has anyone read any really good books latley (twilight fans not welcome)?

Question

i love reading but i havent been able to find a good book latley.. just wondering if anyone has read a really good hard to put down book i need some suggestions i am a teenager (16) and love fantasy and a little bit of scifi not really into the whole evil theme like i cant stand horror. harry potter and the host are my favourite books so far

Answer 1

Try Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series, I have just read the first three, they are hillarious and a must for book lovers!



The Eyre Affair

Lost in a Good Book

The Well of Lost Plots - just finished this one

Something Rotton

First among Sequels

Answer 2

The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd

The Midnight Twins Series – Jacquelyn Mitchard

Answer 3

Vampire Academy (Richelle Mead) (This series is really well written and although it has teens in mind isn't just for teens)

Interview with a Vampire (Anne Rice)

Dracula

Evernight (Claudia Gray)

Nightworld (L J Smith)

Vampire Diaries

House of Night (this one is very teenager-ish and tries to be rather "hip"and upto date with a lot of modern day teen language)

South Beach series (Alex Duvall)

The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

Nora Roberts has several romance series including a vampire / were / witch series

Darren Shan

Hunger Games

Blue Bloods

The Darke Academy (Gabriella Poole)



The Southern Vampire Mystery series (Charlaine Harris) (*adult series, however at 16 you MAY be ok with this series. Have a responsible adult check it out for you first)



Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)

Meryll of the Stone (Brian Caswell)

Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit



Looking for Alibrandi (Melina Marchetta)

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

Answer 4

Vampire:

House of Night by PC Cast

Anita Blake series by Laurell Hamilton

Morganville Vampires by Rachel Cain

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

books by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (not sure what the series is called)

Vampire Diaries by LJ Smith

Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan

Peeps by Scott Westerfeld

Vampire Kisses

Tantalize by Cynthia Smith

Nighworld LJ SMith

South Beach by Alex Duval



Werewolf stories:

Blood and Chocolate.

Demonata by Darren Shan

Wereling by Stephen Cole

Werecat

Unleashed



Spy stories (actually very good, although not fantasy. You should still check them out):

Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter

the Specialists by Shannon Greenland.

Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz



Fantasy stories:

Tithe: A modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

Wings by Aprilynn Pike



Also the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld is good, but its futuristic.



The Unseen series is really good.

The Mortal Instruments series

The Black Tattoo

Unwind





Witches (as in Wiccan)

Sweep series by Cate Tierman

Balefire series also by Cate Tierman



Wake by Lisa McMann

-Wake #1

-Fade #2

-Gone #3



Aliens:

Daniel X by James Patterson



Mythology:

Percy Jackson series by Rick Riodan

Daughters of the Moon Series

Sons of the Night Series by: Lynne Ewing



The Gatekeeprs by Anthony Horowitz

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

Deadly Little Lies

Immortals by Alyson Noel

Hush, hush

Answer 5

Um, hmm. I recently re-read "Dragon Sword and Wind Child." By Noriko Ogiwara. It's based on the Japanese myth of the Magatama. (you may or may not know her as a manga artist now) It's a good book, no it's not a comic.



I like to think it's a good mix of Fantasy, Action and Romance. Basically, its about a girl that is a priestess and keeps being reborn but is making the same mistakes over and over again and she has to break the cycle. I hope you give it a chance. and Good luck :)

Answer 6

The Goosegirl

Enna's Burning

River Secrets

Forest Born by Shannon Hale



Graceling

Fire by Kristen Cashore



City of Bones

City of Ashes

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare



The Host by Stephenie Meyer



The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan



Fable haven series by Brandon Mull



The Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

(everything by Shannon Hale is awesome!)



Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale



Dragon slipper

Dragon flight

Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George



Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George



Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard



Eragon

Eldest

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini



The Hunger games

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (book 3 comes out 8/10)



No. 1 Ladies detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (10 books in all)



The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale

(funniest book I have EVER read!)



The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (liked it so-so)



Yearbook

First Day

Reunion by Allyson Braithwaite Condie



The girl who could fly by Victoria Forester



Maximum Ride series by James Patterson (a little slow, but good.)



The Naming

The Riddle

The Crow

The Singing by Alison Croggon



Wake

Fade

Gone By Lisa McMann (tons of swearing though.)



Evergone

Blue Moon

Shadowland By Alyson Noel (book 4 comes out summer 2010)



The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society BY Marry Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows



Princess of the Midnight Ball BY Jessica Day George



The Summoning

The Awakeing

The Reckoning By Kelley Armstrong



A walk to remember

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks



The Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan (If you liked Percy Jackson, you'll LOVE this series!)



I DID NOT LIKE:

Marked series (too much swearing)

Interview with Vampire by Anne Rice (too violent for me)

The ugly series (Book 3 has emo type cutting going on)

Artemis Fowl series (evil genius kid)

Answer 7

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead: Now this one I like. Character development, plot, action, romance--they're all there. I strongly recommend this series.



Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr: Awesome. Very good plot, quite detailed.



LOTR by J.R.R. Tolkien: He is also a genius. Wonderfully detailed world.



Sophie Kinsella's work: Very funny. If you want to read something light and fun that you can just breeze by, read her works.



The Dark Half by Stephen King: The most amazing plot I've read it now. The author is BRILLIANT !



And roam around on Fictionpress, good stories stuffed up there.



Not For Me: http://www.fictionpress.com/s/1645480/1/Not_for_Me



Masterson series- MUST READ.

