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doctor who.:

Anyone know of books that are suspensful and dark?

I don't know if this is to your liking but...
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Split by Swati Avasthi
Lockdown: Escape From Furnace by Alex Gordon Smith
Hate List by Jennifer Brown

S.T.A.R.S.:

I'm looking for a very intriguing book, one that will make the reader really think, not necessarily about just the book but the world in general, kind of thing. Prefferably fiction but not fantasy. If anyone could help me out, that'd be great. It's not urgent or anything, just something to do in my spare time. :cute:

I think you might like The Things A Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt

Sent by Ravens:

I'm looking for some good fiction books about brothers. Nothing teen or vampire related though. Other than that, any genre, as long as it focuses around brothers or has a key element of brothers, is fine.

Blood Brothers by S.A. Harazin
Split by Swati Avasthi
The Things A Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt

Sent by Ravens:

Does anyone know any good books about bands (fictional or non)?

Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John

Teenage Dirtbag.:

Could someone recommend me some books by Stephen King? I was looking at some of them in a bookstore and liked the look of Carrie (I've already seen the film) and Misery. Any more I that I should definitely read?

Bag of Bones is pretty good and so is It

lisamargaret:

I'm looking for a good mystery, with maybe a little romance, and a bit of fluff? Something similar to CSI (the show). If anyone has read the Body of Evidence series by Christopher Golden, something similar to that.

Or something about mental disorders, and mental institutions. Nothing too complicated or dark. Something similar to It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

1st To Die Series by James Patterson

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Nyxen Nadine:

Hmm, I'm looking for a book that's similar to The Westing Game.
I forgot the author's name, sorry.
Is there any like that, where it let's you solve the mystery in way?

Double Infinity.:

I would also like to know this.

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg

Isis:

I'm looking for a variety of books concentrating on a disorder, of any kind really. Psychological disorders, physical disorders, biological disorders, from schizophrenia to anorexia to Alzheimer's. Just a story of a person that has a disorder or is close to someone that has a disorder.

God Is In The Pancakes by Robin Epstein

silk tea.:

This may sound strange but basically an abusive romance?

Split by Swati Avasthi

Teenage Dirtbag.:

Aaaanyone?

I don't cry easily but this book made me cry towards the end it's called The Things A Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt

Bixby:

Any really good novels dealing with LGBT issues?

Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher

Arya Stark.:

I just finished Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and am wondering if anyone can reccommend me something similar.

Sylvia Plath's journals and her poetry obviously; The Center Cannot Hold, an autobiography of a schizophrenic law professor; Peyton Place and Valley of the Dolls for the vintage lifestyle and contrasts between private thoughts and public life.

I just finished If I Stay by Gayle Forman, it revolves heavily around both music as well as life and death and I was wondering if anyone could recommend similar books both in the music as well as the death spectrum.

Saul Hudson:

I just finished If I Stay by Gayle Forman, it revolves heavily around both music as well as life and death and I was wondering if anyone could recommend similar books both in the music as well as the death spectrum.

I actually suggest 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher. I have read both this book and If I Stay and they are pretty much teh saem genre and both made me all teary eyed. You won't be disappointed with it.

So, for a really long time I've read almost exclusively YA, apart from a few adult novels. But I'm finding I'm getting a bit bored with YA and when I pick up an adult book I enjoy much more, so I was to start venturing into reading more of that. My question is, what books do you recommend I read?

I really like books like The birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant and The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier. Historical novels. Especially if they have to do with artists which I just noticed both of these books do. But it really doesn't have to deal with artists either.

Also The Doctors Wife by Elizabeth Brundage, really twisted but fascinating.

And if you could recommend me something similar to the vampire chronicles books by Anne Rice I would love you forever. I already own Michael Romkey's books and Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Bright.

Does anyone know any good Afro-Asian book? Besides Chinese Cinderella though. I need an Afro-Asian book for my book report in CA-E.

Im looking for either a nice comforting mushy romance about love (but also with hardships like divorce or stuff) or alternatively something more.. uhm.. adult-rated

Anyone know any good smut books that have literary value?
I mean, not flowery and vague, but in which a lexicon beyond 5th grade is used, and the characters aren't idealized and typically "sexy" in the sense of muscles and popularity?
Also, hopefully not a cliche version of the fantasy/sci-fi genre, but well-written ones are perfectly fine.
I just want... 50 Shades of Grey's writing style doppelganger.

Recommend any really spooky horror books?