Ectoman I am surprised that we agree on this. I commend you on good literary judgement!!

I've read a couple of his books and I've never read another one again. He must've improved with age.

hhhhmmmmm havent read the giver…anyways I have a few more to suggest like The Walking Drum by Louis L'amour and Eaters of the Dead by Micheal Chrichton both of which are set in the Medieval ages

I prefer Terry Brooks myself. The Sharranha series is awesome.

I'm currently reading the New Jedi Order, kicked off with the great Vector Prime by R.A. Salvatore.

Well Jesusfreak I actually was gonna start reading the Sword of Shannara and Spectre I was thinking of buying the first few books of the Vector Prime series myself also to everyone else if you havent read or heard of it as REALLY good Sci-fi book is Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

As soon as I find my National Ghost direcory, I will post the title.

I'd recommend a number of books by Tim Powers. Particularly, see if you can find Expiration Date, Declare, and The Anubis Gates. Interesting paranormal stuff there. Exiration Date is about ghosts in LA, Declare is a spy novel about the use of Djinn during the second world war, and the Anubis Gates is, uh, hard to explain. Time travel and Egyptians.

The Stress of Her Regard is a good one too - it's an interesting take on Vampires - as is On Stranger Tides. It's about pirates and magic. They're both by Powers as well.

Of Tangible Ghosts by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
is good. Really strange take on ghosts and it's set in an alternate United States where Dutch decendants formed the country, not British. Amazon has excerpt pages if anybody wants to check it out.

And if you haven't read Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, don't wait.

Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

Hello! The “Hitchhiker's Guide” series! I'm surprised nobody brought that up so far. Douglas Adams is a funny writer, despite his unfortunate handicap of being dead.

I find myself reading Non-Fiction more.. usually reference books..