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Can you give me your list of top 5 books?

Yeah, so I'm 17 and I'm finally allowed to go on this book shopping spree after such a looonnng time. But I only get to buy 5 books. Or else I end up only reading and not doing anything else. So I'd like it if you suggested a few. I have many in mind but I'm confused. I'd prefer new ones. And any genre would do. Not something very old, but you could include classics, I wouldn't mind that! =) thanks!

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To kill a mockingbird - On the road - One flew over the Cuckoos nest - A tale of two cities - The grapes of wrath
This is a hard question because I have read so many books, and it all depends on what you like. Do you like fiction, non-fiction, mystery, gangster, romance, etc.....? One of my favorite books is "Flowers In The Attic". It is a whole series, but "Flowers In The Attic" and "Pedals In The Wind" are the first two of the series, and really the only two you need to read. The author is V.C. Andrews You may have seen the movie, but the movie has NOTHING on the book!
New King James Version Bible Strong's Concordance to the Holy Bible Emily Post's Etiquette Great Expectations Wuthering Heights
the many faces of snoopy A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition pcs for dummies Biggest Book of Cookies: 475 All-Time Favorites (Better Homes & Gardens) by Better Homes How to Draw 101 Animals (How to Draw)
"To Kill a Mockingbird" Harper Lee "Catcher in the Rye" JD Salinger "A Complicated Kindness" Miriam Toews "A Prayer for Owen Meany" John Irving "Anywhere But Here" Mona Simpson
Great Expectations Richard III Moby Dick Catcher in the Rye The Stand Pride and Prejudice To Kill a Mocking Bird Prince of Tides
Don Quixote De la Mancha - Miguel Cervantes - its a long one very good and you can get it in English everyone should read this book. has it all. Anything by Ian McEwan - hes one of my faves at the mo There is a quintet by Tarq Ali - again very good books about Moorish Spain - www.tariqali.org Princess - jean Sasson - true story again very good and real eye opener The alchemist - paulo coelho - a book to be read by all
Why don't I give you my top five authors instead? Sherrilyn Kenyon--paranormal romance, hee hee, guilty pleasure Sherman Alexie--short fiction collections; Spokane Indian Anton Chekhov--fantastic short Russian fiction Albert Golbarth--memoirs and poetry William Blake--classic poetry
Here are some oldie but a goody books & more recent books 1.To Kill A Mocking Bird 2. The Color Purple 3. Memoirs of a Geisha 4. The Wind Done Gone (daughter of a black slave, her version of Gone With The Wind) 5. Flowers In The Attic (This is if you want to read something that will make you read more & more)
1st:ballerina dreams 2nd:nina the fairy ballerina 3rd:treehouse 4th:indieo kids 5th:chicken soup
5 Classic books: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 1984 by George Orwell Catch-22 by Joseph Heller One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Beloved by Toni Morrison 5 good recent and contemporary books: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (very violent, dark comedy) The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard Good luck!
well we're almost the same age but i dont know your interest but here are some books that i enjoyed reading:- 1) False Impression - Jeffery Archer 2) Where Truth Lies - Christiane Heggan 3) Maximum Ride - James Patterson 4) Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux (my favorite novel ever since i was 10) 5) Eragon (or any Inheritance Trilogy) - Christopher Paolini... happy reading...
I'll try to give you a variety: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Great paranormal book, and big to keep you busy :-) Reality Chick by Laura Barnholdt. Interesting story about a Freshman in College who is picked to be on a reality television show. Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison. Very funny story about a British teen and her school, family and love life. I Am The Messenger by Markus Zuzak - A make you think book about a young man who is forced into doing things for others. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. This is a non-fiction memoir about a dysfunctional family. I haven't read it yet but it is the next book for my book group and I've heard tons of good things about it. Hope this helps!
The Outlander by Diana Gabeldon Dune by Frank Herbert Mercy by David Lindsey The Firm by John Grisham and there are so many, but I tried to select some of my favorites from different genres. Read on! So little time, so many books!
The Legend of Nightfall Pyramid Scheme Sympathy for the Devil Wizard's First Rule The Witch Doctor
Oh get the five Nighside books, by Simor R Green: Something From the Nightside Nightingale's Lament Agents of LIght and Darkness Hex and the CIty Paths not taken and theres Hell to Pay but that six
1 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens 2. Divine Comedy - Dante Allegri 3. Mary, Called Magdaline - Margaret George 4. Eaters of the Dead - Michael Crichiton 5. Crime and Punishmenr - Fydor Dtovsky
Crime and punishment .[Dostovesky } The Alchemist .[Paulo coelho ] The fountainhead . [ Ayn rand ] War and peace . [ Tolstoy ] Eve [ James Hadley Chase ] - surprise ? you read it and find it .
"Something old, something new..." East of Eden - John Steinbeck (early 1950s) On the Road - Jack Kerouac (mid 1950s) The Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe (late 1980s) Burden of Proof - Scott Turow (early 1990s) Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand (early 2000s) Got about a hundred more, ranging from about 1850 to the present, but since you said five...
1.The harry potter series by jk rowling or the dark tower series by Stephen king 2.The stand by stephen king 3.The complete work of Edgar Allan Poe 4.The complete work of Willam Shakesphere 5.Anything By Stephen King
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” I'll give you the last five books that I read Ishmael by daniel quinn wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the west by gregory maguire the bookseller of kabul (can't rememeber who by) Ghost Soldiers Odd thomas by dean koontz
pride and prejudice-a good classic harry potter-but it's a series searching for david's heart-book is better than the movie eragon/eldest-series also a tie between the one armed queen-good too trickster's choice/queen-series
Any one of Jodi Piccoult's books, they are great