What are some must-read suggestions for a fifteen-year-old girl?

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Summer's coming up, and for me that means reading time. What suggestions do you have to fill up my summer? I've already read Twilight, Harry Potter, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, etc., and I liked them all. As for classics, I love Jane Austen, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Farenheit 451, just to name a few. I already have these on my summer list:

-The Lovely Bones (for school)
-Wuthering Heights
-Bingo, by Rita Mae Brown
-Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
-We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson
-The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
-Some of the SimonPULSE romantic comedies

I am not a fan of hard core sci-fi (I read Ender's Game and I hated it), anything explicitly sexual, or Gossip Girl, The Au-Pairs, or any other series featuring whiny rich girls doing sex and drugs. (No offense to those of you who like it--some of my best friends do, too.) Otherwise, I'm willing to try anything. Suggestions?

Answer 1

-vampire academy series by richelle mead
-war and peace by leo tolstoy
-pride and prejudice by jane austen
-the book thieg by markus zusick
-just listen by sarah dessen
-tithe by holly black
-evermore by alyson noel
-wicked lovely by melissa marr
-as simple as snow by gregory galloway
-dracula by bram stoker
-bloodline & bloodline:reckoning by katy cary: continuation of bram stokers dracula's family
-thicker than water by carla jablonski
-silver kiss by annette curtis klaus
-blood and chocolate by annette curtis klaus
-the historian by elizabeth kostova
-nineteen minutes by jodi picoult
-my sister's keeper by jodi picoult
-helen of troy by margaret george
-cin cravin novels by jenna maclaine
-the jaz parks series by jennifer rardin
-the last lecture by randy pausch
-grave disorder by charlotte de ne guerre
-jessica's guide to dating on the dark side by beth fanteskey
-inexcusable by chris lynch
-counterfeit son by elaine marie alphin
-speak by laurie halse anderson
-borrowed light by anna fienberg
-looking for home by jean ferris
-lucy peale by colby rodowsky
-how to ditch you fairy by justin larbalestier
-the blue girl by charles de lint
google them to see if they are interesting to you:)

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Answer 2

You should try a Long Way Gone By Ishmael Beah because I noticed that you dont have any non-fiction on your list.

Another suggestion would be Persuasion by Jane Austen because I'm guessing you've already read Pride and Prejudice.

If you're interested in fantasy books that have a strong female lead character, the I recommend the following (they're not too out there, they only have a bit of magic and a different setting):

The Blue Sword By Robin McKinley
The Pellinor series By Alison Croggon
Wild Magic By Tamora Pierce
Alanna: The first adventure By Tamora Pierce
Protector of the Small series By Tamora Pierce
The Blue Sword By Robin McKinley
Crown Duel & Court Duel By Sherwood Smith
Protector of the Small series By Tamora Pierce
The Magicians Guild By Trudi Canavan (It’s a series of 3 books but I can only remember the name of the first one)

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (I loved this book)

Some classics I would reccomend would be:
The Once and Future king By T.H. White
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
Books By Mary Gaskall

And I also think that you would like Books by Sarah Dessen. Her books all have a bit of romance but also deal with issues that face teens today. My favorites are Just Listen and The Truth About Forever.

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Answer 3

Vampire Diaries by L.J Smith****-Recently became a comeback trilogy(3 books total, fourth one coming soon) Elena: the golden girl, the leader, the one who can have any boy she wants.
Stefan: brooding and mysterious, he seems to be the only one who can resist Elena, even as he struggles to protect her from the horrors that haunt his past.
Damon: sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him. Determined to have Elena, he'd kill to possess her.
But there’s a third party in the small town of Forena Fell, one who wants the brothers dead, and Elena for worse.

The Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras Series by Scott Westerfield
Science fiction Set in the future where everyone born normal is considered Ugly until you turn sixteen and have a surgery to turn Pretty. There are complications to the surgery though, and Tally has to figure out a way of saving the people she loves from the dangers of the World.

