books for 15 year old?

Question

ok so its summer and i want to read...(bored from watching re-runs on tv)

umm...i hope i am not asking too much but can u recommend me books that have their main character develop and has a unique plot and moral..i liked the alchemist..because i think it helped me understand more, how important it is 2 experience stuff and how to try to understand how the world run....i want a book which can help me mature more

second, i liked the twilight series because the story had originality and i would like to compare it to chocolate..its easy, u keep wanting more, n u r never too stuffed to eat it..(sorry i guess i am hungry right now)...i mean i like books that makes u enter their world and never actually feel bored..

3rd i wouldn't mind any recommendation for any nice yet light books that would be enjoyable to read...ppl tell me shopaholic is awesome

plz i don't want to read books that r too bulky n have like infinite parts...lets say like harry potter
oh n i heard Stephen king books r gr8..which book would u say is best
n i heard meg cabot books r good too?
p.s. i don't also mind non fiction stuff... my friend said 'a child called it' is nice..is it??

also..(last request..i feel like i will be murdered online :S )......write books that actually meant something to you... :)

thnx again....i know i have bothered everyone who has opened this question n umm..thnx again..^w^

Answer 1

The first three Harry Potter books are actually pretty short. If you like them, you won't mind reading the rest of the series at all. I think you'd like them despite the length if you gave them a try.



Other suggestions:



-Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, seriously great book that makes you think.

-The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, there are five of these and they're all pretty short. They are also hilarious.

-The Stand by Stephen King, it is a lengthy read but totally worth it.

-Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund, also a bit lengthy but the main character definitely devolops.

-Sway by Ori Brafman, a non-fiction book about why we do the things we do, very interesting.

-My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult, gets you thinking about ethics.



A Child Called It is about a boy that was abused horribly by his parents...wouldn't call that "nice".

Answer 2

Sabriel by Garth Nix -- This is part of a trilogy so it doesn't have too many parts. They can also be read independently without much trouble. The protagonist is a girl who definitely develops through the story and the fictional world is quite interesting. I find myself rereading this book without getting bored despite having first read it around your age.



The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom -- I think this is a great book for any age (in fact, I just read it a few months ago). The protagonist goes through a notable development that you are able to experience along with him. Whether or not you are religious does not matter. This is especially true since I don't believe that many people would have imagined heaven to be the way that Albom portrays it. The book is also short and easy to read.



On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony -- I first read this when I was about 13 but I constantly reread it and recommend it to everyone. It is part of a series about as long as Harry Potter but there is no need to read the others since each book can stand alone. This one is about a man who shoots Death and must then become him. It definitely changes your perspective on death. The protagonist goes through a transformation (literally and emotionally) and the world that Anthony creates is captivating.



The Call of the Wild by Jack London -- This is a classic book that follows the non-human protagonist, Buck. He is a dog that becomes separated from his family and goes through various trials. It shows a lot about strength, perseverance, loyalty, and true identity. This book is great for any age and is one that I have been rereading for about ten years now.



Violet Eyes by Nicole Luiken -- I think there is a sequel to this book called Silver Eyes but I haven't read it. I remember picking this book up when I was about 13 upon the recommendation of my friend. It has a fairly interesting plot and is definitely geared toward the young adult audience. I would not recommend this for older teens, but I think you would enjoy it for some lighter reading (I don't recall getting much meaning out of it).



Uglies by Scott Westerfeld -- I actually haven't read this book yet but I intend to do so. It was recommended to me when I was 18 by my 15-year-old friend who had just read it. It's a little longer than the other books I have recommended thus far but I have heard good things about it from other people. This is also written with a young adult audience in mind.



I hope this will help start your list! Have a great summer.

Answer 3

The Star of Kazan

Maximum Ride Series

Artemis Fowl

Coraline

The Graveyard Book

Un Lun Dun

Perdido Street Station

The Alchemist

Journey to the River Sea

Lochness monsters and raining frogs

Red herrings and white elephants

Pop goes the weasel

Ella Enchanted

Holes

The Wanderer

Walk Two Moons

Chasing Redbird

The Joy Luck Club

The Hundred Secret Senses

Anne of green gables

City of bones

city of ashes

city of ember

city of glass

the perks of being a wallflower

The help

Eat, pray and love

Lovely bones

The bone garden

saving fish from drowning

the kitchen God's wife

the terror

Perdido street station

Catcher in the rye



hope this helps. :)

Answer 4

I just turned 15 days ago, and though I'm quite mature for my age, I love to read. Some books I have read over and over again and enjoyed each time through are the following:



Lisa McMann: Wake, Fade, Gone

This series is about a girl who gets sucked into random people's dreams. She uses her "gift" for the greater good.



Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games Series

This series is about a young girl (around 15) who lives in a post-apyoclipse world, and has to fight to the death in an areana, in order to survive.



Stephenie Meyer: The Host

This book is about the world being taken over by "Souls" who make the world a better place. One girl feels sorry for the humans and tries to help them.



These are just a couple of the books I think you might like. It seems like we have similar tastes in books, so I think you might enjoy these.

