. so then they move to an old house in the country. and right behind it is a house where people died in a fire. behind the house is a graveyard where the people who died in the fire are buried. and the little girl who killed her mom finds it and a ghost befriends her. the ghost thinks for the girl to stay her friend she has to kill her. and as the ghost is trying to kill the girl her step sister saves her and they go into the old house and the floor collapses and they land on skeletons of the people who died in the fire and when the teacher is reading this part my boyfriend who was sitting in front of ( he wasnt my bf at the time) grabes my leg and starts shaking it. i screamed and almost got him onto serious trouble it was hularious.

the story on # 2 is this - when i was in the fifth grade i was totally scared of ike ghosts and things like that. i had read this book already and my teacher was gonna read it again. the book is about this girl and her family she has a brother and a mom and her dad dies and her mom remarrys a guy whose daughter killed her mother. and his daughter hates the girls mom bro and the girl. so then they move to an old house in the country. and right behind it is a house where people died in a fire. behind the house is a graveyard where the people who died in the fire are buried. and the little girl who killed her mom finds it and a ghost befriends her. the ghost thinks for the girl to stay her friend she has to kill her. and as the ghost is trying to kill the girl her step sister saves her and they go into the old house and the floor collapses and they land on skeletons of the people who died in the fire and when the teacher is reading this part my boyfriend who was sitting in front of ( he wasnt my bf at the time) grabes my leg and starts shaking it. i screamed and almost got him onto serious trouble it was hularious.
But uhh...don't give away the ending or anything, in case any of us were thinking of reading it. :p

In no order whatsoever:

1) Speak - I actually Laurie Hals Anderson. She rocks, as does his story. I'm a guy, and I think ANYONE should read it. It's not neccessarily directed to just girls.
2) His Dark Materials - Pure genius.
3) Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix - One of my favorites.
4) The Da Vinci Code - Wonderful.
5) Angels & Demons - I love it.
6) Armageddon Summer - It has a controversal topic to it. Well, kind of.
7) Catalyst - Not bad.
8) Artemis Fowl - I'm a sucker for them. :)
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Actually, I may need to edit this list. :)

hmm... a toughie.. here they are in no particular order:

1. The Vampire Lestat
2. Queen of the Damned
3. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
4. The Bible
5. Da Vinci Code
6. Of Mice and Men
7. The Notebook
8. Angels and Demons
9. Home Fires
10. Scorpion

Hmmm.. there are others, but for some reason or another, I can't seem to remember their titles... hmmm

not in order

1) Looking for Alibrandi - I love this book, the movies good, but nothing compared to the book, i recommend it to everyone

2) Intensity - I love the way Dean Koonzt switches from the killers point of view to the womans, it was really well written and really creepy

3) Once - one of the best fairy tale books, but very naughty...its not for children

4) Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban

5) The last vampire - all three of them are good


6) Portent - Im reading this one at the moment, its very good, a little slow in some parts, but also a bit confusing

7) The taking - another Dean Koonzt book, this ones a little strange and confusing at some parts, but there are bits which made me get goosebumps

8) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

9)Charlie and the chocolate factory - i know its a kids book, but i just keep reading it over and over...i love Roald Dahl

10) anything by Paul Jennings , i love his storys, he has a wicked imagination :D

I don't read a lot so I don't think I could list you ten books, but I'll list those which I have enjoyed.

In no particular order:

- Fahrenheit 451
- To Kill A Mockingbird
- The Bible (especially the book of Galatians)
- The Diary of Anne Frank

That's all for now. I have a whole stack of books that I have to read during the summer due to mandatory school summer reading so I might have to come back and edit this after I've read more books.

1. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - The author's story of struggling with a mental illness in her younger years... before she commited suicide. AWESOME book.
2. Keeping You A Secret by Julie Anne Peters - Gay book :p Really tho, girl falls in love with other girl and a bunch of other good stuff...
3. When She Was Good by Norma Fox Mazer - Great book, kind'a hard to explain tho.
4. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous - I love the Anonymous diaries, they're great.
5. Ryan White: My Own Story by Ryan White and Ann Marie Cunningham - True story of Ryan White, the boy who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion in the 80's. You read about how he contracted it, lived with it, and eventually died from it after many years. Very touching story.
6. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty - Come on, it's The Exorcist! What more can I say?
7. Empress of The World by Sara Ryan - Another gay book, girl falls in love with other girl at summer camp.
8. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli - Awesome book about a girl who dares to be different.
9. Cut by Patricia McCormick - The story of cutter, mmm hmm.
10. It Happened To Nancy by Anonymous - Another anonymous diary about Nancy, a girl who contracts HIV through the man of her dreams whom she had met at a Garth Brooks concert.

Honorable mentions:
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- Night by Elie Wiesel
- The Last Book In The Univese by Rodman Philbrick
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- Mosh Pit by Kristyn Dunnion
- Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places by Brad Steiger
AND
-The Anonymous Diaries (Jay's Journal, Kim: Empty Inside, Almost Lost, Annie's Baby, Treacherous Love, Go Ask Alice, It Happened To Nancy, etc.)

This list changes around a lot, but here are my current faves

1. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
2. Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer
3. A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin
4. Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
5. Dune by Frank Herbert
6. The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R Tolkien
7. The Silmarillion by J.R.R Tolkien
8. The Best Democracy that Money Can Buy by Greg Palast
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that's all I can think of right now, I'll edit it later.

i have these:

- le petit prince
- all the books of harry potter
- the mummy
and much more.... i don't know... :p

Hm...Favourite books...Let's see!

Not in order!

1)The bet -Catherine Neville
2)The eight-Catherine Neville
3)Little prince-Antoine de S.Exupery
4)Bartimaeus trilogy-Jonathan Stroud
5)Harry potter series- J.K.Rowling
6)The historian- E.Costova
7)Jonathan Livingston Seagull-Richard Bach
8)Angels&Demons- Dan Brown
9)Gentlemen&Players-Joanne Harris
10)May contain nuts-John O'Farell


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