The Recommendation Thread - Looking for a new read?

[Robotic Unknown Prince]

Missunderstood42

Hey ya smile . Hope you're having a good day. I need some book recommendations. I enjoy supernatural, magic, fantasy, and mythology (Greek), and alittle romance is fine too. I personally prefer supernatural and mythology (Greek) above all else. I am not to into books with people with weird elf names. Here are some example of stuff I like
Percy Jackso and the Olympians (series)
Heroes of Olympus (series)
Chronicles of Vladimir Todd (series)
Darkest Powers trilogy
Darkness Rising trilogy
Vicious Deep
Thanks. whee

You might like the Pendragon series. It's about a boy that gets to travel to different dimensions trying to stop an evil that wants to destroy everything. Not very Greek myth but its a pretty good read. Theres also the House of Night series, thats a good supernatural/magic series.

[ADDestroyer]

I'm a big John Green fan, and I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions for me. I particularly enjoyed Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines.

[goldendaydream]

The House of the Dead-Fyodor Dostoevsky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Dead_(novel)
Definitely worth reading

[Eldritch Elder]

Leomelle

I'm after something that's got fantastical elements in it but isn't yet another elves-and-dragons high fantasy, and doesn't have characters named dumb things like Elavarilysthawenne... I enjoyed Diana Wynne Jones' books and the Inkheart trilogy as a kid, so something along the lines of those but a bit more grown-up would be good.

Try the Green Rider series by Kristen Britain
The Last Knight by Hillari Bell
Flora's Dare by Ysbeau Wilce
The Ill made Mute by C. Dart Thornton
Graceling by Kristen Cashore
Patricia A. McKillip

[Eldritch Elder]

Sei-chan5

Well, I'm looking for a new book.... I'm in between books of my favorite series so I'm looking for something to entertain me....

I've been reading the Maximum Ride books.....And I'll read anything that has to do with Vampires or Werewolves (recommend House of Night or Twilight, already tried...), I love Black Dagger Brotherhood and The Fallen Angels by J.R. Ward but I'm waiting on the next books. I like the Shiver books too.... Just looking for something new...

Try Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Have you read Blood and Chocolate? It's pretty good.
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher deals with vamp and a were or two but, it's adult fantasy and I noticed that most of the books you have there are YA.
Any recommendations? 3nodding

[Eldritch Elder]

marshmallowcreampie

Can anyone recommend a fantasy story that's unique and interesting? I love the genre, but it feels like a lot of the stuff that comes out of it follows just a few different paths. They all just pick from a few different settings and a few different plot types. I want either a modern/urban fantasy book, or a fantasy that takes place in a unique setting. (seriously, I'm sick of these Medieval Europe/Medieval Europe-like worlds inhabited by humans, elves, orcs, and Dark Lords)

Graceling by Kristen Cashore
The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip
Breath and Bone
Flora Seguna by Ysbeau Wilce
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch warning contains gore cussing etc.
The Green Rider series by Kristen Britain this one has elven like folk in it

[Eldritch Elder]

Adra Korim

marshmallowcreampie

Can anyone recommend a fantasy story that's unique and interesting? I love the genre, but it feels like a lot of the stuff that comes out of it follows just a few different paths. They all just pick from a few different settings and a few different plot types. I want either a modern/urban fantasy book, or a fantasy that takes place in a unique setting. (seriously, I'm sick of these Medieval Europe/Medieval Europe-like worlds inhabited by humans, elves, orcs, and Dark Lords)

Graceling by Kristen Cashore
The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip
Breath and Bone
Flora Seguna by Ysbeau Wilce
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch warning contains gore cussing etc.
The Green Rider series by Kristen Britain this one has elven like folk in it

Guess I didn't read all the way through sweatdrop
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
The Codex Alera by the same author
The Darkest Night
These Ten Bones
Souless by Gail Carriger
Cast in Shadow
Hawksong

[Roxtar14]

Icegirl13

So any recommendations for books I should read?
I enjoy books like these

-Tithe/Ironside/ Valiant
-Wicked lovely/ Ink Exchange
-All Harry Potter's
-Blood and chocolate
-The Dark Materials
-Blue Blood series
-Narnia
-Twilight Series
-Abarat
-The Host

try the iron fey series by julie kagawa

[Eldritch Elder]

