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[No Name the Walrus]

"His Dark Materials" by Phillip Pullman.

It's actually a trilogy, and the first one is called "The Golden Compass," and it at first seems a bit juvenile, but the second and third books ("The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass") are more serious.

I would also suggest "The Memory of Earth" by Orson Scott Card. Most people know him for the Ender series, but this book, and the ones that follow it, are just as good, and are also chock full of those wonderful moral dilemmas that are in the Ender books.

 

[chessiejo]

The Last Temptation of Christ
and Saviors of God
by Nikos Kazantzakis  

[Tiki Joe]

Vergil's Aeneid, as well as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. I have not read the Odyssey, but the other two had very interesting points about the relationships between humans and gods.  

[chessiejo]

good ones!

along the same line, only with Abrahamic religions, we could add Dante's Inferno
and Milton's Paradise Lost.  

[MssZenzy]

uhn.. I suggest of course Watership Down (Richard Adams) and His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)  

[LoverofDarknessEternal]

Acceleration By: Graham McNamee

It's a quick read but it's worth it.

Chinese Cinderella By: Adeline Yen Mah

The Witching Hour By: Anne Rice
Cry to Heaven By: Anne Rice
Interview with a Vampire By: Anne Rice.

All of them amazing books.  

[huntress252002]

No Name the Walrus

"His Dark Materials" by Phillip Pullman.

It's actually a trilogy, and the first one is called "The Golden Compass," and it at first seems a bit juvenile, but the second and third books ("The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass") are more serious.

I would also suggest "The Memory of Earth" by Orson Scott Card. Most people know him for the Ender series, but this book, and the ones that follow it, are just as good, and are also chock full of those wonderful moral dilemmas that are in the Ender books.

Good series I read it several summers ago.  

[huntress252002]

If you want a book that is sci-fi, a fast read, and deals with political issues, I suggest a trilogy by Scott Westerfield. The titles are Pretties, Uglies, and Specials, each are really good books.  

[TintedShades]

Perelandra by C.S. Lewis. I also suggest the other two books from the series Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength.

They're all very good.  

[chessiejo]

TintedShades

Perelandra by C.S. Lewis. I also suggest the other two books from the series Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength.

They're all very good.

of the ones on this page so far, i have most enjoyed Lewis' Space Trilogy, and the CHinese Princess.

the others are worthwhile, but these are my personal favorites.  

[Naphthalim]

For some modern poetry, check out:

Imagine the Angels of Bread by Martin Espada

Loose Woman by Sandra Cisneros

Ordinary by Carol Anderson (this one's a little harder to get since it's a chapbook

The Creation of the Night Sky by Nicholas Christopher  

[Naphthalim]

oh, and try Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
along with
American Gods and Good Omens: the nice and accurate prophesies of Agnes Nutter T Witch by Neil Gaimen  

[huntress252002]

Right now I'm reading the wind singer and its great, very funny and heart-warming.

Has anyone actually won this?  

[Iron_Felix]

The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy.  

[Haseo626]

OOO OOO OOO!!!
the eragon/eldest books by christopher paulini
AND
The Sherlock Holmes novels!! by sir aurthor conan doyle!