Books You Always Meant to Read.

[Thoughtmix]

I am thinking of trying the Harry Potter series. I don't really like young reader stuff but I hear those books are pretty amazing and just might be worth my time.

[Dan]

Thoughtmix wrote: "I am thinking of trying the Harry Potter series. I don't really like young reader stuff but I hear those books are pretty amazing and just might be worth my time."

The Harry Potter series is great. The first couple of books are more young reader, but they "mature" as the series goes on and become more adult.

[Marissa]

What is LOTR??

[Deborah]

Ulysses. Started twice, once with a reading group. Never got past p. 46. It's GOT to happen eventually. Bloomsday 2013!

[Dan]

Marissa wrote: "What is LOTR??"

I believe it stands for Lord of the Rings, which is a great trilogy.

[HZar]

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[Andrew]

Vardan wrote: "Dune"

This is SO worth reading; one of my favorite sci-fi books of all time.

[Marissa]

Thanks for clarifying that Dan. Glad I'm in the loop now.

[Megan]

Thoughtmix wrote: "I am thinking of trying the Harry Potter series. I don't really like young reader stuff but I hear those books are pretty amazing and just might be worth my time."

They are really great. I still read them now at 24. I'd say they're more for everyone rather than the youngsters. There's a lot of humor in them that still make me laugh out loud. She's a really great writer.

[Megan]

Amy wrote: "Everyone MUST read Harry Potter! Idk how you didn't already! This goes for perks too!

And I really want to read Anne Rice- Interview with a vampire, vampire lestat, queen of the dammed, ect. I lov..."

The Anne Rice books are great! I think I over did it with the vampires one summer. I read up to Queen of the Damned in that series then got sick of em. I have a few others of hers that I'm planning on reading. It's been a couple years, so I think I can get back into em!

[Megan]

Laura wrote: "Chastine wrote: "I really wanna try to read Classics. Any Classics. First I wanna start with To Kill a Mockingbird, Pride and Prejudice, Tale of Two Cities, etc.."

Pride and Prejuice is an amazing..."

Pride and Prejudice was so boring I wanted to die. I never finished it. I don't think classics are for me.

[Alex]

Jane-Mary wrote: "Megan wrote:
Pride and Prejudice was so boring I wanted to die. I never finished it.

Megan, I admire your courage to admit this. I thought I was the only one who could not read Pride and Prejudi..."

Oh my god I started this book on summer holidays 2011 because I thought it would be a light and easy read but it bored me to death. Put it away after like the first 50 pages. Although I have to admit my English has improved a LOT since then (I'm not a native speaker) and I think it might partly have been because of language difficulties. I really mean to give it another try sometime soon, especially because I started watching and loving The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and I'm very curious to find out whether I'll like it better this time!

[Christina]

- The Perks of Being A Wallflower
- Looking for Alaska
- The Time Travelers Wife
- The Litigators

[Melissa]

Megan wrote: "Laura wrote: "Chastine wrote: "I really wanna try to read Classics. Any Classics. First I wanna start with To Kill a Mockingbird, Pride and Prejudice, Tale of Two Cities, etc.."

Pride and Prejuice..."

P&P was sooooo boring to me too! I finished it and was glad when it was over!

[Melissa]

Tone wrote: "I have always meant to read the Kite Runner and Percy Jackson, but I ahve never come that far..."

I really liked the Kite Runner. Hope you decide to read it !

[Joanne Farley]

Wow mine is LOTR as well. I just cannot seem to get past the first few pages. I think it might be time for me to move on! I also want to read all of Jane Austen I have read the standard ones but I really want to give the others a try.

[Carla]

Andrew wrote: "Vardan wrote: "Dune"

This is SO worth reading; one of my favorite sci-fi books of all time."

Dune was sooooooo hard. My hubbie LOVED it. I just couldn't. I can see it's amazing but I couldn't read it. It melted my fragile brain.

[Carla]

Alex wrote: "Jane-Mary wrote: "Megan wrote:
Pride and Prejudice was so boring I wanted to die. I never finished it.