1) Boys Like You : http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2719217/1/Boys_Like_You

2) Love Game : http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2701206/1/Love_Game

3) True : http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2728207/1/True

4) How To Save a Life : http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2737716/1/How_to_Save_a_Life

5) Realize : http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2738054/1/Realize

6) Christmas With The Mastersons : http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2756703/1/Christmas_With_the_Mastersons

7) Good Girls Going Bad : http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2757887/1/Good_Girls_Go_Bad

Answer 8

Life of Pi

House of Night

Atlas Shrugged (Im currently reading this book, it's difficult and philosophical, but it's still a good book)

Lord of the Rings

The Chronicles of Narnia

Seven Deadly Sins- Robin Wasserman

Blood and chocolate

City of Ashes

Pretties

A Great and Terrible Beauty

Wicked

The Dark is Rising

Answer 9

'The Princess Bride' by William Goldman. It is A-Mazing!

Also, I'm kinda in love with Stephen King at the moment... you should read 'the Shining'. BUT only if you enjoy supernatural horror.

And also try 'the Hunger Games' trilogy (can't remember the author, sorry) and 'Shiver' by Maggic Stiefvater.



:)



EDIT: My suggestions don't really have 'girl troubles' - they are more fantasy/action I guess (with a little romance XD)

Oh, and by the way, how I find my books is on www.goodreads.com where you can check out lists of books, see reviews, etc. Its actually a really good site. I recommend you check it out.

Answer 10

Brian Rathbone's Call of the Herald



A fun book that you can read or hear online Nina Kimberly the Merciless

Answer 11

I liked Graceling by Kristin Cashore very much. Good world building, three-dimensional characters, swift pace that kept me turning pages, and characters I came to care about very much. I don't do this very often, but with this book the minute I finished it, I went back to the beginning to read it again. First time through, I rushed to see what was going to happen next, the second read was to savor the quality of the writing. Very well done.

Answer 12

ERAGON-I love that. The sky village if your a girl (I am) then stuff like wicked lovely. and I hate twilight too. The obernewtyn chronicles by Isobelle Carmody are quite gripping, the second books the best though. Not a simple read I must warn.

Answer 13

You might enjoy the Mortal Instruments, Vampire Academy, The House of Nights, just to name a few. Happy reading!!

Answer 14

you can never go wrong with the classics! my all time fave book is jane eyre. gone with the wind and wuthering heights are also amazing! if u dont like classics (i cant imagine why, but everyone has a different taste in books) read the hunger games, i couldn't put them down, the last book is coming out in 2 months =) happy reading, i hope i helped!

Answer 15

percy jackson and the olympians series - rick riordian



(if you're a girl) pretty little liars series (it's a murder mystery of sorts) - sara shepard



gone - michael grant

hunger (a gone novel) - michael grant

(theres a third book in this series i'm not sure as to what the name is. it's sci-fi)



pendragon series (scifi fantasy-ish. series of 10 books) - d.j machale



these are all the ones i can think of right now. all are excellent books and definitely in my favorites list ;)



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Answer 16

-City of Bones

-Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

-2001, 2061, 3001 - these are sci-fi and really neat! the author is Arthur Clarke (?? I think)

-The Chronicles of Narnia (allegory of the Bible, but it's not apparent and won't take away from your reading if you aren't religious)

-Lord of the Rings (favorite sereis ever)

-Dracula

- The Sword of Shannara

- Inkheart, Inkspell, dragon rider (cornelia funke)



I won't put Harry Potter since you said it's your favorite (which is good :D ) but the HP series is my favorite as well! (Besides Lord of the Rings)

Answer 17

Not so terribly long ago, I discovered a little something called "The Ranger's Apprentice" series. And fell in love.



They're by John Flanagan, and there are currently eight released in the US.

Answer 18

wow we are a lot a like

rangers apprentance

u might like the immortal instrumets

wings

need or captavate don't remember witch came first but i had it taken from me cause i was not paying attion to the play

also try murder mysterys they are really addicting

i would suggest reading Michel Bennet stories

hope u like those

Answer 19

-Night World series by L.J Smith

-House of Night series by Kirsten and P.C Cast

-Skinned by Robin Wassermann

-Vampire Diaries series by L.J Smith

-Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead.

-Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld

-Evernight by Claudia Gray

-So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld

-The Mortal Instruments Trilogy by Cassandra Clare

-Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe) by Kimberly Pauley

-Pretty Little liars series by Sara Shepard

-Jessica's Guide to Dating on The Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

-Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson

-Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley

-Morganville Vampires series by Rachel Caine

-Bite me by Melissa Francis

-Generation Dead series by Daniel Waters

-The Juvie Three by Gordan Korman

-The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong

-Perfect Chemistry trilogy by Simone Elkles

-The Astonishing Adventures of Fan boy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga

-Reincarnation by Suzanne Weyn

-Need by Carrie Jones

-Vampire kisses series by Ellen Schreiber

-Peeps by Scott Westerfeld

-Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

-White Cat by Holly Black

-The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Answer 20

check out this list of books--they're all great!



vampire academy series by richelle mead (my favorite vampire book! and it is NOTHING like twilight.)

the hunger games (my favorite sci-fi book--totally recommended.)

the mortal instruments trilogy by cassandra clare

tattoo faeries series by melissa marr (good book about fairies.)

hush, hush by becca fitzpatrick (favorite fallen angel book--read it!)

fallen by lauren kate (also about fallen angels)

shiver by maggie stiefvater (my favorite werewolf book--it sooooo good! the sequels--linger and forever--haven't come out yet)

the silver kiss by annette curtis klaus (this one's about vampires)



hope i helped!

happy reading,



~nina

Answer 21

what do you have against twilight? the books are so good. but anyway those books that are like called 'marked' i heard are good. there are a few more but i can't think of any right now other than the 'blue bloods' series and the books that go along with 'fragile eternity'

Answer 22

TWILIGHT muahahahahahahaha! The whole effin series :P And its etcetera ET friggin C goodness!

Answer 23

the mediator series...are you a girl? the mediator series is pretty good