Recommend a book

[wilted_orchid]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Deepwoods and it's NOT a children's book.

Oh my god, I just Nostalgia'd SO MUCH. I loved that series, except I never got round to reading two of the books.
OT: The Necronomicon by H.P. Lovecraft.
On The Beach. You'd be quite hard pressed to find this one, it's old and not being printed anymore I think.
EDIT:

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

They're all phenomenal in their own individual ways.

YES, I cried when

Spoiler

The bomb(s?) dropped and most of the people died.

That was a phenomenal book.

Beyond The Deepwoods made my life as a kid! I read that series over and over and over ^_^

I sobbed my heart out at that part of The Book Thief, too although I think I may've cried just as much when,

Spoiler: *sniffles*

The Banderbear died in Beyond The Deepwoods =[

 

[Nimbus]

Anything by Garth Nix. Particularly the Abhorsen/Old Kingdom series.

 

[falcon1985]

And older book called "Red Storm Rising" by Tom Clancy.

It tells the story of political and military maneuvering by NATO and the former USSR, culminating in the outbreak of WW3, fought in the atlantic theatre conventionaly, no nukes. What makes this book stand out in my oppinion is the total lack of favoritism by the author towards either NATO or the Soviets. It is told as if it realy could have happend like that. No all defeating single heroes, just WW3 told from both sides of the line. Epic book.

 

[Hybridwolf]

The old man and Mr smith was a fantastic book for me. It's about how God and the devil meet up again, and explore the world. It really just describes how various nations operate in the handling of God and the Devil and the whole thing feels slightly sinister, poking fun at the orignization of our modern system, for example, America trying to arrest them, and Russia treating them like delagtes from a unknown state. That or Chris Ryan books. Ignore the fact that eveyone has a sex scene in it, and it's good dramatic stuff.

 

[NimbleJack3]

I'm going with Snow Crash. It makes pizza delivery sound like bloodsport.

 

[Darth Pope]

The series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin!

Read them NOW!

This. Start with A Game of Thrones. Martin's books are the best fantasy novels since Tolkien. There only real flaws are the brain power it takes to read them and Martin's case of chronic publication delay.

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[Tiny1337]

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.

 

[Motiv_]

Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers.

 

[martin's a madman]

Watchmen:Alan Moore. An alternate 1985 where the USSR and USA are on the brink of nuclear war. Masked adventurers have become quite common in society until a law bans the masked heroes. It is a graphic novel but very profound and intelligent. The Plot deals with moral ambiguity, the greater good vs justice, philosophical differences, time, and features characters so real and complex that you feel as if you have spoken to them.

V for Vendetta: Alan Moore. An alternate 1997 (although written in the 80's) It is about a post nuclear war England that had survived by removing American missles from the country. This book, like Watchmen is profound. It deals with anarchy, heroism, culture, and has a healthy dosage of philosophy related sub plots. These two books helped change my opinion on Graphic novels. The addition of pictures does not make the book less intelligent by any means. These two graphic novels are shining examples.

Atlas Shrugged: Ann Rand. I am currently reading through this and so far it is a really good book. It help Rand develop a larger following for her objectivist philosophy and the plot deals with the world moving further and further into socialism (So far) and it does a good job of demonising the enemies of her view while convincing you of her own.

 

[Blackadder51]

Ice Station by Matthew Reilly

Its a good action book, with many plot twists and an interesting/original story.

 

[723N]

I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert

Loved that one.

The most recent book I read was The Chocolate War for school. It would've been a lot better if they didn't

Spoiler

jerk off every 10 pages

though.

 

[Fenring]

DUNE!!1! Most of the Stephan King books that have been made into movies are good too.

 

[letsnoobtehpwns]

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

The Pendragon series

The Perceus Jackson series

 

[Joshimodo]

Lord of the Flies.

 

[lukemdizzle]

Grendel by john gardner

it is a great contrast to straight forward stories of heroism and effectively develops and makes the reader extremely sympathetic to a character who is on the surface is an extremely one dimensional, generic villain. it also has some interesting existential philosophy seeded into its undertones that presents a perspective on existence that is not normally thought of but is still understandable and convinsing.

 

[LaBambaMan]

G.J. Mayer's "A World Undone: The Story of the Great War 1914-1918"

Best book about the Great War i've ever read.

 

[723N]

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

Absolutely loved that book. Masterpiece. It shares so many simulaities to the modern world it's scary.

 

[The_Echo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Deepwoods and it's NOT a children's book.

I found it to be a lot like a children's fantasy book. Though a lot more... er... boring. I stopped in the middle of Curse of the Gloamglozer. I just couldn't get into it.

 

[Jinxzy]

The Zombie Survival Guide

Written by Max Brooks in 2003 this books is a tongue-in-cheek manual on how to survive a potential zombie threat. The book is quite immersive and after the 40 page you will have the sudden urge to buy that machette "just in case". The last pages of the book are blank and the author has already filled out an example of what should be in them, and that is any movement in the zombie situation, a covered up news report, strange quarantine because of a virus and horrible slaugters in small cities. The book is about 270 pages and is the most entertaining read that I and probably you, will ever read. The book does not joke around about the zombie apocalypse, the fourth wall is never broken and there is even "solid" historical evidence at the end of the book. The book was published I believe by Three Rivers Press.

By the way, I just wrote that by memory, I have read the wiki article many times and have memorised it.

There is also World War Z. Written by the same person they seem to go in pair. The book is basically a fictional story about zombies taking over.