[bellabelle3]

Any good books you would suggest? I like fantasy and realisitc drama! Give me some ideas!:):confused:

[Cat1864]

So many books to suggest. Can you help me narrow down an extremely long list by letting me know about how old you are? :)

[bellabelle3]

Teen

[Cat1864]

Just make sure that any recommendations that I or anyone else gives you are okay with your parents/guardians. (The parent in me always has to add that :) )

Here are some suggestions from my own bookcases. I will admit that I tend to lean heavily towards older works. Probably ancient works for you.

There are of course the classics:

J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Ring series including The Hobbit
L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz series

Then there are the books that have been made into movies:

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Watership Down by Richard Adams

Other books/series:

The Pig, The Prince and The Unicorn and its sequel Demon Pig by Karen Brush
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda
The Diadem Series by John Peel

Then there are the Authors that just have too many good books to name them all:

Clifford D. Simak
Anne McCaffery
Andre Norton
Jane Yolen

[bellabelle3]

Thanks for the great ideas!

[Cat1864]

Your welcome. I hope you enjoy them.

One other author that I forgot to add is Patricia C. Wrede. Dealing With Dragons (aka: Dragonsbane) and its sequels are a lot of fun.

[Scat Goodman]

If you want classic teen books I would recomend:
"Treasure Island", "The Black Arrow" from Robert Louis Stevenson;
"Moby" from Herman Melvile;
"Sandokan", "The Black corsair" from Emilio Salgari;
"The Last of the Moicans" from James Finemore Cooper;
"The Fanthom of the Opera" from Gaston Leroux;
"Ivanhoe","The Pirate" from Walter Scot;
"Around the World in 80 day's", "20.000 Miles Underwhater", "Voyage to the center of the earth", "The Raft" from Jules Verne;
"Robinson Crusoe" from Daniel Dafoe;
"The Voyages of Guliver" from Jonathan Swift;
"Jungle Book","Kim" from Ryuard Kipling;
"The Time Machine" from H. G. Wells;
"Oliver Twist","A Christmas Carol" from Charles Dikens;
"Alice in wonderland", "Alice trough the looking glass" from Lewis Carroll;
"The Tree Musketeers","The Black Tulip", "The Count of Montecristo" from Alexander Dumas son;
"Robin Wood" from Howard pile;
"Peter Pan" from J.M.Barrie;
"Little Women" from louisa May Alcott;
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "The Adventerus of huckleberry Finn", "The Prince and the Pauper", "An American in king arthurs court" from Mark Twain;
"Father Tom's caban" from Harriet Beecher Stowe;
And "King Solomon's mines" R. Haggart version or if you prefer Eça de Queiros version

[bellabelle3]

I also forgot to mention that I like mystery. Know any good mysteries?

[Cat1864]

I love the Brother Cadfael Series by Ellis Peters.

A bit dated but still fun are the old Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books.

My husband recommends The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov. He also has a collection of short mysteries that are fun to read.

If you like solving them, Two Minute Mysteries are great. They are by Donald Sobol, the man who wrote Encyclopedia Brown. The Two Minute Mysteries are for older teens and adults.

You might want to check out the list of Edgar winners (mystery story awards):

Best Short Story Mystery Edgar Award Winners and Nominees - Complete Lists