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What books do you recommend for my summer reading list?

Name your favorites I am trying to read 2 books a week this summer. My interests are across the board so any recommendations are appreciated.

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try these -they are free http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/gamahucher_press_catalogue.htm
Black Magician trilogy by Trudi Canavan. Best fantasy Ive read in several years.
"Seven Spiritual Laws of success" by Dr. Dipak Chopra
Judge and Jury, The Beach House both by James Patterson Messiah by Boris Starling The Historian by Elizabeth K. ( I do not remember her last name) The Sunflower by Simon Weisenthal Knights of Avalon by Kinley McGregor Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Series One for the Money by Janet Evanovich Twilight, New Moon by Stephanie Myer Any of the Sherrilyn Kenyon Dark Hunter series The Surgeon, The Apprentince, Harvest, Life Support, all by Tess Gerritsen
Blindness by Jose Saramago The Enormous Room by E. E. Cummings
I am more of a classics...I recommend... --The Stranger --Camus --The Alchemist-- Coelho --Allegory of the cave-- Plato --Handmaids tale-- Atwood -- The old man in the Sea--Hemingway --The Pearl--Steinbeck *thinking* that should get ya started!
TheronsRite was on point when he wrote "The Alchemist" that book is amazing. Also try books written by Joanne Fluke she is one of my favorite authors. Her books come in a series called "The Hannah Swensen Mysteries." There are like 9 books in the series all with food titles. The books are amazing.
Boy's Life by Robert McCammon One for the Money by Janet Evanovich The Husband by Dean Koontz
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Life After God by Douglas Coupland Cruddy by Lynda Barry Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff
Jane Austin- "Sense and Sensibility" (Old English romance) Two sister's quest for a husband, and what they learn about life and love Nicholas Sparks- "A Walk to Remember" (romance/drama) Bad boy falls in love with Preacher's daughter. She has plenty to teach him about life and what matters. John Grisham- A Time to Kill (courtroom drama) Warning: the story deals with some disturbing elements, but it is SUCH a great story! Will really make you think. The brutal rape of a child causes her father to murder the two pervs. Now he's on trial. Can his young, idealistic lawyer save him from the gas chamber? James Herriot- "All Creatures Great and Small" (animals, the beauty and humor of life) such a great writer. If you like animals at all, you'll love his books, but don't worry, they're not children's books. Also the sequels: "al things bright and beautiful" "All things wise and wonderful" and "The Lord God Made them all" Stories from the life of a country veterinarian. His take on the world around him, life, the quirkiness of different people. Charles Dickens: "A Tale of Two cities" or "Oliver Twist" or others. Those are all great books for teens and adults. BTW.. by "romance" I do not mean x rated or containing sex scenes. They're clean. "A Time to Kill" comes closest to crossing the "adult situation" border, but nothing explicit. All of the above mentioned books have their movie counterpart, and all those movies are great. James Herriot's books have a Brittish BBC TELEVISION SERIES counterpart (instead of one movie) called "All Creatures Great and Small" that my library has, but don't know if yours will. For a lighter mood, try anything by Dave Barry. You'll die laughing. "Dave Barry's Greatest Hits" and "Dave Barry is not Taking this Sitting Down" and "Dave Barry Slept Here" and "Dave Barry hits below the beltway" are all wonderfully delightful nonsense!! I love them!
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. It is great for any woman. It is a novel. Once you start it, you can't put it down. You will relate with the characters. Just read a few pages and you will be hooked! I promise you will love it.
The Perfect Age - Heather Skyler You Remind Me Of Me - Dan Chaon Looking for Mr. Goodbar - Judith Rossner
Rascal-Sterling North, The Cross and the Switchblade-David Wilkerson, The Hiding Place-Corrie Ten Boom, The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Chronicles of Narnia-C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever-Steven R. Donaldson, The Sociological Tradition-Robert A. Nisbet, To the Far Blue Mountains-Louis L'Amour, The Screwtape Letters-C. S. Lewis, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden-Hannah Green, Shardik, Watership Down-Richard Adams, The Once and Future King-T.H.White, How to Win Friends and Influence People-Dale Carnegie, I am a Barbarian-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Greatest Miracle in the World-Og Mandino, The Eagle and the Sword-Harvey K. Schreiber, Lord Valentine's Castle-Robert Silverberg, The Joy of Running-Thadeus B. Kostrubala, How to Read Slowly, The Universe Next Door-James W. Sire, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-Douglas Adams, Once Upon a Summer-Janette Oke, Life Sentence-Charles W. Colson, The Fisherman's Lady-George MacDonald, Vienna Prelude-Bodie Thoene, The City of Joy-Dominique Lapierre Making Sense Out Of Suffering-Peter Kreeft, The Cat Who Could Read Backwards-Lilian Jackson Braun, The Blessing Way-Tony Hillerman, Blink-Ted Dekker, The Stand-Stephen King, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon-Stephen King, The Visitation- Frank E. Peretti, Blood of Heaven-Bill Myer, Dominion-Randy Alcorn, On Writing, A Memoir of the Craft-Stephen King, Far from the Dream-Lance Wubbels, Joshua-Joseph Grizone, Death of a Gossip-M.C. Beaton, If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him-Sharyn McCrumb, Tick Tock-Dean Koontz, Ender's Game-Orson Scott Card, When the Wind Blows-James Patterson, Eaters of the Dead-Michael Crichton, The Hunt for Red October-Tom Clancy, The Street Lawyer-John Grisham, The Burglar in the Closet-Lawrence Block, The Circle of Time Series-Robert Jordan, Simple Simon-Ryne Douglas Pearson, Jitter Joint-Howard Swindle, Double Helix-Sigmund Brouwer, The Fountainhead-Ayn Rand, The Pardise War-Steven R. Lawhead, In His Image-James BeauSeigneur, Tired of Trying to Measure Up-Jeffrey VanVonderen, Return of the Prodigal Son-Henri Nouwen, Soul Survivor-Phillip Yancy, From Glory to Glory - The Salvation of the Soul-David W. Dyer, Waking the Dead - The Glory of a Heart Truly Alive-John Eldredge, My Old Man and the Sea-David & Daniel Hays, Soon - The Beginning of the End-Jerry B. Jenkins, A New Kind of Christian-Brian McLaren
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. Bram Stoker's Dracula.
The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger. Amazing book, easily one of the best I've ever read. And any of the Stephanie Plum series, by Janet Evanovich. Starts with One For the Money, which one of the posts above recommended. Entertaining series, all of the books are good. Enjoy!