Megan, I admire your courage to admit this. I thought I was the only one who could not read..."

Don't ever try A Room With A View. I loved it, but even more slow than Austen. Now, I love Austen. But it is no weekend read for sure!

[Deborah]

Thoughtmix wrote: "I am thinking of trying the Harry Potter series. I don't really like young reader stuff but I hear those books are pretty amazing and just might be worth my time."

Honestly? First and second books can be replaced with movies. I would argue the third one as well, but I have quite a few friends who disagree with me on that. The fourth book is where she masters climax building, so it's worth the read. Book 5 is a bit overwritten (it's the only one I put down then picked up later), which she recognized by the last two books.

Books 6 and 7 are masterpieces and well worth multiple readings. They are fantastic.

[Paula]

Tina wrote: "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson and Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami"

Norwegian Wood is great! I read it a few years ago and I loved it.

[Paula]

Darren wrote: "-The Picture of Dorian Gray
-Les Miserables
-Dante's Divine Comedy
-Shakespeare's plays
-Coelho's novels
... and such as."

I'm always meaning to read les miz too, but as soon as I see it on the shelf wiht its 1000 pages, I give up before picking it up...

[Laura]

Deborah wrote: "Honestly? First and second books can be replaced with movies. I would argue the third one as well, but I have quite a few friends who disagree with me on that. "

I'm going to disagree too! I like the Harry Potter movies okay, but they are nowhere near as good as the books. There are so many smaller plots and great details left out of the movies. And since the first three HP books are short, they are very easy, quick reads. I completely second the person who said everyone should read Harry Potter!!

For me, I need to give Jane Eyre a shot. I sorta read it for a class once and I hated it. But I feel like I need to give it a fair chance and read it again. I know so many people who adore it!

Also, Gone with the Wind. Seen the movie, of course, but hear the book is amazing too!

[Ginny]

Raul wrote: "To Kill A mockingbird, Fried Green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe, the color purple, the pigman"

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a wonderful book, and better than the movie. My mama always told me that if I like that one, I would like

. But I haven't got around to it yet.

[Rebecca]

Paula wrote: "Darren wrote: "-The Picture of Dorian Gray
-Les Miserables
-Dante's Divine Comedy
-Shakespeare's plays
-Coelho's novels
... and such as."

I'm always meaning to read les miz too, but as soon as I s..."

If you want to read a Paul Coelho book try 'The Devil and Miss Prym.' It's short but it sure packs a punch. He has such insight on the vagaries of human nature.

[chvang]

To Kill a Mockingbird

Hemingway's stuff

That one book about wry baseball players.

Prenup.

All those stuff by Michael Chabon; and Bill Bryson; Malcolm Gladwell (except for Outliers and the first third of Blink; both were stolen on the bus)

Every book on my Kindle, except for 14 novellas and books

Meditations by Aurelius

Siddhartha

Dorian Grey

Jane Austen

the Brontes, except for Jane Eyre, which I love

[Jassy]

every book of Stephen King and The Lord of the Rings.
and so many other books which I now own on my E-Reader ^^

[Sarah]

Dante's Divine Comedy
Northanger Abby (the only Austen I haven't read)
The Scarlet Letter
Catcher in the Rye
Hitchhiker Series
and many more.

[Jessica]

If I EVER finish "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace, I will consider myself well-read. The book is intimidating. Length, argh! 8 million characters and foot-notes. Footnotes! Anybody truly finish this tome?

[Rachael]

Francesca-mae wrote: "I feel so bad for never reading anything by Terry Pratchett. I constantly get told to read the discworld books, but, I feel like I would be so far behind, and sadly, that puts me off.

I once star..."

Ahh me too. I've read 'Maurice and his Educated rodents' but that was a stand alone novel, but I really want to read the Discworld series too. I think I tried reading Hitch hikers when I was really young, so couldn't get into it, but I want to try again now.
I also feel like I should read Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility, but Mansfield Park put me off Austen. I also have Emma lying around.

