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I need book suggestions once again. Below is a list of "If You Like..." 's. Thanks you in advance! I will give props to anybody who answers up till April 1, 2012.

If you like HARRY POTTER, then you will like...

If you like the PENDRAGON series, then you will like...

If you like the HUNGER GAMES series, then you will like...

If you like MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, then you will like...

If you like the INKSPELL (INK) series, then you will like...

If you like the STAR TREK series (yes, there are books to go along with the TV series), then you will like...

If you like A SEPARATE PEACE, then you will like...

If you like the SHERLOCK HOLMES series, then you will like...

If you like the DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN series, then you will like...

If you like THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, then you will like...

If you like PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, then you will like...

If you like the RANGER'S APPRENTICE series, then you will like...


Thank you in advance for your answers, and I will try to make the list shorter next time. :)
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Provide more detail as to what you like about the Star Trek novels, and I can provide better (more focused) recommendations...
harold posted over a year ago
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I love the fact that it's a combination of science fiction and action.
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
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harold said:
HARRY POTTER: Angie Sage's "Septimus Heap" series and Sarah Prineas' "Stolen."
PENDRAGON: A.A. Attanasio's "Killing with the Edge of the Moon," Neil Gaiman's "Good Omens" and/or "The Graveyard Book," Colfer's "Artemis Fowl" series, or Suzanne Collins' "Gregor the Overlander."
HUNGER GAMES: "City of Ember" (DuPrau), Piers Anthony's "Battle Circle," Larry Niven's "Lucifer's Hammer," Walter Jon Williams' "The Rift," Stephen King's "The Stand," and Daniel Keys Moran's "Armageddon Blues."
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon," anything by Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy L Sayers and/or Raymond Chandler.
INKSPELL: try "The Thief Lord" (Funke), the Wave Walkers series (Kai Meyer), or "The Ear, the Eye and the Arm" or "House of the Scorpion" (Nancy Farmer).
STAR TREK: Doctor Who "New Adventures" series, "Babylon 5" novels.
A SEPARATE PEACE: "Of Mice and Men" (Steinbeck), "Lord of the Flies" (William Golding), or "The Catcher in the Rye" (Salinger).
SHERLOCK HOLMES: John McDonald's Travis McGee books.
DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN: George R.R. Martin's "Windhaven" and Chris Bunch's "Dragonmaster" trilogy plus C.J. Cherryh's "Hammerfall"
COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, read "Ivanhoe," "The Three Musketeers," "The Black Arrow," and "The Prisoner of Zenda."
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: "Emma," "Sense & Sensibility," & "Mansfield Park" "The House of Mirth" or "The Age of Innocence" (Wharton) and anything by Henry James.
RANGER'S APPRENTICE: "The Riftwar Saga" (Raymond Feist), "The Sea of Trolls" series (Nancy Farmer), The Belgariad series (David Eddings), Gygax's Gord the Rogue series, or the Dragonlance books.
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I had to edit and re-submit this list five times, because of the character length limits for answers. So this is the SUPER SHORT version, with no commentary or explanation.
harold posted over a year ago
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Wow! Thanks ! :)
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
Gumball17 said:
I can't really help you cuz I've only heard of 2 or 3 of those, and I haven't read any. Could you sum up what type of books they are? ^^" Cuz then I can help you.
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I'll give a stab at it. Harry Potter is a young adult (YA) book series about a boy wizard who is destined to overthrow the great evil Lord Voldemort.
harold posted over a year ago
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The Pendragon series is about a boy dimension traveler who is destined to stop the great evil Saint Dane from destroying all of reality..
harold posted over a year ago
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Oh, OK. If you like Harry Potter or The Pendragon Series, you will like The Chronicles of Narnia, and it doesn't really fit anything you gave, but the 39 Clues (and it's follow-up series, Cahills vs. Vespers) are awesome! Hope I helped! =D
Gumball17 posted over a year ago
nessie-eska said:
Just a few of books:
If you like HARRY POTTER, then you will like Lord of the ring.
If you like the HUNGER GAMES series, then you will like Gone.
If you like MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, then you will like Curtain (same author).
If you like THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, then you will like To kill a mockingbird.
If you like PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, then you will like Wuthering Heights.
I think I got it right. At least I like them. :)
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Thank you! :)
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
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no problem :)
nessie-eska posted over a year ago
Nico-di-Angelo said:
if u like THE HUNGER GAMES, u will like PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS, and its follow up series, THE HEROES OF OLYMPUS. also try WITCH AND WIZARD (im reading that now. bk 1 was beyond amazing, and im getting bk 2 from the library today). also try THE KANE CHRONICLES.
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^I agree:D Hi Nico:D...again:D...
icuSTALKER posted over a year ago
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Thank you! :)
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
Persephone16 said:
If you like'd Harry Potter and the Ink series, you may like the Chronicles of Narnia and the Percy Jackson Series.
Also, it doesn't really go with any of the "if you like..." things, but "Before I Fall" by Lauren Oliver is pretty good. I mean, I really liked it and I seem to like similar books to you.
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ikr:)
icuSTALKER posted over a year ago
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Thank you! :)
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
dragonsmemory said:
If you like Harry Potter, try The Chronicles of Narnia.
If you like Sherlock Holmes, try Playing For Keeps.
If you like Dragonriders of Pern, try Jurassic Park. (Both feature huge reptile/birds)
If you like Hunger Games, try Under the Dome.