Fruit Punch Samurai G001

Im looking for a new Fantasy book/series to read
*****Please no YA books*****

Books Ive read: (Similar books to these would be appreciated)

-The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series by Steven Erickson <--(****This is my favorite series right now****)
-A Song of Ice and Fire Series (Game of Thrones) by George RR Martin
- King Killer Chronicles (The Name of the Wind) by Patrick Rothfuss
-The Prince of Nothing by R Scott Bakker
-The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
-Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
-King Rat/Perdido Street Station/The Scar by China Mieville
-The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
-The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King
-The Fade by Chris Wooding
-The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks
-The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K leGuin
-Flesh and Spirit/Breath and Bone by Carol Berg
-Wraeththu by Storm Constantine
-Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
-Scar Night (Deepgate Codex) by Alan Campbell
-The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
-The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn Peeke
-The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R, Donaldson
-Lamentation by Ken Scholes

The Ill made Mute by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip
The Codex Alera by Jim Butcher
Paradise War by Stephen Lawhead
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
The Black Company:The book of the north by Glen Cook
Inda by Sherwood Smith
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Folliet

[Eldritch Elder]

Uitsuji

THE IMPOSSIBLE TASK
NOT YA
NOT ROMANCE [or minimal]
HAS FANTASY/SCI FCI [bla bla bla its fiction]
Maybe im bad at searching, or searching in the wrong places but this is what I want

Top of my head books I enjoyed
Wither, Skinned, Anna dressed in blood, The replacement, Skinned [Robin Wassermann] White cat [was okay~]

Top of my head books I disliked
Hush,Hush; House of night; 50 sheets of ********, Evermore , Matched, Divergent

Multiple suggestion would be appreciated mad , sometimes im picky >.<

Well, I don't know any of those books you mentioned so, I'm just gonna start listing.
March Upcountry by David Weber
Hero by John Ringo

The Castings trilogy by Pamela Freeman
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Prospero's Children by Jan Siegel
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip
Anasi's Boys by Neil Gaiman

That should give you some starting points and I'm sorry but, I think I put some romance in there. The two at the top are sci-fi and David Weber as well as John Ringo have many other great sci-fi books.

[xdivision_whitey]

Updated List (11/20/2012)

I am slowly adding all the books I read myself. Mind you I don't remember most.
Anyways, I am looking into some books already but libraries and money just aren't on my side. Can anyone help me pick and choose out the millions of books out there? I am a fan of comedy action informational mystery.




Looking Into:

The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Co... by Mindy Kaling

Recommend:

For one More Day and The Five People You Meet in Heaven by MITCH ALBOM
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
A song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin
Let me Call you SweetHeart and Daddy's little Girl by Marry Clark
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Bossypants by Tina Fey
How to Succeed in Evil by Patrick E. McLean
Dr. Who audio plays


Refuse To Read Books by

Jodi Picoult
James Patterson



Books Already READ


Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
macbeth by william shakespeare
Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The Ghost of Windy Hill by Clyde Robert Bulla
Samurai: The Code of the Warrior by Thomas Louis and Tommy Ito
Planet Janet by Dyan Sheldon
The Scarlet Ibis: The Collection of Wonder by James Hurst
The Family Nobody Wanted by Helen Doss
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Last of the Breed: A Novel by Louis L'Amour
Urban Legends: 666 Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend...of a Friend...of a Friend by Thomas J. Craughwell
1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You: The Ultimate Bathroom Reader by Cary McNeal
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
How to Live with a Neurotic Cat by Stephen Baker
Wolf Child by Dennis Nolan
Holes by Louis Sachar

♥Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time (Dinotopia) by James Gurney
Dinotopia: The World Beneath by James Gurney and Michael Brett-Surman
Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara by James Gurney
Dinotopia: Windchaser by Scott Ciencin
Chomper (Dinotopia, No. 11) by Donald F. Glut
Sky Dance - Super Edition (Dinotopia(R)) by Scott Ciencin and Michael Welply


♣Shipwreck by Gordon Korman
Survival by Gordon Korman
Escape by Gordon Korman



♠Left Behind by Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye,
Tribulation Force by Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye,
Nicolae by Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye,
Soul Harvest by Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye,
Apollyon by Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye,
Assassins by Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye,
The Indwelling by Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye,
Left behind Kids 1-18 by Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye, and Chris Fabry.





