Chanté's Booklist

Posted April 30th, 2008 by wayland

Books Chanté recommends

  • Christopher Paolini
    • {Read and own these} Eragon [+], Eldest, etc (very recommended) *
  • Brian Jaques
    • {Read some} Redwall series (some [+])
  • David Eddings
    • {Read and own these} First series: Belgariad (Pawn of Prophecy, etc) * [+]
    • Second series: Malorian *
  • Robin Hobb
    • First series: Assassin's Apprentice *
    • Second series: The Liveship Boats *
    • Third series: The Amber Fool * (name may not be correct)
  • Chris D'Lacey
    • ??? series
      • The Fire Within (Green book)
      • Ice Fire (page blue)
      • Fire Star (Red)
      • Fire Eternal (Gold)
  • Garth Nix
    • {Read these} The Old Kingdom series [+]
      • Sabriel
      • Lirael
      • Abhorsen
    • {Read some} Keys to the Kingdom
  • {Read some} John Marsden: Any, but especially "Tomorrow, when the war began" [+]
  • Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey
    • Halfblood Chronicles
      • The Elvenbane
      • Elvenblood
  • Matthew Reilly
    • Temple

Books recommended to Chanté

Sci-Fi

  • Isaac Asimov
    • Foundation series are good
    • The Robots ones are classic
    • Well-known for short stories; these usually have a twist at the end (which is what I think is required for a good short story)
    • "20th Century Discovery" is science, rather than sci-fi; just pick the chapters you like in this one
  • Arthur C. Clark; not all his works are sci-fi
    • "2001, a Space Odyssey" is the classic
  • John Wyndham
    • Day of the Triffids
  • E. E. "Doc" Smith
    • The "Skylark" series; I think the first is called "The Skylark of Space"; it's kinda dated (ie. no calculators invented yet), but the stories are still good

"Girl books"

  • Laura Ingalls Wilder (Ingalls is her maiden name, Wilder her married name)
    • "Little House on the Prairie" series (the first one is "Little House in the Big Woods", which is more children-oriented, but is still worth reading)
  • L. M. Montgomery
    • "Anne of Green Gables" series
  • Elanor H. Porter
    • "Pollyanna" series (some of the later ones were written by someone else)
  • Johanna Spyri
    • "Heidi" series (some of the later ones were written by someone else)

Dystopian

  • George Orwell; he's written a few classics, but the only one I've read is:
    • 1984 (keep in mind that this was written before the TV show "Big Brother")

Desert Island

  • Johann Wyss
    • Swiss Family Robinson
  • William Golding
    • Lord of the Flies (but only after reading Swiss Family Robinson; this is also Dystopian)

Historical Fiction

  • Stephen Lawhead
    • "Taliesin" series
  • Francine Rivers
    • "Mark of the Lion" series; I think the first one is called something like "A Voice in the Wind"
  • John Buchan
    • The "Richard Hannay" series, starting with "The Thirty-nine Steps". This is a sort of adventure/spy sort of thing.

Fantasy

  • Raymond E. Feist
    • Riftwar saga (series); starts with "Magician"
  • Terry Brooks
    • Shannara series (starts with "The Sword of Shannara")
  • Anne MacCaffrey
    • The Pern series, starting with either Dragonsflight or Dragonsdawn, but they don't really need to be read in order
  • Alan Garner
    • The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
    • The Moon of Gomrath
  • Susan Cooper
    • "The Dark is Rising" series
  • Katherine Kerr
    • Daggerspell
    • Darkspell
    • Dawnspell: The Bristling Wood
    • Dragonspell: The Dragon Revenant

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