Good Reads?

RedBullLiz

This might be an old book to recommend but the one that really gave me a great imagination story was The Shining.

Terri_39

Any of the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris
The Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich (although her newer ones are not as funny)
The Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward
The Dark Hunter Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon

For Fantasy-any book by Terry Brooks
George R R Martin-Game of Thrones Series
Anne McCaffrey-any book
C.S. Lewis-The Chronicles of Narnia (I know they are for kids, but I just loved the books!)

sparrows7

I just finished Pride and Prejudice and zombies. Which was a fun read!

kaitimae

Mercedes Lackey is another wonderful fantasy author! The Valdemar books are the best, and there are so many! There are at *least* 5 sets of trilogies set in Valdemar, and a good number of standalone books as well. Start with Arrows of the Queen and go from there.

I will say that my favorite Valdemar trilogy is the Magic Trilogy with Vanyel. Those books never fail to make me just bawl my head off. SO heart wrenching and romantic... won't give away more than that.

They are really all fantastic reads - awesome characters (a lot of the main characters are strong female leaders, which is very cool!), and a fantasy world that you can completely escape into. In fact, I might start re-reading these again this weekend...

onlyrobey1

Frankinstein series by Dean Koontz

sunkisses

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Abeng by Michelle Cliff
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Praisesong for the Widow by Paule Marshall