Some Reading Time

[Canen Darkflight]

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books are also pretty good. Anyone saying otherwise is generally in one of four camps: Put off by fandom, put off by the popularity of it, rarely put off by the actual series itself, or just fucking stupid and wanting to troll people.

GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!

Nah, he's right. It's all good with the JKR.

[Skie and Avery]

Terry Pratchett and Jim Butcher are my favorite authors. There are over thirty Pratchett books just in the Discworld series, so if you get hooked I can guarantee you'll be reading for a while.

If you like darker twists on fairy tales, I'd reccommend anything by Gregory Maguire. Wicked was great, but I liked Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister a bit better.

If you can get into the high school mindset, Marked by P.C. Cast and Don't Die Dragonfly by Linda Joy Singleton are good.

I've also both recently finished and immensely enjoyed Dog Days by John Levitt and Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.

[Saxon]

Try James Axler/Jack Adrian's Deathlands series. Probably one of the better survivalist/post-apocolyptic series I've ever read. The first book is called Pilgrimage to Hell, and the books usually range from about 250 pages to about 340+, so they aren't that long to read. The only downside there is to it is that a lot of the original books are no longer in print, so Amazon.com has just become your best friend in getting access to them.

[Veatrix]

Mad props to any and all who mention Terry Pratchett.

[streak101]

wow, all those books just filled up my list for summer reads ^^

Terry Pratchett got 5 recommendations so thats a must :P

Thanks everyone!

[Winterhair]

Thirding Terry Pratchett. He's an excellent author and for more than just humor. A lot of the times there's some Serious Business tucked away just beneath the top layers of laughter. Thud! is an orgasmically awesome example of this.

Jim Butcher's Dresden Files are pretty good if you've got time and money to spare. They take about four or five books to really hit their stride, but all the preceeding ones ('cept maybe #3) have their high spots. He's also done some high fantasy writing(?) with the Fury books. Never read 'em myself, though.



J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books are also pretty good. Anyone saying otherwise is generally in one of four camps: Put off by fandom, put off by the popularity of it, rarely put off by the actual series itself, or just fucking stupid and wanting to troll people. If you get into it though, word to the wise: Avoid the fandom like a fucking plague.

Agreed with all of these. Terry Prachett ftw! I just read THUD! and was seriously impressed, although I loved Good Omens.
Dresden Files I also second. Good stuff, but the TV show is meh.
And again about the fandom. We're serious. Its that bad.