- The entirety of Neil Gaiman's works. He's really good, is all.
- "Sophie's World" and "The Solitaire Mystery", both by Jostein Gaardner. He probably has tons of other good books, but this is all I've read. Those two deal heavily with philosophy. "Sophie's World" is actually what got me into philosophy.
- "Veronika Decides To Die" by Paulo Coelho. It's a really interesting read. It's about Veronika, who tries to commit suicide but instead end up...somewhere else.
- The Hunger Games trilogy. It's not the best dystopian book, and it's not the most original(loads of other books have dealt with the same plot), but it's one of the easiest to read.
- "Arakawa Under The Bridge" and "Saint Young Men". These two are manga, and boy, are they good. Take note that "Saint Young Men" may be a bit offensive to some. The former is about a guy who is kinda indebted to live under a bridge, and the latter is about Jesus and Buddha living in the same apartment in japan. Hilarity ensues.
- Kuragehime is a very good manga. The characters are over-the-top, but they're really different and are totally funny.
- Mirai Nikki. It's a manga-turned anime, and trust me, read the manga. The plot is about a game in which you have to kill all the other contestants to become god. Known for its very lovable yandere.
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica. You can read the manga or the anime, it doesn't matter, as this time, the manga came AFTER the anime, and it follows it closely.
- The "Confidential Confessions" manga. It's a series of short stories, and it's really well done. A bit over the top sometimes though. And no, there was no ideai that had little to no plot until we got into the last book and then all you could say was "REALLY?!THEY NEVER NOTICED THAT?!?!"
- "The Girl With The Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier. It's really beautiful, and it's based on a painting, which makes it even more awesome.
- "The Tale Of Desperaux" It's a great allegory for, well, I'll leave it up to you.
- All of EB. White's books. I'd recommend reading the "Trumpet of the Swan" and "Charlotte's Web" if you can only read a few.
- "Prophecy of The Sisters" by whoever wrote it. I recommend it, though I've yet to read the next book.
- "Avalon High" by Meg Cabot. It isn't the typical Meg Cabot book, and it's far from being part of the atypical YA fiction that seems to be so popular nowadays.
- The Narnia series. Despite the fact that C.S Lewis just barely covered up all of the Christian undertones to it, it really is good. The last two books were the best.
- "Are You Afraid of The Dark" by Sidney Sheldon. This book was the first novel I ever read, and subsquently, is what got me into reading. He has another book that is incredibly stellar, too, but the name evades me. You should read his other books too.(If you're done reading the other two, you MUST read "The Stars Shine Down".
- "Battle Royale". Okay, mentioning The Hunger Games and Mirai Nikki seemed too obvious, right?
- "Winkie" by some dude. (Apologies, but it's high up my book shelf so I can't take it to read the author's name.) It's eccentric, to say the least, but it's really poignant and heavily invokes the feeling of nostalgia.
- Quite a few books by Judy Blume, like "Tiger's Eye" and "It's not the end of the world"
- "Rosie Dunne"(or whatever Cecilia Ahern renamed it this time(last I checked, it's been renamed three times)) by, of course, Cecilia Ahern. It's an epistolary, but it's easy to read, nonetheless.
- Anything by Bob Ong.
- Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco. Bonus point for it mentioning this city.
- Lois Lowry's books concerning a dystopian society.
- Gone is also a good series. It's like the antithesis of Maximum Ride, and Lord Of The Flies on crack.
This is just a teeny, tiny bit of the books that I'd recommend, as I've forgotten the titles of the others. I'll add it in when I do.
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