Hey Pandas, What Book Would You Recommend For Everyone To Read? (Ended)

DEFINITELY THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY!

It is probably my favorite book ever, and I have read and reread it so many times! If you like smart characters, adventures, action, teamwork, family, and good, satisfying endings, this book is for you.

Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flannagan. Also all other books in the same world like Brotherband Chronicles. It is my favorite book that anyone can enjoy.

The Doomed City by Boris and Arkadi Strugatsky.

It's a decent novel on itself but the message goes much deeper. I read it as a kid and it has taught me much about the ambivalence of politics and how people will choose personal gain or comfort over their highest ideals without questioning. It's one of the harder books by the authors, though. There are more acessable ones, like Roadside Picnic or Dead Mountaineer's Hotel. I would not recommend to start with the later books Boris wrote on his own, I think they lack much of the humor the joint works of the brothers have.

The Brothers Torres, by Coert Voorhees

classic utopistic books:
- "1984" by George Orwell
- "We" by Jewgeni Samjatin

great books for brain and heart:
- "The Name Of The Rose" by Umberto Eco
- "The German Lesson" by Siegfried Lenz
- "Haroun and the Sea" of Stories by Salman Rushdie

great and entertaining:
- "A Night Train to Lisbon" by Pascal Mercier
- "Perlmann's Silence" by Pascal Mercier
- "Widow for one Year" by John Irving
- "Garp" by John Irving

... and hundreds more.

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
Most people read it in 8th grade but I read it by my self in 7th grade and it is my favorite book in the world!!! It’s a great book and great movie also.

A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamil

The Sudden Apperance of Hope by Claire North

The Girl in Green Silk Gown by Seanan McGuire ( great if you lo e urban ledgends)

Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chboski

14 by Peter Clines

The Sevem Husband's of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Ried

The Olympus series by Jordanna Max Broadsky

The Tea Tree Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See

The Brothergood of The Wheel series by R.S. Belcher

The Menagerie Series by Tachel Vincent

A Gift Upon The Shore by M.K. Wren

And if you enjoy Audibooks listen the Gabra Zackman as a narrarator

How have 118 people not said:

Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch

All the Realm of the Elderlings books by Robin Hobb

100 Years of Solitude - I only wish I knew Spanish so that I could have read the original writing. An amazing tale of one who lives beyond years.

Botany of Desire
"In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship." - Amazon review

Bible

my top 10:
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson - I peed my pants reading this book
The War Prayer by Mark Twain - profound
The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston - one of my all time favs
The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson - I've read this book twice and listened to the audio book twice. If you're stuck in the beginning, just keep reading. Keep reading! This is such a powerful and shocking book that was inspired by true stories of defectors from North Korea.
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney - stays with you
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card - I've read and re-read
Dune by Frank Herbert - I've read and re-read
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain - humor
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford - I learned amazing things
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - humor

The "Thursday Next" series by Jasper Fforde. Really smart and intelligent writing and totally original ideas. Actually anything that he has written is fantastic.

The "Luna Chronicles" by Marissa Meyer. Great reading while on holidays as they are easy but interesting.

I echo the previous posts regarding the "Green Rider" series by Kristen Britain. I am eagerly awaiting the next book.

For younger readers (tweens) who want to try the fantasy genre, I highly recommend the "Belgariad" series by David Eddings.

The fudge books by Judy Blume... actually any Judy Blume books, and Mirror Mirror, I forget the author. And the wild rescuers series. That’s good

Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Robin is a professor of plant science at SUNY, but in this book she talks about the intersection of classroom science and the native wisdom of the Potowatami nation, of which she is a member. We need to change. Robin Wall Kimmerer shows us how to get there.

I've alway recommended to all of my friends who NEVER LISTEN, but:
Harry Potter
Percy Jackson an the Olympians
Heroes of Olympus

William Joyce's Guardians of Childhood series.

Jonas Jonasson: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Anything from Jostein Gaarder. His "Sofie's world" is most widely known but there are a lot more books worth reading.

Any Star Wars fans must read Darth Bane series by Drew Karpyshyn.