I love to read... it keeps my mind open, and I can kill time easily if I just read. There's one book that I can just read over and over again, because it was the first book that got me into reading, and that book is 'The Outsiders'. I used to hate reading in Junior High, but now I can read anytime I want if I have a good book with me.
I like to read, but I never seem to have time for it anymore. I'll go to check it out. Oh, and it should actually be The Outsiders not "The Outsiders" if it's a novel. That's me nitpicking.
Fantasy: The Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis* The Sword of Shannara (just the first book, the rest are repetetive) - Terry Brooks* The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien * The Enchanted Forest Chronicles - Patricia C. Wrede* A Song of Ice and Fire series - George R R Martin***** The Wheel of Time Series - Robert Jordan*** Artemis Fowl series - Eoin Colfer** Transall Saga - Gary Paulsen* Harry Potter series - JK Rowling* Sci-fi: Dune series - Frank Herbert*** Fiction: Ballantyne series - Wilbur Smith**** Courtney series - Wilbur Smith**** The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown** Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy*** To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee** The Power of One - Bryce Courtney** Catch-22 - Joseph Heller** For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway** Great Expectations - Charles Dickens** Lots of these books are very graphic in sexual and violent content. I have flagged those with star system. 1 star being good for children, 5 stars being sickening to some adults. All these authors have many other amazing books, so if you like their book I would recommend reading more.
Do not say Tom Clancy is a good read! he writes like a dyslexic child who was beaten severely by his veteran father, I used to read the harry potter books, in all honesty she has some writing talent, but the books are cringe worthy, also if you decide to read lord of the rings read the hobbit first, then read the trilogy, afterwards if you love the books read the silmarillion. I used to dislike reading too, but its more involving than TV. Look into these books, HP Lovecraft - Dagon (rustic horror but hes an awesome writer) Irvine Welsh - either trainspotting or acid house Phillp K. Dick - do androids dream of electric sheep and A scanner darkly are good reads too. browse your local bookstore, read synopsis's on the back of books and take your time
If you're into sci-fi, read: Dune - Frank Herbert Foundation Series - Issac Asimov Prelude to Foundation Forward the Foundation Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation Foundation's Edge Foundation and Earth Robot Series - Issac Asimov I, Robot The Caves of Steel The Naked Sun The Robots of Dawn The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams (Yes, the foundation series is 7 books long, and it's worth reading every single one, but the Robot series are set in the same world millions of years before the Foundation series, so you have to read all the books to get the full effect) But I had to read and re-read The Giver in junior high school, so I guess I should put that up.
Reading your list of Fantasy books I think you'd rather enjoy The Earthsea Series by Ursula K. Le Guin I don't recall how many books are in the series but they were all quite decent if I remember correctly. Also, read The Other Wind, which is also by the same author, its actually sort of part of the series but by a technicality is not. Please do check up on the spelling of her name because I feel like I mispelled it, but my internet is acting kind of wacky tonight so I can't really make sure of any of this information. This is all just from memory. I'll update this at a later time when my internet is less troublesome.
I've read I think all books related to middle earth, read Lord of the Rings twice actualy ^^ atm reading books of david hewson, done with The Sacred Cut now reading The Villa of Mysteries
LeGuin is one word, otherwise you got it right I enjoy Michael Crichton books, but they have a lot of science and are very wordy. You don't have to be science savvy to enjoy and understand them, but you do need to like reading about science. I'd like to read more of his books, but I have no time. I can personally recommend Timeline as a good book to read though. Ted Dekker writes good and informative books too, but if you're not Christian then you need to be choosy on which ones you buy. Some of them are secular, others are outright Christian. My favorite series of his is The Circle trilogy. Blink is a good one too, but I think that one had obvious Christianity thrown in it, so... if you don't like that stuff... Yeah. And Tom Clancy is a great author, it's just that his books aren't for everyone. They're very descriptive and can get a little boring, but he explains everything clearly. I read some of his Net Force series and it wasn't bad (until it got a little explicit for me...) and read Rainbow Six. A bit slow and not as good as his Net Force books, but it was interesting as well.
Yeah I do like it I have just never got around to reading more than the first few chapters. I have been branching out of fantasy lately and have a few "first books" to read. Including: The Fionavar Tapestry - Guy Gavriel Kay Earthsea Cycle - Ursula K Le Guin The Belgariad - David Eddings Shadowmarch - Tad Williams Mistborn series - Brandon Sanderson (mostly because he is writing 'A Memory of Light' and I want to see if he is any good.)
Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park Is still my favourite book, I'm a big fan of the film but the book blows it out of the water. Great writer.
