Know a good book?

Helloness! So here's the thang, I have to read a novel by a contemporary author for my AP English class && I have been putting it off for quite some time because I have been terribly busy. So... can any one reccomend a good book that I can read, that wont take too horribly long? I would appreciate it so much. Thank Ums.

Is contemporary another word for like, new?

If yes then A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. My absolute Favorite book

OMG. i recommend libba bray. i havent gotten around to actually reading the whole thing, but im dying to.

^ It's amazing!! What book of hers are you reading? I'd start with AGATB because there is a sequel called Rebel Angels, and if you read the sequel first it just won't make sense... so make SURE that you read A Great and Terrible Beauty FIRST!!

hehe I'm kind of crazy about her books.. well ok, books in general xD

I only read long books.. lol.

I'm a fan of the Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. Techinically "young adults" reading, but about 20 times deeper than any harry potter you're going to find. It's a little longish, must be in the 300's, but reads quickly.

Oh, sidenote, if you're not in the U.S., it might be called "Northern Lights."

And another sidenote, A Great and T... etc. is pretty good too.

106 pages.
"Anthem" by Ayn Rand.
Amazing book.

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^ I've wanted to read Anthem, but I can't seem to find it. I guess I'm just not looking hard enough.

Theories of Relativity.

Great book!

Life at these Speeds
-Jeremy Jackson

A veeeery long book. a seriously amazing read. it's my favorite book of all times.

Lovely Bones--
In most book stores it's in the 'Classic' section...
Try finding it. Hard. It's an AMAZING book. I loved it.

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The Alchemist by Paul Coelho

it's not that long but it has a gud message. and alot of englsih teachers like it

i would recommend Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

and i havent even read it. lol. i red what i thought to be the first book in the series and i later found out that Twilight was the first. lol.

sibyllene
OMGOMGOMG

i love golden compass and that whole his dark materials series .wow i cat belive i remembered the name of the series. .

omg. i stole the books from my one teacher they're freaking awesome.

oops. i never said that. lol

well, i really like the book STARGIRL , though i dont remember the author. this book is 100-200 pages or maybe a bit more, and its a pretty easy read, but its got a really got plot and meaning to it.

u should read uglies by scott westerfield
it's REALLY good its like 200 something pages...but muh lil bro finsihed the book in 2 days it was really good

Lauren!!

Haha, I'm so glad there's another one out there. I just got the books in a box set for Christmas from my wonderful friend. I think he was offended by them, because of the religion stuff, but he gave them to me anyway ; ). And! I'm reading Twilight right now. it's sitting in front of me, and it's intoxicating. If that makes sense.

Also, xbeyond_helpx,

I loved the Alchemist. Came at a really good point in my life.

I love books...

yeh it's great ey. i'm doing it for my final exams for final year at skool

the tomorrow series. by john marsden.

first is tomorrow when the war began.

good book. and the series is great.

David