[Niamh225]

Francesca-mae wrote: "I feel so bad for never reading anything by Terry Pratchett. I constantly get told to read the discworld books, but, I feel like I would be so far behind, and sadly, that puts me off."

I wouldn't be put off by 'being behind'. Yes, the more of them you've read the more connections you see across books, but they are written as stand alone books. Try
or . They're both fairly early and introduce some of the best characters of Discworld.

[Rebecca]

I would encourage everyone to read Sharon Kay Penman, she is an exceptional author. I loved her Welsh trilogy starting with 'Here Be Dragons' then 'Falls the Shadow' and the last 'The Reckoning.' They are simply brilliant.

[Melissa]

Chang wrote: "To Kill a Mockingbird

Hemingway's stuff

That one book about wry baseball players.

Prenup.

All those stuff by Michael Chabon; and Bill Bryson; Malcolm Gladwell (except for Outliers and the first..."

Bill Bryson's books are fantastic - interesting and funny. I highly recommend.

[Keeya]

Books I've always meant to read are Gone With The Wind, at least one Nicholas Sparks book, The Great Gatsby, & Jane Eyre! Hopefully I'll get around to these books this year. (:

[Laura]

There are so many books I've always meant to read - Gone with the Wind, Little Women, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and so many more.

I really want to read Jane Eyre though. I read it once for school, and hated it, but I think that might have been because of the school component. I know so many people who love that book, and I'd like to give it another try.

[Ivana]

LOTR definitrly. I love the movies, but have never actually read books.

[Mary]

Les Miserables. I know I've read lengthy books before, like Watership Down, the Harry Potter series, and Anna Karenina, but I don't know. I seem to shy away from Les Miserables.

[J.L.]

I started on Les Miserables and I must admit I'm having a hard time hanging in there. I've heard that if you can make it past the first chapter (which is the story of Myriel, the bishop of Digne) then the story picks up and gets more interesting.

[Mary]

Laura wrote: "There are so many books I've always meant to read - Gone with the Wind, Little Women, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and so many more.

I really want to read Jane Eyre though. I read it once for school..."

I totally recommend Little Women, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and Jane Eyre. Haven't read Gone with the Wind. With Jane Eyre, I feel she's one of the most admirable female characters. She may be poor, but she stands her own ground. She's no helpless martyr.

[Camelia]

*Harry Potter series
*Love in the time of cholera-Gabriel Garcia Marquez
*The notebook-Nicholas Sparks
*Maitreyi-Mircea Eliade(romanian literature)
*Mirona-Cella Serghi
I didn't read The Hobbit and The Silmarillion but i have the books on my personal library.I don't know why I'm not very excited to read them..I enjoyed very much Lord of the Rings(movies) I want to read the books :D

[Rahul]

Camelia wrote: "*Harry Potter series
*Love in the time of cholera-Gabriel Garcia Marquez
*The notebook-Nicholas Sparks
*Maitreyi-Mircea Eliade(romanian literature)
*Mirona-Cella Serghi
I didn't read The Hobbit and..."

Lord of the Rings is an amazingly well written world(cant call it a book). Its movies are the only ones that can have said to justify the book.
I cannot say the same for Harry Potter. The books are excellent. The movies...ugh.

[Camelia]

Well..i'm agree with you. i enjoyed the books more than the movies:D

[Jolene]

The Southern Vampire Series (aka The Sookie Stackhouse novels) - Charlaine Harris
Fifty Shades darker & Fifty shades freed - E.L. James
The Vampire Diaries - L.J. Smith
The Chemical Garden Trilogy - Lauren Destefano
Fallen series - Lauren Kate
The lying game- Sara Shepard
Hush Hush Hush- Becca Fitzpatrick

[Robin]

I'm such a Stephen King fan and have read tons of his books, except probably the most critically-acclaimed of his novels, The Stand. I have GOT to read that!

[Tom]

The Road. Everyone who's read it seems to love it but I keep forgetting to download it!