bray and scarff: You know...the really good books you remember forever? BTW, good book that almost no one has heard of is Goblin Wood, i liked that one a lot|||Life of Pi by Yann Martel, What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson, and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen I will remember for the rest of my life and are well worth the read. Good luck, and happy reading!|||philip pullman's series "His Dark Materials" are books I will always remember And Gideon the cutpurse is a brilliant book. Its about 2 kids that go back in time. Its MUCH better than it sounds. The author is Linda Buckley-Archer. Also, I read recently "The witch of blackbird pond". I wasnt expecting much, but the storyline is really good. And............ the Farseer trilogy is really good. Robin Hobb is the author. The books are "the assassins apprentice" , "the royal assassin" and "the assassins quest." Good Luck !!!!!!!!!!!!!! xxxxx|||My favorrite book, possibly all time but certainly of the last five years, is 'The Time Traveler's Wife'. Amazing story, I highly recommend it (by Audrey Niffenegger). But here's a neat site you'll probably like. Feed some of the books you've really enjoyed into it, and it'll give you a list of books to consider reading next, by searching it's database for books readers who have read YOUR faves recommend: http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/searc鈥?/a>|||Lynne Ewing -- Daughters of the Moon series Sons of the Dark series Sisters of Isis series Laurie Halse Anderson--Speak Prom Twisted Catalyst Margaret Peterson-- THe Shadow Children series Gary Paulsen-- Woodsong Hatchet SHaron Creech--The Wanderer Francine Pascal -- Fearless series Carrie Asai -- Samuari Girl series I hope these help.... Happy Reading = ) *~Amanda~*|||there is the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer includes: Twilight New Moon Eclipse Breaking Dawn Happy Reading ^-^|||East by Edith Pattou Fire Arrow By Edith Pattou Hero's song by Edith pattou <-- was so sick when i read this but i would not rest until it was finished! =] The Prophecy of the Stones By Flavia Bujor Peeps by Scott Westerfeld The Sea of Trolls By Nancy Farmer *hope it helps, if I was at home it would be easier lol*|||Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer, His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman.|||Kristen Britain has got ta trilogy: Green Rider, First Riders Call, and High Kings Tomb..theyre rele great!! Alison Croggon has got a trilogy: The Naming , the riddle , and the crow. there is also a book that no one has heard of called Shadow Warrior its pretty good..|||I absolutely love the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. I can't wait for The Host and Breaking Dawn.|||I loved the Artemis Fowl books. The Harry Potter series is pretty good, a lot like Eragon. The Chronicles of Narnia, fantasy and adventure The Phantom of the Opera, like Stephanie Meyer's books|||I would definitely recommend Atonement By Ian McEwan. If you didn't watch the Academy Awards, the film version of the book was nominated several times, including for best picture. Though it is at its root a tragic love story, it should not be written off as such. I myself usually loathe romance novels, but Atonement is filled with complex and unforgettable characters whose fates serve as a reminder that humanity is inexorably intertwined. The conflict of the plot stems from a misunderstanding by one of the main characters, Briony Tallis, of the love between her sister Cecilia, and the charming and intelligent son of their maid, Robbie Turner. Throughout the course of the novel, Briony realizes that the actions which resulted from her misunderstanding damaged the lives of the two lovers forever, and through war and passion, tragedy and joy, Briony discovers what it truly means to atone for her mistakes, and in doing so immortalizes the lovers in a way that life alone could never do.