Can you recommend a book?

[lit_lover]

Hey everyone,

ok, so i enjoy reading immensely, and i am looking for an interesting book that i would really like. My favorite books are Pride and Prejudice, The Catcher in The Rye, and Wuthering Heights. Can someone think of any books you think I would like?

Thanks a lot!

[Blaziken_lover0]

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

[Blaziken_lover0]

Also, Eragon, by Cristopher Paolini is a great book.

[livelaughlove]

Have you read Jane Eyre? I would recommend that one based on what you say your favorites are. If you liked Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering Heights, I'm betting you would enjoy Jane Eyre as well.

[kathycf]

You might also like Emma by Jane Austen. I thought it was cute, but some people think the heroine is irritating.

You don't mention other genres of books that you like, but you might be interested in some novels by Agatha Christie and/or Dorothy Sayers. They are mysteries, with many of them written in the 1920's 30's and 40's.

*edit*
For something more modern and pure escapist fun fluff, you might want to check out the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich.

[Schokokeks]

I deduce you're into Romantic/Victorian novels ? If so, you should try Vanity Fair by William M. Thackeray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thackeray) for a more ironic witty portrait of two women's lives at that time.

And, once you've read Jane Eyre, you could try the more modern Wide Saragossa Sea by Jean Rhys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Rhys), which builds on Charlotte Bronte's.

Furthermore, if you're in a mood for women's stories, I would also recommend The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Hawthorne), which is very interesting, short, and readable. It is set in Puritan times, and you could compare how women were treated then with the treatment of women in Jane Austen's times :nod:.

In case you're more in a mood for society portraits, you might enjoy the novels by the French Honoré De Balzac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balzac). Whereas the Bronte sisters' novels are rather placed with the upper class, Balzac takes the lower classes of Paris into account for contrast. I enjoyed Splendeurs et Misères des Coutisanes the most, translated either as The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans or as The Harlot High and Low.

Happy reading :) !

[EAP]

Try Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.

[raidie-raid]

i don't know if it'd be your thing but i loved jonathan strange and mr norell it's kind of fantasy but i find that a lot of fantasy books are like victorian novels but maybe thats just me!!

also try some gothic horrors like frankenstein and dracula i had to read them for college they wouldn't be my usual but it was an interesting change.

[dramasnot6]

I love all those books as well! Maybe try...

Sense and Sensibility also by Jane Austen

Daisy Miller by Henry James

[the Last 13]

the Scarlett Letter.....have to agree with that one.....

and the Tomorrow Series by John Marsden...... ( I recommend them to everyone)

[Jetxa]

I'm thinking you might like The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland.

http://www.svreeland.com/artem.html

Oh, cathycf, love your avatar. Is that a tile?

[livelaughlove]

Ooh, Scarlet Letter! I can't believe I forgot that one! Yes, SL is a must as well--- I think it is absolutely brilliant. Another one that I found fascinating but not very well known was Mark Twain's Mysterious Stranger.

[andave_ya]

Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte, Charlotte Bronte's sister. It's like Jane Eyre, but the story isn't at all dark.

[kathycf]

Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte, Charlotte Bronte's sister. It's like Jane Eyre, but the story isn't at all dark.
Interesting, although the recommendation was meant for another I will try that one for myself. :D


I'm thinking you might like The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland.

http://www.svreeland.com/artem.html

Oh, cathycf, love your avatar. Is that a tile?
Oh, thank you. Actually, yes it is a tile. Art deco. I mentioned it in this thread (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showpost.php?p=320179&postcount=393)here.
All handmade tiles, very pretty. :)

[Jetxa]

Deleted post. Sorry!

[Yelena]

I would recommend The Alcemist by Paolo Coelho. I think its one of the best books ever written!

[Aelend]

Depending on your favorite genre I would reccomend War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy as a great novel about Russian society. If you are interested in a short fairly simple read, you might like Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Patterson a story about a set of twins in which one is highly favored over the other and is about the jealousy of the neglected twin. If you are into fantasy at all...., you might like the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind about the struggle of a young man to find out who he truly is. I would also reccomend Agatha Christie for a mystery author, but another really good mystery author that I like is P. C. Doherty who writes historical mystery.
These are just a few ideas!!!

[lit_lover]

Wow everyone, thanks for all of the great recommendations! I have quite a long book list now. :D

[zigzig20s]

I would definitely recommend Youth by JM Coetzee. Unfairly overlooked. It's about a young writer's conundrum - very inspiring to anyone who's interested in the act of writing.

[Laindessiel]

I.ve never heard of anyone who didn't like The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. I am hell sure you're gonna like it.