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My teacher is making us do a weekly reading log where we have to read an hour a week and do a one-sentence summery on the book. But the thing is, it has to be NON-fiction. And know no books that meet my interest in non-fiction. Some things I like are Harry Potter, The Clique series, and the Twilight books. Anything similar?

Okay, this book is nothing like the ones you suggested, but I like the books you like, so maybe you’ll like this as much as I. It’s called Running With Scissors, by Augusten Burroughs, and it’s a memoir or autobiography, therefore non-fiction, and it’s absolutely hilarious. If you give it a shot, you’d probably enjoy it, I read it when I was your age. Also, there are plenty of books on vampires that are non-fiction, or you could even read a "guide" to Twilight or Harry Potter, those are also non-fiction, for example.
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Twilight-Companion-Unauthorized-Guide-Series-Lois-H-Gresh/9780312387051-item.html?ref=Search+Books%3a+%2527twilight%2527
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Harry-History-True-Story-Boy-Melissa-Anelli-J-K-Rowling/9781416554950-item.html?ref=Search+Books%3a+%2527harry+potter%2527
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Hidden-Myths-in-Harry-Potter-COLBERT-DAVID/9780312340506-item.html?ref=Search+Books%3a+%2527harry+potter%2527

Hope that helps.

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Anything you read that was good.
I need to read a fiction book for my book report
I have a month. Any books you think was good would help thanks.

I’m telling you right now, if you read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" or "The Kite Runner" (I would go with ATSS) you will love them! Also, they are both VERY good books to do reports on because they both have so much depth and political issues (both set in Afghanistan and the overthrow of the shah, the Soviet invasion, and the Taliban). Teachers will eat that shiz up. No doubt. A Thousand Splendid Suns is probably the best book I’ve ever read in my life.

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And what are some great books about other various aspects of the legend, like Camelot, Merlin, Avalon, etc? I have read a few books already, mostly non-fiction books and various collections of legends and tales. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks!

My personal favourites, which you’ve probably read, are by Mary Stewart. The original trilogy is as follows:

The Crystal Cave
The Hollow Hills
The Last Enchantment

Later on she also wrote two follow up books, the first entitled Wicked Day and the last entitled The Prince and the Pilgrim. The first book begins with Merlin as a child of 6 and progresses on thru the time line. Wonderful take on the legends and a great read.

Good luck and happy reading!

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I like science fiction and was looking for a few good books to read. Do you have any suggestions?

