If you can handle it, I'd say any of Stephen King's novels. I love Christine, Desperation, Cujo, Cell...a lot of his older books, but Cell, Under the Dome and so far 11/22/63 are great. Ray Bradbury's short stories are wonderful as well. Utterly Perfect Murder is one of my favorites, in that department. I might have other, stand alone novels I like...I'll have to search for them in my bookcase...

I'm not sure if you like stories about animals, but I do, for some reason I get more hooked on a book about animals than humans.

Warrior Cats. I know it might seems like a children's book series, and technically it is, but you would be surprised how dark it is. They're really good books, you can tell the authors were creative and put a lot of thought on it. And also, I love how the book works, like the different clans and roles the cats live to keep their clan alive. Just give it a try, you might like it.

Survivors. It's a new series by the same authors that wrote Warriors, and it's also a children's book but the plot is very interesting. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where dogs take over, and it's so different compared to the other books the authors have wrote. I have not read it yet but it looks very interesting.

If I can think of anymore I'll let you know.

Pardon the brievety - I've got an awful headache. But here are some favorites (new, old, and childhood) and recently-reads for me:

Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Fire Bringer - David Clement-Davies
The Inheritance Cycle (Eragon etc) - Christopher Paolini
The Artemis Fowl books - Eoin Colfer
The Animorphs series - K.A. Applegate

Seems like I'm missing a few big ones, so I'll have to come back when I think of what they are.

You guys are incredibly fast at responding to this XD!!

Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll definitely look into these.

Waning-Sun - you won't believe this but I actually read Birdwing, that was an incredible story! I'm glad to meet someone else who read it.

Aivilo - I didn't include Fire Bringer only because it's one I've read, but thanks for mentioning it

Perhaps Just Don't Fall? Great thing about this is, some of the chapters are on YouTube, posted by the author himself, so it's like you can preview it. That link is for the first chapter.

Thanks for the suggestions, I've got the list updated from here.

Pega - that was a really interesting first chapter to that book, I really liked watching the accompanying drawings to what was going on, and am really interested in the story now. Thanks!

Hey thanks for the suggestions! I've always heard of Watership Down but haven't gotten around to reading it. I forgot I bought the animated movie on DVD but have yet to watch it yet, glad you reminded me I had it.

As for Bambi, I actually have read it. That was an amazing story, very different from the Disney movie. I got an old copy of it off of Amazon.

Ug, I LOVED Animorphs when I was a kid. Though I never finished the last books. After the Author stopped really writing the books herself I lost interest. However I plan on someday going back to finish reading the series. Though I don't know you well, Quad, I still feel you would enjoy this series. But if you do end up disliking it please let me know my judgment is off. XD I still have many of the first books and I wouldn't mind owning the whole series to occasionally read a book again for fun.

I've also read "Warriors". It is not the best written but it is a fun and easy read. I finished up to... the last book of "The New Prophecy".
By the way BluedeerLegend18 I never heard of that Author's "Survivors". I will have to look into that.

Tailchaser's Song is another 'cat story' that was out way before Warriors. Tad Williams tends to write very long books but this one was an average length I'd say. It reminds me a bit more of 'Watership Down' but not even close to how dark Watership Down was.
Nre'fa-o, my friends. :3

I'm currently readying The Demon Cycle series. First book which I finished reading "The Warded Man" and the second book which I haven't started reading yet "The Desert Spear". Author Peter V. Brett. How to explain this series? It's a fantasy... There are demons involved... It's been a bit since I read the first book. I should start on the second before the third comes out. Kind of reading it with a friend and her mother.

I'd suggest more but the first two I just saw in your list and had to comment on, Tailchaser's Song just happened to be on a shelf I can see, and The Desert Spear is the book waiting to be read. While I use to read 24/7 when I was younger I haven't read as much recently so off the top of my head I can't remember much. XP I'm so bad. If I think of any good books later I'll let you know. Though I am not sure what are and what are not on tapes/audio.

Trigger_mortis,
Yay, another Tailchaser's Song lover! You make me happy.

Also, Quad. Have you heard of The Giver by Lois Lowry? I read it in a class once. I found it to be excellent. Though it's another in my list considered a 'children's book'. lol

Though what the heck makes something a 'children's book'? I've read 'children's books' that were insanely dark that also included rape or attempted rape. So what the heck classifies as a child's or even a teenager's book???!!! Is it just how supposedly easy it is to read?

Excuse my moment of bookworm rage.

Oh, my... "Choose your own adventure" I remember those. Do they still make books like that anymore? lol
And Goosebumps, yes! I also watched the TV series for that. Haha. I miss the 80s and 90s. :/

Very much love "The Hunger Games", "Catching Fire" and "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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