|||Madeleine L'Engle: A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. Herge (a.k.a. Georges Prosper Remi): The Adventures of Tintin (24 volumes) Cornelia Funke: Dragon Rider Ingraine the Brave Inkheart, Inkspell, and Inkdeath The Thief Lord Brandon Mull: Fablehaven, Rise of the Evening Star, and Grip of the Shadow Plague. Katherine Paterson: Bridge to Terabithia Orson Scott Card: Seventh Son Carol Kendall: The Firelings The Gammage Cup (One of my favorites when I was young) The Whisper of Glocken Eoin Colfer: Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident, The Opal Deception, The Lost Colony, The Artemis Fowl Files: A Companion Book, and The Graphic Novel. Andre Norton: The Witch World, The Web of the Witch World, Three against the Witch World, Year of the Unicorn, Warlock of the Witch World, Dragon Scale Silver, Dream Smith, The Toads of Grimmerale, Spider Silk, Sword of Unbelief, and Sarsthor's Bane. Ursula K. LeGuin: Earthsea, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea, The Other Wind, and Voices. Diana Wynne Jones: The Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Charmed Life, The Lives of Christopher Chant, Witch Week, The Magicians of Caprona, and Mixed Magics. Tamora Pierce: The Song of the Lioness Series - Alanna: The First Adventure, In the Hand of the Goddess, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man, and Lioness Rampant. Protector of the Small Series - First Test, Page, Squire, and Lady Knight Michael Ende: Night of Wishes The Neverending Story Mary Stewart: A Walk in the Wolf Wood Howard Pyle: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Story of King Arthur and His Knights - There are several collections of stories about King Arthur. C. S. Lewis: The 7 volume Chronicles of Narnia is a tale of good against evil with very definite Christian influences. Lewis was an atheist who because of his friendship with Tolkien became a Christian. This strongly affected his writing. The seven books are as follows: The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; and The Last Battle. Also by C. S. Lewis - The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce. Philip Pullman: The Golden Compass James Patterson: Maximum Ride Series - The Angel Experiment, School's Out Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, and The Final Warning. Meg Cabot: Mediator Series - Shadowland, Ninth Key, Reunion, Darkest Hour, Haunted, and Twilight. Chris D'Lacey: The Fire Within, Icefire, Fire Star, and The Fire Eternal. Donita K. Paul: Dragonspell, Dragon Quest, Dragon Knight, Dragon Fire, and Dragon Light. Brian Jacques: Redwall Series - Redwall, Mossflower, Mattimeo, Mariel of Redwall, Salamandastron, Martin the Warrior, The Bellmaker, Outcast of Redwall, The Pearls of Lutra, The Long Patrol, Marlfox, The Legend of Luke, Lord Brocktree, The Taggerung, Triss, Loamhedge, Rakkety Tam, and High Rhulain. Stephenie Meyer: Vampire Romance - Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. Joanne Harris: Runemarks Juliet Marillier: Wildwood Dancing and Cybele's Secret Edwin A. Abbott: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (The sequel, Sphereland is by Dionys Burger. It is possible to purchase both in one volume.) J. R. R. Tolkien: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Two Towers, and The Return of the King; Silmarillion; also Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. George MacDonald: Phantastes At the Back of the North Wind John Beachem: Storms of Vengeance is John's first novel and I've been told that it is part of a series of 8 to 10 books. There is a murder mystery to be solved. Who did it and why? There is a mythical Lorradda Stone to locate. There are three parallel stories as we follow the actions of three different groups of people. There are also some ogres, two elves, several sorcerers, a troll, and one very impressive river monster. The book ends with a cliff hanger. One reason that young people gave for liking Harry Potter was the detail in the stories. They will find plenty of detail here as well. The title of the second book in the series will be The Hunter and the Marked. David Eddings: There are three stories in Volume I of The Belgariad: Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, and Magician's Gambit. Volume II of The Belgariad has two stories: Castle of Wizardry and Enchanters' End Gambit. If you are looking for grand adventure and plenty of detail it is here. Some may object to the slow progression and limited action of this tale. A sorcerer and his daughter, a sorceress, have gathered together a group of individuals to fight evil. It seems that the particular make-up for this group is necessary based upon an ancient prophecy. The group includes: the Nimble Thief, the Man with Two Lives, the Blind Man, the Dreadful Bear, the Knight Protector, the Horse Lord, the Bowman, the Queen of the World, and the Mother of the Race that Died. A young boy