Already Listened 2

Haters by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
A Dog on His Own by Mary Jane Auch
Tiger, Tiger by Lynne Reid Banks
200 mph by Bill Cosby
The Best of Bill Cosby
Dog on It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn


The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
The Further Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
It's a Dog's Life
Murder in the Middle Pasture
Faded Love
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
The Curse of the Incredible Priceless Corncob
Lost in the Dark Unchanted Forest
The Wounded Buzzard of Christmas Eve
The Case of the Missing Cat
Lost in the Blinded Blizzard
The Case of the Car-Barkaholic Dog
The Case of the Hooking Bull
The Case of the Midnight Rustler
The Phantom in the Mirror
The Case of the Vampire Cat
The Case of the Double Bumblebee Sting
The Case of the Kidnapped Collie
The Case of the Haystack Kitties
The Garbage Monster from Outer Space
The Case of the Deadly Ha-Ha Game
The Case of the Missing Bird Dog
The Case of the Tricky Trap


Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich
Trouble Maker by Janet Evanovich

Smitten by Janet Evanovich

♠Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
Three To Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
Four To Score by Janet Evanovich
High Five by Janet Evanovich
Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich
Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich
Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich

•Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich

Hero at Large by Janet Evanovich
Foul Play by Janet Evanovich
The Grand Finale by Janet Evanovich
Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich
Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Courting Trouble by Deeanne Gist

♣ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

♦ Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer
The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer
The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer
The Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer

The Giver by Lois Lowry
A Wrinkle in Time by Kris Katzen
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
The Loud Silence of Francine Green by Karen Cushman
Pirates! by Celia Rees
Just Like Heaven by Marc Levy

Abhorsen by Garth Nix
Sabriel by Garth Nix

How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition by Jared Diamond
The Red Hat Club Rides Again by Haywood Smith
One Good Dog by Susan Wilson

♦ Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris

Redwall by Brian Jacques
Mattimeo by Brian Jacques
Martin the Warrior by Brian Jacques
Mossflower by Brian Jacques
Mariel of Redwall by Brian Jacques
The Taggerung by Brian Jacques
Triss by Brian Jacques
Loamhedge by Brian Jacques
Eulalia! by Brian Jacques
High Rhulain by Brian Jacques


Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
Curse of the Blue Tattoo by L.A. Meyer
Under the Jolly Roger by L.A. Meyer
In the Belly of the Bloodhound by L.A. Meyer
Mississippi Jack by L.A. Meyer
My Bonny Light Horseman by L.A. Meyer
Rapture of the Deep by L.A. Meyer
The Wake of the Lorelei Lee by L.A. Meyer
The Mark of the Golden Dragon by L.A. Meyer

Gracelings by Kristin Cashore
Fire by Kristin Cashore

The Fast and the Furriest by Andy Behrens
Parallel lies by Pearson Ridley
Queen of the Night by J.A. Jance
Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog by Lisa Scottoline
Notes from the Dog by Gary Paulsen
Family Affair by Debbie Macomber
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost
Grimpow: The Invisible Road by Rafael Abalos
Best Foot Forward by Joan Bauer
The Quilter's Legacy by Jennifer Chiaverini and Christina Moore
The Perilous Road by William O. Steele and Ramon de Ocampo
The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple Mysteries) by Agatha Christie
To Tame a Land by Louis L'Amour
The Trail to Peach Meadow Canyon by Louis L'Amour
News For Dogs by Lois Duncan
Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean and Scott M. Fischer
Time Enough For Love: The Lives of Lazarus Long by Robert A. Heinlien

Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep by Kessler, Liz

[heroingranola]

My favorite book is it by Stephen King. The best book everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. huge fan of stephen king's books.

[User 32423819]

I would recommend "Killing Lincoln" and "Killing Kennedy" by bill o reily... good books!

[Gekirena]

Battle Royale

[xdivision_whitey]

Senor Troll v2

I would recommend "Killing Lincoln" and "Killing Kennedy" by bill o reily... good books!

Mom and I are considering nabbing those and listening to them.