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New to reading,recommend me some good books which I will enjoy reading?

Lately I have just found interest in reading books.I am 28 years old ,English is my second language,so not very good at high vocubalary .I need somebody to recommend me some good books which I will enjoy reading .

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1. Depends on what you enjoy. Thriller? I'd go for the Rain series by Barry Eisler. Iris Johansen is also a very good bet with her Eve Duncanb series. If you like a humorous mystery, JA Konrath's Jack Daniels series is great. The first couple Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich are also very good - unfortunately the mystery aspect degenerates further into the series and the books get repetitive. Good in chick lit is the new book by Lisa Lutz - "The Spellman Files." If you're more into alternative universes, the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde is awesome (as are Douglas Adams books). If you like romance, Kasey Micheals is awesome as is Stephanie Bond and Susan Mallory. Vampires? Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series is good. Good luck and happy reading.
2. If you mean fiction then there are many I could recommend. 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' by C. S. Lewis is a fantasy adventure story that is classified as a children's book but enjoyed by adults as well. 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' is about an autistic boy who tries to find an answer for the strange death of a neighbour's dog.
3. "Young wives" and "Pen pals" by Olivia Goldsmith - are about women getting back at men. "Whispers and lies" by Joy Fielding - one of these books where you first get the whole plot in the very end - keeps your curiosity high. A really great book is "Rescue My Child: The Story of the Ex-Delta Commandos Who Bring Home" by Neil C. Livingstone.. A true story about children being kidnapped by one of their parents into their home countries and how these children gets rescued.. These books are all very different but then you have a bit to choose among.. The books I have recommended to you I have only read in Danish, therefore I'm not able to tell you how the vocabulary is in English
4. It would help if you gave your age and interests, but here goes: http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com Included is a list of only the best sorcery fantasy books, grade reading level, a short review of each book along with a brief summary of adult content. There is also a "Reader's Choice" list of favorite books, and a list of heroine sorcery fantasy books. Warning: the book by Jack Vance uses some very advanced words, some of which I have been unable to locate even in a (reasonably good) dictionary! Also these: http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtother.html#great . Lots of lists, but I especially like the Harvard Classics list - all the books that I should have read, but (mostly) never did. Finally, these: http://www.awardannals.com/wiki/Honor_roll:Genres - pick your genre, find the best books ranked by how many awards they've won. The childrens books might be particularly useful. Another help: The Lexile Score. Once you determine your "reading level", you can use this to help you find challenging (but not too challenging) books. You can use the "search" link below to find the score of books that you have already read, and then use the same link to evaluate books that you wish to read. Probably books rated 200 above what you are comfortable reading will be challenging but enjoyable at the same time. This is the source for my "grade reading level" in my life-after-harry-potter web site. search http://www.lexile.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?view=ed&tabindex=28&tabid=67&tabpageid=311 grade level chart http://www.lexile.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?view=ed&tabindex=6&tabid=18#18 I hope this helps. Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/
5. harry potter series