tell me your favorite books/GREAT read books [look inside]?

You sound as though you would absolutely love anything by John Irving. He's far and away my favourite writer.

You're getting a lot of good suggestions. I like your question though, so I'm going to throw out a few more. A Canticle for Leibowitz ~ Walter M. Miller The Handmaid's Tale (and others) ~ Margaret Atwood The Stars My Destination ~ Alfred Bester All the Kings Men ~ Robert Penn Warren The U.S.A. Trilogy ~ John Dos Passos Babbitt ~ Sinclair Lewis One Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich ~ Alexander Solzhenitzyn Atlas Shrugged ~ Ayn Rand A Bonfire of the Vanities ~ Tom Wolfe Alas Babylon ~ Pat Frank Triumph ~ John Kenneth Galbraith The Mouse That Roared ~ Leonard Wibberley Another Roadside Attraction ~ Tom Robbins For Whom the Bell Tolls ~ Ernest Hemingway In Cold Blood ~ Truman Capote Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee ~ Dee Brown This may look like a really random list but it actually isn't. I think you'd find a lot here to interest you. Good luck with your search.

Does Adan V mean The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer? It's SciFi, so not really "real life," but it's VERY good, and the main character definitely goes through some trying ordeals - prejudice, betrayal, people trying to kill him, those kind of things. It deals with some big issues, too. The books you said you like are all for adults, and this is YA, so you might not like it, but the only difference, when it comes to this particular book, is that there isn't swearing or dirty stuff and the book mostly focuses on the main character's adolescence, with some childhood and no adult years.

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I haven't read the books you have listed but you should get one of books from the "my story" series the are the diaries of people who have actually been through thing like world wars, earthquakes or Sport fights againsts countries.

My personal favorite "earthquake" I don't know by who but you could use the computer and search "my story, earthquakes" I am sure it will come up with something.

Hope this info helps =)

Man, somebody got their read on...I agree with 8 track..John Irving is fantastic. Cider House Rules is one of my favorite books, along with The 4th Hand. You may also enjoy The Memory Keeper's Daughter and The Good Earth by Pearl Buck.

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the lovely bones- alice sebold

a fourteen year old girl gets raped and killed. she watches everybody else's life go on from heaven. takes place in 70's/80's

my sister's keeper- jodi picoult

kate has cancer, and anna is born just for kate to live. anna holds a trial against her parents for her rights to her own body. tells the story from all characters point of view.

the pact- jodi picoult

love story of two teens who have known eachother forever. emily [the girl] is murdered, and chris [the boy] was the last with her. very good :]

those are my favorites, including twilight, but im not sure if you'll like twilight very much. i cant see how people dont like it.

edit: and some of my other favorites [not sure if they are real life expirences, but they seem very real]

perfect, bounce, and lush by natasha friend

lush was my favorite!

very good books.

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

The World According to Garp by John Irving

Two of the best books ever written, loved by people of different tastes.

I'll give another vote for John Irving. A Prayer for Owen Meany is my favorite by him. Definitely interesting story lines. If you like depression, most of his characters are psychologically damaged in some way or another.

the best book i have ever read is My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult it is about a 13 year old girl suing her parents for medical rights becasue she was made to be a donor for her sister with cancer and there is a twist in the end u should check it out they are also making it into a movie nex year