I’m looking for something new to read over the summer, and I am not sure what I should read… Any suggestions? I like suspense books, fantasy books, and mystery books. I think that my favorite though of those three types is susupense. I really like books that you get so into that you don’t want to put them down. Someone tell me some good books!! 
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I’d go with ‘Northern Lights’ by Philip pullman – favourite book of all time, well the trilogy – you may know it as ‘the golden compass’ it’s the first book in the ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy
March 5th, 2010 at 7:16 am
clocks by agathat christie is good for mystery.
also it might be cliche but harry potter
suspense would also be stephen king. they seem scary but ones like dreamcatcher are actually quite good.
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March 5th, 2010 at 7:39 am
charmed the witches , or the davinci code,
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March 5th, 2010 at 7:59 am
I’d go with ‘Northern Lights’ by Philip pullman – favourite book of all time, well the trilogy – you may know it as ‘the golden compass’ it’s the first book in the ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy
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March 5th, 2010 at 8:48 am
Read any of the ones Barbara Michaels wrote. She also writes under another name, but I forget it. She writes good stories. She wrote the ghost story that scared me the most, I don’t know why, called "Ammie, Come Home". It was written in the 70s and some social parts are fairly dated now, but it is still a good read.
In it the first sign of the ghost’s appearance is the curtains moving, as in a draft. I stayed up late all one night reading it, in the dark, with just a table lamp on. I had one of those sliding patio doors covered with long drapes. As I was reading, they began to ripple and sway in and out. I can tell you that at that minute I understood the phrase, "my blood ran cold". It did. I was paralyzed. And then, one of my cats walked out from behind the curtain.
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March 5th, 2010 at 8:58 am
If you want suspense books read V.C.Andrews cause shes good. Read Rain the series,Raven the series Wildflower series, Falling Angels series, Melody, Flowers in the attic was good too they even made a movie based on that one. If you want fantasy girl read Zane books(how old are you?) he might be a little to x rated if you know what i mean. If you like mystery read some Dean Koonz books. Trust me you wont be dissapointed.
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March 5th, 2010 at 9:34 am
I like the sword of truth series by Terry Goodkind, they are more on the lengthy side though, around 700 to 800 pages per book. The first one is Wizards First Rule, theres 12 of them so it might keep you busy for awhile depending on your reading level, I finish them in about a week just reading around 2 hours before I go to sleep. Oh, almost forgot it is Suspense/Fantasy I guess I’m not sure what you mean on Suspense, it uses magic and the sorts. I can hardly put them down most of the time, one night I stayed up an extra four hours because I just couldn’t put it down.
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March 5th, 2010 at 10:08 am
Mystery- Alphabet mysteries by Sue Grafton; mysteries by Sara Paretsky
Suspense- Clive Cussler, anything; Ed McBain 57th Precinct novels; John Sandford, Prey series; James Patterson, anything of his.
Fantasy- Tolkein, Hobbit and Lord of the Rings; Tracy Weis Margaret Hickman, Dragonlance chronicles and other books by both; The Belgariad series; Piers Anthony, Xanth novels.
Too many for me to remember but this is a good list.
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March 5th, 2010 at 10:19 am
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Very Suspenseful. But give it a chance if you read it the first couple of chapters read slow but are important to understand the rest of the book. I highly recommend it. But if you do read it don’t read the sequels they are by other authors and don’t bring justice to the original.
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March 5th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Swan Song, by Robert R. McCammon is my favourite, want-to-read-it-from-cover-to-cover book. Patricia Perry does good fantasy (Quest for the Source of Darkness, the second of the trilogy is called The Fortress of Darkness and will be released in a few months). Michael Chrighton (sp?) is well known for his suspense thrillers.
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March 5th, 2010 at 11:04 am
The Watchers by Dean Koontz, Da Vinci Code, and Rebbeca
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March 5th, 2010 at 11:47 am
Some of my fav mystery authors, in no particular order:
Lilian Jackson Braun
Carole Nelson Douglas
Camille Minichino
M. R. Sellars
Karen Irving
Jasper Fforde
Sandra Tooley
Lee Driver
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Agatha Christie
Harry Kemelman
Margaret Truman
P. D. James
Matthew Pearl
Martha C. Lawrence
Ellery Queen
Ralph McInery
Tony Hillerman
Erle Stanley Gardner
Susan Wittig Albert
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http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/
Stop, You’re Killing Me! is a resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books.
March 5th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
James Patterson’s When the Wind Blows and The Lake House
The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser as well as her mysteries and ghost stories
Stephen King: The Eyes of the Dragon, Carrie, The Girl who loved Tom Gordon,
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March 5th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, Children of the River by Linda Crew, and Naughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
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March 5th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
The Artemis Fowl series is certainly "different" from whatever else is on my bookshelf, and is basically fantasy.
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March 5th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Hi,
Sometimes people go to tried and true authors, but why not check out a new author? Check out books written by Vicki Delany or Julia Pomeroy–both write suspense novels. I know these authors and they have great books! If you want change of pace, read my books–they’re mysteries, set in Harlem–a lil pathos, a lil’ humor. Hard Luck and Trouble: A Landlord’s Tale and Down and Dirty: Another Landlord’s Tale.
In any case, have a happy summer of reading.
Best,
Gammy L. Singer
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