It’s been a long time since I last read a literally great book. Most of the books I have read lately were either just good, but not great, or absolutely terrible that I stopped reading them in the middle. I’ve been trying to find a book that I would truly enjoy but most of the book recommendations I’ve been receiving are about books I’ve read before.
By the way; by the word ‘book’ I mean ‘novel’
I am not up to read any other kinds of books these days.
I am very picky when it comes to great novels, so here are some of the novels I consider the best in the literature world, so you know what kind of novels I prefer if you are going to recommend any:
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (Anything like this one is more than enough since this novel is indescribable!!!)
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe (I am not completely sure of this one’s name since I read the novel in Italian “I dolori del giovane Werther” but it’s amazing.)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Rosary by Florence L. Barclay
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The DaVinci Code is a work of genius and it’s on my top list, but it’s one of a kind and I don’t think any other book of the same genre is even close from being as great as it is. I’ve read other books by Dan Brown but none were as good as it is.
I’ve already read all Shakespeare’s books, all Jane Austin’s and most of the famous books that share similarity with those… some by Alexander Dumas and others by Charles Dickens, Mark Twain… etc…
One of the first books I read that I actually loved was "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas.
Another of my Favorites would have to be "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury..
if I had to choose a series of books,I'd have to go with Raymond Feist. From Magician: Apprentice and the rest of the Riftwar saga, all the way to The Serpentwar Saga. To be honest, I don't think I've read one of his books I didn't love.
One of the first books I read that I actually loved was "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas.
Another of my Favorites would have to be "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury..
if I had to choose a series of books,I'd have to go with Raymond Feist. From Magician: Apprentice and the rest of the Riftwar saga, all the way to The Serpentwar Saga. To be honest, I don't think I've read one of his books I didn't love.
I've already read "The Count of Monte Cristo, but never heard of "Fahrenheit 451"; is it as its name says?
I actually never heard of Raymond Feist before, I am going have to see what kinds of books he writs.
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Try the Dexter book series if you are more into the dark humorous stuff. It starts with Darkly Dreaming Dexter and goes from there.
Dark humorous?! I don't think any of what I mentioned are this kind of books
Thanks anyway.
wow.. were to start.. Fahrenheit 451 is about a society were books are illegal, and the fire dept is actually in charge of burning books. there's a group of bums, who have all dedicated their life to memorizing passages, even entire books, in hopes of one day being able to pass the information along.
Raymond Feist, well, he's more of a Tolkien type of writer. although he has a knack of explaining things like warfare and strategies as well as the social structure of the peoples like none other. i guess the only way to describe it is, He shows you whats going on, he doesn't go on about how green the grass is, or what the texture of the marble statues feels like, lol. and the way he describes how things work.. i mean wow. his take on religion and how all life is entwined alone, just made more since than any sermon i've heard from a preacher or preist.
I don’t know about Fahrenheit 451. I never read anything with any similarity to its idea; maybe I should try and find it.
I meant that I would have to Google it and see what types of books he writes
But the way you speak of him reminded me of some of my favorite writers, not speaking about the religion part, but about the part where they “don’t go on about how green the grass is”.
Well, to be honest i only threw in the part about religion only because of the way it explains how magic in his works exists, its not a major, or even a minor theme in the books.. If you lived here in the states I'd be more than happy to send ya the first one, i still have a couple of copy's of Magician: apprentice, around here somewhere.
and i don't know about most of you guys, but i fell in love with books from an early age. little books like "where the wild things are" and " Charlotte's web" started it all. heck i must have been like 6 or 7 at the time.
Throughout School I was always trying anything i could to escape the boring routine of writing notes and paying attention in class. it was about this time that i rediscovered my love of reading. When I first found one of Anne Mccaffrey's books, " The Dragon Riders of Pern" and the Tower and Hive Series, i was insatiable, reading two or three books a week, until i had read everything she had written.
