17 Year Old Looking for good books to read?

Question

Since it's summer vacation I have way more free time an need some recommendations for books to read. Books I have read recently include Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathon Safran Foer, all of John Green's books, The Number Devil. Other books I enjoy are Dan Browns books (I've read all of them), A Wrinkle in Time, Sophie's World, The Wind Singer series, loved Harry Potter, thought Twilight was all right.

I love intellectual books, but enjoy a fun read as well so I'm expecting a range of suggestions haha. But thank you for the help!

Answer 1

-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

-Pretty Little liars series by Sara Shepard

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

-Morganville Vampires series by Rachel Caine

-Generation Dead series by Daniel Waters

-The Juvie Three by Gordan Korman

-The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong

-Perfect Chemistry trilogy by Simone Elkles

-Thirst series by Christopher Pike

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

-Need by Carrie Jones

-Vampire kisses series by Ellen Schreiber

-Peeps by Scott Westerfeld

Answer 2

A reliable wife : a novel - Robert Goolrick

Fallout – Ellen Hopkins(2010)

How to Be Good - Nick Hornby

Once A Witch – Carolyn MacCullough

The Breakdown Lane - Jacquelyn Mitchard

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

The Nanny Diaries: a novel – Emma McLaughlin

The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd

The Tea Rose series - Jennifer Donnelly

The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield

Vanishing Acts: A Novel – Jodi Picoult

Answer 3

The Hunger Games series and the Percy Jackson series are both easy and fun reads.



I love Michael Crichton books. My favorites are Prey and State of Fear. Both are exciting reads as well as quite educational. I've also enjoyed Orson Scott Card's Ender series. Ender's Game is a a great book, but Ender's Shadow is even better. You have to read Ender's Game before you read Ender's Shadow. There are two series. The Ender series: Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide,and Children of the Mind. Then there's the Shadow Series: Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, and Shadow of the Giant. Also, Sherlock Holmes short stories are GREAT! Be sure to read the original shorts by Arthur Conan Doyle, not any stories written by other people later on.



If you want something even more intellectual, I recommend The Words We Live By. It's a great breakdown of the US constitution. I also recommend Physics for Future Presidents. That book explains the basic physics behind common news headlines. I'd also recommend Naked Economics. This book presents the basic principles of economics in a very down-to-earth fashion.



Hope one of these books strikes your fancy.

Answer 4

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 5

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 6

THERE IS A GOD! Finally someone who isn't obsessed with Twilight.



Hawksong By Amelia Atawater.(It's really mature, not like it's filled with sexual things it's just mature you know grown up; not really stupid and ignorant.



Leven Thumps(I just loved it ???)

Pride and Prejudice ( A little Hard to get into but it's cool)

Along for the ride ( A Sarah Dessen Classic :D)

Romeo and Juliet( if your into plays and all that)

The Joey Pigza series (I know it's like for 10 year olds but it's HIGH-LARIOUS)

Little Women( cute and unpredictable)

The Truth about forever( Another Sarah Dessen Classic)

Perfect Chemistry( Lovely book about stereotypes)

How to Ruin your Summer Vacation ( LOVED IT !!!!)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian ( super funny)

The Chronicles of Narnia( I love the movie also)

The Pretties Series ( a little bit weird but ALRIGHT)

Impossible ( Creepy yet addicting)

Time Enough for Drums ( wish there was a sequel)

Um that's all I can think of...but hey check out some of these, they're good.

Answer 7

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water-Micheal Dorris

Johnny Got His Gun

Anthem-Ayn Rand

The Fountainhead-Ayn Rand

Check them out if you want

Happy Reading!!

Answer 8

Perfume by Patrick Suskind

Atonement by Ian McEwan

A farewell to Arms by Hemingway

Answer 9

Harry Potter

Answer 10

well I just finished reading a book called dark secrets that was pretty good it was about love with a spooky twist I guess you could say Oh and I've heard of one call I heart you you haunt me I'm going to read it. . .you might like them



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