Whats a really good read for this summer?

Well that depends on the kind of books you like to read? Fantasy=any Terry Pratchett. Romantic/Comedy=any Sophie Kinsella. Laugh Out Loud= any Ben Elton.
Whats a really good read for this summer?
I have a collection of Rosamunde Pilcher books, she takes you to beautiful beaches on the Cornish coast, a bit of romance and some other stories. I have one with short stories in and will be taking it with me when I go on holiday. The title is "Flowers in the Rain and other stories". I think you will enjoy it. She is my favourite author, and have a look for her other books, I think they will grow on you.
Whats a really good read for this summer?
The Life of Pi. It's a beautiful book and a good summer read.
Reply:Anything by Alexander McCall Smith or George MacDonald Frazer.


There's a million of them out there.
Reply:You might want to browse here: http://newfreebooks.com Plenty of free reads and books that might be of interest. It all depends on what you like. I recommend the 10th on that list. Entertaining and quite informative.
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Reply:Grendel by John Gardner





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Ulysses by James Joyce





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Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac





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The Sound and The Fury by William Faulkner (I've been discussing the value of this one all night with another contributor here.)
Reply:Look at The House at Riverton by Kate Morton an excellent summer read. I believe she had a new book out called The Forgotten Garden which I intend to buy soon.


here is a link for them.


http://www.entertainment.currys.co.uk/cu...


http://www.katemorton.com/default.asp?z=...
Reply:well if you haven't read 'the lord of the rings' trilogy by jrr tolkien, get on that. 'the hobbit' as well.


same thing with the 'harry potter' series.





some other recommendations:


the uglies series ('uglies', 'pretties', %26amp; 'specials') by scott westerfeld


the gemma doyle series ('a great and terrible beauty', 'rebel angels', %26amp; 'the sweet far thing') by libba bray


'the neverending story' by michael ende


'roverandom' by jrr tolkien


'peeps' by scott westerfeld


'sophie's world' by jostein gaarder


'the once and future king' by t.h. white


'the wizard of oz' by l. frank baum


'wicked' by gregory maguire


'the jester' by james patterson


'fahrenheit 911' by ray bradbury


'the great gatsby' by f. scott fitzgerald


'maus' by art spiegelman


'a taste for rabbit' by linda zuckerman








aaand that's all i can think of right now. heh.











happy reading!
Reply:Terry Pratchett's Discworld


Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore


anything by Carl Hiaasen


Oyster Blues by Michael McClelland


The Pirates! In an Adventure With Ahab by Gideon DeFoe
Reply:Here are some of my favorites:





Neil Gaiman is an amazing author!





Edgar Allen Poe is a really good author. Check out his poems and short stories.





William Shakespeare is good too.





Any books by Scott Westernfeld or Neal Shusterman are really good too.





Any books by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes are amazing! There is In The Forest of The Night, Demon In My View, Shattered Mirror, Midnight Predator. And then there is the The Kiesha'ra series: Hawksong (the best in the series!), Snakecharm, Falcondance, Wolfcry and Wyverhail.





A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly





Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause





How To Kill A Rock Star by Tiffanie Debartolo





The Princess Bride by William Goldman





13 Little Blue Envelopes and Girl At Sea by Maureen Johnson





Abarat by Clive Barker, Make sue you get the hardcover version though!!! If you liked the first one be sure to check out the next book in the series Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War.





Daughters of Destiny series: Keeper of the Winds by Jenna Solitaire, If you enjoyed the first one check out the next three books in the series. Keeper of the Waters, Keeper of the Flames and Keeper of the Earth.





The Abhorsen Trilogy (Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen) by Garth Nix





The Maximum Ride series (The Angel Experiment, Schools Out Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, The Final Warning) by James Patterson





His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman





A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels and The Far Sweet Thing by Libba Bray





The Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-Shaw





The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill, If you liked this one, check out the next two Blade of Fire and The Last Battle of the Icemark.





The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding





Inkheart and Inkspell and Inkdeath (coming soon!) by Cornelia Funke





The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke





Holes by Louis Sanchar





The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares





Dreamland by Sarah Dessen





A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass





The Morganville Vampire series (Glass Houses, Dead Girls Dance, Midnight Alley and Feast of Fools) by Rachel Cain





The Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini





The Chronicles of Narnia (7 books) by C.S. Lewis





The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien





The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien





Impulse by Ellen Hopkins





The Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton





Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer





Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling





Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan





All-American Girl by Meg Cabot





Uglies series by Scott Westernfeld





The Wind Singer, Slaves of the Mastery and Firesong by William Nicholson





Define “Normal” by Julie Ann Peters





The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky





Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt





Go Ask Alice by Anonymous





The Sight and Fell by David Clement-Davies





The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor
Reply:Keys to the Kingdom (Mister Monday, Grim Tuesday etc.) by Garth Nix (the final 2 books are due for release)





His Dark Materials Trilogy (Northern lights/Golden Compass if you're in America, Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman(when you've read these, there are 2 follow ons called Lyra's Oxford and Once Upon a Time in the North)





Old Kingdom Series (Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen) by Garth Nix (and after these there's 1 follow on called Across the Wall)





*obviously*Harry Potter








Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck


The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine


Room 13 by Robert Swindells


Stone Cold by Robert Swindells





The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding


Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan (this is part of a series)
Reply:Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan.. (12 book series)