recommend me some books please

The Call of the Wild

East of Eden

A Spell for Chameleon 

Animal Farm, Ender's Game, and maybe davinci codeProobie44

Yes. the first book in the Ender series rocked. Forget the rest.

The best fantasy books ever written are not the Lord of the Rings books.  There exists a set of books that literally re-defines contemporary fantasy.

George R. R. Martin's, A Song of Ice and Fire

1. A Game of Thrones
2. A Clash of Kings
3. A Storm of Swords
4. A Feast for Crows

 

I can't desribe how much this series completely trumps series like Harry Potter, Salvatore, and the Wheel of Time in terms of depth, complexity, humor (the books are hilarious), and creativity. 

Easily the best fantasy written in the last 20 years.  If you want a very gritty, adult-themed, novel that isn't afraid to inject themes that should be in fantasy, go for it.  You won't find better. 

 

 

FoamingPanda

Its not hard to be better then Salvator, the guy pumps out a book a month, no exageration.

[QUOTE="Proobie44"]Animal Farm, Ender's Game, and maybe davinci codeTravo_basic

Yes. the first book in the Ender series rocked. Forget the rest.

Agreed

The best fantasy books ever written are not the Lord of the Rings books.  There exists a set of books that literally re-defines contemporary fantasy.

George R. R. Martin's, A Song of Ice and Fire

1. A Game of Thrones
2. A Clash of Kings
3. A Storm of Swords
4. A Feast for Crows

 

I can't desribe how much this series completely trumps series like Harry Potter, Salvatore, and the Wheel of Time in terms of depth, complexity, humor (the books are hilarious), and creativity. 

Easily the best fantasy written in the last 20 years.  If you want a very gritty, adult-themed, novel that isn't afraid to inject themes that should be in fantasy, go for it.  You won't find better. 

 

 

FoamingPanda

The Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz is awesome, LOTR is a must, the dark tower series by Stephen King is very good.Guitarking411

Thank God someone else here knows about Odd Thomas!

The first book, Odd Thomas, is easily the best book I have ever read! The characters, especially Odd himself, are all very cool and entertaining. On top of that, the writing is great, and the story will keep you guessing!

The 2nd book, Forever Odd wasn't that great, but still worth the read.

I definitely like the 3rd book, Brother Odd, better than the 2nd, allthough I seriously doubt anything could compare to the 1st.

Oh and I must vouch for the Harry Potter series. The series just gets better and better (except I happen to like the 3rd book better than the 4th) and it has become much darker which has added to the quality of the books. The books do an excellent job of sucking you into thier world, which is probably why I like them so much! 

Why is the Harry Potter series that... highly rated?

 It's good but it's still aimed at a younger age, e.g the sophistication of it is.. minimal. I'm not saying it's bad, no by no means, but for an older audience there are better books (in my opinion).

Vfanek

More than half of GS is 12-15. What the hell were you expecting?

Alphabet of Manliness, by Maddox.CRS98

Very good book, another one would be The Zombie survival guide, by max brooks.

If you are looking for some great fantasy books, check out http://www.bestfantasybooks.com/. It's pretty much the best website you can go to get an idea about what fantasy books to read. The author has some really good fantasy book recommendation lists there.

Also, if you want to find the best science fiction books, check out http://www.bestfantasybooks.com/top10_sciencefiction.htm for a good idea.

I personally recommend George Martin's A Game of Thrones for one of the best fantasy books out there. And you can't go wrong with Fran Herbert's Dune as far as science fiction goes.

Hope that helps

Jeff

You should try Ender's Game and it's sequels. The Discworld novels are always good as are the Edge Chronicles.AnObscureName

I remember reading Ender's game in grade 10 that was such a good book, but I would also suggest reading the Watch series (The Night Watch, The Day Watch, The Twilight Watch) its by Sergei Lukyanenko, the book was originally made in Russian so there are a couple translation mistakes but its a really good book.