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oh and...

PERCY JACKSON SERIES FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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any of michael critons books, i liked jurrasic park and sphere the best
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Eaters Of The Dead is also good, so isTimeline
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i've gotta say that I'm a pretty big Markus Zusak and Orson Scott Card fan.
Ender's game(Card) is kind of confusing like The Book Thief (Zusak), but in the end it makes a lot more sense. also, To Kill a Mockingbird is like.. slow in the beginning, but if u get into it, it's nice. And if you like nonfiction: Alive by Piers Paul Read, is a bit graphic and in a documentary-style format, but it's still good. And of course, one of my all-time favorites: Pride and Prejudice
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If you're looking for a good non-fiction, Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser is very good.
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x_SOninja_x wrote:I love artemis fowl! :D
YES! they're so epic, still my favorite books even though i'm in high school XD
also a bit more for middle school (but still good) is The Mysterious Benedict Society and the next two books (the third just came out, but i haven't read it yet). it has an awesome cover. i like books with genius kids XD

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... and the bartimaeus trilogy, even though nathaniel is an idiot.

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The thirty nine steps by John Buchan. It sounds like a boring old classic, but is actually the first, and one of the best, spy novels ever written. Plus, you can read it online for free.

http://books.google.com/books?id=06VRQV ... q=&f=false

Other than that, G.K. Chesterton is really good, and oftentimes quite humorous, if read correctly. Check out www.manalivethemovie.com
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Tunnels by Roderick Gordon,
Body Bags: A body of evidence thriller by Christopher Golden ,
The journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner,
The Knife Of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness,
The Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz,
And I'm currently reading a bunch of Stephen King Books which are pretty good too :D
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OMG the Alex Rider series is THE BEST!!! I love it!!!! one of my favorite series!
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I really liked the first three books then I got bored with it.
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