What is a good book to read?

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What is a good book to read?
And by what author?

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Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are books in the series beginning with stormfront.It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicagos only professional wizard who works as a detective.He stands between the general population who is ignorant about the supernatural world and the monsters vampires,werewolves,fallen angels,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphya police officer and Thomasa white court vampirebrbrAnother supernatural detective series is Nightside book series by Simon R.Green.John Taylor, the main character, is a private eye specializing in finding things. He literally has a private eye, one he can open and find anything. This power only works in the nightside, but anytime he opens it, his enemies and he does not know who they are, but they have been hunting him since he was young pick up on his presence like his gift is a homing devise. He as quite a reputation, some of which is true, some not and it gets him into trouble, or sometimes out of it, but it is the fact that some of it has nothing to do with him so much as that he is his mothers son. A mother he never knew and no one will tell him about. One big case is covered in each book, but underlying tensions build up higher and higher running through out the series.brbrReillys Luck by Louis LAmour.Its a western.A young boy is abandoned by his own mothershe tells her boyfriend to kill himThe boy ends up with a gambler and he brings him up.Turns out to be the best gamble he ever made.The boy grows up and later kills the people who murdered the gambler.The Daybreakers,Fair blows the wind,Galloway are also good books by the same author.brbrDragonjousters seriesjoust,alta,sanctuary by Mercedes Lackey.The setting is ancient Egypt.Hunger, anger, and hatred are constants for young Vetch, rendered a brutally mistreated and overworked serf by the Tian conquest of his homeland. But everything improves when a Tian jouster requisitions Vetch to become the first serf ever to be a dragon boy. His training is intense, and his duty clearcut to tend his jouster, Ari, and his dragon, Kashet. He discovers that, because Ari himself had hatched Kashet, the dragon is different from others that have been captured live in the wild and must be drugged to be made tractable. Vetch finds he really likes and understands dragons, and soon he becomes the best dragon boy of all. He still harbors anger, however, toward the Tian invasion. Could he, perhaps, hatch a dragon, and then escape to help his people?brbrScaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, AndreLouis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour dAzyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.brbrThe door to december by Dean Koontz.A psychiatrists daughter was kidnapped by her exhusband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.brbrThe mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.brbrRead both Odd thomas and Forever odd by Dean Thomas.These books are about Odd Thomas who see dead people and is compelled to solve crimes.brbrThe Vivero letter by Desmond Bagley.Jeremy Wheales wellordered life is torn apart when his brother is murdered by a mob hit man, whose bait was a family heirloom a sixteenthcentury gold tray. The trail takes Wheale from Devon to Mexico and the wild tropical rain forests of Yucatan. In dense jungle, he helps two archaeologists locate the rest of a fabled hoard of gold treasure from Uaxuanoc, the centuriesold lost city of the Mayas. But his brothers enemies are on Wheales trail, and with them are the Chicleros, a vicious band of convict mercenaries.brbrLandslide by Desmond Bagley.Bob Boyd wakes up in a hospital with no memory,the only surviver of an accident.He was burned badly all over and needed extensive plastic surgery which was payed by a mysterious sponser.He is told that hes a geology student with a bad history.However Bob recovers and gets on with his life.Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment.His accident and the Matterson family have more in common than he thought.brbrBourne Identity by Robert Ludlum.Forget the movie.The book is the real article.quotThe Bourne identityquot is the story of a man without a past, rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by some fishermen. He is very ill, and his body has suffered the impact of many bullets. The man is taken by the fishermen to a doctor in a nearby island, who helps him to recover physically and mentally. Our protagonist doesnt remember who he is, but with the help of the doctor he finds some clues he doesnt like too much. He only knows for certain some things, for instance that his face has been altered by plastic surgery, that he knows a lot about firearms and that he carried on him a microfilm that contains the code to an account of four million dollars.brbrIn the Swiss bank where the account is he also finds a name Jason Bourne. But... is he Jason Bourne?. He cannot remember, and if it were for quite a few people, he wont. From the moment he leaves the island onwards, our man without a past will be followed, and attacked. He doesnt understand why, but he reacts in order to stay alive. Add to this already interesting mixture a woman he takes as a hostage, Marie, a number of assasins including the most famous assassin in the world, Carlos, and the possibility that he is, as a matter of fact, also an assassin, and you will understand why this book is so good. The main character will be hunted all throughout the book not only by the quotbad guysquot, but also by the quotgoodquot ones mainly agents from the USA Government. You wont be able to stop reading this book, and you will find yourself asking aloud to nobody in particular quotwho on earth is this man?quot and quotwhat started this whole messquot?.brWarningA character gets raped.brbrThe Cop and the Anthem by O.henry.Its about a young tramp Soapy who tries desperately to get arrested so that he can spend the winter in jail.He eats in expensive restaurents,steals,insults women,cause general mayham.But to no avail.he just doesnt get arrested until...brThe Gift of the Magi,From the cabbys seat,Last leaf all by the same author are terrific stories.Another great writer is Anton Chekov.brbrEdgar Rice Burroughs wrote the Mars novels and the tarzan novels.There are novels in the mars series beginning with a princess of mars.Captain John Carter of the Confederate Army is whisked to Mars and discovers a dying world of dry ocean beds where giant fourarmed barbarians rule, of crumbling cities home to an advanced but decaying civilization, a world of strange beasts and savage combat, a world where love, honor and loyalty become the stuff of adventure. The later books are about his son Carthoris,daughter Tara etc.John carter is a recurring character in all these books as martians live for years.brhttpwww.tarzan.orgbarsoom.html...abrbrThe best among the Tarzan novels is Son of Tarzen. Jack,the son of Tarzan shared his fathers love for apes.He was only trying to help an ape escape to Africa from his cruel trainer.However he got involved in a murder and couldnt return home.He chose to live in the jungle with the apes.Its a fascinating book.The social system among the intelligent giant apes,Koraks relationship with Miriam are all interesting stuff.Its a great coming of age book.brbrYou can get free ebooks by edgar rice burroughs,O.Henry and rafael sabatini from Project Gutenberg.brbrYou belong to meJohanna lindseybrA dark champion,Born in sinKinley MacgregorbrAngel rogue,One perfect rose,The wild childMary jo PutneybrMary BaloghSlightly tempted,A famous heroine,The temporary wifebrThe de burgh brideDeborah SimmonsbrIsnt it romanticRonda ThompsonbrHow to treat a ladyKaren Hawkinsand the rest of the Talisman ring seriesbrLord of the storm,The sky pirateJustine DavisbrTracy anne warrenThe wife trap