Then came the likes of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Anne Rice. The craving of dark literature satisfied me untill i had read all of their works as well. when that ended i wanted something with a little more Fantasy, and a friend recommended Raymond Feist, from that point on I've been a huge fan..
I could go on, but let me suffice by saying I've never read a book i didn't like.
Thanks, I will try to find it myself
You should try the first two books I mentioned, the way they are written is the best I’ve ever seen.
I can’t remember the books I liked before I went to school, but I remember that I had major difficulties reading since I only knew the basics. The first book I actually read without difficulties was Cinderella, I think I was six years old.
I’ve always loved to read, I don’t really know how it developed, but I know I do. I think in the beginning I tried reading some of the books my father has, which were difficult for my age, I remember the first book I bought with my own money, it was by Shakespeare, I was 12 years old I think. Now I read whenever I have time; mostly in trains, buses… since I don’t have a license yet. It’s very entertaining to me.
I’ve come across few books that I didn’t like, some I forced myself to finish them and some I just stopped in the middle of them and couldn’t stand finishing them, it happened especially lately.
It took me months to finish all the books, not because they were only long but also because it was difficult to read, but it was worth it. I’ve never seen a theatrical performance about it, hopefully I will someday.
The only book I go back to, and it isn't that good when you're older is Shade's Children by Garth Nix. I think the author could have made it much deeper and more of a look into what the mind is and if souls exist in machines (You more than likely won't read it so I'll give a little away)
The world is not as we know it, an event happened to change it. All the Adults are gone, and only children are left. Overlords, harvest children for use in their machines, but there is a resistance who's head is a robot named Shade.
Shade is a robot (I wrote this before I wrote the previous stuff so that is why I repeat Shade is a robot twice... well he is the exact duplicate of a man who lived but only his memories thoughts and stuff. )
Umm... If you haven't read Lord of the Flies by William Golding, we had to read it in school and it was really good, lots of symbolism to society and other things. Plot synopsis is a plane crashes on an island filled with a a bunch of boys from an all boys school, no adults survive and the children have to rely their own know how to survive this paradise, but paradise usually doesn't last.
Hmmm I mostly read fantasy so I don't know if you'll like that stuff.
I would have said Harry Potter but it's hit and miss and the only reason I would say read it is because at least the first 4 books actually got a physical response from he (in the intense scenes I would begin to breathe harder and perspire lightly... I'm not unfit either so...)
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The name “Shade’s Children” doesn’t ring any bell, but the story sounds familiar to me and feels like I have read it before, which is something I highly doubt. I think it just shares similarity with other stories I read or a movie I saw
I’ve read Lord of the Flies; yeeeeeears ago. It had its boring parts and those very ordinary ones, the sense of mystery hasn’t been created perfectly and it should be in these sorts of books, but generally it was a good book, I remember enjoying it.
I like Fantasy Novels, but not too much fantasy. Harry Potter is one of them; it has so much fantasy that the sense of reality completely disappeared at some points, especially in the later books. I never finished reading the series since I lost interest in it. The only Harry Potter book I did enjoy was Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; it was the best of what I have read in the Harry Potter series. The Prisoner of Azkaban was totally ruined by its movie; the movie was terrible compared to how the story should have been and all the detailed parts they have missed. I said since then that I will never watch any movie based on a novel; they usually ruin it baaaaad.
Well I only read Paranormal Romance books... Actualy just Vampire ones.. I love the whole Powers, Protective, Teritorial theme.. I mean, I myself am Teritorial, so I guess it seems nice to see people I can relate to in a relationship, however they actualy have powers to defend the ones they love, which would be nice...
Anyways... "Black Dagger Brotherhood" series is great, written by "J. R. Ward" It has a band of "Brothers" who are vampires that are more buff than others, that band together to protect their race against "Lessers" which are pretty much undead (Minus the biting/eating and plus logic and thinking like humans.. they are just like humans with super strength, just undead, so they can't die of old age)
I know what you're thinking. "Wow, that's a far-fetched book. Like when devils roam the earth from fairy's and sprites that get killed by Vixens and.." yeah yeah yeah.. I've read the back of some books that even I myself have said "wow, who has THAT kind of imagination?!?!"