Here are the top 100
2 1 Orson Scott Card Ender’s Game [S1] 1985
1 2 Frank Herbert Dune [S1] 1965
3 3 Isaac Asimov Foundation [S1-3] 1951
4 4 Douglas Adams Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy [S1] 1979
5 5 George Orwell 1984 1949
6 6 Robert A Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land 1961
7 7 Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 1954
8 8 Arthur C Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
9 9 Isaac Asimov [C] I, Robot 1950
10 10 William Gibson Neuromancer 1984
11 11 Robert A Heinlein Starship Troopers 1959
12 12 Philip K Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968
13 13 Larry Niven Ringworld 1970
14 14 Aldous Huxley Brave New World 1932
15 15 Arthur C Clarke Rendezvous With Rama 1973
16 16 H G Wells The Time Machine 1895
19 17 Dan Simmons Hyperion [S1] 1989
17 18 H G Wells The War of the Worlds 1898
18 19 Robert A Heinlein The Moon is a Harsh Mistress 1966
20 20 Arthur C Clarke Childhood’s End 1954
21 21 Ray Bradbury [C] The Martian Chronicles 1950
22 22 Joe Haldeman The Forever War 1974
24 23 Neal Stephenson Snow Crash 1992
23 24 Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse Five 1969
25 25 Niven & Pournelle The Mote in God’s Eye 1975
26 26 Ursula K Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness 1969
27 27 Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead [S2] 1986
28 28 Philip K Dick The Man in the High Castle 1962
31 29 Michael Crichton Jurassic Park 1990
30 30 Frederik Pohl Gateway 1977
29 31 Isaac Asimov The Caves of Steel 1954
35 32 Alfred Bester The Stars My Destination 1956
32 33 Madeleine L’Engle A Wrinkle In Time 1962
34 34 Roger Zelazny Lord of Light 1967
33 35 Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1870
36 36 Stanislaw Lem Solaris 1961
37 37 Kurt Vonnegut Cat’s Cradle 1963
38 38 Carl Sagan Contact 1985
41 39 Neal Stephenson Cryptonomicon 1999
42 40 Isaac Asimov The Gods Themselves 1972
44 41 Michael Crichton The Andromeda Strain 1969
40 42 John Wyndham The Day of the Triffids 1951
39 43 Robert A Heinlein Time Enough For Love 1973
43 44 Anthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange 1962
45 45 Daniel Keyes Flowers for Algernon 1966
46 46 Philip K Dick UBIK 1969
48 47 Kim Stanley Robinson Red Mars [S1] 1992
47 48 Vernor Vinge A Fire Upon the Deep 1991
49 49 Mary Shelley Frankenstein 1818
50 50 Isaac Asimov The End Of Eternity 1955
51 51 Walter M Miller A Canticle for Leibowitz 1959
55 52 Jules Verne Journey to the Center of the Earth 1864
53 53 Neal Stephenson The Diamond Age 1995
52 54 Kurt Vonnegut The Sirens of Titan 1959
54 55 Iain M Banks Player Of Games [S2] 1988
56 56 L Ron Hubbard Battlefield Earth 1982
57 57 Ursula K Le Guin The Dispossessed 1974
58 58 Orson Scott Card Ender’s Shadow [S1] 1999
61 59 David Brin Startide Rising [S2] 1983
60 60 Greg Bear Eon 1985
59 61 Niven & Pournelle Lucifer’s Hammer 1977
62 62 Peter F Hamilton The Reality Dysfunction [S1] 1996
63 63 Philip Jose Farmer To Your Scattered Bodies Go 1971
64 64 Alfred Bester The Demolished Man 1953
65 65 Margaret Atwood The Handmaid’s Tale 1985
67 66 Gene Wolfe The Shadow of the Torturer [S1] 1980
68 67 Arthur C Clarke The City and the Stars 1956
66 68 Harry Harrison The Stainless Steel Rat [S1] 1961
70 69 Philip K Dick A Scanner Darkly 1977
69 70 Philip K Dick The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch 1964
71 71 Robert A Heinlein The Door Into Summer 1956
73 72 Connie Willis Doomsday Book 1992
72 73 Robert A Heinlein Citizen Of the Galaxy 1957
74 74 C S Lewis Out of the Silent Planet [S1] 1938
76 75 Robert A Heinlein Have Space-Suit – Will Travel 1958
75 76 Robert A Heinlein The Puppet Masters 1951
78 77 Clifford Simak Way Station 1963
79 78 Dan Simmons Ilium 2003
82 79 Ursula K Le Guin The Lathe of Heaven 1971
80 80 John Wyndham The Chrysalids 1955
77 81 H G Wells The Invisible Man 1897
81 82 Edgar Rice Burroughs A Princess of Mars [S1] 1912
86 83 Alastair Reynolds Revelation Space [S1] 2000
85 84 Michael Crichton Sphere 1987
83 85 Iain M Banks Use of Weapons [S3] 1990
84 86 Julian May The Many-Colored Land [S1] 1981
92 87 Edwin A Abbott Flatland 1884
87 88 William Gibson [C] Burning Chrome 1986
90 89 John Brunner Stand on Zanzibar 1969
88 90 E E ‘Doc’ Smith Grey Lensman [S4] 1951
97 91 Arkady & Boris Strugatsky Roadside Picnic 1972
96 92 David Brin The Postman 1985
94 93 Audrey Niffenegger The Time Traveler’s Wife 2003
91 94 Arthur C Clarke The Fountains of Paradise 1979
100 95 Theodore Sturgeon More Than Human 1953
89 96 Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in KA’s Court 1889
93 97 Philip K Dick VALIS 1981
98 98 James Blish [C] Cities in Flight 1955
95 99 Stanislaw Lem [C] The Cyberiad 1974
99 100 Clifford Simak [C] City

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I like fiction books about almost anything, as long as I can get into them and they are interesting.

I just finished Book 1 of the Lily Dale Series (about psychics and ghosts) and I really enjoyed it.
I also enjoy books with "forbidden romances," if that even makes sense.

Basically books with any of these topics: ghosts, psychics, love stories (not too mushy), murders.
They actually don’t even have to have anything to do with these topics. I guess what I’m asking for is suggestions for any good books! Thanks!

Someone always gets murdered in Mary Higgins Clark’s books. I have a million of them. They are really good murder mystery books.

I am looking for a book that is Mythical / Science Fiction / Fiction. Something along those lines. I wanted to know what books you have read that you really liked; it can be a series.

By Mythical / Science Fiction I mean things like creatures, future, etc.

OKAY, now, what books do you recommend?

I know exactly what you want. I try to find books like that ALL the time lol.
Here are some of my faves:
- The Hunger Games Trilogy by Collins – It takes place in the future and its REALLY good!!!! My fave book of ALLL time!!!!!!
- The Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan – It is about Greek myths that come to life. Everything that Percy thought was old, Greek stories were true.
- The Warriors Series by Erin Hunter – It’s about feral cats living in a forest in Britian.
- The Inheritence Series by Christopher Paolini – It’s about the last of the dragon riders and its very good!

Here are a couple suggestions! If you want more, feel free to email me!