The Hopefuls discussion

I was just wondering what your top 5 books are off the top of your head, along with a word to inspire each of them? Don't take too long, just the first books that come to mind! I'd love some amazing recommendations and you can look at what everyone else posts as ideas for your Christmas lists! :)

Here are mine:
1) Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling - my everything
2) The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - magical
3) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - inspiring
4) Gypsy Boy by Mikey Walsh - eye-opening
5) The Outcast by Sadie Jones - heartbreaking

p.s. Sorry for any incorrect spellings of the authors names - I'm just writing this off the top of my head! :)

Love Millie

This is a fun idea :)

1) Sugar Queen by Sarah Adison Allen - sweet
2) Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabi - fun adventure
3) Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane - suspenseful
4) The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern -magical
5) Alabama Moon by Watt Key - childhood fav

That was kind of hard to do off the top of my head xD But I like the choices I made. It was hard to choice which ones to put. I can't wait to see other people's lists :)

*edit* looking back at this now in 2016 I feel like this list has changed for me xD*

So difficult oh my goodness.

1. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak -insightful
2. 13 Reasons Why - Jay Asher - emotional
3. Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend - Matthew Green/Dicks -innocent
4. The Rest of Us Just Live Here - Patrick Ness -hopeful
5. All The Bright Places - Jennifer Niven - raw.

I decided one off books are the easiest to go with in regards to favourites for myself. I read a lot of series' but sometimes a single book is a good place to start!

1)The help by kathryn Stocett light hearted/inspired
2) Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen twisted
3) The Secret life of bees by sue monk Kidd uplifting
4) Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens thrilling
5) Les Miserables by Victor Hugo thought provoking

Ok so for my first favorite book I used two words to describe it cause I felt like one didn't quite get at what I wanted to say so sorry I broke the rules but yeah all of my favorite books, this was a lot harder than I though it was going to be.

My top 5 favorite books are:
1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - beautiful
2. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen - freaking amazing
3. Bone (all volumes combined) by Jeff Smith - epic
4. Harry Potter series by J K Rowling - favorite series ever
5. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - stunning

Such good suggestions! I completely forgot about The Help - can I add that as number 6 haha?!

My top 5 [so far]:

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - thought provoking
We Were Liars by E.Lockhart - cryptic
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - hilarious
Gut gegen Nordwind (Love Virtually) by Daniel Glattauer - brilliantly witty
Life Without Limits by Nick Vujicic - encouraging

by the way, great idea Millie ;)

1) Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige - magical/suspenseful
2) Heist Society novels by Ally Carter - genius/mysterious
3) I'd tell you I Love you but then I'd have to Kill You (and the rest in the series) by Ally Carter - brilliant
4) Matched series by Ally Condie - insightful/beautiful
5) Dead Girls Walking by Suzy Cox - funny/cliff-hanger

I did two opinions for each because I couldn't sum any of them up in one word and I chose a few series because they were all amazing. The last book is actually the second book in the series but I preferred that one more than the first because I think it was better written and there was more suspense at the end.

I love how frequently The Book Thief is coming up! :)

Sarah wrote: "I love how frequently The Book Thief is coming up! :)"

Me too! Its a brilliant book.

Ramona wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I love how frequently The Book Thief is coming up! :)"

Me too! Its a brilliant book."
i loved the book and seen the movie twice.

I also love how varied everyone's books are, it's not like everyone is choosing books from one particular genre, most people have a several different genres in their list! I have a lot more books on my 'Want to Read' now - you all have great taste haha

My Top 5 (very randomly picked now):

1) I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak - beautiful
2) The Harry Potter Books by JK Rowling - just because
3) If I stay by Gayle Forman - cello love
4) Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke - childhood
5) The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare - heartbreaking

It's so hard to pick! I want to add so much more now xD

1) The Color Purple by Alice Walker
2) The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
3) Carrie by Stephen King
4) Different Seasons by Stephen King
5) Harry Potter Boxset by J.K. Rowling

My hopeful five books are;

I'll Give You the Sun
The Art of Being Normal
Dark Confessions of an Extraordinary, Ordinary Woman
Sold
The Fault in Our Stars

I Am Number Four (and every other book in the Lorien Legacies Series)
Legend
The Young Elites
The Hunger Games
We Were Liars

Lord of the Flies
The House of the Scorpion
Woodsong
Bluestar's Prophecy
Six of Crows

1) Harry Potter - my world
2) outlander series by Diana gabaldon - amazing
3) the expanse novels - James sa correy - suspenseful
4) the mortal instruments - Cassandra Clare - can't put them down
5) game of thrones - George R R Martin - page turner!

1) Harry Potter - my world
2) outlander series by Diana gabaldon - amazing
3) the expanse novels - James sa correy - suspenseful
4) the mortal instruments - Cassandra Clare - can't put them down
5) game of thrones - George R R Martin - page turner!

1. The Red Tent by Anita diamant
2. The trumpet of the Swan by E.B white
3. Harry Potter and the deathly hallows
4. Fans of the impossible life (just finished this one, incredible)
5. Pride and prejudice

My current top 5 books are:

1. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
2. A darker shade of magic by V.E schwab
3. Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
4. Looking for Alaska by John Green
5. I still have to find my fifth one. Any suggestions?

1) The book thief by Markus zusak
2) the Harry potter series by j.k Rowling
3) the king killer chronicles by Patrick rothfuss
4) Maus by art Spielberg
5) the hunger games

This are in no particular order! But I do love the book thief hahahaha

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Harry Potter Boxset by JK Rowling
The Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy by Laini Taylor
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Cassandra Clare's books.

1) The Harry Potter Series by J.K Rowling
2) The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern
3) Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
4) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
5) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

I don't have a top 5, but I think Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a MUST READ. It's chilling.

And Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo is also worth a read but that's only if you're patient with long, tedious, complex books with way too much background information about French history.

(I don't think I've responded to this yet... Haha Hard to keep up)

My top five (this was very very difficult to come up with btw - there will be a few series's... Only way I could narrow it down):

1) Things I Know About Love by Kate Le Vann (best YA romance I have ever read!!)
2) Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
3) Tessa In Love by Kate Le Vann (honestly... Please read her books!!)
4) The Tortall stories by Tamora Pierce (yet another great YA writer)
5 TIED) Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
5 TIED) One Day by David Nicholls

Chloe - it's definitely for a slightly older audience than pre-teen. I'd say the youngest you should be reading One Day to properly appreciate it is 16. It's just one of those books which can be a little slow but the plot is amazing once you get hooked!

1) The Picture of Dorian Gray-Oscar Wilde/thrilling
2) Antigone-Jean Anouilh/makes you question everything
3) Waiting for Godot-Samuel Beckett/thought provoking
4) Game of Thrones series- George R.R. Martin/simply amazing
5) Hulki Bey & Arkadaşları (A Turkish book)- Yiğit Okur/nostalgic

Harry Potter 1, 4, 5 and 7 and The Hunger Games 1.

1.Paradise Lost- John Milton
2. Harry Potter #7
3. The Road- Cormac McCarthy
4. The Good Earth- Pearl Buck
5. Divergent

I'm only 18 so 'of all time' is more like 'currently' for me as I seem to have phases of what I like so currently my list goes:

1) Twilight - Stephanie Meyer / development (from kids books to young adult books)

2) Poison Study - Maria V Snyder / Valek