You should also read the following:
-Inheritance cycle
-Lord of the Rings
-The Princess Bride
-assorted Stephen King
-sci-fi from the 20th century
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Thank you! :)
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
phantommusic said:
If you like Pride and Prejudice, you'll like Jane Eyre.
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Thank you! :)
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
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jane eyre is a MUST READ!!!!
stellie posted over a year ago
_lina_ said:
If you like Murder on the Orient Express, then you'll probably like other Agatha Christie books. Other great ones include And Then There Were None and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

If you like Pride and Prejudice, try reading some of the other Jane Austen novels. My favourites include Persuasion and Emma (avoid Mansfield Park, though, it's quite boring). Also, you might enjoy L M Montgomery books (she's the one who wrote Anne of Green Gables). Some later books in the Anne series are really wonderful, like Anne of the Island or Rilla of Ingleside, but she has a bunch of other, non-series books, like The Blue Castle, that you might enjoy. Or you could read Bridget Jones's Diary, which is based on Pride and Prejudice and is really funny.

If you like the Hunger Games series, you might like other dystopia novels, like A Brave New World or Animal Farm.

If you liked Sherlock Holmes and Harry Potter, you might like the Artemis Fowl series (by Eoin Colfer). Artemis is a teenage criminal mastermind who discovers and threatens to expose the fairy underworld.

Hope this helps :)
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Interesting about "Mansfield Park;" my feeling was that it wasn't as fun but much more nuanced and developed than her other books. In my mind, "Mansfield Park" is to the rest of Austen's novels as "The Tempest" is to the rest of Shakespeare's plays.
harold posted over a year ago
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Thank you! :)
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
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@harold Honestly, I just couldn't stand Fanny. She was completely insipid for the first half of the novel, and then she became insufferably self-righteous for the rest. You may be right about it being more nuanced; I just sort of forced myself through the book, so I wasn't really reading too much into it. Maybe I'll reread it again one of these days, it has been a while. :)
_lina_ posted over a year ago
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@greengirl8 No problem, glad I could help! :)
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GoddessDemeter said:
If you like harry potter you would like Sister Grimm vary fariy tale
like harry potter
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Thanks so much! :)
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
Sinna_Hime_chan said:
If you liked "The Rangers Apprentice" series...you might like "The Sea of Trolls," by Nancy Farmer. (Look it up on wiki if ya like) it's a fantasy trilogy of good-sized reads. The Sea of Trolls is set in A.D. 793 in Anglo-Saxon England, Scandinavia, and the mythical realm of Jotunheim. Next book in series is: "The Land of The Silver Apples" and lastly, "The Islands of The Blessed." Good reads. I highly recommend for anyone who has not read. ;)
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Very good recommendation! I second this!
harold posted over a year ago
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Great, thanks! :)
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
AngelFaceBarbie said:
If you like HARRY POTTER, then you will like FALLEN,TORMENT and PASSION by LAUREN KATE.
If you like HUNGER GAMES, you will like UNDER THE DOME
If you like INKSPELL, you will like the GIFTED series
If you like the RANGERS APPRENTICE, you will like the HEALERS APPRENTICE
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Thank you! :)
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
MGGLover said:
If you like HARRY POTTER, then you will like.. The Chronicles of Narnia

If you like the HUNGER GAMES series, then you will like.. The Maze Runner

If you like MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, then you will like.. And Then There Were None

If you like the SHERLOCK HOLMES series, then you will like.. The Hercule Poirot Series

If you like the DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN series, then you will like.. The Inheritance Cycle (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance)





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Thank you! :)
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
MrsCharliePace said:
Okay, I'm giving this a shot :)


If you like HARRY POTTER, then you will like...

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

If you like the HUNGER GAMES series, then you will like...

I can't really think of a book that is similar at the moment...

If you like the STAR TREK series (yes, there are books to go along with the TV series), then you will like...

Try origional Star Wars novels. I'm quite fond of a few of them and could suggest specific ones if you tell me more about what you like to read.

If you like THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, then you will like...

Try A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
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Thanks for giving it a shot! They sound good! :)
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
MrsECullen42 said:
If you like Pride and Prejudice you'll like The Rules Of Genitility. It's pride and prejudice meets sex and the city. I picked it up on a whim and I love it. I take it everywhere with me. It's girly but, like P&P, deals with moral issues. And I would love to marry Mr Indigo Linsley
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Thank you! :)
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
squidysyd said:
I don't have anything that would git under the catagories you have listed, but you might like The Mortal Instruments Series, City of Bones, City of Ashes City of Glass, City of Fallen Angels and soon to come out City of Lost Souls.
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Oh, and The Hobbit that's a good one too!
squidysyd posted over a year ago
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Thank you so much! :)
greengirl8 posted over a year ago
BeastsGirl said:
If you like SHERLOCK HOLMES, then you will like MURDOCH MYSTERIES. William Murdoch is a detective in 19th century Canada who, like Sherlock Holmes, thinks outside of the box and is well ahead of his time with his methods, particularly regarding forensics.
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Sounds good, thanks! :)
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