ctrl F'd to see if someone else had said it yet, was surprised no one had.

Dune books 1-6

I like the Bible

Henning Mankells "Wallander" Series is damn good

holy shit, yes.

CATCH 22 is a great war novel, and much more

Hitchhiker's Guide is a classic and without a doubt my favourite book of all time. For fantasy, the Edge chronicles, while childishly written, are actually incredibly imaginative and great to read. The Chaos Walking series is pretty amazing.

Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov

Gogol's "Dead Souls" is another goody.

If you're younger, Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo or the 3 musketeers are pretty banging too.

I mostly read nonfiction, but unless you're into some pretty heavy stuff I'll hold my tongue on those recommendations.

pendragon series
kinda childish fantasy but really good plot line

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Fallen Angels and Sunrise Over Fallujah
Hunger Games
Percy Jackson was ok
And The Alchemyst (I think that was how it was spelled). Its about Nicholas Flemmel and some chosen Twins.

The Hammer of Eden

Any Philip K Dick book, most notably A Scanner Darkly.

Unbroken

The Night Angel Triology

Dune

Until the last book or 2 and the author shits the bed and didn't know how to end it so "spirit mystery magic hurray" it is. I really liked those books as a kid but they ended horribly.

Also I don't think I recommended Neal Stephenson before, but he's pretty amazing. A bit full of himself in his writing, but otherwise I thought Cryptonomicon and Snow Crash were great. Still want to read Quicksilver and some more of his stuff.

Some books I read recently and would recommend (mixture of many genres):
- Looking for Alaska
- Great Expectations
- Homo Faber
- Anything by Goethe (Faust if there are any translations)

Faust is widely available in English :D

Find the soundtrack by Randy Newman.

It is amazing.

After reading the German version, I just couldn't imagine how to translate that into english, due to the style of language.
Is it just formal English or written in an older style?

I ctrlfd chronicles because I thought no one would have read the books
They're great, the worlds they create for the books are incredibly unique and imaginative

rick riordan's books
(percy jackson series, heroes of olympus, the kane chronicles)

50 shades of grey

Goat, it depends primarily on *when* the translation was made, and for what purpose.

Some translations will attempt simply to present the plot with colloquial written English, whereas others may attempt to present a more honest translations with foot notes that attempt to convey certain messages that were lost in translation (a common occurrence with German).

I'm unaware if a definitive translation exists - occasionally with older or classic works a definitive translation is made that is only slightly modified in future printings or versions.

In general students actually prefer to read non-English works from anything prior to the 1900's because written English prior to then (especially once you get into the 18th century and further back) is often difficult to comprehend for the modern reader.

I'd recommend Borges to anyone. Ficciones is amazing would be a great place to start

Tuesdays with morrie was a very good book, it made me view life differently

I read it in a room full of people taking a test because I had finished early and towards the end I started openly crying because of the story and everyone was staring at me

A song of ice and fire
Also everything from Ken Follet

just finished enders game, probably going to read catch 22 next, then probably something by terry pratchet, but after that im probably going to continue the ender series, does anyone have a clue on what book i should read next after enders game, ive heard varying opinions.

Dune was sick. I loved Ender's Game as well.

Read Speaker for the Dead, next in line after Ender's Game. If you really don't want to read that for some reason, read Ender's Shadow.

The god delusion.............