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Check out Unicorn Mountain by Michael Bishop. I read it in high school and loved it, and the author actually lives in the town I grew up in. Unfortunately, his son was one of those killed in the Virginia Tech shooting. Here is a little blurb about the book: When Bo Gavin returns to his cousin...

Cornelia Funke…Inkworld trilogy Robert McCammon…Boy’s Life, Swan Song Lauren Groff…The Monsters of Templeton Philip Pullman…His Dark Materials series Alice Hoffman… Practical Magic, The River King, Here On Earth, Turtle Moon, The Probable Future, Seventh Heaven, Illumination Night, Blue Diary...

I haven't read the Artemis Fowl series but I have read two of the authors other books, The Supernaturalist and Airman. Both were great, The Supernaturalist is my favorite but if someone asked if they should read those or the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series my answer would be Percy...

TOTALLY agree about David Sedaris, love him!! Bill Bryson is another great one for comedy, as well as Carl Hiaasen and Dave Barry. I also agree about Jon Krakauer for adventure, I love Into the Wild. Also loved Gone for Good by Mark Childress and The Terror by Dan Simmons was very interesting...

I love the idea of something for Black History Month...Roots by Alex Haley is the first to come to mind but I have also been wanting to read the autobiography of Frederick Douglass, I think it is Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass...Cane River is another on my list, by Lalita Tademy...

1984 is a great one, I just finished it a few months ago. George Carlin is hilarious, I love him! If you like humor you should try David Sedaris, Carl Hiaasen, Dave Barry, Bill Bryson...especially Sedaris though. My favorite of his is Me Talk Pretty One Day. I don't have any actual self-help...

May not quite be what you're looking for but I remember enjoying a book called The Eleventh Plague

Have you tried the series by Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials? It starts with The Golden Compass...give it a chance, and try all 3, I think you'll like them.

Swan Song is a great one!...I also enjoyed one called Alas Babylon by Pat Frank

When do you guys think it is best to show your writing to someone, in this case my husband? He would like to read what I have so far but for some reason I seem to remember Stephen King saying in his book On Writing not to do that for awhile, but of course I can't remember his recommended waiting...

I totally agree in regard to The Poisonwood Bible, what an amazing story! Also try Strange Fits of Passion by Anita Shreve, I think you'll really like it.

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys by Chris Fuhrman

I definitely agree with the suggestions of Rebecca Wells, Jean Auel and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I didn't find the Earth's Children series boring at all, especially the second book in the series. I also recommend: Novels by Alice Hoffman, especially Here On Earth, Turtle Moon, At Risk...

I can't imagine leaving my thoughts about what a book is or isn't saying without finishing it...

Christopher Moore is supposed to be hilarious, both my mom and best friend love him. I doubt it will be cheesy, it sounds like the author is a major smart*ss. I got several books by David Sedaris before a road trip to New Orleans--AMAZING. I knew his stories were funny because I have the books...

Although it isn't straight romance by ANY stretch, and although it is in diary form, The Diary of Anne Frank comes to mind. I have read several holocaust/WWII memoirs that have some romance in them, like Alicia: My Story by Alicia Appleman-Jurman.

Definitely Robert McCammon! Try Boy's Life, Swan Song, or Gone South and then check them all out, he's great! Mark Childress may interest you, try V Is for Victor or Gone For Good...Lauren Groff's The Monsters of Templeton...

It doesn't center on vampires but they definitely play a part in a book I just FLEW through called City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. I also love They Thirst by Robert McCammon!

Since you like Laurence Shames have you tried any Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey or Dave Barry? They're all up the same alley, and John MacDonald is on my list because I've heard he is too. You should also try Chiefs by Stuart Woods.

Have you checked out Margaret Atwood? Especially the Handmaid's Tale...also a very short one (maybe novella?) by James Clavell called something like The Children's Story...you may find Swan Song by Robert McCammon interesting. If you do YA stuff you might dig The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer.