need a good book.....suggestions

emilylacey1010
emilylacey1010 Posts: 69
edited December 24 in Chit-Chat
Hey I need a good book to put on my kindle any suggestions? I have read 50 Shades trilogy ans Hunger Games series as well!
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  • amandachristina
    amandachristina Posts: 3
    Just Listen by Sarah Dessen is a really good book; actually, anything by Sarah Dessen is quite good.

    What did you think of the 50 shades trilogy?
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    not without my daughter... one of the best I've ever read...
  • SVCat
    SVCat Posts: 1,483 Member
    Depends on what you like:

    Historical Fiction: Conn Iggulden "Emperor" series...it's about a fictional account laced with a lot of historical insight of the life and times of Julius Ceasar...love it
    Paulo Coelho "THe Alchemist" Will take some deep thought, be careful though...the book is a very simple read, you really have to dig deep to pull out some jems.
    Victor Villasenor "Rain of Gold" - My absolute altime favorite.
  • MsP90X
    MsP90X Posts: 1,053 Member
    Well, there are a few that I just read:

    Backstage Pass and Rock Hard by Olivia Cunning
    Crash into You and Still into You by Roni Loren

    I think that I am going to read the Melt into You just to finish off that set and then I am trying to get my hands on the Alice Clayton "Redhead" books. They are apparently funny and erotic... sounds like a good time to me :)

    There, that is my addition to your summer reading list! Thank me later ;)
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Harry Potter (is that available for Kindle yet?)

    I just started Anna Karenina because the movie is coming out soon and it's quite good (and a free download).

    Les Miserables is one of my all-time favorites.

    Look me up on www.goodreads.com (rml_16). My whole list is there.
  • creech6317
    creech6317 Posts: 869 Member
    The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
    It is a really good read, it has vampires and history but it is more like a mystery. I really enjoyed it, it kept my attention all the way to the end.
  • lu136mickey
    lu136mickey Posts: 202
    I just finished the 50 shades trillogy last night, also did the hunger games awhile back, I need a new book for my kindle too what type of books do you like?
  • menletti
    menletti Posts: 96 Member
    Still Life With Crows by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

    Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

    100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

    Those are my favorites
  • missmorninglory
    missmorninglory Posts: 303
    Depends on what you like:

    Historical Fiction: Conn Iggulden "Emperor" series...it's about a fictional account laced with a lot of historical insight of the life and times of Julius Ceasar...love it
    Paulo Coelho "THe Alchemist" Will take some deep thought, be careful though...the book is a very simple read, you really have to dig deep to pull out some jems.
    Victor Villasenor "Rain of Gold" - My absolute altime favorite.

    Another vote for The Alchemist. Everyone should read it.
  • dannalison
    dannalison Posts: 3 Member
    Humor: :laugh:

    A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Walk_in_the_Woods

    Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal - Christopher Moore
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb:_The_Gospel_According_to_Biff,_Christ's_Childhood_Pal

    Both are "laugh-you-to-tears" funny.
  • lindalee0315
    lindalee0315 Posts: 527 Member
    Ohh...this is one of my favorite topics:

    *The Language of Flowers
    *Double-Bind (Fabulous and the ending will blow you away).
    *Witching Hour (Anne Rice, an oldie but a goodie)
    *Inconvenient Wife (another one where the ending will blow you away)
    *Defending Jacob
    *One Thousand White Women
    *The Descendants
    *What Alice Forgot (cute, lgihter reading, but still poignant)
    *Anything by Ann Patchett
    *Historian, Elizabeth Kostova (an "elegant" vampire book, fabulous)
    *We need to talk about Kevin
    *Sarah's Key
    *The Space Between Us

    And hundreds more.
  • SocWkrBee
    SocWkrBee Posts: 374
    I prefer to read "trash", LOL! Maybe check out the Dark Lover series by JR Ward?
  • lukeout007
    lukeout007 Posts: 1,237 Member
    Harry Potter (is that available for Kindle yet?)

    Yes and you get to read them for free if you have amazon prime :)

    I think I'm getting a kindle for my birthday on Sunday. Pretty excited for that...
  • CDMAGS
    CDMAGS Posts: 150 Member
    There is a book called No Excuses...Best book I have ever read. If you need help with motivation that is the book to read.
  • lindalee0315
    lindalee0315 Posts: 527 Member
    The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
    It is a really good read, it has vampires and history but it is more like a mystery. I really enjoyed it, it kept my attention all the way to the end.

    That's one on my favorite list too!
  • kace406
    kace406 Posts: 80 Member
    I'm all over the place with my reading tastes. I'll essentially read anything, so I'm loving all these suggestions.

