Eldest by Christopher Paolini (second in a trilogy, read after reading Eragon)
Anything by David Eddings
Anything by Tamora Pierce
Tony Hillerman's novels, for a good mystery
Lord of the Rings for a great fantasy classic
Pride and Prejudice, especially for the guys to learn about communication in a relationship
Books by Jasper Fforde (Start with the Thursday Next Series, beginning with the Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, then The Well of Lost Plots, followed by Something Rotten. He's started a new series, The Nursery Crimes Series. The second book will be out this summer, the first is titled The Big Over Easy.)
For you seekers of classic books
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare
As You Like It by Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Jane Eyre
The Aeneid (gives a different perspective on things than do the Iliad and the Odyssey)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to understand the struggle between man and beast, right and wrong
Farewell to Manzanar for a perspective on the Japanese camps during WWII
-- Edited by hrslvr_paints at 00:22, 2006-05-29
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I feel like I just found out that my favorite love song was written about a sandwich.
I cried, "Oh, Lady Midnight, I fear that you grow old, the stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold." "If we cry now," she said, "it will just be ignored."
I'm re-reading one series by David Eddings, in preparation of reading another of his series which contains pretty much the same character spread. He has one character that I absolutely love and cannot compare to any character I've ever come across in all my reading. I love every word of dialogue to come out of this character's mouth and I look forward to any event which involves him, and most do in both series. Everyone needs to read the Belgariad and then the Mallorean just for this character. You'll know him when you read it.
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I feel like I just found out that my favorite love song was written about a sandwich.
Amendment to my book rec list: Do not read David Eddings' series The Dreamers. It is absolute crap and not worth reading. His other books are good, but not this series.
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I feel like I just found out that my favorite love song was written about a sandwich.
I cried, "Oh, Lady Midnight, I fear that you grow old, the stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold." "If we cry now," she said, "it will just be ignored."