But seriously, it's not as farfetched as you think. And it's neat to have each "Brother" have their own powers.. Even one has a curse that turns him into a demon-dragon type thing. Another can see into the future.. Another has a glowing fist of burning light. I wo'nt spoil the others.. It's the best series I've ever read and even had trouble putting down.. Yes it gets a TAD graphic at times, but what GOOD romance book doesn't have a few sex scenes? =P
Please just give it a chance... Read the first book at least.. I swear, if you love vampire romance books WITH action, you'll love this series (Which isn't done yet I believe...)
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Hmm... Have you ever read any Robert Jordan? Now I'll only praise his books because of the scope of the world he created! Magnificent... though I find if you read his books too quickly you get bored real quick, and some of them are boring because he's setting up events... sadly he never finished his saga (14 books in all I think) he ided before he could finished his last book... Really good reads...
I'll have to take a look at my collection... Real good books I've read are from my teen reading years and from what you've described yourself as (by the book choices you've stated as great literary works) they would be like children's book for you now...
If you've read Stephen King, read the short story The Mist (movie adaptation is garbage), absolutely wonderful!
Oh David Eddings' "The Belgariad" & "The Mallorean" (again more teenish reads) but I loved this series to death, it's ten books (Both 5 I think) over all I believe without any prequels or anything, kinda predictable in the end if you read fantasy much.
Garth Nix also did what I call a "high fantasy" book series called The Abhorsen Trilogy (Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen) it was harder for me to picture his world in this book but a comfortable read and a real cool look at death and stuff.
Oh Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain (5 books) (that LLOYD sorry the second "L" could have been mistaken for an I). Teen reads, but very good teen reads, one was actually made into a disney movie the second book called (The Black Cauldron) don't watch the movie! I don't know if it's good but I'm sure they butchered it to fit into a kids movie....
Wow, I gotta go back home and take a look at my library to find something you'd like that wouldn't be to deep into the Fantasy realm.
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“Black Dagger Brotherhood”? Yeah I’ve heard of it before, but never read any of the books in that series. I am not usually the kind of person who judges a book by its cover but I did when I saw this one. Maybe I am wrong in what I think it might be, I made my judgment based on another paranormal romantic novel I read some time ago that was terrible, or so I thought, and the series you are talking about sounded similar to that one.
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I haven’t read anything by Robert Jordan yet, though I heard his series “The Wheel of Time” is very good and entertaining. Never got the chance to read it myself though.
I am a fan of Stephen King, I have read some of his writings; the six volumes of The Green Mile, The Shining, The Dead Zone… I think there is more novels I’ve read but I don’t remember them now. Never tried any of his short fictions yet, his books aren’t easily found around here.
As for all of the rest; never even heard of them, probably just the authors, but not the books.
My favorite types of books has several features that is hard to categorize them, like “Les Miserables” the depth this story has is something I never seen in any other story, characters development is beyond perfection, it discussed several issues, events and concepts; history, politics, philosophy, law, justice, religion, architecture… and how to truly live your life to be remembered as a true good person despite what wrong you did, and above all it talks about love, whether it’s the humanly love or the romantic love which is not shown as a silly idiotic matter some modern novels show it as; but as something only few many reach … I am never going to stop, am I? It’s amazing and I wish I could meet Victor Hugo
The Sorrows of Young Werther is a novel that was written by Germany’s greatest philosopher; no wonder it’s marvelous. The author described with specific details the human’s soul slowly heading towards depression, I may not support some of the characters in the decisions they made; but the description of how they felt is indescribable, it makes the reader feels as if they were the ones to go through the events…
Now I am starting to talk nonsense so I am just going to stop lol.
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