    Some recent likes of mine include:
    World War Z - it's set up like a historical account of the Zombie apocalypse (there is a movie coming out with Brad Pitt)
    Game of Thrones series
    Anything by Jennifer Weiner - great chick lit

    Also, Jennifer Weiner on twitter keeps recommending a book called "I Couldn't Love you More", which I just put on my Kindle last night. She has praised it repeatedly.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    I agree... it does depend on what you like...


    I forgot I'm on the third book of the Emperor Series that SVCat mentioned... that's a good series... I personally like historical fiction the best... Though I do like PS I Love you and the Something Borrowed books (one of the only books I read before the movies came out)... White Rose Rebel by Janet Paisley is a good one... so is the Dalriada trilogy by Jules Watson... I also enjoyed The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Wier.

    edited for spelling
  • kace406
    kace406 Posts: 80 Member
    The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
    It is a really good read, it has vampires and history but it is more like a mystery. I really enjoyed it, it kept my attention all the way to the end.

    That's one on my favorite list too!

    So glad to see this! This book is on my bookshelf, but as yet unread. That'll be the next one I read.
  • Neequie
    Neequie Posts: 48
    ANYTHING by Mitch Albom. LIFE CHANGING. Seriously. My 2 favorites are Have a Little Faith, and The Five People You Meet In Heaven. And No, watching the movie is NOT the same! Keep in mind that although these books have a religious undertone (but I PROMISE they are not preachy!!) I am an Atheist, and I LOVE these books and read them repeatedly! Happy Reading! ;-)
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    Harry Potter (is that available for Kindle yet?)

    Yes and you get to read them for free if you have amazon prime :)

    I think I'm getting a kindle for my birthday on Sunday. Pretty excited for that...

    I might add, only if you have an actual kindle... having Prime and a kindle app on another device (such as the iPad) does not work.... I tried.
  • serenity216
    serenity216 Posts: 512 Member
    These Girls by Sarah Pekkanen. I have also heard good things about the book the Life of Pi.
  • 75Juniper
    75Juniper Posts: 376
    Anything by Jen Lancaster or Alice Hoffman.
  • josavage
    josavage Posts: 472 Member
    I'm all about crime and romance and I really like the books by Karin Slaughter. Read them in order starting with Blindsighted. Her newest book came out today and I can't wait to get it and see how the story progresses.
  • MsP90X
    MsP90X Posts: 1,053 Member
    In response to:

    SocWkrBee


    I prefer to read "trash", LOL! Maybe check out the Dark Lover series by JR Ward?
    _________________________________________________________________

    me too... these days anyway ;) Check out my recommendations earlier in this post.

    ****edited to add quote
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    I'm all about crime and romance and I really like the books by Karin Slaughter. Read them in order starting with Blindsighted. Her newest book came out today and I can't wait to get it and see how the story progresses.

    I literally (heh heh) just plowed through the grant county series- I see that the new book combines Sara Linton and some of her other series characters- Do you know if you need to read the other series first?
  • majones_orl
    majones_orl Posts: 195 Member
    Not sure if you are aware, but you can get kindle books from you local libraries.
    All you need is a library card (kow your passcode), and home computer.
    Great feature.
  • ErinBeth7
    ErinBeth7 Posts: 1,625 Member
    Water for Elephants
    The Raising by Laura Kasischke
    any book by Linda Lael Miller
    A Painted House by John Grisham (so good!)
  • majones_orl
    majones_orl Posts: 195 Member
    I'm all about crime and romance and I really like the books by Karin Slaughter. Read them in order starting with Blindsighted. Her newest book came out today and I can't wait to get it and see how the story progresses.

    I literally (heh heh) just plowed through the grant county series- I see that the new book combines Sara Linton and some of her other series characters- Do you know if you need to read the other series first?

    I think Will is the more central character in this one. They are gradually building he and Sara's realtionship. I miss Jeffery.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    Not sure if you are aware, but you can get kindle books from you local libraries.
    All you need is a library card (kow your passcode), and home computer.
    Great feature.

    That's how I am reading the Game of Thrones series and the Emperor series... I love it! and you can read kindle books for free on your ipad this way... :-D
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    If you're up for some humor and like biographies..."I Am Ozzy" is one of the funniest books I've ever read.

    I didn't read through what else was mentioned, but in the last year I really loved "Water for Elephants", "The Help"

    Other good fun authors are the "One for the Money" series by Janet Evanovich (light, laugh-out-loud funny reading and there are 18 of them so far, I believe).

    Michael Connelly -"Lincoln Lawyer" (and pretty much everything else he's written).

    Oh, and "Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson (I think its considered fiction but is based on historical acccounts of the Chicago Worlds Fair and a serial killer in Chicago at the same time). Really good read!
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