So, anyone got any good reading tips? I'm looking for novels mainly, and of course dealing with superheroes in one way or another.

I'll kick things off with a few recommendations of my own:

Soon I Will Be Invincible, Austin Grossman
Absolutely brilliant novel about powered people, written mostly from the perspective of the supervillain Doctor Impossible and the newest member of the superhero team the Champions, Fatale. If you haven't read this, go get it now, you won't be sorry.

Superpowers, David J. Schwartz
Basically a story about a gang of students who get superpowers after a beer experiment (or was it the storm?) and realize being superheroes isn't as easy as it might seem. Paints an interesting picture of how weird it must be to try to adapt to having e.g. telepathic powers, or superstrength.

I've also enjoyed James Patterson's Maximum Ride series (The Angel Experiment, School's Out Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, Final Warning) even though it is written for young adults; it's about a flock of winged mutants and their flight and plight to get their freedom. Naturally, because of the intended audience, it's also a growing-up story.

Another series: Justina Robson's Quantum Gravity series (Keeping It Real, Selling Out, Going Under, Chasing The Dragon) about Lila Black, who's a superpowered cyborg in love with a demon rockstar prince, and her adventures in the fairy realm (yeah, it's a bit of a jumble sometimes). Maybe more cyberpunk than superhero, but still a good read.

Well, no list of superhero literature would be complete without the Wild Cards series, edited by George R. R. Martin...

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I dunno if it counts as a super hero book but....

ATOMIC ROBO is a great series by the same people who did 8-bit theater.
http://www.red5comics.com/?cat=7
It's got some really good action, witty writing, great art. It's just fun all around.

Here are some of my other recommendations:

-Hellboy and BRPD Books
-Invincible
-Pretty much any of the JLA books by Grant Morrison.

...hmmm

I've read alot of comic books, I'll have to go back and see what I've read...

I Liked the City Of Heroes books a lot.

The Freedom Phalanx Robin D. Laws


The Web of Arachnos Robert Weinberg.

I just read Invasion by Mercedes Lackey which is inspired by City of Heroes. Lots of fun super hero stuff in that book.

http://www.mercedeslackey.com/books/secret1.html

Does the Percy Jackson and the other continuation series count as superhero literature? I mean the main characters can do stuff like control water and summon lightning as well as being Demigods.

Seconded.

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Thirded.

The best set of novels I can suggest would be the Wild Cards series, edited/written by George R. R. Martin. ( As mentioned earlier . . . )


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Cards

http://www.wildcardsonline.com/

Love that book, Atomic Robo is by far the best thing to have come from the pages of a comic book in a long time.

If anyone hasn't checked it out yet I'd highly recommend if.

http://www.atomic-robo.com/

well if you count artemis fowl theres a series and though it doesnt involve super heroes it does involve supervillians. another that involves supervillians is the H.I.V.E series