Recommended Books to Read?

Well, here's my incomplete book suggestion list:

Dragonlance
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Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Dragons of Winter Night
Dragons of Spring Dawning
Soulforge
Brothers in Arms
Time of the Twins
War of the Twins
Test of the Twins
Dragons of Summer Flame
The Second Generation
Dragons of a Fallen Sun
Dragons of a Lost Star
Dragons of a Vanished Moon

I've got a couple handfulls more of good Dragonlance books to suggest, but these are the best ones (and mostly in series). If you finish all of these, I can reccomend some more good ones that sort of just jump around in the series or have new characters, but the general rule of thumb that I go by is that if it's not written or edited by Weis or Hickman, and it doesn't have any of the "original characters," (Raistlin, Caramon, Dalamar, Tasslehoff, Flint, Tannis, and Sturm (I don't care so much for Riverwind or Goldmoon) ) then I won't read it.

Douglas Adams
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams
Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish - Douglas Adams
Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams
(You can get all 5 in The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for $15.00)

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams
Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul - Douglas Adams

Forgotten Realms
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Homeland - Salvatore
Exile - Salvatore
Soujorn - Salvatore
(The Dark Elf Trilogy)

The Crystal Shard - Salvatore
Streams of Silver - Salvatore
The Halfling's Gem - Salvatore
(The Icewind Dale Trilogy)



Also, I'd suggest the Lord of the Rings trilogy if you haven't read it, and The Hobbit (which I think is better than the trilogy).

Additionally, you might want to read Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. The book is infinitely better than the movie I think.



I contacted my Junior High librarian and asked if it would be possible for me to come in and leaf through the books to try and find that trilogy I was looking for. I'll post it up if I find it. It's a great read.

I've got the Hitch-hikers series, and one Dirk Gently, the one he was writing before he died - Salmon of Doubt.

Yes I've read the LoTR series and the Hobbit...have you read the Silmarillion?? I'm wondering whether to read that.

Well, I haven't read the Silmarillion, but I did a report on Tolkien a while back. What I got about it at the time was that it's a really good book. The stories are great. It's a great world and setting and collection of events. The writing, however, is hard to get through. It's written, at least in the beginning, like it's a poor translation. Many people say it reads like the Bible.

So, it's a good book, if you can stand the writing.

I wouldn't reccomend it over any Dragonlance book.

Oh, and if you like Douglas Adams, which it seems you might by having his books, get Tea Time. It's great.

Can't get away from Douglas Adam's...people have even told him my writing style is slightly like his...

As for Tolkien being a hard read, I'll get through it. I managed to read LoTR in a weekend, which I'm quite proud of......I'll eventually get through the Silmarillion...

Any other books you'd recommend??

Mmm.... not at the moment.

I could give you a list of the other Dragonlance books that I've read and liked, but I'd have to go by my apartment (read: not house) to get them, and I don't really see a need for a rush on that. I gave you a baker's dozen to read already.

I say just get started on those Dragonlance books so I can have someone to talk to about them. They're such fun books--great drama, awesome character development, good comedy. Be careful about reading in class, though. I caught myself laughing out loud a couple of times in the middle of a 150-person lecture hall.

Sword of Shannara and its many sequels.
Enders Game and its many follow ups espicially the last 2.

Samurai Cat series by Mark E. Rogers.

Good luck finding them though, I think all of them are out of print and rare.

I reccomend either reading Ender's Game, or a book that is a parallel book to it (for the lack of a better term) called Ender's Shadow. Both are great books. In my opinion, Ender's Game is the better book, but Ender's Shadow grips you pretty much as soon as it starts, while Ender's Game may take a bit longer. After reading Ender's Game, read Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind in that order. The way I did it was read Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind, and I'm currently almost done with Ender's Shadow. They're all great books. Or, of course, you could wait for the new Harry Potter book. And no, I'm not joking, I'm honestly looking forward to that book.

yea the ender series was awesome

I'm looking forward to it too...the only problem is, the day it comes out is the day of my school trip to Alton Towers...so I can't stay home and read it!!

I can read it on the coach at least.

Right, so so far the recommeded books are:

• Dragonlance Series
• Forgotten Realms
• Jurassic Park
• Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently books
• The Silmarillion
• Sword of Shannara and it's many sequels
• The Enders Series
• Samurai Cat series

and, of course,

• Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince.

I'm also waiting for the new Sorcerers of the Nightwing book...Demon Witch I think its called, or was that the second one...