Hello, I'm here to hopefully find out about some fun new books to read this summer. I'm a hopeless wreck in a bookstore unless I know exactly what to get.

Lately, I've been finding mysteries and horror to be quite fun to read. Classics are great to.

Die for Me, by Karen Rose (as long as you don't mind steamy bits :shock:)

ive found that "the ghost in the tokaido inn" series is a pretty good samurai mystery series

Hm, those both sound pretty interesting. I'll have to go check em out.

Try any of the Sherlock Holmes stories, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. My personal favourite of the novels is 'The Hound of the Baskervilles', but 'A Study in Scarlet' is an excellent place to start. Also, I've heard 'And Then There Were None' by Agatha Christie is great. Classic mysteries for you there.

We have a sticky for Book Recommendations, I think you should check it out here.

But anyway, how do you envision horror? I think of Stephen King as horror, would that be up your alley?

you could try the warrior heir

The Shadowhunter Series, City of Bones, City of Ashes and City of Glass by Cassandra Clare. Best. Books. Ever. ^^ It's about this 16 year old girl, Clary, who is at a club one night with her dorky bestie, Simon. She notices a couple of boys with weapons but nobody else seems to see them.. Turns out they are sexy, Shadowhunters! Basically, it's fantasy in an urban setting including all the old favourites of vampires(of the non-sparkly variety), werewolves, faerys, warlocks, angels and demons.

I know.. They are not horror.. However there is a bit of mystery envolved! For me, they are up there with Harry Potter and, dare I mention the atrocity that is Twilight. Seriously, read them. They are so good, I am actually at a loss for what to do, having finished them for the third time recently. They have surpassed everything I have ever read, excluding HP.

God, I sound like such an obsessed little girl.. Oops.. *-*

anything by darren shan

I'd suggest the Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop. It's a kind of dark series of novels based on a female dominant society. It's one of those book series that I can read over and over again and not get sick of the story. The first one is actually titled Daughter of the Blood.

I would suggest The private series. It looks like a preppy book but someone either Gets killed, Gos Crazy, gets arrested, or almost gets killed in every book. No lie. Its the best series i have read that isn't fantasy.

If you like action/fantasy try the Morganville Vampires Series. Its not gushy and its got kickarse action scenes.