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Hey guys.

Ive mostly read non fiction books and are looking to get into Fiction. I really liked the Movies Harry Potter, Hunger games, and twilight so I thought I would convert to fiction! I will read those series however was wanting to know was there any other good books to read,to start my new journey with... that are not movies (yet)?

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Welcome to the forum! :smile:

 

Have only read the Harry Potters and Hunger Games series, but I think that if you enjoyed the movies of the three series you have mentioned, you will definitely enjoy the books that will give you more depth and fllavour. :smile:

 

Phillip Pullman's trilogy of 'Northern Lights(uk)/Golden Compass(us)', 'The Subtle Knife' and 'The Amber Spyglass' I happily recommend to anyone as they are well written and compelling stories.

 

Angie Sage has written a series reagrding a boy wizard (not Harry Potterish - a different vibe altogether) Septimus Heap.

 

These are both leaning toward the magical/strange places/powers type story, but it may not be what you have in mind. Any genre that catches you interest? Crime? Young Adult? Romance? Fantasy? Or are you open to any suggestions, as you will get many just wandering around the forum? lol

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Hello Dujon,

 

Welcome to the fictional side of the universe :)

 

To add to Chrissy's suggestions, you could try The Chronicles of Narnia - a series of seven books - some of which are already films.

You could also pick up JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit - the film version should be coming by the end of the year.

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Hey Chrissy,

 

Oh yeah saw Golden compass as well did not know it was a book, it was a good movie I now plan to read Northern Lights asap and might as well read Septimus Heap after that, awesome :D. Also, Bree I will attempt to try and read the Hobbit before the movie as I always hear the movies are never as good, but I've never been in the position to say that so I'm going to try to be this year!

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If you like the Hunger Games, try Divergent by Veronica Roth :)

 

yeah I did not know that Hunger games was actually that dark, was a good... kind of reminded me of a lighter version of the concept of the SAW films " how much do you value your life and what are you willing to do to survive"

 

Ive seen post on here, saying it ripped off something called battle royal & blade runner but haven't see or read those what do you think?

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Apparently Battle Royale was certainly about young people fighting to the death.. I intend to read it soon. However, the Hunger Games trilogy goes so much further than the actual 'game'.

 

You can read about Divergent here: http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Divergent-Veronica-Roth/9780062024039 I chose it as an audio book last year (I think) without knowing anything about it, and found I really liked it.

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I'd recommend trying Momentum by Saci Lloyd:

 

London, the near future. Energy wars are flaring across the globe - oil prices have gone crazy, regular power cuts are a daily occurrence. The cruel Kossak soldiers prowl the streets, keeping the Outsiders - the poor, the disenfranchised - in check. Hunter is a Citizen: one of the privileged of society, but with his passion for free running and his rebel friend Leo he cannot help but be fascinated by the Outsiders. So when he meets Outsider Uma, he is quickly drawn into their world - and into an electrifying and dangerous race to protect everything they hold dear (from amazon.co.uk).
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Ive seen post on here, saying it ripped off something called battle royal & blade runner but haven't see or read those what do you think?

 

Battle Royale is on my TBR pile and it looks like a great read. It's a big, chunky book too. :) You might also like to look into Stephen King's The Running Man and The Long Walk, which are similar types of books/novellas. He wrote them under the alias of Richard Bachman.

 

Blade Runner is based on a book by Philip K Dick called Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which is supposed to be a great book. It's more adult than young adult though.

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Apparently Battle Royale was certainly about young people fighting to the death.. I intend to read it soon. However, the Hunger Games trilogy goes so much further than the actual 'game'.

 

Battle Royale was a really good book. Some errors in the translation, but overall they translated it well. If any of you who read it like it then check out the film version afterwards. It's not entirely accurate, but it does well to put the story into film format. But please, oh please, leave the manga version alone. It's just horrendous.

 

Some of my favourite books have to be Animal Farm by George Orwell. It's short (my copy is 90 pages long) but it is incredibly well told and poignant, too. Probably my favourite book.

 

I also recommend another fairly short book A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Hopefully you haven't seen the film as the book seems to be far better if you haven't seen the film. The language is difficult at first, but you grow to it (learning new slang appears to be a focus of the book for the reader).

 

Another incredibly easy book to get in to is Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. Almost impossible to put down and so engaging. The narrative structure is pretty interesting and helps you get into the book more. Definitely another book to read before watching the film (at least, my friends who saw the film first tell me).

 

The Saga of Darren Shan are also books you should read. Everyone should read them. I'm probably biased as they are dear to my heart and kicked off me reading when I was younger. There are 12 books in the series but getting through them is no great feat. Great story, great characters, really well written. Also, it's good to have a new take on vampires that doesn't seem to completely ruin vampires. If you end up liking them also try out Darren Shan's Demonata Saga, which has a different focus: Demons. This series is nothing on his original saga, but they still tell a good story, with Bec being on of my favourite books.

 

I could keep going, but I don't want to overload you. These books all come from a variety of genres, so if you check them out, along with books already mentioned, you might understand what genre and writing style you prefer :smile:

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