Summer Reading!!!

[Ferriciean Aetas]

Each summer, I get a bunch of messages asking for recommended summer reading lists for my friends, their kids, other people's kids, other people's kids' kids, other people's... I could go on.

Last year, I provided such a reading list (Facebook)... but, I can't find it. So, I've written a new one!

Below are some books I recommend. Depending on your schedule (activities and jobs), this summer, you may be able to get through all, or at least a good portion, of this list. Some will be harder - the sagas are roughly a dozen books (Outlander is 7).

I listed a few genres to try and fit multiple interests. Regarding the "Young Adult" books: that's the label you'll find on these books in a bookstore. I personally believe most of these are appropriate for kids 9+ {maybe not Outlander (explicit content), and the House of Leaves is difficult to read for a grown man due to its nature and formatting...}, and the "Young Adult" books are fine for 4+. As with every book, though, adults with life experience will appreciate these books far more than will a child - it's just life - but that shouldn't discourage you from fielding these books to your children. Kevin and I read some pretty serious stuff when we were kids, and we turned out fine!!!!! (shut up)

As for me - I'm currently moving through Brandon Sanderson's series; Mistborn is complete, and I'm on the Stormlight Archives series, now. If anyone wants a brief (VERY brief) synopsis of any of these books, or another recommendation, feel free to reply or PM me.

Enjoy!


Young Adult

Lois Lowry - The Giver
Lois Lowry - Gathering Blue
Jerry Spinelli - Maniac Magee
Wilson Rawls - Where the Red Fern Grows


Fiction

Jeffrey Eugenides - Middlsex
Diana Gabaldon - Outlander - Saga
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman - Good Omens
Neil Stephenson - Cryptonomicon
Mark Z Danielewski - House of Leaves
--- Accompanying album by his sister, "Poe": "Haunted"


Sci Fi or Alternate Earth

Ernist Cline - Ready Player One
Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged
Cherie Priest - Boneshaker
Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card - Speaker for the Dead


Fantasy

Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn - Trilogy
Tad Williams - The Dragonbone Chair - Trilogy
Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time - Saga
Terry Goodkind - The Sword of Truth - Saga
David Eddings - Belgarath the Sorceror
David Eddings - The Belgariad


Non-Fiction

Clifford Stoll - The Cuckoo's Egg
Bruce Schechter - My Brain is Open
--- "The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos"
Albert Speer - Inside the Third Reich
--- "Memoirs by Albert Speer"


Incomplete Series

Brandon Sanderson - Stormlight Archive
--- (2 of 3 books completed - actively writing #3)
Patrick Rothfuss - Kingkiller Chronicles
--- (2 of 3 books completed - actively writing #3)
Melanie Rawn - Exiles Trilogy
--- (2 of 3 books completed - 20 years since last book published...)

[Bareldi]

You mentioned that the Outlander series was 7 books... failed to note that each book is 2 or 3 times the length of most on your list. But it was still worth the time it took.

Kinda bittersweet... this was one I may not have read, except that Lisse ordered it for our Kindles.

She never finished it.

[Ferriciean Aetas]

You mentioned that the Outlander series was 7 books... failed to note that each book is 2 or 3 times the length of most on your list. But it was still worth the time it took.

Kinda bittersweet... this was one I may not have read, except that Lisse ordered it for our Kindles.

She never finished it.

I'm sorry to hear that, Bareldi. My mother had recommended it back when I was in high school, and she, too, never got to finish it.

[Portly]

David Eddings - The Elenium and the Tamuli

Drops mic and walks off!!!

[Rathlorn]

Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman - Good Omens < This was a great Book.

[Rioe]

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Starstruck

Most of my reading comes from the public library though, especially since I still haven't unpacked any books from the move. I'm still building my library!

[Rathlorn]

Banewreacker & Godslayer by Jacqueline Carey< Good books with a nice Twist.

[Leonis]

And after you finish Good Omens, go on to Pratchett's "Discworld" series. After the first couple, it gets VERY fun. "The Color of Magic" was only so-so, don't judge the rest of the series by that one - he got a LOT better.

Harry Turtledove - Guns of the South. Arguably THE definitive "alternate earth" novel. He's written a bunch of others since, but none of them match this masterwork.

Young Adult - the "Riddlemaster of Hed" trilogy by Patricia McKillip. She too has written quite a bit other than these but the 3 novels in this trilogy were the first books I ever wore out IN HARDBACK from rereading.

[Suntuz]

Young Adult

Lois Lowry - The Giver was tis that movie with one of the bridges or the one about a tree?
Lois Lowry - Gathering Blue this was the pill in the matrix?
Jerry Spinelli - Maniac Magee the youngest simpson lears to fix cars?
Wilson Rawls - Where the Red Fern Grows that plan sounds like its poisonous why go looking for it?


Fiction

Jeffrey Eugenides - Middlsex This is about a county in MA
Diana Gabaldon - Outlander - Saga I saw this movie with Sean Connery
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman - Good Omens Is this the one with the incarnations of immortality?
Neil Stephenson - Cryptonomicon a bit lighter then the necrocomicon
Mark Z Danielewski - House of Leaves a house of logs is a much better option
--- Accompanying album by his sister, "Poe": "Haunted" did she sing hello?


Sci Fi or Alternate Earth

Ernist Cline - Ready Player One was this made in to that movie with Russle Crowe light?
Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged somewhat more coherent then anything by lron
Cherie Priest - Boneshaker got nothing
Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game this I read and saw movie. movie was much much lighter then book
Orson Scott Card - Speaker for the Dead read this too he not bad of an author if you don't look too close


Fantasy

Michael Ende - The Neverending Story the dargongo one?
Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn - Trilogy the basisc for the video game?
Tad Williams - The Dragonbone Chair - Trilogy sound very uncomfortable
Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time - Saga he is taking a relay long time to finish this
Terry Goodkind - The Sword of Truth - Saga something about England?
David Eddings - Belgarath the Sorceror fireball wins
David Eddings - The Belgariad got nothing


Non-Fiction

Clifford Stoll - The Cuckoo's Egg this muct be about clocks
Bruce Schechter - My Brain is Open atleast that is painless
--- "The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos"
Albert Speer - Inside the Third Reich the history channel would like a word
--- "Memoirs by Albert Speer"


Incomplete Series

Brandon Sanderson - Stormlight Archive
--- (2 of 3 books completed - actively writing #3)
Patrick Rothfuss - Kingkiller Chronicles
--- (2 of 3 books completed - actively writing #3)
Melanie Rawn - Exiles Trilogy
--- (2 of 3 books completed - 20 years since last book published...)




thes responces brougthto you by a blend of tequila vodka gin triple sec rum and cherry doctor pepper (this still doenst taste like tea)

[Ferriciean Aetas]

lol

[Ferriciean Aetas]

This past week I finished two more Brandon Sanderson books: Elantris and The Emperor's Soul. Great stuff, folks.

[Bamkan]

Just finished the last book in the Wheel of Time series

[Ferriciean Aetas]

Just finished the last book in the Wheel of Time series :)

I won't list any spoilers... but, I'll admit: I cried at one point during the war. Apparently, somewhere, deep down inside the shadows where my heart should be, I have feelings.

[slowping]

Are you sure it wasn't gas?

[Ferriciean Aetas]

Are you sure it wasn't gas?

Let's go with that one.