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Sci-Fi mostly. Some of my favorite books (that come to mind right now):
Meg
The Trench (sequal to 'Meg')
Meg: Primal Waters
Predator: Concrete Jungle
Alien Vs. Predator: Prey
Alien Vs. Predator (book based off of the movie. book is better than the movie even XD)
Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Intensity
Christine (by Stephen King)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Insomnia
I liked Jurassic Park alot - it was really cleverly written. Michael Crichton is quite good for writing thrillers and such (he is actually a doctor, which is how he can write about all the weird scientific stuff correctly).
I don't read any books anymore because i am the worlds slowest reader and i can't be bothered any more. I write my own stories now and other people give me feedback. it's good for my writing and speaking skills so i think i will grade quite highly in gcse's!
Reading is good for comprehension skills, which will also help you alot for GCSEs. I would suggest that, when you do start your GCSEs, find out what texts you will be doing for English Literature and memorise them. Or at least make sure that you understand them very well.
I couldn't be bothered to memorise them and only read them once each, which was a fairly stupid thing to do. Think I did well on the paper though, despite not remembering any of the quotes beforehand. When you actually sit the paper, you've basically got to write for the whole 2 hours, so knowing your quotes and being able to comprehend the text well is beneficial - especially if you are a slow reader.
I like George Orwell, HG Wells (Not just War of the Worlds), Brave New Wold (Huxley) and those sort of books, as well as Lord of the Rings and JRR Tolken
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I couldn't be bothered to memorise them and only read them once each, which was a fairly stupid thing to do. Think I did well on the paper though, despite not remembering any of the quotes beforehand. When you actually sit the paper, you've basically got to write for the whole 2 hours, so knowing your quotes and being able to comprehend the text well is beneficial - especially if you are a slow reader.
I memorised none of the poetry in English Language, and in one exam you have the Anthology infront of you; and I got a Grade A.
On the reading papers, I hardly ever have the patience to read from end to end the shite they give you, I just make sure I write something that sounds clever with some long words in it , also there's media studies (this is all AQA), and thats 4 25 Mark Questions, Its pretty much write what you can see, read a few things in to it, mention symbolisation, stereotypes, connotation, denotation and a bit of media buffs language and bobs your uncle there's your A grade
Yeah, they do tend to give loads of complete crap in the texts. And it's really boring crap.
I like HG Wells too. What about Jules Verne? I think that both authors wrote within a similar time-frame, and have a similar writing style. When you say "those sorts of books", do you mean 'classic' novels? (e.g. Verne, Wells, Dickens, Defoe etc.)
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, also there's media studies (this is all AQA), and thats 4 25 Mark Questions, Its pretty much write what you can see, read a few things in to it, mention symbolisation, stereotypes, connotation, denotation and a bit of media buffs language and bobs your uncle there's your A grade 
