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Good Books to Read for Women

May 29th, 2011

When it comes to books, my policy is, the more you’re intrigued by the blurb, the less intriguing you’ll find the actual book. But that’s just me. Some of the most famous books have fascinating blurbs and reviews, but turned out to be rather disappointing when I read them. But this article is not about those. This article is about some of the good books to read for women. Some of these may be classic books to read, and some may be more contemporary good books for teenagers. The list of good books for teenage girls and good books to read for young women, compiled below, is a must read! So, go ahead, and choose away!

  • The Time Traveler’s Wife ~ Audrey Niffeneger
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ~ Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
  • Holes ~ Louis Sachar
  • Harry Potter Series ~ J.K.Rowling
  • Twilight Series ~ Stephenie Meyer
  • In Death Series ~ J.D.Robb
  • Midnight Bayou ~ Nora Roberts
  • Love Story ~ Erich Segal
  • Chesapeake Bay Saga ~ Nora Roberts
  • Man, Woman and Child ~ Erich Segal
  • The Sands of Time ~ Sidney Sheldon
  • Little Women ~ Louisa May Alcott
  • Purple Hibiscus ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • The Red Tent ~ Anita Diamant
  • The Bad Mother’s Handbook ~ Kate Long
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time ~ Mark Haddon
  • The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane ~ Katherine Howie
  • The Undomestic Goddess ~ Sophie Kinsella
  • Eat, Pray, Love ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
  • Sign of Seven Trilogy ~ Nora Roberts
  • The Darkest Evening of the Year ~ Dean Koontz
  • The Circle Trilogy ~ Nora Roberts
  • The Jester ~ James Patterson & Andrew Gross
  • Pride and Prejudice ~ Jane Austen
  • Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus ~ John Gray
  • The Women’s Murder Club Series ~ James Patterson
  • Gone with the Wind ~ Margaret Mitchell
  • The Kite Runner ~ Khaled Hosseini
  • The Vanishing Shadow ~ Margaret Sutton
  • The Blood of Flowers ~ Anita Amirrezvani
  • Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood ~ Rebecca Walls
  • Rmember Me ~ Sophie Kinsella
  • Shopaholic Series ~ Sophie Kinsella
  • Born In Trilogy ~ Nora Roberts
  • Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life’s Great Lesson ~ Mitch Albom
  • Midwives ~ Chris Bohjalian
  • Beginner’s Greek ~ James Collins
  • Water for Elephants ~ Sara Gruen
  • Ella Enchanted ~ Gail Carson Levine
  • To Kill a Mockingbird ~ Harper Lee
  • The Secret Life of Bees ~ Sue Monk Kidd
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns ~ Khaled Hosseini
  • The Senator’s Wife ~ Sue Miller
  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ~ Ann Brashares
  • Bridget Jones’ Diary ~ Helen Fielding

The good books to read for women, mentioned in this list above, are some of the best selling books of all time! You can blindly pick out any book from this list, and rest assured that you’ll be transported into a world of wonder! Happy Reading!

All Time Top 10 Books for Men to Read

May 29th, 2011

Reading for some is a passion while for some it is just a pastime. Whatever reason it is that got you to search for the top 10 best books for men, here is the complete list. This list includes some of the greatest books of all time such as The Lord of The Rings which is amongst a few that have sold over 100 million copies. The list is further divided into categories for your convenience. It is said that books can take you to places while you’re sitting in one place. For me, all these are the best books for men and each of them should be read nonetheless. Here is the list!

All Time Top 10 Books for Men to Read

  1. Decision Points ~ George Bush
  2. Life ~ Keith Richards
  3. Atlas Shrugged ~ Ayn Rand
  4. The Da Vinci Code ~ Dan Brown
  5. Fight Club ~ Chuck Palahniuk
  6. The Catcher in the Rye ~ J.D. Salinger – (One of the best selling books till date!)
  7. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt ~ Edmund Morris
  8. Dharma Bums ~ Jack Kerouac
  9. Of Mice and Men ~ John Steinbeck
  10. The Metamorphosis ~ Franz Kafka

Top 10 Books for Young Men

  1. The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy) ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
  2. The Animal Farm ~ George Orwell
  3. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ~ Mark Twain
  4. The Book Thief ~ Markus Zusak
  5. To Kill a Mocking Bird ~ Harper Lee
  6. The Kite Runner ~ Khaled Hosseini
  7. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl ~ Anne Frank
  8. The Harry Potter Series ~ J. K. Rowling
  9. The Twilight Series ~ Stephenie Meyer
  10. The Demon’s Lexicon ~ Sarah Rees Brennan

Top 10 Fiction Books for Men

  1. The Big Sky ~ A. B. Guthrie
  2. A River Runs Through It and Other Stories ~ Norman MacLean
  3. Nick Adams Stories ~ Ernest Hemingway
  4. On the Road ~ Scott Donaldson
  5. Big Woods: The Hunting Stories ~ William Faulkner
  6. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare ~ G.K. Chesterton
  7. Lonesome Dove: A Novel ~ Larry McMurtry
  8. Neuromancer ~ William Gibson
  9. Young Lonigan ~ James T. Farrell
  10. Billy Bathgate ~ E. L. Doctorow

Top 10 Christian Books for Men

  1. Mere Christianity ~ C. S. Lewis
  2. The Imitation of Christ ~ Thomas รก Kempis
  3. I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist ~ Norman Geisler & Frank Turek
  4. Pilgrim’s Progress ~ John Bunyan
  5. The Kingdom of the Cults ~ Walter Martin
  6. The Confessions (of St. Augustine) ~ St. Augustine
  7. The Complete Works of E. M. Bounds On Prayer (Bounds)
  8. My Utmost for His Highest ~ Oswald Chambers
  9. The Cost of Discipleship ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  10. Celebration of Discipline ~ Richard J. Foster

Top 10 Self Help Books for Men

  1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ~ Stephen R. Covey
  2. First Things First ~ Stephen R Covey
  3. Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life ~ Martin E. P Seligman
  4. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ ~ Daniel Goleman
  5. The Power of Positive Thinking ~ Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
  6. As a Man Thinketh ~ James Allen
  7. The Road Less Traveled ~ M. Scott Peck
  8. Cut the CRAP and Resolve Your Problems ~ David R. Cox and Donald A. Sanders
  9. The Sixty-Second Motivator ~ Jim Johnson
  10. The Total Money Makeover ~ Dave Ramsey