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I AM GOING TO MEMORIZE THE RAVEN BY EDGAR ALLEN POE. CURRENT PROGRESS: 12/18 STANZAS

Recommendations

So if you're an avid reader and you've just happened to stumble across my profile on some random website then let me give you a list of things I personally enjoyed reading and maybe you'll like, too. But be wary: I like fantasy, some sci-fi, and mystery. And this list is in no particular order.

Note, I intentionally left out the following books: Harry Potter, Twilight, Narnia, Ann Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Hunger Games, Percy Jackson, and Lord of the Rings. I left these out because of the mixed feelings people have towards these books mostly due to to religious views. We all know about the mixed feelings with Twilight. I personally didn't like how the Hunger Games trilogy turned out, but most people like it so...Percy Jackson wasn't a bad series at all. I only mentioned it because I feel like it's for a younger audience, and I tried to not list any books that were for a younger audience (younger as in younger than 14). INKHEART IS DEBATABLE. And I love Ann Rice's vampires, but her books are some pretty heavy stuff so I can't recommend it unless I know you.

I will add more books as I find them.

Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness
Storm Thief by Chris Wooding
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray also by Chris Wooding
The Uglies Trilogy by Scott Westerfield*1
The Midnighters Series also by Scott Westerfield
Watership Down by Richard Adams*2
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
The Inheritence Cycle by Christopher Paolini*3
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Tithe, Valient, and Ironside all by Holly Black*4
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
The Artmeis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer*5
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau*6
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke
Terrier by Tamora Pierce
Birthmarked by Caragh M O'Brian
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Bloody Jack series by L.A. Meyer
A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin*7
"The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs (short story: http://www.americanliterature.com/author/w-w-jacobs/short-story/the-monkeys-paw)

*1 I think Uglies may be considered a series now.
*2 It's about rabbits. No joke.
*3 This is more popularly known as the Eragon series
*4 These aren't technically a series, but they're related books and I recommend you read them in the order as they're listed. They go by "A Modern Faerie Tale" as a collective name.
*5 This series is more for a younger audience, but I really did like this series.
*6 I personally did not like the rest of the Ember books, and I would only read the first one and stop. That's just an opinion, though.
*7 More popularly known as Game of Thrones as the HBO television series based off of the books is called. Warning: books are time consuming and may require character charts; also, there are high levels of mature content throughout all of the books.