Maximum Ride by James Patterson(Really good)-. Max, 14, and her adopted family–Fang and Iggy, both 13, Nudge, 11, Gazzy, 8, and Angel, 6–were all created as experiments in a lab called the School. Jeb, a sympathetic scientist, helped them escape and, since then, they've been living on their own. The Erasers have orders to kill them so the world will never find out they exist. Max's old childhood friend, Ari, now an Eraser leader, tracks them down, kidnaps Angel, and transports her back to the School to live like a lab rat again. The youngsters are forced to use their special talents to rescue her as they attempt to learn about their pasts and their destinies.

Marked ( Book 1) House of Night series by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -In 16-year-old Zoey Redbird's world, vampyres not only exist but are also tolerated by humans. Those whom the creatures "mark" as special enter the House of Night school where they will either become vampyres themselves, or, if their body rejects the change, die. To Zoey, being marked is truly a blessing, though she's scared at first. At the House of Night, Zoey finds true friendship, loyalty, and romance as well as mistrust and deception.

Blue Bloods Series by Melissa De La Cruz- The Blue Blood Series by Melissa De La Cruz- About a group of Vampires called Blue Bloods who try to do good in the world, only to realize that one of their own has turned from them.

Eternal By: Cynthia Smith- At last, Miranda is the life of the party: all she had to do was die. Elevated and adopted by none other than the reigning King of the Mantle of Dracula, Miranda goes from high-school theater wannabe to glamorous royal fiend overnight. Meanwhile, her reckless and adoring guardian angel, Zachary, demoted to human guise as the princess’s personal assistant, has his work cut out for him trying to save his girl’s soul and plan the Master’s fast-approaching Death Day gala.

Blood & Chocolate by Annette Curtis- Vivian is a teenage werewolf. When the moon is high, she feels the call to run wild in the woods, to feel the forest floor beneath her paws. But, when she moves into a new town, she meets a boy. A human. Her family disapproves but she is head over paws. With growing tension within her pack and her lack of control over her own abilities, she wonders if her boy will love her, or more importantly, if he will survive loving her. Jealously, isolation and competition within her extended family all threaten what tender happiness she tries to build.

The Mediator by Meg Cabot-Susannah Simon is no ordinary girl, she can see and speak to the dead. Not that she’s happy about it; nobody wants ghosts popping into their bedroom every night. But when her mom remarries and Suze is forced to move to California she meets the perfect boy, there’s only one problem, he’s dead.

Evermore by Alyson Noel-Since a horrible accident claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever can see auras, hear people’s thoughts, and know a person’s life story by touch. Going out of her way to shield herself from human contact to suppress her abilities has branded her as a freak at her new high school—but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste… Ever sees Damen and feels an instant recognition. He is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy, and he holds many secrets. Damen is able to make things appear and disappear, he always seems to know what she’s thinking—and he’s the only one who can silence the noise and the random energy in her head. . Damen equal parts light and darkness, and he belongs to an enchanted new world where no one ever dies.


The Luxe -A big, sumptuous tale of catty girls, dark secrets and windswept romance unfurls in this compulsively readable novel of late-19th-century New York City socialites.

You can also check http://www.teenreads.com/
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Answer 4

Percy Jackson
Raven's Gate
Blue Bloods
Inkheart
Dragon Rider
Thief Lord
Vampire Academy
Vampire Dairies
These are all good
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Answer 5

Jany Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, my favorite.

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Answer 6

a really good book is Where The Red Fern Grows. the only thing about it is that its a sad book. i am fifteen now and i read the book last year. it really is sad, i almost cried at the end. another one is a series called The Looking Glass Wars. it is a play off of the original Alice In Wonderland book. it has turned out to be one of my favorite series. i also enjoyed The Giver, Bleachers, The Five People You Meet In Heaven, and Shadow Divers. the last one is non-fiction. i didn't think that i would like it since i am not into the whole concept of the book, but it turned out to be really good. if you enjoy historical fiction, you may like a series called The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing.

i hope this helps :)



P.S. my absolute favorite series is called the Adventures of Blue Avenger. it is amazing, but i am pretty sure that they aren't being printed anymore and can be difficult to find. the ones that i have read were ones that i borrowed from the library, so check there if you are interested.

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