Book recommendations for a 17 year old girl?

Question

I really liked the book Forever by Judy Blume and I Know What You Did Last Summer.
I'm currently reading The Notebook. I like either suspensful movies or movies about teenagers going through the troubles of life.

Also, I live in a small town so our library doesn't have a huge selection and I don't want to buy every book I'm interested in reading. Does anyone know of any other ways to get books for cheap or free?

Answer 1

The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind is great, 11 books and a Spin off book - Debt of Bones



Wizards First Rule

Stone of Tears

Blood of the Fold

Temple of the Winds

Soul of the Fire

Faith of the Fallen

The Pillars of Creation

Naked Empire

Chainfire

Phantom

Confessor



Fred the Mermaid series by MaryJanice Davidson



Sleeping with the Fishes

Swimming without a Net

Fish Out of Water



The Circle trilogy by Nora Roberts



Morrigan's Cross

Dance of the Gods

Valley of Silence



Alan Titchmarsh and his romance novels



Mr McGreggor

The Last Lighthouse Keeper

Animal Instincts

Only Dad

Rosie

Love and Dr Devon

Folly



Mike Gayle



My Legendary Girlfriend

Mr Commitment

His N Hers

Brand New Friend

Turning Thirty

Life and Soul of the Party

Wish You Were Here

Dinner For Two

Answer 2

Does your library have eaudio books available?



The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins - suspenseful, action, a little romance.



Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon



Classics:



Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier

The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough

Middlemarch, George Eliot

Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell

Any by Jane Austen



There are some paperback exchange sites.

Answer 3

The Host by Stephanie Meyer is really good.

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is also really good.

You might like Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte?

Your library would probably have Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, since it's so popular, but you probably wouldn't like it that much…?

I've heard that The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins in very good, but I haven't had a chance to read it yet.



Sometimes the more popular books, such as Twilight, are illegally posted online, but they're hard to find, and it's bad to encourage those sites.



good luck!



-V ;)

Answer 4

I'm pretty sure you can get these books in a library. Also, most are available on Amazon and e-book sites which are the least expensive.



Nokosee: Rise of the New Seminole by Micco Mann is a love story interspersed with murders, decapitations, alligator wrestling and the Texas two-step to name just a few unpredictable incidents. The love story is submerged and grows naturally. It has the defiant voice of a 17 year old girl who manages to overcome everything thrown at her in the course of the novel which is a lot-- and she does it in a way that would make all girls proud-- not in a superhuman way or through the assistance of some heroic act of a man but via her own means.

http://bit.ly/NokoseeKobo

http://bit.ly/Nokosee



Nokosee: Rise of the New Seminole by Micco Mann. It has the defiant voice of a 17 year old girl who manages to overcome everything thrown at her in the course of the novel which is a lot-- and she does it in a way that would make all girls proud-- not in a superhuman way or through the assistance of some heroic act of a man but via her own means.

http://bit.ly/NokoseeKobo

http://bit.ly/Nokosee



Cherry by Mary Karr. A memoir about teens, sex, drugs and growing up in rural Texas as told through the gritty, beautiful prose of one of America's best writers. It's a book every teen girl should read. If the opening paragraph doesn't do it for you, nothing will (you can read it on the Amazon link below).

http://bit.ly/CherryKarr



The Liar's Club by Mary Karr. Another moving memoir recounting her earlier years (you should probably read this one first and then Cherry).

http://bit.ly/LiarsClub



Think of this as Greek mythology lite (less gods, more filling): The King Must Die by Mary Renault. Set in ancient Greece it follows Theseus on a journey of discovery while painting a vivid picture of the times. Loved the descriptions of young uninhibited Greeks running buck naked up hills and through forests and making love among the flowers. The scenes of naked teens jumping bulls with back flips cries out for a cinematic interpretation. Ms. Renault's written a series of historical novels set in this period and all of them are so worthy.

http://bit.ly/MaryRenault



The People by Zenna Henderson are psychically gifted extraterrestrials who look like humans. They become stranded on Earth after their starship crashes during a space migration they refer to as the Crossing. What transpires is an engaging look at us meeting them in a desert town in Arizona. The series inspired Francis Ford Coppola's legendary 1972 TV movie starring Kim Darby and William Shatner. I say "legendary" because it hasn't been officially released as a DVD and only exists as a subpar, blurry VHS memory (http://www.amazon.com/People-1972-USA-Ki… That's too bad because from what I heard from people who saw the original on TV nearly 40 years ago , it was magical-- just like the books.

http://bit.ly/ThePeople

Answer 5

I would recommend "Go ask alice" i rarely read books but this book really kept me reading from the middle to end but beginning was kinda slow but really good noval about a teenage girl and drug problems.



I would google online books which they call E-books on the internet some sites if you find them are free some sites charge as little as dollar to download the book.

Answer 6

You can read, ït happened to Nancy, it was a diary of a girl, probably 15, who had been date-raped and had suffered from HIV and later Aids. It was edited by Dr. Beatrice Sparks, the one who wrote go ask alice. You can also try Lurlene McDanielle's books, they are great.



You can download an E-book in the web, visit Amazon.com or visit the author's website to find these books.

Answer 7

Any book by Ellen Hopkins. They are mostly about drug abuse and teen problems like suicide. My favorites are Crank and Impulse. Glass is good too, but its the sequel to Crank so you have to read that one first :)



Also, Dan Brown is one of my favorite authors. He wrote The Da Vinci Code, but the rest of his books are really good too. Deception Point and Angels & Demons are both fast reads :)