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When we finish reading "The Hobbit" we'll end "His Dark Materials" by reading the third book in the series, "The Amber Spyglass", we'll also include discussion on the two small books that Philip Pullman has written to accompany the series, "Lyra's Oxford" and "Once Upon a Time in the North".

What we'd like to look at here is which book we should read after "The Amber Spyglass", and what series we should read next. So please post here to give your suggestions, when we have enough we'll close this thread and open up a poll with two lists, one for the next single book (to start reading in August) and one for the next series (to start reading in September).

Single Book List

*Pride and Prejudice............Jane Austen
*Emma..................................Jane Austen
*Sense and Sensibility............Jane Austen
*Persuasion.......................... Jane Austen
*Mansfield Park....................Jane Austen
*The Hobbit.........................J.R.R. Tolkein
*Theater Shoes...................Noel Streatfeild
*Party Shoes......................Noel Streatfeild
*Ballet Shoes.....................Noel Streatfeild
*Hamlet.............................William Shakespeare
*I Capture the Castle..........Dodie Smith
*The Little White Horse..........Elizabeth Goudge
*The Moonstone...................Wilkie Collins
*Skellig...............................David Almond
*The Van.............................Roddy Doyle
*Wuthering Heights...............Emily Bronte
*David Copperfield..............Charles Dickens
*Catch 22..........................Joseph Heller
*To Kill a Mockingbird...........Harper Lee
*The Catcher in the Rye.......J.D. Salinger
*Animal Farm......................George Orwell


Series Novels

*His Dark Materials-Philip Pullman
The Golden Compass/Northern Lights
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass discussion in July

*Sally Lockheart Trilogy-Philip Pullman
The Ruby in the Smoke
The Shadow in the North
The Tiger in the Well

*Lord of the Rings-J.R.R. Tolkein
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King

*The Chronicles of Narnia-C.S. Lewis
The Magician's Nephew
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle

This post has been edited by Dreamteam: 12 June 2008 - 01:01 PM

[color="#4169E1"]I say the Chronicles of Narnia is a good series or what about The Never Ending Story.

Single, would be Mansfield Park. I'm always up for LotR trilogy.

I have a suggestion, how about Momo by Michael Ende? It deals a lot with imagination and how one seemingly unimportant orphan saves everybody's destiny (pretty much like a certain Harry Potter).

I would most like to see Leaky do either Fellowship of the Ring or Prince Caspian next. (I suppose Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe should be read first, though.) Those are my picks.

Oooh, sounds like a great read, I may have to add that to my library list...which gets longer and longer! For now, the Book Nook discussions are focusing on books specifically recommended by J.K. Rowling. You can find a list in the first post of this thread. When we finish that list, we may open up the discussions to include many different books, so hang on to that suggestion.

Ah, thanks a lot Pyxis, I didn't know about that!
Well, just be sure to get a good translation, as I have been told that there are two different versions available in the USA. The one named Momo is the one you should go with, the other one is something along the lines of The Grey Gentlemen (talk about translators taking artistic liberties!)

This post has been edited by Fer_keeper: 15 June 2008 - 12:25 AM

I'd like to read 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' or Ballet Shoes'. They were two of my favourite childhood books.
My copy of 'Theater Shoes' is called 'Curtain Up'.

I would love to read the Chronicles of Narnia again. The have so many hidden 'messages' and the series just ends so, for want of a better word, nicely!

Also, I REALLY should read Lord of the Rings again... :S Must add that to my list of books to read.

This post has been edited by The Whomping Willow: 15 June 2008 - 03:58 AM

If we're going for a single and we want something other than Jane Austen again (even though I'd love that) I think I Capture the castle would be a great next one to go to.