Looking for books to Read!!!!!?

Hi! So I'm a total sucker for romance novels, and these are some of my favorites:

Lets see...you like ghost stories? I recommend A Certain Slant of Light by Lauren Whitcomb.

Fairies? Maybe you'll like the Tattoo Faeries series by Melissa Marr.

Or maybe fallen angels? Check out Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick. It's awesome! It's my favorite book of the year. It's full of mystery from the first page 'til the end. Or maybe Fallen by Lauren Kate, it's good too.

Do you like werewolves? I recommend Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater.

Are you into spies and secret agents? Read The Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter.

PS, You can check out the authors' websites for more information.

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Three of my favorite books:

1) HUSH, HUSH by Becca Fitzpatrick: This book is full of mystery from the first page 'til the end! It's about fallen angels, but don't worry, it's anything but religious.

2) THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins: This one is packed with action. Not to mention, EVERY single chapter ends with a cliffhanger so you won't be able to stop reading. I know I wasn't.

3) STOLEN by Lucy Christopher:

Summary: "Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. This wild and desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book, so vividly is it described. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype. He is young, fit and completely gorgeous. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning. He loves only her, wants only her. Under the hot glare of the Australian sun, cut off from the world outside, can the force of his love make Gemma love him back? The story takes the form of a letter, written by Gemma to Ty, reflecting on those strange and disturbing months in the outback. Months when the lines between love and obsession, and love and dependency, blur until they don't exist - almost."

I just started reading this book and it's just PERFECT, really. Seriously, you'll LOVE this novel. It's written in the form of a letter from Gemma to her captor, Ty. This one will pull you in from the first paragraph:

"You saw me before I saw you. In the airport, that day in August, you had that look in your eyes, as though you wanted something from me, as though you'd wanted it for a long time. No one had ever looked at me like that before, with that kind of intensity. It unsettled me, surprised me I guess. Those blue, blue eyes, icy blue, looking back at me as if I could warm them up. They're pretty powerful, you know, those eyes, pretty beautiful too. You blinked quickly when I looked at you, and turned away, as if you were nervous . . . as if you felt guilty because you'd just been checking out some random girl in an airport. But I wasn't random, was I? And it was a good act. I fell for it. It's funny, but I always thought I could trust blue eyes. I thought they were safe somehow. All the good guys have baby blues. The dark eyes are for the villains . . . the Grim Reaper, the Joker, zombies. All dark."

Anyway, hope I helped and happy reading!

~Nina

BIOGRAPHIES/AUTO/MEMOIRS

Autobiography Of A Wardrobe: a memoir - Elizabeth Kendall

Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire – Amanda Foreman

Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette – Carolly Erickson

CHILDREN

A Hundred Dresses – Eleanor Estes

A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle

Fairy Tales - Hans Christian Andersen

Graceling – Kristin Cashore

Pippi Longstocking - Astrid Lindgren

The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett

The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen - Alan Garner

Tiger Rising – Kate DiCamillo

Woman In The Wall – Patrice Kindl

CLASSICS

A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens

Animal Farm - George Orwell

Cheri and the Last of Cheri - Colette

Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell

Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day – Winifred Watson

Nobody's Boy - Hector Malot

The Moonstone: a Romance - Wilkie Collins

Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray

COMEDY

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: #5- Jeff Kinney

Sleeping With The Fishes – MaryJanice Davidson

Undead Series – MaryJanice Davidson

CRIME/MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/ACTION/THRILLER

A.B.C. Murders – Agatha Christie

Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon

Towards Zero – Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

DRAMA

A reliable wife : a novel - Robert Goolrick

Fallout – Ellen Hopkins(2010)

How to Be Good - Nick Hornby

Once A Witch – Carolyn MacCullough

The Breakdown Lane - Jacquelyn Mitchard

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

The Nanny Diaries: a novel – Emma McLaughlin

The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd

The Tea Rose series - Jennifer Donnelly

The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield

Vanishing Acts: A Novel – Jodi Picoult

ENTERTAINMENT

501 Must See Movies - Niel Randles

Julie & Julia [My Year of Cooking Dangerously] – Julie Powell

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

This is Chick-Lit – Lots of people

FANTASY

A Great and Terrible Beauty Series – Libba Bray

Aquamarine –Alice Hoffman

Beastly - Alex Flinn

Mediator Series – Meg Cabot

Sookie Stackhouse Series - Charlaine Harris

The Alchemyst Series - Michael Scott

The Fetch– Laura Whitcomb

The Grand Summer of Spells & Other Tales – Barbara E. Hill

The Host – Stephenie Meyer

The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd

The Midnight Twins Series – Jacquelyn Mitchard

The Secret of Mermaid Island – Judith Wade

Wings – Aprilynne Pike

TEEN

A Novel Idea – Aimee Friedman

Alphas – Lisi Harrison(2010)

