I need some book suggestions please!?

Question

I am VERY picky a bout the books I read. As a teenager, it is next to impossible to find any books / suggestions at school that aren't "teenage" books. I hate them, and refuse to read them.

Alternating between Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Mary Higgins Clark, and Kevin O'Brien is getting pretty monotonous, so I need some "new blood" in my reading life. Here is a list of my top 5 favorite books, to show you what I like:

1.) Desperation - by - Stephen King
2.) Deception Point - by -Dan Brown
3.) Water For Elephants - by - Sarah Gruen
4.) My Sister's Keeper - by - Jodi Picoult
5.) The Rustler - by - Linda Lael Miller


What have you enjoyed that you can reccomend?

Answer 1

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Have you tried Agatha Christie's books? She's a classic mystery author. "And Then There Were None" is one of her best novels.

Try Daniel Silva's "The Confessor". Fantastic read. It's a suspense thriller.

Also try Looking for Alaska, by John Green. It's young adult, but before you say no, it's not one of those Twilight-esque love stories. It's not even a love story. It's deep and bittersweet and thought-provoking.

Answer 2

Some good books to try are The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and The Host by Stephanie Meyer

Answer 3

i think you should calm down about the "teenage books". there are plenty you can read look at barnes and noble. but give "teenage" books another try before you " judge a book by its cover"- literally.

Answer 4

Misery- Stephen King
Author get kidnapped by a crazy fan and must find his way out

Carrie-Stephen King
girl who gets made fun of find out that she has telekensis and destorys the town

It -Stephen King
a killer clown lives in the sewers of a manie town and kills childern and 7 kids find out and try to kill it

Cujo-Stephen King
a 200 lb saint bernard get bit by a bat and goes rabid and attacks everyone

The grimm brothers fairy tales
examples are Cinderella Snow white little red riding hood

Alice in wonderland- lewis Caroll (really good)
her adventures in wonderland started when she followed a white rabbit down the rabbit hole

Needful things-Stephen King
a new shop keeper is in town and he has your favorite items just how much are you willing to pay for them

Interview with a vampire- Ann Rice( 100 times better than twilight and goes through many time periods ohh also she has a whole vampire series)
This one is kinda hard to explain its about a vampire that has an interview with a (human) new reporter about his life and it startes out in the south in like mid 1800 and ends in pairs like 150 years later and every thing that he went through

The Shining-Stephen King
All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austin

Edger allen poe ( The Raven is the best)

Desperation-Stephen King
6 people have to end the rath of evil in a western town 100 miles from where jesus lost his sandles and things get very intese

Firestarter-Stephen King
about a little girl who, when she gets angry or very upset, can start fires

Christine-Stephen King
a kid buys a car he has always wanted and the car has always wanted him


Nightshift-Stephen King
Short story collection

Four past midnight-Stephen King
Short story collection

Sherlock homes
Hes a detactive

Dracula (the original)
(really?)

Salems Lot- Stephen king
a town is over run with vampires and one man must stop it

Pet Sematary- Stephen King
When their cat dies, Jud takes Louis to an ancient Indian burial ground, and when they bury the cat there, it comes back to life

Romeo and Juliet- any thing by Shakespearer
to me first orginal love story

Jaws- Peter Benchley
Do i really have to explain that one

Peter Pan- J.M. Barrie
Not the one by diseny

A Tale of Two Cities- Charles Dickens


The Scarlet Letter- Nathaniel Hawthorne
A forbidden act of passion

The Strand case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde- Robert Louis Stevenson
Spilt people in one body ones a murder

To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
A black man was charged with raping a white girl

I have read every book on this list and they are all very good but by far Misery is the best!

hope that helps good choice on Desperation!!

Answer 5

robert andrews- murder of promise
soemthing borrowed -emily giffin
enchantress of florence-salmon rushdie
confessions of a shopaholic-sophia kingsella
peach blossom pavilion-mingmei yip
time traveler's wife-audrey niffenegger
meg cabot- size 12 is not fat
burning bright-tracy chevallier
black ships-jo graham
hand of isis-jo graham
you only die twice-edna buchanan


edna buchanan writes a ton of mysteries very sleek writing style ( as expected from a pulitzer prize winner) i love her.. maybe even more than mary higgins clark...
jo graham's books are ... hard to put down... and worth the time reading... sophia kingsella's books are funny, trendy and hee hee touches every female, mingmei yips book is one of my top 10 faves and is stunnning( if u liked memoirs of a geisha u will adore this book)

Answer 6

Angela's Ashes
The Book of Negroes
Night
Memoirs of a Geisha
A lesson before dying
The secret life of Bees
Handle with care
The Gargoyle
Wicked
Tuesdays; with Morrie
The lovely bones
The Shack

These are just a few of some of my most favorite recent reads.

Answer 7

The Dresden Files, which I've found don't necessarily have to be read in order, although that would be best, are some very entertaining urban fantasy/action books that have some very unique, awesome scenarios in the them. I suggest these because of your mention of Koontz and King, and because they are most excellent.

On a completely different note, I'd recommend "The Book Thief", which is about a non-Jewish girl growing up in Nazi Germany. I don't usually like historical fiction overmuch, but this book is extremely touching and though provoking. One of my favorites.

If you'd like to try some science fiction, "Dune" is one of the best soft scifi books there is, and "Revelation Space" by Alaistar Reynolds one of the best hard scifi. Both of these books, although very different from one another, feature very complete, well-realized worlds, and are among my favorites.

For fantasy, I'd recommend "The Name of the Wind". It's a very, very thick book, is extremely well written, and features an incredibly detailed and well-realized world, as well as likeable characters. The main character is somewhat over the top, but the whole book is done so well I'd have it no other way.

For humor, try "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, or anything else he wrote. His books are like nothing else, and are utterly hilarious. Anything by Terry Pratchett is also excellent. Some of my favorites are The Bromeliad Trilogy and Going Postal. His books are extremely funny, but he also squeezes a good deal of meaning into them. His characters, including his female ones, are very real, and while he pokes fun at humanity, it is also abundantly clear how much he likes us.

I admit, some of these books (the bromeliad trilogy, the dresden files, the book thief, the hitchhiker's guide) are occasionally shelved in the young adult section, and the Bromeliad Trilogy was specifically marketed for young adults. However, that is NOT why I recommend them. I recommend them because they are simply awesome books. They are NOT the sort of young adult aimed fiction that is full of touchy-feely boy meet girl stories, so called life lessons, high school, and "teen issues". I would recommend them to anybody, young or old, who has a taste for good books. Anyway, only the Bromeliad trilogy was marketed specifically at young adults (but it's not written down, or really all that different than his other books. I think it was just a marketing ploy.) The others seem to get thrown into the YA section sort of at random, in an attempt to introduce some variety to the section that is typically packed full of boring teen books.

Anyway, I hope this babbling post is of some use to you.

Answer 8

Dangerous Days by J. William Turner. Adventure fiction with important teen characters of both sexes