Should I not read any of these books? LONG POST!?

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I have put together a list of books I would like to read in the near future. Are there any on my list that I just shouldn't waste my time on? ********** PLEASE NO SPOLIERS!!********

I just want your opinion and a breif description about why. Please remember don't spoil them for me, I may read them anyway.

Any I should add? I would appreciate that too.

Mister Monday / Garth Nix.
Wasteland. by Antony Johnston
Lullaby / Chuck Palahniuk.
Naked lunch / William S. Burroughs.
Geek love / Katherine Dunn.
The reader / Bernhard Schlink
Glass / Ellen Hopkins.
Burned / Ellen Hopkins.
Identical / Ellen Hopkins.
Impulse / Ellen Hopkins.
Book of a thousand days / Shannon Hale.
Obernewtyn / Isobelle Carmody.
The hot zone / Richard Preston.
BoneMan's daughters / Ted R. Dekker
The vanishing / Bentley Little.
The story of Edgar Sawtelle / David Wroblewski.
The sleeping doll / Jeffery Deaver.
Driving with dead people / Monica Holloway.
Last seen leaving / Kelly Braffet.
Blood meridian/ Cormac McCarthy.
Panic / Jeff Abbott.
Gone / Lisa Gardner.
Bunker 10 / J.A. Henderson.
Bliss / Lauren Myracle.
Secondhand world / Katherine Min.
The shadow of the torturer / Gene Wolfe.
Monster / Christopher Pike.
The wasp factory / Iain Banks.
Poison study / Maria V. Snyder.
Comes the blind fury / John Saul.
The God project / John Saul.
Battle royale / Koushun Takami
My sister's keeper / Jodi Picoult.
Promise not to tell / Jennifer McMahon.
Survivor / J.F. Gonzalez.
Living dead girl / Elizabeth Scott.
In odd we trust / Dean Koontz
World War Z / Max Brooks.
Neuromancer / William Gibson
Marked / P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast.
The magus / John Fowles.
Speak softly, she can hear / Pam Lewis
In the woods / Tana French.
Ender's game / Orson Scott Card.
The Hunger Games / Suzanne Collins.
Veronika decides to die / Paulo Coelho
Before I go / Riley Weston.
A prisoner of birth / Jeffrey Archer.
Johnny got his gun / Dalton Trumbo.
My sister's keeper / Nora Kelly.
Unwind / Neal Shusterman.
Nineteen minutes / Jodi Picoult.
Alanna / Tamora Pierce.
Blindness / Jose Saramago
A great and terrible beauty / Libba Bray.
Lullabies for little criminals / Heather O'Neill.
As I lay dying / William Faulkner.
The alchemist / Paulo Coelho
The book of unholy mischief / Elle Newmark.
Life of Pi / Yann Martel.
Deadly harvest / Heather Graham.
Crank / Ellen Hopkins
The virgin suicides / Jeffrey Eugenides.
Middlesex / Jeffrey Eugenides.
The five people you meet in heaven / Mitch Albom.
Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury.
Hold tight / Harlan Coben.

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alaqua, I will get rid of Bliss, I don't like "teeny-bopper" books. Being 30 and all. Ugh! Thanks to you for saving me the time.

wlucynsky, I have read all of the other Odd books, but I thought the last one sucked. They all kinda declined throughout the series. But I love Dean Koontz so I figured I'd give it a shot. Thanks for offering your advice.

avidreader, many thanks for the heads up. I had my doubts about that one. It didn't sound like one I would have chosen for myself but someone on B&A recommened I check it out. I think I'll skip it.

Tamara, I don't ususally read the "classics" so if it is dull I will NEVER get into it. I appreciate it. The only other classic I have on my list is To Kill a Mockingbird. I totally intend to read it.

thewriter, no one could pry me away from the oppurtunity to read those two books. They have been recommended to me by several of my peers. Thanks for your encouragement

Answer 1

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I have read "The Sleeping Doll", by Jeffery Deaver, and would recommend it. Actually, any of his books (especially Lincoln Rhyme novels) are excellent.
"In Odd We Trust", by Dean Koontz is just a graphic novel that follows the rest of the series. I wouldn't read that one unless you've read Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd and Odd Hours, all of which are great.
"A Great and Terrible Beauty" was really good, too. There are two more books that follow that one in the series.

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I started on Great and Terrible Beauty last night and WOW I love it so far. Thanks!

Thanks to all who answered!

Answer 2

a lot of those books are really good. like The 5 People You Meet In Heaven and My Sister's Keeper. amazing.

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Answer 3

My mom read the Alchemist.
she said it is like a pop song, the author tries to please everyone and it comes off sounding false. don't bother.

Answer 4

I would skip "As I Lay Dying" by Faulkner. I read this in college and it was really confusing and frusturating, and this was when it was being taught by our professor. It also bored me to tears.

Books on your list that I did enjoy:

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

You should add these titles to your list:

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

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***Happy Reading!***

Answer 5

Glass / Ellen Hopkins.
Burned / Ellen Hopkins.
Identical / Ellen Hopkins.
Impulse / Ellen Hopkins.
Crank / Ellen Hopkins

-All these are great, loved em.

The Hunger Games / Suzanne Collins.

-This book was amazing! Cant wait for the second.

Monster / Christopher Pike.

-This is about a guy in prison. Pretty good at that.

Bliss / Lauren Myracle.

-This was ok. Kinda like a teeny bobber book.

Sorry i cant give you insight on the others, these were the ones i read.