Breakfast At Bloomingdale's – Kristen Kemp

How Not To Be Popular – Jennifer Ziegler

L.A. Candy – Lauren Conrad

Paisley Hanover Acts Out - Cameron Tuttle

Picture Perfect by Catherine Clark

Prep: A Novel - Curtis Sittenfeld

Princess Diaries – Meg Cabot

Secrets of my Hollywood Life – Jen Calonita

Snowed In – Rachel Hawthorne

Stealing Heaven – Elizabeth Scott

Stray – Stacy Goldblatt

Summer Intern- Carrie Karasyov

Tangled - Carolyn Mackler

The Debutante - Kathryn Williams

The Market – J.M. Steele

TTYL Series – Lauren Myracie

Vegan Virgin Valentine - Carolyn Mackler

Wish I Might: from the life of Willa Havisham - Coleen Paratore(2010)

ROMANCE

A Certain Slant of Light - Laura Whitcomb

A Countess Below Stairs – Eva Ibotson

Boys Series – Meg Cabot

Bride Quartet Series – Nora Roberts

Educating Carolina – Patricia Cabot

Just Ella - Margaret Peterson Haddix

Peony In Love – Lisa See

Perfect Chemistry – Simone Elkeles

Something Borrowed - Emily Giffin

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – Lisa See

The Luxe Series by Anna Godbersen

Where Roses Grow by Patricia Cabot

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz

The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud

Imperial Spy by Mark Robson

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

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.

Werewolf stories:

Blood and Chocolate.

Demonata by Darren Shan

Wereling by Stephen Cole

Werecat

Unleashed

Spy stories (actually very good, although not fantasy. You should still check them out):

Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter

the Specialists by Shannon Greenland.

Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz

Fantasy stories:

Tithe: A modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

Wings by Aprilynn Pike

Also the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld is good, but its futuristic.

The Unseen series is really good.

The Mortal Instruments series

The Black Tattoo

Unwind

Witches (as in Wiccan)

Sweep series by Cate Tierman

Balefire series also by Cate Tierman

Wake by Lisa McMann

-Wake #1

-Fade #2

-Gone #3

Aliens:

Daniel X by James Patterson

Mythology:

Percy Jackson series by Rick Riodan

Daughters of the Moon Series

Sons of the Night Series by: Lynne Ewing

The Gatekeeprs by Anthony Horowitz

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

Deadly Little Lies

Immortals by Alyson Noel

Hush, hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

You need to read Lord of the Rings! It's my favorite! It should pose as a bit of a challenge, becasue Tolkien (the author) does have tendencies to be a bit wordy, but his discriptions are beautiful, and the dialogue is fun. The characters are diverse, and overall the book is amazing. If you have seen the movie, I recommend that too.

Other books:

Sense and Sensibility--Jane Austen

Everything is Illuminated--Johnathon Safran Foer

Much Ado About Nothing--Shakespeare

Treasure Island--Robert Louis Stevenson

Peter Pan--J. M. Barrie (the original classic)

Alice in Wonderland--Lewis Caroll (Also, make sure you read the original unabridged version)

Sherlocke Holmes--Sir Arthor Doyle

...thelist goes on and on

The Hunger Games & Catching Fire, (not out yet Mockingjay) by Suzanne Collins

Shiver & by Maggie Stiefvater

Fallen (not out yet, Torment) by Lauren Kate

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Ruined by Paula Morris

The Dark Divine by Bree Despain

The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray

Graceling & Fire by Kristin Cashore

The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Girl With a Dragon Tattoo

Thousand Splendid Suns

Kite Runner

The Same Kind of Different As Me (Best book ever)

Glass Castle

Firefly Lane

I"m a big fan of the harry potter series as well and I really like the Gone series.

this is the order of the series

Gone

Hunger

Lies

the 4th book will be out next year.

They are really good.IT has a good plot and deep characters. You won't be disappointed

You may enjoy the wheel of time series by Robert Jordan. Its very long just to warn you though.The mortal instruments trilogy by Cassandra Clare is also good(starts with city of bones) The uglies series is also good!