named Garion, who was raised by his Aunt Pol, is caught up in all of this, though he doesn't know why. But then, is she really his Aunt? There is so much detail that I have not as yet confirmed there are no mistakes in the mapping of the story. I thoroughly enjoyed The Belgariad and look forward to reading the sequel, The Mallorean. The Mallorean Volume I: Guardians of the West, King of the Murgos, and Demon Lord of Karanda by David Eddings The Mallorean Volume II: Sorceress of Darshive and The Seeress of Kell by David Eddings Polgara, the Sorceress by David Eddings Belgarath, the Sorcerer by David Eddings Terry Pratchett: The Wee Free Men - Tiffany Aching and a clan of six inch tall blue men attempt to rescue her brother and stop an invasion from Fairyland. A Hatful of Sky - The second Tiffany Aching novel. Wintersmith - The third Tiffany Aching novel. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld) Other books in the Discworld Series - The Colour of Magic, Witches Abroad, Sourcery, Wyrd Sisters, Thief of Time, Small Gods, and Mort. Isaac Asimov: Though Asimov is usually thought of as a science fiction writer, Magic is a collection of his fantasy short stories. Jim Butcher: The Dresden Files - Storm Front, Fool Moon, Grave Peril, Summer Knight, Death Masks, Blood Rites, Dead Beat, Proven Guilty, White Knight, and Small Favor. Terry Brooks: The Sword of Shanarra, The Elfstones of Shanarra, and The Wishsong of Shanarra. Mercedes Lackey: The Mage Winds Trilogy - Winds of Fate, Winds of Change, and Winds of Fury. Velgarth Series - Exile's Honor, Exile's Valor, Take a Thief, Arrors of the Queen, Arrow's Flight, and Arrow's Fall Diana Tregarde Trilogy - Burning Water, Children of the Night, and Jinx High. Richard Adams: Watership Down George Orwell: Animal Farm Richard Bach: Jonathan Livingston Seagull Raymond E. Fiest: Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master The Riftwar Saga (Magician, Silverthorn, A Darkness at Sethanon) Krondor's Sons (Prince of the Blood, The King's Bucaneer) Serpent War Saga (Shadow of a Dark Queen, Rise of a Merchant Prince, Rage of a Demon King, Shards of a Broken Crown) Riftwar Legacy (Krondor: The Betrayal, Krondor: The Assassins, Krondor: Tear of the Gods) Honored Enemy: Legends of the Riftwar Conclave of Shadows Saga (Talon of the Silver Hawk, King of Foxes, Exile's Return) Dark War Saga (Flight of the Nighthawks, Into a Dark Realm, Wrath of a Mad God) Raymond E. Fiest and Janny Wurts: Empire Trilogy - Daughter of the Empire, Servant of the Empire, and Mistress of the Empire. Dave Farland: Runelords - The Sum of All Men, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Wizardborn, The Lair of Bones, Sons of the Oak, and Worldbinder. Dean Koontz: Odd Thomas Series - Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, and Odd Hours. Robin Hobb: Farseer Trilogy - Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest. Patricia A. McKillip: The Riddlemaster of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire, Harpist in the Wind, Riddle Master's Game, and Riddle of Stars. Susanna Clarke: Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell George R. R. Martin: A Song of Fire and Ice Saga - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance of Dragons, The Winds of Winter, and A Dream of Spring. Steven Erikson: Malazan Book of the Fallen Saga - Gardens of the Moon, Deadhouse Gates, Memories of Ice, House of Chains, Midnight Tides, The Bone Hunters, Reaper's Gate, and Toll the Hounds. R. Scott Baker: Prince of Nothing Trilogy - The Darkness That Comes Before, The Warrior Prophet, and The Thousandfold Thought. Joe Haldeman: The Forever War Gene Wolfe: The Wizard Knight Robert Jordan: The Wheel of Time Saga - The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn, The Shadow Rising, The Fires of Heaven, Lord of Chaos, The Path of Daggers, Winter's Heart, Crossroads of Twilight, and Knife of Dreams. A Memory of Light - The twelfth and last novel in this series will be completed by Brandon Sanderson since Robert Jordan passed away on September 16, 2007. Piers Anthony: A Spell for Chameleon (First in the Xanth Series) T. H. White: The Sword in the Stone The Once and Future King John Steinbeck (for older readers): The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights Stephen R. Donaldson: (most definitely for older readers): The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, and The Last Chronicles of Thom