Answer 5

The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks



I read this book and I loved it! It's great.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Song_(novel) <--- Here's some info. about it. I don't think you should read the plot though, it'll give everything away. The thing I enjoyed most about the book was the suspense so if you want to enjoy it don't read the plot.



Here's a better Summary:



Seventeen-year-old Veronica " Ronnie " Miller's life was turned upside down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parent, particularly her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she and her younger brother spent the summer with him in North Carolina.



Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will be the centerpiece of a local church. Resentful and rebellious, Ronnie rejects all of his attempts to reach out to her and threatens to return to New York before the summer's end. But soon Ronnie meets Will, the town's local heartthrob, and the last person she though she'd ever be attracted to. As Ronnie slowly lets her guard down, she finds herself falling deeply in love, opening herself up to the greatest happiness - and pain - that she has ever known.

Answer 6

Vampire Academy (Richelle Mead)

Interview with a Vampire (Anne Rice)

Dracula

Evernight (Claudia Gray)

Nightworld (L J Smith)



Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)

Meryll of the Stone (Brian Caswell)

Stranger with my face (Lois Duncan)

Looking for Alibrandi (Melina Marchetta)

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

Anne of Green Gables (L M Montgomery)



Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)

The Shiralee (Dárcy Niland)

Chocolat (Joanne Harris)

Where the Heart is (Billie Letts)

The DaVinci Code (Dan Brown)



Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)

The 3 Muskateers (Alexandre Dumas)

Anything by the Bronte sisters or Jane Austen

Room with a View (E M Forster)

Answer 7

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 or a monster 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 having taught at Harvard and currently teaching as the Peck Professor of English Literature at Syracuse University. 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). I've also supplied you a link to her Harper Collins website where you can see the author describe her life in a revealing teaser for her new book "Lit."

http://bit.ly/CherryKarr

http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/27468/Mary_Karr/index.aspx



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



Last Summer by Evan Hunter (The Blackboard Jungle) is one of the great coming-of-age books about teen sex of all time. This 1968 book follows the random activities of four teens during a summer on Fire Island. Rhoda is shy and overweight and targeted for teasing by the others. As sexual tensions increase, the more experienced and dominant Sandy encourages Dan and Peter to rape Rhoda. Released in 1969 as an X-rated movie starring Richard Thomas and Barbara Hershey, it was later cut to an "R." Unfortunately, it is not available for home viewing.

http://amzn.to/LstSummer



The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. A moving story inspired by true events about the suicides of five teenage sisters as told from the viewpoint (for the most part) of randy teenage boys who try to explain it all.

http://amzn.to/dwrVklVirgin



Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg. Re the book, Stephen King says, "Terrific...One of a kind...I've never read anything remotely like it." Otto Penzler in the New York Sun considers it to be "the single most original private eye novel ever written." I can't vouch for that because I'm not a private eye buff but it is one of the most suspenseful and original books ever written for sure.

http://www.nysun.com/arts/devilishly-original-twist/46855/

http://bit.ly/FallingAngel

Answer 8

"Catcher in the Rye" by J D Salinger - the hero is 17 if I recall correctly, it's a great book

"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" "Around the World in 80 Days" by Jules Verne

"The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas - awesome adventure novel

"Kon-Tiki" by Thor Heyerdahl - awesome true adventure

"War of the World" "The Time Machine" "First Men on the Moon" by H G Wells

"Animal Farm" & "1984" by George Orwell - Big Brother is watching YOU so read these books!

"Tom Sawyer" "Huckleberry Finn" "Life on the Mississippi" by Mark Twain

"Call of the WIld" & "White Fang" by Jack London - awesome adventures starring wolves

"The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams - reveals the significance of the number 42!

"Catch-22" by Joseph Heller - great satire of the USAF, WWII & humanity in general

Short stories by Mark Twain, Jack London, O Henry, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe

"The Hobbit" by JRR Tolkien

See my source for more ideas

PS: Pls get over the phobia about long books because HP books are far from the longest ones around, and wouldn't you rather read one great long book instead of three pieces of shorter crap?



Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it

P J O'Rourke

Answer 9

Have you read Philip Pullman. I was hooked on his books for a while, the trilogy called 'His Dark Materials' ('Northern Lights', 'The Subtle Knife' and 'The Amber Spyglass') He also wrote: 'The Ruby in the Smoke', 'The Shadow in the North', 'The Tiger in the Well', and 'The Tin Princess' Another author I would recommend is Philip Reeve; 'Mortal Engines', 'Predators Gold', 'Infernal Devices' 'Holes' by Louis Sachar 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time' by Mark Haddon 'Windsinger', 'Slaves of the Mastery' and 'Firesong' by William Nicholson all I can think of right now.

Answer 10

But the best books are fiction!



Tom Clancy(any of his books really all amazing if you have patience)

Roadside Picnic(I don't remember the author of this book, but he's Russian so look for an english version of the book and if you can more books of this nature all amazing in story.)



Typing fast can get confusing when you don't spell out the whole word because of random " n i lk 2 read fiction books 2 becuse they ar gr8", please spell the whole word out when asking a question makes it so much easier for people.